...Well, when George Benson's Breezin' came out we were asked to buy
shitloads of it that we could return later under a "new credit system," I'm
sure there are a lot of "deals" in all these figures.
Again, part of the marketing posturing that takes place everywhere, not that
its right, it just happens.
BTW - I don't know what Elvis' budget would be in today's dollars nor the
size of the target market.
In a message dated 4/22/1999 6:06:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> Garth also made deals with certain chains (very large ones - Target,if I
> remember correctly) to double weight reports to Soundscan on sales of his
> double albums sold, which artificially boosts his total sales numbers.
> np queens of the stoneage
> ----------
> >From: jon byrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Apples and oranges, folks. Elvis sold singles in a singles world with
far
> less
> >than 5 billion in it. Go figure, again.
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> In a message dated 4/22/1999 5:15:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >> > BROOKS, GARTH 89
> >> > PRESLEY, ELVIS 50.1
> >> OK...think about this for a minute! Brooks has sold nearly twice as
much
> as
> >> Elvis in 1/4 the time.
> >> Now that's a marketing machine!
