First Prince, now Ray Davies...

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:17 pm

...and you don't even have to buy the Mail.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7042157.stm

Everyone's giving it away for free these days.

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:13 pm

Does this sort of thing happen (e.g.) in the US, or is it just a UK thing?

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:20 am

I've never heard of it here, RTHTW.

Would he SELL 1.5 million copies?

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:00 am

Neil Young is giving everyone who bought a pair of tickets to his upcoming shows a free copy of Chrome Waves II, his upcoming album, but concert tickets cost way more than a newspaper.

And to answer your question, moody, I think they wouldn't count that towards actual record sales - laws overseas are a lot weirder than the ones over here. Back when Beck released The Information, it was considered out of the running for album charts, simply because it was of the "unconvential variety" because of its make-you-own cover art.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:37 pm

I believe Prince did something similar to that as well, Blue. And what I meant was, would they PRINT 1.5 million copies of his cd if they weren't giving them away?

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:57 pm

Probably not! I'm not sure some of his most popular Kinks titles have sold that much.