At 12:09 PM 11/7/96, Kent Williams wrote:
quoted 9 lines On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, g3 wrote:>On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, g3 wrote:
>> >As far as I know the US releases of SAW and I Care basically
>> >tanked,
>>
>> Compared to Madonna yeah, but for a 'techno' artist they sold well.
>>
>SAW II I think they pressed something like 100K copies, but only sold
>15K. I've not seen it come up yet in cut out bins but it should be
>quite a bargain when it does.
That albums has legs, so maybe they'll be satisfied with selling 1,000
copies a month till the stock runs out. What that *does* mean is that once
they're gone, they're gone. Warner is really good about hanging on to
loss-leader-type artists (Zappa, Beefheart, Husker Du) because that gives
them vast amounts of underground credibility, which they then trade in when
they're trying to suck in a more commercial band that has pretensions of
being arty. Proven track record with sticking by "difficult" bands, and all
that. Besides, just like that above-mentioned bands, RDJ turns in tracks
that are already finished and paid for. All Warner has to do is cough up
money for promotion and packaging. Real cheap compared to your average
guitar band that spends six months in a high-priced studio shooting up
drugs and using up 24-track tape by the mile.
I'm surprised Geffen hasn't caught on. They sure had the magic touch when
it came to grunge, but they've completely dropped the ball on electronic
music (Sonic Youth attract Nirvana who attract millions of dollars.) Nitzer
Ebb was a good start, but they didn't know what they had, and they blew
that one.
-Phil
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