[kj] MMXII actual UK sales: 3,843

[Brendan Quinn]

The metal community is notorious for its love of the torrents.

 

Metal album covers are even more shit than most (which are shit) so other
than those worried about the quality of mp3s, why bother with the physical?
Those that are can get FLAC versions anyway. Buy the CD and you get a crappy
plastic shell case that doesn’t work, a black border cover with a
postage-stamp sized picture of the band in LARP gear, snarling, gothic
writing in red, etc etc.

 

The only ‘metal’ CD I can think of in recent memory that’s got anything
decent to look at is good is Tool 10 000 days, which is 2006. (To me it felt
more recent, that’s because I’m getting old) And the artwork is brilliant,
actually feels like something that some care went into, from an artist with
a connection to the band, something unique in the magnifying glass things
etc. 

 

The consumer has been shafted enough in having to buy the same product up to
4 times and pay full price each time: vinyl or cassette, CD (last you a
lifetime!), remastered CD, iTunes / mp3, so wah wah for the record
companies. Artists: make decent quality CDs with decent quality artwork like
the rest of the artistic community has been doing forever, tour your ass
off, put on a decent show, don’t suck, and you’ll earn a living. If not then
pick up a spanner and graft for a living like the rest of us. AND SHAVE
THOSE SIDEBOARDS HIPPIE! 

 

/opinion

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Rheinhold Squeegee
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 5:39 a.m.
To: Gathering Gathering
Subject: Re: [kj] MMXII actual UK sales: 3,843

 

There are more bands releasing more music more cheaply with the ability to
niche-market to a smaller segment while remaining profitable. This is the
age of the long tail:
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Tail
 
Vinyl, special editions and live albums are where the money is at for
warhorses like Motorhead and KJ.
 
The 4k is probably only physical sales within the UK. I don't believe this
includes downloads and it certainly doesn't include sharing. The metal
community is notorious for its love of the torrents.
 
 
 

 


> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:02:34 +0100

> From: paul.rangecroft at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] MMXII actual UK sales: 3,843

> 

> 4K, what's that - a medium sized venue? Paying £10 each. No wonder

> they're doing this tour with The Cult.

> 

> On 4/10/12, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> > Not only do I find it quite sad that on the first week of release UK

> > sales only amount to not quite 4000 but also the fact thats enough to

> > get as high a chart placing of 44.

> >

> > Have album sales declined that much? I remember back in the 80s and

> > early 90s when regularly bands had 7" 12" and CD Single limited

> > editions of around 10000 copies.

> >

> > On 9 April 2012 18:20, Rheinhold Squeegee <kjlist at live.com> wrote:

> >> http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1

<http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1049089&c=1>
&storycode=1049089&c=1

> >>

> >> But post-punk survivors Killing Joke, all of whom are now in their 50s,

> >> rack

> >> up their 13th chart album and extend their chart tenure to 32 years

with

> >> an

> >> album of that name debuting at number 44 (3,843 sales).

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