Charlie Cheswick
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You have to wonder why they spend weeks and weeks promoting things which just don't sell. I guess it might be to drum up interest for live shows and merch.
Final position #7 in the UK album chart, with 8,794 sold - so that's slightly up on 'Playland', which charted at #9 with 7,281 sold.
It's amazing to me how few people buy albums these days, and I'm talking across the entire chart. We live in a time of cheap-ass streaming bastids, for sure.
The moneys in live gigs nowadays. New Order and countless other bands (inc Morrissey in years gone bye) can make over a 1oo grand from from a single gig and in some instances clear 500 grand!
When I saw Johnny in Los Angeles, he didn't have any merchandise for sale. It actually made me worried for him financially.
I find that really respectable. I enjoy it when bands throw shows just for the sake of the music.When I saw Johnny in Los Angeles, he didn't have any merchandise for sale. It actually made me worried for him financially.
I'm pretty sure that Call The Comet won't sell as much as LIHS, because Marr doesn't has such a devoted fan base around the world. But a more important thing is whether it fulfills the expectations of the record company -- how much money is spent on promoting it, recording it etc, how is Marr's contract structured when it comes to advances, tour profits and so on. Those things dictate whether any money is made from the album.
Yes, LIHS sold much better in its first week than Marr's Call the Comet, but then LIHS dropped like a stone in its second week. With Johnny's album, I have to admit that I intend to buy it but still haven't gone to the store to get it. So it is possible that Johnny may still close some of the gap with LIHS over a longer period, although I do not expect Call the Comet to outsell LIHS.I'm pretty sure that Call The Comet won't sell as much as LIHS, because Marr doesn't has such a devoted fan base around the world. But a more important thing is whether it fulfills the expectations of the record company -- how much money is spent on promoting it, recording it etc, how is Marr's contract structured when it comes to advances, tour profits and so on. Those things dictate whether any money is made from the album.
Your username keeps me thinking of the song with the same title with swedish indie legends Popsicle. The titles for many of their songs were names and words that did not mean what most people in Sweden thought they meant and they did that as a joke.Yes, LIHS sold much better in its first week than Marr's Call the Comet, but then LIHS dropped like a stone in its second week. With Johnny's album, I have to admit that I intend to buy it but still haven't gone to the store to get it. So it is possible that Johnny may still close some of the gap with LIHS over a longer period, although I do not expect Call the Comet to outsell LIHS.
Even though I might be feeding a troll, I just wonder whether vegan.c***face realizes that New Voodoo is a sub-label of Warner, just like all those Morrissey dalliances with his own labels.
Even though I might be feeding a troll, I just wonder whether vegan.c***face realizes that New Voodoo is a sub-label of Warner, just like all those Morrissey dalliances with his own labels.
Johnny Marr is on Sire, which belongs to Warner, you illiterate dimwit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sire_Records_artists