Re: Comparing chart sales is not possible anymore
Date: October 3, 2005 21:57
In your dreams. Nothing on tape, since there was no tape.
BUT despite the time since B2B (#3 in US, 1.3 million US) they have toured the States FOUR times, so hardly out of the public eye, & (forgetting the live albums NS & LL for a minute, tho the 4Flix box was very big) Forty Licks doubled the sales of B2B, & of all things Jump Back has been on the Billboard chart (substantial overlap w/ 40L, too) for over a year. Why is the marketing so uninspired? The cover is unrecognizeable to the casual music fan of any age, yet NO sticker ("NEW! The ROLLING STONES ABB", or a slipcase or one of those paper bands ID-ing the cd like Ryko used to put on their stuff), or point of sale bins, or cardboard thingys w/ new RS foto, press quotes, etc not to mention a few TV/radio ads for appropriate outlets, where you'd at least hear snippets of new material for a minute as you likely wont hear any of it actually programmed. I've seen nothing of the NFL (dont watch football) - is it effective in focusing on ABB? Hell, Rod scores (just as an example) w/ an older (& way less cred w/ young people than the RS) demo, thanks to the 'high concept' of his last 3, ditto Santana (multiplatinum, at least once) & some others thanks to the superstar guest nonsense, & since Sinatra at least other 'heritage' artists' have had sales spike thanks to the tired old duet concept.