> I have if on good authority that the Labyrinth sales in
> Germany have already exceeded 300000.
> RT
There is an incredible amount of advertising of this CD here in Italy too.
Every morning after the radio news there is an extract of Come again sang by
Sting with the advise of buying the CD "in the best CD shops".
This is an interesting phenomenon: actually the quality of the music
and the quality of the performance are absolutely unimportant. No one knows
who is Dowland, no one knows what a good performance of this music is but
the name of pop star is enough to sell a piece of junk (IMHO) as this CD
like the bread. It is considered a musical event, while CDs recorded by
specialized lutenists and singers pass completely ignored! There is
something wrong in all this... Nowadays what sells is the name not the
music.
Francesco
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