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NICOS
They lost a lot of fans after AfterMath and had to pick up the right direction and new fans who hadn't had to the money to buy the records........(the new rockers)..........
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NICOS
They lost a lot of fans after AfterMath and had to pick up the right direction and new fans who hadn't had to the money to buy the records........(the new rockers)..........
Interesting, I didn't realize that.
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TeddyB1018
The hit single wasn't on it. They released Through the Past Darkly in time for the tour which ate into sales. It sold well but didn't break through to the more general public, unlike Sticky Fingers, which had a big single, captured a more "party vibe", albeit a very dark one, and was the first post-Beatles. With it, the Stones became a seventies group.
By the way, Let it Bleed is my choice for best album of the rock era.
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georgelicks
Yet, the album has sold 7 million copies worldwide and over 3.5 million in the US, not bad at all for an album without a hit single on it.
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Are these numbers total figures over nearly 50 years, or figures at the time?
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But wasn't it so that after Sgt. Pepper the market moved more toward albums than singles? Besides Sgt. Pepper, the "white" album also sold without a hit single. In 1968, for the first time more albums than singles were sold, plus there was also a burgeoning format of "album-oriented rock". Beggars Banquet also did alright, making top 5 in the UK and US without big hit singles. Like Live With Me, Sympathy and Street Fighting also flopped in the major UK/US markets. The Stones toured behind Let It Bleed, plus they made an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show during this time. Not to mention the promotion they got through the print media such as music magazines and other reviews. As a more established group, surely they no longer needed to rely on top 40 radio, and compete for airplay among the likes of the Archies.
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TeddyB1018
The hit single wasn't on it. They released Through the Past Darkly in time for the tour which ate into sales. It sold well but didn't break through to the more general public, unlike Sticky Fingers, which had a big single, captured a more "party vibe", albeit a very dark one, and was the first post-Beatles. With it, the Stones became a seventies group.
By the way, Let it Bleed is my choice for best album of the rock era.
That's a good point, they effectively toured behind a Greatest Hits collection rather than a new album when they could easily have issued "Let It Bleed", which was finished, first and saved "Darkly" for the Christmas market.
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stonehearted
The Stones toured behind Let It Bleed, plus they made an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show during this time. Not to mention the promotion they got through the print media such as music magazines and other reviews. As a more established group, surely they no longer needed to rely on top 40 radio, and compete for airplay among the likes of the Archies.
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IMO Let It Bleed is probably the best album anyone ever recorded (just imagine if they included Honky Tonk Women on it along with Country Honk). At the time it was released they were inarguably one of the 2-3 biggest bands in the word, and at their cultural and artistic peak. The songs on it are world famous (Shelter, You Can't Always Get..., Rambler, etc.) and the album cuts are killer (Live With Me, Silver...). And yet, I think it sold roughly as well as It's Only R n' R and less copies than Goats Head Soup. Head scratcher. Why wasn't this (and Sticky Fingers as well) up in Rumors territory??
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Rockman
musta bought at least a dozen copies in some form or other over the years ....
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longlongwinter
The record industry didn't really fully kick into gear until early/mid 70's