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Way too early to tell after only a few days!

If I were you I would change your header into something like : some girls re-issue sales?

yes, change the title of the thread, or at least put a question mark after it,
or else georgelicks please start another SG sales/chart thread with a
more objective title

because only die hards care about it

Since the announcement long months ago "Some girls & outtakes" was bad placed
on Amazon charts....strange when we consider the waiting amongst Stones fans..see
record of Guests and Users...
Maybe it is the moment of the year when all others records are well selling....
Wait and see...

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because only die hards care about it

and i think there's lots of deceased stones fans who care about it....

no doubt

If they promoted it like Exile they would have done great. Universal and the Stones kind of got lazy resting on their laurels once again.

Well, I guess it is also a sales channel issue. Went to a huge store last Friday to buy the Texas DVD and it was not there. They asked me to come bck next Tuesday to pick up a copy because they ordered 25 to be in store by then. Some Girls was not in store (Saturn for Germans) whereas I got the Some Girls CD in Austria even a day before official release and they told me it was a sold out item on the first day. The planning just isn't right

I know exactly why it is selling so poorly. There are way too many dippy, insignificant country and western tunes. True Stones fans prefer songs with that characteristic Stones beat, or mid-tempo songs like Beast of Burden or Plundered My Soul. These C nd W songs could never be played live at a concert, because everyone would start to boo.

Last night I listened to all the new Some Girls songs on YuoTube and was very unimpressed. I will not buy this one.

I noticed something simialar in Germany. Media Markt had the deluxe CD on release date, and Sturn had the Bluray combo package. Neither had both. Finally today I saw the Super Deluxe Box. Personally I believe this is the downsizing of cds on the market. Doesn't mean The Stones aren't selling music, imo.

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I know exactly why it is selling so poorly. There are way too many dippy, insignificant country and western tunes. True Stones fans prefer songs with that characteristic Stones beat, or mid-tempo songs like Beast of Burden or Plundered My Soul. These C nd W songs could never be played live at a concert, because everyone would start to boo.

Last night I listened to all the new Some Girls songs on YuoTube and was very unimpressed. I will not buy this one.

Maybe it is because fans get the impression that this latest Stones release is less "art for art's sake" and more "art for money's sake".

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I know exactly why it is selling so poorly. There are way too many dippy, insignificant country and western tunes. True Stones fans prefer songs with that characteristic Stones beat, or mid-tempo songs like Beast of Burden or Plundered My Soul. These C nd W songs could never be played live at a concert, because everyone would start to boo.

Last night I listened to all the new Some Girls songs on YuoTube and was very unimpressed. I will not buy this one.

Maybe it is because fans get the impression that this latest Stones release is less "art for art's sake" and more "art for money's sake".

of course, that's it. you're just about to buy something...and you ask youself...whoah!!!!!...wait a sec...why are they releasing this?? for MONEY???? screw that.... happens all the time...

Some Girls (2 CD) is currently #2 in Music (Rock) and #9 in Music (Pop) on Canada's version of Amazon.

It's selling well here in the Great White North (for the time being at least).

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How long has it been on sale?

More like Exile was promoted. Some Girls received almost ZERO publicity.

Does it really matter?

is anyone really surprised though?

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how's it selling in peoria?

That's where I'm at and I can't find it in the stores!! Must be selling well.

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Doesn't bode well for a tour I'm afraid...interest just isn't there anymore. I didn't think it would sell THAT badly. They'd be lucky to sell-out Hard-Rock Cafes. What a shame...

That is a silly statement. They'd sell out arenas just like they always do. Because people don't wanna buy a reissue from 30 years ago (again) means that the band wouldn't sell out for live shows?

Anyways, just looking around the download sites it has already been downloaded many thousands of times in just a few days - the interest is there...you are just thinking like a 50 year old. Ever hear of "downloading illegally?"

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Some Girls (2 CD) is currently #2 in Music (Rock) and #9 in Music (Pop) on Canada's version of Amazon.

It's selling well here in the Great White North (for the time being at least).

Yeah, but how many copies does that take, like three or something?><

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I know exactly why it is selling so poorly. There are way too many dippy, insignificant country and western tunes. True Stones fans prefer songs with that characteristic Stones beat, or mid-tempo songs like Beast of Burden or Plundered My Soul. These C nd W songs could never be played live at a concert, because everyone would start to boo.

Last night I listened to all the new Some Girls songs on YuoTube and was very unimpressed. I will not buy this one.

You Win Again - is often regarded as one of all time greatest country songs by Hank Williams, then theres No Spare Parts and Do You Think I really Care - so there´s 3 country songs. I wouldnt call the rest of them as being country at all..but that´s beside the point, I would imagine that True Stones fans would be bit more open minded, considering that there was plenty of country songs on their classic albums: Exile On Main Street, Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed...



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I went to a big store in Paris (France) yesterday. I bought the DVD, but the CD will be on sale only next Monday. Did not read any ads in the papers as was done for Exile which was widely publicised.

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Doesn't bode well for a tour I'm afraid...interest just isn't there anymore. I didn't think it would sell THAT badly. They'd be lucky to sell-out Hard-Rock Cafes. What a shame...

That is a silly statement. They'd sell out arenas just like they always do. Because people don't wanna buy a reissue from 30 years ago (again) means that the band wouldn't sell out for live shows?

Anyways, just looking around the download sites it has already been downloaded many thousands of times in just a few days - the interest is there...you are just thinking like a 50 year old. Ever hear of "downloading illegally?"

hey - let's not just insult 50 year olds, now! i'm well over 50 and illegally download happily as often as any young turk you'll ever find. 50 year olds are ppl too, you know.

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how's it selling in peoria?

That's where I'm at and I can't find it in the stores!! Must be selling well.

I live about 90 min from Peoria IL.

Small world...

I have never bought a new CD on Amazon. I still prefer physical stores.

I imagine a lot of Stones fans do the same, and this is a release for the real fans/collectors. I would think the general public could hardly care less about it, especially with no tour support.

I bought mine from Fopp in Manchester on release day.
I always look in the CD section of the local supermarkets as well,and none of them has it for sale,as most casual customers buy from supermarkets these days it is no wonder sales are poor.
Exile last year was for sale in supermarkets early,might even have been CD of the week at Sainsburys.
No Live in Texas either incidentally.

Sorry, StonesTod, I never meant to insult you. After all, my dad is over 50 as well and is also a person as far as I can tell.

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Doesn't bode well for a tour I'm afraid...interest just isn't there anymore. I didn't think it would sell THAT badly. They'd be lucky to sell-out Hard-Rock Cafes. What a shame...

That is a silly statement. They'd sell out arenas just like they always do. Because people don't wanna buy a reissue from 30 years ago (again) means that the band wouldn't sell out for live shows?

Anyways, just looking around the download sites it has already been downloaded many thousands of times in just a few days - the interest is there...you are just thinking like a 50 year old. Ever hear of "downloading illegally?"

hey - let's not just insult 50 year olds, now! i'm well over 50 and illegally download happily as often as any young turk you'll ever find. 50 year olds are ppl too, you know.

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Sorry, StonesTod, I never meant to insult you. After all, my dad is over 50 as well and is also a person as far as I can tell.

wow..what a coincidence! i have a dad over 50 too!

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flilflam
True Stones fans prefer songs with that characteristic Stones beat, or mid-tempo songs like Beast of Burden or Plundered My Soul. These C nd W songs could never be played live at a concert, because everyone would start to boo.

I love how you assume your opinion is the gold standard for a "True Stones Fan", implying that those who disagree with you aren't "True" fans.

I'm also impressed with your psychic ability and how you know that if the Stones played these songs they would get booed. But I guess it's not psychic ability, because we all know that when they play one of their C&W songs (Let It Bleed, Dead Flowers, Far Away Eyes, etc) the Stones ALWAYS get booed. Right?

The album is selling worse than the expected, Some Girls didn't make the UK Top 40 this week. Exile went to #1 last year.
We'll know the debut in a couple of hours.

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The album is selling worse than the expected, Some Girls didn't make the UK Top 40 this week. Exile went to #1 last year.

it seems the band had a short stay at the top...it's the fickle nature of the music biz...music styles come and go so quickly it's virtually impossible to have more than one or two successful records...

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True Stones fans prefer songs with that characteristic Stones beat, or mid-tempo songs like Beast of Burden or Plundered My Soul. These C nd W songs could never be played live at a concert, because everyone would start to boo.

Huh? This is pretty uninformed.