I'm surprised he even sold that much b/c a) the album was not only garbage but sounded nothing like anything Taylor would choose himself and b) the label and show made it a point not to promote it. He never even had a single. Woe.
(I own his album, don't tell anyone! :-) Can't help it, I was one of those odd people who genuinely liked the guy)
Oh I liked him too, I just can't fathom how he sold that close to 300K back then. But the market was different even two years ago. That CD was shit. I still play his old stuff every once in a while when I'm feeling Southern rock-ish, and I still love his crazy drunken live bootlegs.
i'm always a little bitter over his lack of promotion. The opening numbers IMO were a good sign, he could have sold if they had just tried. Even if they didn't like the guy, I thought business was supposed to be business, you know? Who doesn't want to make more money? FWIW at least he did get certified platinum (I think actual sales were about 750k though, there was some gross overshipment going on there).
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Date: 2008-11-26 12:28 am (UTC)I'm surprised he even sold that much b/c a) the album was not only garbage but sounded nothing like anything Taylor would choose himself and b) the label and show made it a point not to promote it. He never even had a single. Woe.
(I own his album, don't tell anyone! :-) Can't help it, I was one of those odd people who genuinely liked the guy)
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Date: 2008-11-26 12:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-11-26 12:41 am (UTC)i'm always a little bitter over his lack of promotion. The opening numbers IMO were a good sign, he could have sold if they had just tried. Even if they didn't like the guy, I thought business was supposed to be business, you know? Who doesn't want to make more money? FWIW at least he did get certified platinum (I think actual sales were about 750k though, there was some gross overshipment going on there).