Guess How Many Copies of Bedrock 10th sold?

[Dhar_2]

Re: Guess How Many Copies of Bedrock 10th sold?

Makes me wonder how labels make any money on CD releases at all?

I mean, we have all seen some really obscure compilations on the shelves haven't we? They can hardly sell any copies of things like that?

thats why the whole thing is inm decline!

Dj's probably get offered a lot less to do a cd now. hence we dont get quality mastered releases!!

its all a bit pants!!

[Dhar_2]

Re: Guess How Many Copies of Bedrock 10th sold?

Also Sasha and Digweed together is more marketable and an event. Wonder how many would buy a Northern Exposure 4 (especially on the back of a high profile tour) ?

where do i sign!!!

[Huggie Smiles]

Re: Guess How Many Copies of Bedrock 10th sold?

who has access to these numbers tho? I wonder how many hardcopies of communicate sold? or the first Bedrock comp in 99?
(both of which are sitting on my shelves at home)

[TheMightyGreg]

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^ Put a list of a few together and I'll do some digging

[simonr]

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Put some comparisons in there Greg .... Paul Van Dyk's Cream CD (which was sold in Tesco's and Asda and has a TV commercial) and Tiesto's In Search of Sunrise - Asia.

Then lets have a look at Communicate, GU013 and NE 3.

[Steve Graham]

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The packaging is also key - those GU's were nicely put together.

Personally a new Digweed GU from a live set (i.e no cheeky edits or ableton) from an exotic venue, in a long pack with a booklet filled with cool pics is more enticing.

But then there's a cost, and realistically how many fans are ther that actually buy the music these days ?

Exclusivity could be key - the intesting thing is that Sasha's avalon CD's fetch a packet on e-bay because of their limited release.

Also Sasha and Digweed together is more marketable and an event. Wonder how many would buy a Northern Exposure 4 (especially on the back of a high profile tour) ?

Personally I think they both missed a trick by not putting out a Delta Heavy compilation in 2002.

I get your point and its a nice thought on the NE4 thing, but it would never be the same.. sort of like them doing the Delta Heavy tour last year and some club in Miami opening under the name Twilo.. those are sacred names but more so because of what they meant to the scene at the time if that makes sense

[simonr]

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Steve I definately agree to a point - although Northern Exposure had an ethos of putting together tracks that you mightn't necessarily play out ... well NE1 and NE2 did !

They could do a NE4 ... but it would take a lot of thought and skill.

[Steve Graham]

Re: Guess How Many Copies of Bedrock 10th sold?

Steve I definately agree to a point - although Northern Exposure had an ethos of putting together tracks that you mightn't necessarily play out ... well NE1 and NE2 did !

They could do a NE4 ... but it would take a lot of thought and skill.

exactly what we are discussing, lol

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Re: Guess How Many Copies of Bedrock 10th sold?

^^^ we were guessing how many illegal downloads

220? thats ridiculous

.. thats sad. ordered my copy. waiting for it still. got it from dmc records in south yarra. maybe i will call em and see if it is in.

[fletcher]

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That is almost embaressing!

and i bet the majority of those sales came from the bedrock / gu / MS forum users...

[chanty]

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I was going to wait until it came to HMV but after seeing that dismal number, I just ordered it off Bedrock!

[clintlove]

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There are so many blog sites out there that offer links to all kinds of commercial releases. They say it's promotional, but when you get a 320kbps file, are you really going to go buy it. Another reason why beatrape stopped their affliliate program because so many of those sites had links and banner connected to beatport. You hop on there find something you like and then go find it for free. I buy a ton of commercial releases, wish everyone else would too. If I do download something off those sites an I like it, I buy it.

[fletcher]

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im with Clintlove.

All the music i own is legally mine (i.e ive paid the required money for it, or have had a legal free copy/download)

[simonr]

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Its funny ... there is another argument.

I know there's the whole support the artist thing - but on the other hand, I've helped build them up, put them where they are, turned up for (and travelled significant distances to) their shows - their good or (sometimes) very very bad shows (or in some DJ's cases "no shows"), supported them against trends and basically spent big bucks fiollowing them.

Don't they owe me something ?

[jeffrey collins]

Re: Guess How Many Copies of Bedrock 10th sold?

220 is a bit low, but we are talking about underground dance music here....It's not like this release was hyped to the masses like a new Jay Z album or anything...

That and Bedrock is really venturing into some darker sounds with this release. Almost all the tracks I've heard from it sound like dark deep tech house, which isn't the most favorable of music styles right now. Even though it is Bedrock.