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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Sept 18, 2023 11:19:25 GMT
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Post by Charlie O. on Oct 22, 2023 4:26:01 GMT
Am I the only one who's reminded of Burgess Meredith as The Penguin when Keith Richards laughs?
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Oct 27, 2023 16:36:52 GMT
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Post by loveless on Oct 27, 2023 17:36:02 GMT
Yeah, after reading so much about this, I don't really have anything profound to say about it. The whole thing just kind of depresses me.
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Post by rayge on Oct 30, 2023 14:52:09 GMT
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Post by Charlie O. on Nov 13, 2023 23:51:24 GMT
The Grateful Dead are now tied with Elvis and Sinatra as the act with the most Top 40 Billboard chart albums in history.
The release establishing this tie is Dave's Picks Vol. 48 - a limited edition of 25,000. It just came out a week or so ago. It is at #33 on the chart as I write.
What the...?
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Post by DarknessFish on Nov 14, 2023 10:09:24 GMT
Surely there has to be a cut-off point for what can be considered a limited edition?
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Post by Charlie O. on Nov 14, 2023 14:29:13 GMT
Surely there has to be a cut-off point for what can be considered a limited edition? Not really the takeaway I expected, but, okay. 25,000 doesn't strike me as too much for a limited edition. For a "major label" band with such enduring popularity 25,000 is decidedly small potatoes. Which is why I thought it extraordinary that the album is in the Top 40. The record industry really must be illin' for the bar to be that low. |
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Post by DarknessFish on Nov 14, 2023 14:51:39 GMT
I just figured that most bands probably sell physical products in the low thousands at best these days, unless you're The Beatles of Pink Floyd or something. Perhaps The Dead's standing in the US is considerably higher than in the UK, but 25,000 to me isn't limited but "Get a Copy if You Can Be Bothered". It's not a Vinyl On Demand run, that's for sure.
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Post by rayge on Nov 14, 2023 14:51:42 GMT
Surely there has to be a cut-off point for what can be considered a limited edition? Not really the takeaway I expected, but, okay. 25,000 doesn't strike me as too much for a limited edition. For a "major label" band with such enduring popularity 25,000 is decidedly small potatoes. Which is why I thought it extraordinary that the album is in the Top 40. The record industry really must be illin' for the bar to be that low. Well, yeah, quite, that's what I thought. Long, long ago, when I paid attention to the US charts, 25,000 in a week nationwide wouldn't have bought a place in the top 100. Is that chart/the limited release vinyl only, Charlie?
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Post by Charlie O. on Nov 14, 2023 14:56:45 GMT
The release is CD-only, and the chart is the standard Billboard albums chart. I did consider that they might count streaming these days (I don't know), but the album isn't on Spotify (which does have other Dead albums, including recent reissues), so I think it's just the CD release.
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Post by Charlie O. on Nov 14, 2023 15:47:13 GMT
I just figured that most bands probably sell physical products in the low thousands at best these days, unless you're The Beatles of Pink Floyd or something. Perhaps The Dead's standing in the US is considerably higher than in the UK, but 25,000 to me isn't limited but "Get a Copy if You Can Be Bothered". It's not a Vinyl On Demand run, that's for sure. The Dead were/are pretty huge in America. Albums in the Dave's Picks series (complete concerts from the band's vast tape archive) invariably sell out and escalate in resale value. Just yesterday, a copy of Volume 30 (with the subscription-only bonus disc) sold on eBay for $150. |
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Nov 20, 2023 14:18:37 GMT
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