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What was the first Gold album where CD sales surpassed LP sales?
At the time, I remember hearing that it was Paul Simon's
"Graceland", but I don't know on what basis that claim was made, and I don't know where to look for statistics on CD versus LP sales for the last 20 years, broken down by album title. I guess the best way to describe what I'm looking for would be this: "When was the first time that an album was certified 'Gold' by the RIAA where CD sales for that album surpassed LP sales, and what was the album?" If anyone knows the answer, or can point me toward the appropriate online or offline resource, I'd appreciate it. Scott Gardner |
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What was the first Gold album where CD sales surpassed LP sales?
Scott Gardner said:
At the time, I remember hearing that it was Paul Simon's "Graceland", but I don't know on what basis that claim was made, and I don't know where to look for statistics on CD versus LP sales for the last 20 years, broken down by album title. I guess the best way to describe what I'm looking for would be this: "When was the first time that an album was certified 'Gold' by the RIAA where CD sales for that album surpassed LP sales, and what was the album?" If anyone knows the answer, or can point me toward the appropriate online or offline resource, I'd appreciate it. I can remember the same thing being said about U2's The Joshua Tree, but I wouldn't know where to find info to confirm it. Boon |
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What was the first Gold album where CD sales surpassed LP sales?
The Stainless Steel Boob Orchestra said: I can remember the same thing being said about U2's The Joshua Tree, but I wouldn't know where to find info to confirm it. I remember lis'tening to it, and I recall wishing Gerg would blow in and save me from the pretentiousness. Yep, that record reeks with effeminance. |
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What was the first Gold album where CD sales surpassed LP sales?
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 03:35:49 +0000, "Glans, I"
wrote: (Scott Gardner) wrote: At the time, I remember hearing that it was Paul Simon's "Graceland", but I don't know on what basis that claim was made, and I don't know where to look for statistics on CD versus LP sales for the last 20 years, broken down by album title. I guess the best way to describe what I'm looking for would be this: "When was the first time that an album was certified 'Gold' by the RIAA where CD sales for that album surpassed LP sales, and what was the album?" If anyone knows the answer, or can point me toward the appropriate online or offline resource, I'd appreciate it. Scott Gardner According to this site Boston achieved the first gold level sales of CD in the U.S.A. with "Third Stage", although they don't say if it exceeded vinyl sales of the same album : http://www.artemisrecords.com/boston...r=boston&idx=1 Thanks for the reference. Since "Third Stage" was 1986, that certainly puts it in the running, if I can find out what the vinyl sales were at the time it went Gold. Scott Gardner |
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What was the first Gold album where CD sales surpassed LP sales?
"Scott Gardner" wrote in message
At the time, I remember hearing that it was Paul Simon's "Graceland", but I don't know on what basis that claim was made, and I don't know where to look for statistics on CD versus LP sales for the last 20 years, broken down by album title. I guess the best way to describe what I'm looking for would be this: "When was the first time that an album was certified 'Gold' by the RIAA where CD sales for that album surpassed LP sales, and what was the album?" If anyone knows the answer, or can point me toward the appropriate online or offline resource, I'd appreciate it. One reason why this information may be hard to find is that cassettes outsold vinyl before CDs did, and quite dramatically so: http://www.plan9music.com/Article2.html "In 1987, according to figures of the Recording Industry Association of America, 102.1 million of these little discs were shipped to record stores. .... By comparison, the recording industry shipped 107 million albums at total revenues of $793.1 million last year. The number of cassette tapes shipped was a whopping 410 million at revenues of almost $3 billion. The comparison that was on everybody's mind at the time was LP versus cassette, not LP versus CD. |