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>"This is a tactic to stay on the charts and drum-up sales." Uhm yes it's a business, it's called the "music business" for a reason. What's your point? To my p
by bogomipz 7y ago
>"This is a tactic to stay on the charts and drum-up sales."
Uhm yes it's a business, it's called the "music business" for a reason. What's your point? To my point - Queen is there because there was just a huge biopic movie that won 4 Oscars. There is also an Elton biopic that was just released. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys had a big summer tour planned that was just cancelled. And Bob Seger is currently on tour. That's traditionally how the music business worked - artists toured to sell records in the markets they were playing in. Pink Floyd being on the charts is nothing new either. It's a constant. They have been on the top 200 for Dark Side since it was released in 1973[1]. And it spent decades on the chart before there were any reissues of it.
There is also no shortage of long tail content that sells well to diehard fans but not enough to chart. Visit Rough Trade Records in Brooklyn/London or Amoeba Records in SF or LA if you want to see just how big of a business "specialty" reissues are - most of which will never show up on any charts.
[1] https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/greatest-of-all-time/6760799/pink-floyd-dark-side-of-the-moon-most-weeks-billboard-200-title https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/greatest-of-all-ti...