Chalkhills Digest Volume 5, Issue 339
Date: Thursday, 16 December 1999
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 5, Number 339
Thursday, 16 December 1999
Today's Topics:
RIP Rick
RIAA certifications
my 1 moment
drop into Idea studios
Rumblings & Ramblings
re: ringo drum solo
Y2K et al
Genre Bending, Colaborations, and one very strange Al.
Whoops, forgot to mention.
success! and Joe Jackson
I Am The Wha????
Collaborations
Overlooked CDs of '99
drugs n' such
Taking drugs and seeing movies in the last year of the '90s, dammit
Elvis, Bruce and Andy
Apple Venus Volume 1 sales figures
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <D9E6CEC7734AD111BCF70090273C5D67011ABC7E@user8.chemonics.net> From: Todd Bernhardt <TBernhardt@Chemonics.net> Subject: RIP Rick Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:17:17 -0500 Hi: Michael Stone let us know the bad news about The Band's Rick Danko. Too bad. A distinctive bass player and singer, as Michael said. I also heartily recommend The Band's stuff. With New Year's coming up, people might want to check out what I consider the best overview of Robbie Robertson's writing and all of The Band's performing talents -- "Rock of Ages" is a live album that they recorded on New Year's Eve/early morning, 1971/72. Stunning stuff. Garth Hudson's note-bending organ antics are alone worth the price of admission. Life is a carnival (believe it or not), Todd
------------------------------ Message-ID: <0D276A818C6BD311848A0008C70890E2022365@USINTEX02JFK> From: "Cerquone, Suzanne" <suzanne.cerquone@umusic.com> Subject: RIAA certifications Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 07:47:46 -0800 Cole wrote: >>I checked the RIAA database (at riaa.org), and it seems XTC has no gold records in the United States. For a US gold record, a band has to sell 500,000 copies of an album (a platinum is 1 million, and the recently-instated "diamond" is 10 million). I wasn't surprised, really, but I was still hoping to see Skylarking or O&L (the two most likely candidates) in there.<< It could very well be that XTC *did*sell a gold record (it would seem most likely for O&L), but that the record company didn't register this with the RIAA. I work in the music business and have, ahem, seen this happen. This is because most record contracts state that record labels have to pay higher royalties once they've gone gold or platinum. Considering XTC's past problems with Virgin and Geffen, I'm not surprised... Suzanne
------------------------------ Message-ID: <204640794C39D211A21700805FA7352103755BA3@ahqex1.rei.com> From: Steve Sims <ssims@rei.com> Subject: my 1 moment Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 11:33:09 -0800 Short and to the point... My fave XTC moment is the beginning of verse 3 in "Science Friction" when the kettle drums kick in. It's just so unexpected for a song that has been screeching along up until that point. Merry Holidays - Steve
------------------------------ Message-ID: <011b01bf4590$5ab6cd80$cb38d2cc@bestuspc2.san.rr.com> From: "Bob Estus" <restus@san.rr.com> Subject: drop into Idea studios Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:34:47 -0800 Xmas wishes to all, Fellow chalkers, would you like to send Andy, Colin, and Nick Davis (producer xtraordinaire) a holiday email directly into their studio? Here's your chance!!! Through a peculiar twist of fate I have acquired Nick Davis' email address in the studio. I'm not sure when the guy's will break for the holidays, but I thought it would be grand to send them a consolidated Xmas note. Here's how to participate: 1. Compose a *short* (one paragraph) holiday greeting to Andy, Colin and Nick. If you send me something too long clipping will occur. 2. Sign the bottom with Name, City, State/Province, Country. 3. Subject line must read "xmas wishes" 4. Send to letter to restus@san.rr.com by Friday the 17th. and thanks for participating, -Bob 5. Don't bother asking, I'm not giving out the address... :^) [Attachment omitted, unknown MIME type or encoding (message/external-body)]
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Message-Id: <s85503a4.089@pigeon.dallasisd.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 14:37:46 -0600
From: "David Martin" <dmartin@pigeon.dallasisd.org>
Subject: Rumblings & Ramblings
Seventh Grade Says:
1. Who gives a rats ass about Joe Jackson. Just because he gives 23
chromosomes to Tito, Michael, Marlon, Janet, Andrew, Victoria, Keith
and Samuel L. don't mean he's someone who Evis would want to work
with.
2. The only thing we don't like about winter is the temperature.
3. I look for XTC in license plates. I find all combinations but the
correct one.
4. XTC spottings: KTCK 1310 The Ticket, sports talk radio in Dallas.
XTC is a favorite of radio personality, Gordon Keith. Reach him at
Gordon@theticket.com .
5. Where is David Sedaris' new book?
6. I have a progressive dinner to go to this Saturday night and I
gotta take a stinkin' "white elephant" gift. What a whipping!
7. God makes the world go round. She does this so no one gets fried.
8. Viking draft day better be loaded with D.
Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of Man.
Francis Bacon
Vaya con Dios,
Senor Martin
------------------------------ Message-ID: <38556E49.2166@gte.net> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:08:09 -0500 From: george toledo <guitarc@gte.net> Organization: home Subject: re: ringo drum solo for some reason ringo's drumming has become a point of debate. i have read, i believe, in the abbey road recording sessions logue or a music magazine, that some speculate that the drum solo performed on abbey road was performed by paul. he had prodded ringo to play a solo, but ringo flatly refused, so the 'story' goes. Can anyone clarify the issue? I also find it interesting to hear how some of you were introduced to xtc. I was introduced to xtc through a strange set of circumstances. I happened to be reading a book on psychedelic rock at a university library, waiting for a class to start, when the fire alarm went off. With book in hand, i headed for the escape and exited the building. Later that day , i discovered i still had the book and skimmed through it again, reading about xtc. the author described them as good, but "too clever". this description left me mystified. too clever? so anyway, a few days later i noticed oranges and lemons at the record store for 3 bucks. i picked it up, got home, listened and thought, well at least the cover art looks good. I thought it kind of sucked. but as with some music, it took some to sink in. I think the production style of the record kind of shut me off- it seemed too artificial and dead, with no grit. Strangely, it still strikes me that way- it's just that i like those qualities about it. of course, their other albums are each very different from one another. as far as elvis versus joe, elvis is probably the better- mostly because of his prolificity. he has written a greater amount of good songs than joe. That being said, he's probably written more bad ones too. Joe is definitely a better emoter- Costello can put up a wall. It's also annoying when he(elvis) starts singing a real crap lyric melodromatically , in a futile effort to imbue it with some meaning. You just want to go- spend some more time on it , godamnit! Oh well, hope you don't mind my venting......... george toledo
------------------------------ Message-ID: <002e01bf45c3$fc63c740$010aa8c0@jhd1> From: "Jon H-D" <jon@jhd-designs.demon.co.uk> Subject: Y2K et al Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 23:41:26 -0000 Ah well, the annual missive, with special bonus Y2K statement (ignore at your peril). First, those 'triffic terpsichorean highlights of 1999 (excluding the obvious) - not many of 'em mentioned on this list, mainly filed under 'DANCE', no particular order (no, I don't work for Ninja Tune, or !K7) :- Coldcut "Let Us Replay !" Ninja Tune ZEN CD39 Jim O'Rourke "Eureka" Domino Recording Company WIGCD62 / 5 034202 006220 Romanthony & DJ Predator "Instinctual" Glasgow Underground Recordings GUCD7 Orbital "The Middle Of Nowhere" FFRR / London Records 556 076-1 Kruder & Dorfmeister "DJ Kicks" !K7 !K7046CD Spring Heel Jack "Treader" Tugboat Records / Island TUGCD009 The Herbaliser "Very Mercenary" Ninja Tune ZEN CD41 Banco De Gaia "The Magical Sounds Of Banco De Gaia" Gecko Records GKOCD001 Mr Scruff "Keep It Unreal" Ninja Tune ZEN CD42 Plaid "Rest Proof Clockwork" Warp WARPCD63 The Beta Band "The Beta Band" Regal Recordings REG 30 CD / 7243 5 20016 2 0 Kid Loco "Kid Loco Presents Jesus Life For Children Under 12 Inches" Yellow Productions / East West 3984 26912 2 / EW851 Supergrass "Supergrass" Parlophone 7243 5 22056 2 2 Tosca "Chocolate Elvis" G-Stone G-Stone CD 006 Pepe Deluxe "Super Sound" Catskills Records RIDCD002 / 5 037454 707020 The Gentle People "Simply Faboo" Rephlex CAT 088 CD Cinematic Orchestra "Motion" Ninja Tune / Vital ZEN CD45 / 5 021392 19912 Kid Loco "Dj-Kicks:" !K7 !K7081CD Peace Orchestra "Peace Orchestra" G-Stone G-CD 004 Prince "Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic" Arista / NPG Records 07822-14624-2 CD Finally, on the Y2K front, please make the following amendments to the artwork for the track listings on your XTC records (this is ESSENTIAL - failure to do so.... well, just do it - OK ?) - note, for brevity, I am only giving examples - if you would like the full listing, please fuck off :- Go2: Non-Y2K-compliant. Please dispose of this item. White Music: Do What Kou Do; Statue of Libertk drums and wires: dak in dak out; that is the wak Black Sea: Fully Y2K-compliant English Settlement: Runawaks; Kacht Dance Mummer: Love on a Farmbok's Wages; Toks The Big Express: Washawak; The Everkdak Stork of Smalltown Skklarking: Ballet for a Raink Dak; Big Dak Oranges and Lemons: The Makor of Simpleton; King for a Dak Nonsuch: Wrapped in Grek AV Vol. 1: Oh Sod It, don't bother. No, honestly, forget it. Go on - piss off. Jon "Ooh-ya, ooh-ya, ooh-ya" Holden-Dye
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Message-Id: <199912132355.SAA30342@nantucket.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 18:54:03 -0800
Subject: Genre Bending, Colaborations, and one very strange Al.
From: "Diamond" <arnos@nantucket.net>
Scott,
>what genre would one place XTC. Is it considered New Wave,
>Post Punk, Pop, Adult Contemporary, or Urban Contemporary (like the sales
>clerk thought)?
Oh god, I hate this... I'm not blaming you here, but... god, why do we
really need to place a band in a genre. XTC are XTC. I understand that there
are certain circumstances where one is forced to refer to a band's genre,
like in the example you showed, but I really hate when I have to try to
describe XTC to someone. I'd rather show them the music, and let it speak
for itself.
The people I think Andy should colaborate with:
Adrian Belew & the bears (re-united): with Andy on lead vocals, and Adrian
and Andy alternating solos like on Books. (By the way, whoever suggested
Belew as permenant replacement for Dave, Right on! Excellant choice.
Couldn't think of someone better suited for the job [besides dave himself,
of course])
They Might Be Giants: with Andy on guitar, and John Flansburgh lead vocals
vocals, with John Linnell doing some Accordian and Baritone sax in the back.
(By the way, just found out from Tyler [thanks for the tape!!!] that Andy
sang on Margaret Freeman, on the Residents' Comercial Album. I never knew it
before, but listening to it now, it's quite obvious that it's him, rolling
his R at the end of the song)
Personally, I'd like to see Colin perform on Dave's solo album. I think that
would be a real treat.
and with all the talk of great lines in Mayor of Simpleton, I'm suprised no
one's mentioned MY favorite line from that song, "I don't know how many
pounds make up the tons of all the nobel prizes that I've never won" I think
that that line is pure genius. What a play on words, and it moves so
fluidly, too.
>Al shouts out "DRUM SOLO!" and the drummer (Jon
>"Bermuda Schwartz) just hits a few drums. There is also a fairly
>unimpressive drum solo in his song "Polka Your Eyes Out," complete with
>cheering.
The first concert I ever went to was three summers ago, a Weird Al concert.
It was great, withh all the clips he showed while he changed costume, and
all the solos (the guitar solo was the guitarist playing with his teeth...
but only one note) I just recently saw that video in a record town, and I
think I'll have to buy it soon.
Personally, I really didn't like Running with Scissors all that much. The
only songs I found funny were Pretty Fly (for a Rabbi) Germs, and Albaqurqe.
But I'm an old-school Al fan, myself.
Kevin Diamond, contently listening to all the new XTC demos he's recieved
(thanks again Fish-Boy and Tyler)
P.S. I find it amazing that people keep complaining about being criticized
about spelling and grammer mistakes. I make tons of mistakes in my posts,
and no one says anything {besides the bakers dozen thing, ;)} Lets see how
many mistakes you can find in this post alone. Winner wins one giant
economy-sized pickle (YOU pay S&H).
____________________________________________________________________________
"To emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on heaven is to
create hell."
-Tom Robbins
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Message-Id: <199912140013.TAA31815@nantucket.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:12:03 -0800
Subject: Whoops, forgot to mention.
From: "Diamond" <arnos@nantucket.net>
I cracked today and bought the used Peter Pumpkinhead single at my local
record store. I thought that I would make an offer to all of you less
fortunate 'hillers out there. My music store has copies of the folowing
albums in the Import Clearance section:
XTC: Explode Together
The Compact XTC
Peter Pumpkinhead w/ Down a Peg, war dance and peter demos
Black Sea (cheap)
Nonsuch (for, like, 4 dollars)
White Music (cheap)
and by TMBG:
Back to Skull - with Snail Shell, Ondine(previously Unreleased), She was a
hotel detective [not to be confused with (She Was A) Hotel Detective on
their first album](previously unreleased), Mrs. train(previosuly
unreleased), and Snail Dust (Snail Shell remix)
The Statue Got Me High - with The Statue Got Me High, She's Actual Size, I'm
Def (Previously Unreleased), Which Describes How You're Feeling(demo)
If you're interested in any of these items, tell me (by E-Mail, not through
the 'hills) and I'll check on the prices and send you the info. Then send me
the money, and I'll buy it for you. Please, don't buy one of these if yu
already have, like, eight copies. I want people who don't have access to
these items to be able to hear this music. Thanks.
Now, I want all you folks to tell me everything you know about Billy Bragg.
I've heard his name around, and he sounds interesting. Tell me now!
Kevin "Gosh, I'm demanding" Diamond
____________________________________________________________________________
"To emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on heaven is to
create hell."
-Tom Robbins
------------------------------ Message-ID: <19991214015111.35389.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Megan Heller" <hellerm@hotmail.com> Subject: success! and Joe Jackson Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:51:11 CST Before all else-- I want to give a big THANK YOU to all the people who e-mailed me about methods for cleaning my "Mayor of Simpleton" 3" cd single. I am happy to say, all is well, and through a careful combination of rubbing alcohol and warm soap & water, I can now listen to "Living in a Haunted Heart" and "The Good Things" without trouble. Hooray! in other news... I don't know if this has been mentioned in the midst of the Joe Jackson discussion, but he has a memoir out, entitled _A Cure for Gravity_. There was a review of it in the "Books in Brief" section of the New York Times Book Review this Sunday-- read it at http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/12/12/bib/991212.rv130403.html (you may have to have a free NY Times online account to view it, but that's pretty easy). megan.
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Message-ID: <19991214023115.20303.qmail@www0j.netaddress.usa.net>
Date: 13 Dec 99 18:31:14 PST
From: vee tube <veetube@netscape.net>
Subject: I Am The Wha????
Pehaps a translation from 'Ye Olde Fin-de-
hikers Guide to the Universe' Is in order.
Loosely interpreted, it goes sumpin' like this...
...I am the eggfin!
(No you're not!said little Nicole!)
We are the eggfin!
(No we're not!said little Nicole!)
They are the eggfin!
(No they're not!said little Nicole!0
Now,if you haven't figured this out by now,little
Nicole was beginning to get on everbody's nerves
It was at this point the 'High Spawntress felt
it appropriate to 'blow some Finosophy into the
little tadpole's gill hole'
At which time she spoke the words that open the
first chapter of the olde book of 'Genifish'
And I quote!
"I am Fin, as you are Fin, and we are Fin, who like
Fins to be Gills who like Gills to be Gills who want
Fins who like Fins who want Fins to be Gills!"
Little Nicole fell silent!
I hope this helps to clear up
any confishion.
}---:)
P.S. For further references please see:
The Troutles 'White Fish' CD.
RE: Sargoso Onion.
"and here's another clue you can sea,
The eggfin was V!"
PEARCH!OUT!
------------------------------ Message-ID: <19991214041237.3685.qmail@web1706.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:12:37 +1100 (EST) From: Mud Shark <mudshark1944@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Collaborations I think it was Tyler Hewitt who asked about who people would like to see collaborate with XTC. Here's a brief list : * Robert Wyatt (Tyler's suggestion originally, and very much seconded by me) * Bill Nelson * Neil Finn * Paul Weller * Paul Kelly (maybe only the Australians will know who I'm talking about) * Alex Chilton * Mike Scott (from the Waterboys) * Lloyd Cole (although I'm not sure you could fit both their egos in the same room) MS ===== "I rail against God because I was told to stop eating paste in Sunday school" - P.J.O'Rourke
------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991213225101.007969b0@pophost.micron.net> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:51:01 -0700 From: Phil Corless <philco@micron.net> Subject: Overlooked CDs of '99 I haven't seen it mentioned yet, so I am now forced to do a "Favorite CDs of 1999" just to get Freedy Johnston's name out there. 1. XTC - Apple Venus Vol. 1 (the autographed version is better) 2. Freedy Johnston - Blue Days Black Nights (stunning) 3. Paul Kelly - Smoke (Paul does bluegrass... Yee-hah!) 4. Ben Folds Five - Reinhold Messner (this Folds fellow can play piano too) 5. Paul McCartney - Run Devil Run (this one surprised me...) 6. Ringo Starr - I Want To Be Santa Claus (as long as he maintains his sense of humor, it goes down easy) 7. Pierce Turner - Collection (the great undiscovered Irishman) 8. Robbie Williams - The Ego Has Landed (should I be embarrassed because I like this?) Still Awaiting Verdict: Lilac Time - Looking For A Day In The Night Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway I rate a year based on how many CDs were released that became indispensable to my collection.... 1999 saw THREE -- The discs by XTC, Freedy Johnston, and Paul Kelly. Those are the ones I would save from a house fire.
------------------------------ Message-ID: <19991214064301.22424.qmail@web2101.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:43:01 -0800 (PST) From: Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt@yahoo.com> Subject: drugs n' such WARNING, long XTC-free post ahead. I've been better lately at not responding to everything I read here, I really have, but this post just hit me the wrong way. Tom Johnson commented: >I DO NOT stand behind the decrimilization of any drugs. Why? I'm not meaning to sound like some old codger, but the moral fabric of this country in specific and the world in general has been on a steady decline since the 60's. ------ And how does this relate to drugs? Are you suggesting that relaxed attitudes about recreational drug use has led to the downfall of society? That is oversimplifying things to the extreme. I am much more concerned what I label a 'toughening' of society (at least here in the states). Everyone is expected to be so damn tough and unfeeling. It's reflected in our attitudes, our laws, our lifestyles. It's in the way that real-life tragedy is presented as entertainment (just watch Fox during sweeps month) It's how we drive SUV's that make us appear big and invincible even though they wreck the environment and are often less safe and less practical than a well-built sedan. It's how the death penalty is considered to be a good thing-we now have an eye-for-an-eye mentality that I find very frightening (besides, I don't think the state should have the right to execute people). The absence of compassion in modern society is one of the biggest issues facing us. I don't see where this has anything at all to do with drugs. >Prove to me that legalizing drugs now will not harm the future potential of our children, that they will not become lethargic addicts, junkies, and losers. Prove to me that in a few years after marijuana is legalized that something worse won't be legalized. You can't prove it, you can't prove any of it. And that is exactly why we have laws against these substances. -------------- No, that isn't why we have laws against these substances. Prove to me that leagalizing drugs WILL harm the future potential of our children. You can't. There is a theory that says that if all drugs are legalized, it will put them in the hands of medical professionals who can help addicts. It will also cut down on crime, as the illegal drug trade will dry up. I think that this, too, is an oversimplification, but it shouldent be dismissed outright. For the record, I am in favor of decriminalizing marijuana. Not so sure about other drugs (I'm also in favor of legalized prostitution-the government is losing out on a lot of potential tax revenue!). I'm not advocating drug use, I don't use marijuana myself (anymore). I just think that keeping it illegal if a futile waste of time.
------------------------------ From: fheaney@erols.com Message-ID: <000a01bf4604$e1b65660$c6fea4d8@default> Subject: Taking drugs and seeing movies in the last year of the '90s, dammit Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 02:28:52 -0500 Mark re-mark-ed: > First of all a remark about the recent flurry of "Albums of the 90's" > and "Composers of the Century" lists... as this decade, century and > indeed this millenium won't be over for another year don't you all > feel just a bit premature? Who knows, perhaps you'll enjoy Apple > Venus Vol. II even better than Volume I - just a thought. It's all very well to be one of those the-new-millennium-actually-begins-in-the-year-2001 people (since that is true), but no one can deny that the last year of the '90s is 1999. And from Derek: > I went back to count my tickets and discovered that in the last eight > years, I saw They Might Be Giants *eight* times. Who else has seen one > band/artist in concert four or more times in the last decade? I also saw TMBG multiple times this decade...at least seven times, but I've lost exact count. Oddly, their free shows have been among their best, I think. > In the post referenced earlier, DavidOh also gave a list of his all time > favorite movies, which included my favorite of '99, "American Beauty." I > don't consider it a stretch to place it in the same league with > "Casablanca," "Citizen Kane" and "A Hard Day's Night," as he did. I don't really see what the big fuss is about "American Beauty". It had some very powerful moments, but overall I found it rather manipulative and ultimately slightly shallow. A good movie, but definitely not a classic. As for other non-XTC, argument-creating topics: Legalizing drugs. Well, having them criminalized just creates a black market economy, while government money is wasted on what's so far proven to be a futile drug war. Without spending money on drug enforcement, better social programs could probably be instituted that would keep society from spiralling out of control as some seem to think it would if drugs were legalized. Certainly a decent education seems to be a better preventative for drug abuse than anything else. -- Francis "And all I see are little dots. Some are smears, and some are spots." -- Talking Heads
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 23:56:42 -0800 (PST) From: Misty Shock <mccrtny@scn.org> Subject: Elvis, Bruce and Andy Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.991213234221.3645I-100000@scn> Bob said: I couldn't agree more, and was just thinking about this minutes before I read this digest. The Attractions added an urgency and directness to Elvis' music that seems to be missing without them. Bruce Thomas is indeed an amazing bass player; in fact, one has his work cut out for him if he's going to pick up on both Bruce's bass playing and the nuances of Elvis' songwriting at the same time. That's too much work for one brain to handle. Personally, my favorite example of Bruce's expertise is "Pretty Words," from "Trust." I say: Yes, I'll come out of lurk mode to share the epiphany I had this weekend: Blood and Chocolate is the best Elvis album! As a nonmusician, I too enjoy Bruce's playing, though in my book, Colin has both him and Sir Paul beat. And as much as I like the Attactions, I'm looking forward to seeing Elvis move in a different direction, and I'm not even asking for more Painted From Memory or Juliet Letters and especially not, God forbid, more Mighty Like a Rose. I really love Brutal Youth and I like All This Useless Beauty, but it doesn't have the same energy or freshness that their 70s and 80s work did. I don't think that anybody would argue with the fact either that Steve Nieve is the central figure of the Attractions, and they seem to be getting along famously. As for a collaboration, I just don't see it happening. Doesn't Andy dislike the direction Elvis is going in? And the power struggle would just be too much, I think. It would be great fun to hear though, and I salivate at the thought of them in the same room together! Misty Shock
------------------------------ From: David_Goody@mandg.co.uk Message-ID: <00256847.0039F2D4.00@mailgate.mandg.co.uk> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:50:00 +0000 Subject: Apple Venus Volume 1 sales figures Hi all, With all this talk of "how many has it sold", I contacted my friend who works for the company that deals with paying royalties to artists in the UK. They have a giant database which contains sales details for all releases in the UK. Although this information is confidential, and not for general release, he supplied me with the current figures for sales of Apple Venus Volume 1 in the UK, up to today (December 14th). CD 32244 Vinyl 4505 Cassette 2317 So, Apple Venus has shipped 39066 units in total. What sort of living does that give to Andy and Dave, eh? Dave P.S. Sorry, he can't supply sales figures for anything else, as it REALLY IS CONFIDENTIAL.
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