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comatose_253comatose_253 Posts: 271
edited October 2009 in The Porch
I found this interesting . . . digital sales of Backspacer was only 31% of the total:

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_ ... 29d69ce046

-- Pearl Jam's latest album "Backspacer" debuted at the top of this week's Billboard album chart. The CD/Digital/LP split was 65/31/4. The LP format sold 7,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Only two titles in the Top 100, U2's "No Line On The Horizon" and Dave Matthews Band's "Big Whiskey & The Groogrux King," have sold that many LP units since being released. Neither, however, came close to Pearl Jam's first-week LP total.
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  • Architect and BuilderArchitect and Builder Posts: 237
    spin! spin!

    we heart our vinyl 8-)
  • comatose_253comatose_253 Posts: 271
    i seem to remember some folks suggesting they should only release it in a digital format because there is no demand for physical copies anymore. what were they thinking or smoking?
  • kiljoythemercifulkiljoythemerciful Posts: 549
    Too bad pj released such a poor quality vinyl :?
  • comatose_253comatose_253 Posts: 271
    kiljoythemerciful wrote:
    Too bad pj released such a poor quality vinyl :?
    are you serious? the vinyl version is awesome!!! top notch quality;-)
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 94,323
    Architect and Builder wrote:
    spin! spin!

    we heart our vinyl 8-)

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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    comatose_253 wrote:
    kiljoythemerciful wrote:
    Too bad pj released such a poor quality vinyl :?
    are you serious? the vinyl version is awesome!!! top notch quality;-)

    i think it's great!!! i think i'll spin it now!
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Anybody that thinks the vinyl is great, needs to just stop collecting vinyl. Sure it looks good and is plenty heavy, but it sounds like dog shit.
  • kiljoythemercifulkiljoythemerciful Posts: 549
    comatose_253 wrote:
    kiljoythemerciful wrote:
    Too bad pj released such a poor quality vinyl :?
    are you serious? the vinyl version is awesome!!! top notch quality;-)

    I was very disappointed by it. There has been a couple of other threads that look at the issues with Backspacer vinyl, and seeing that this is not the intention of this thread, I won't go into detail here. But the Backspacer vinyl was a big let down. I just hope they don't use the same approach on forthcoming releases.
  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Pearl Jam vinyl has always been shit quality - an exact replica of the CD only with surface noise and muddy EQ. For a band that is supposedly so concerned about vinyl, they sure as hell don't know what they're doing when it comes to manufacturing it.
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