Hardbopjazz Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Let's say someone like McCoy Tyner, or Ahmad Jamal, or any other well know jazz artist releases a new CD, how many would you think he sells? Is it between 3000 and 4000? or 4000 and 5000? or could it be nearer to 10000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 I'm so bad a stuff like this. I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 I don't know for sure, but I suspect it's closer to 3,000 (or less) than 10,000. For some reason 5,000 world-wide sticks in my mind. (Don't know whether it's because it's a nice round number, or because I read it somewhere.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 I doubt its always the same. I suspect an album like Jimmy Smith, Legacy sells more than a new release of McCoy Tyner, but I'm not sure. I guess it has to do with its public promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 The only indication I have is the fact that hatOLOGY CDs are released in editions of 3000 CDs, which usually are around for a couple of years. On my copy of Dave Liebman "Bookends", it says "2nd edition of 3000 CDs". Liebman would be in the same selling league as Tyner I guess. But HatOLOGY CDs are rather expensive (the Liebman 2CD set costs $27), and more difficult to find in the US than most jazz labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Somewhat related, I read at AAJ a couple of years ago that Blue Note requires a CD to sell only 500 copies per year to remain in print. I assume that that is for the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo7 Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 i'm only guessing, but it's never enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe M Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 Major name artists like Wynton, Lovano (some records), Wayne Shorter may move 15,000-20,000 units, but that's very rare these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyC Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Any one know how many Kind Of Blue Has sold.. I know i have 1 copy on vynil and 2 on cd lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Seems every popular jazz album, is "The best selling jazz album of all time." I've heard Kind Of Blue, Time Out, The In Crowd, A Love Surpreme, and many more, as "The best selling jazz album of all time." What's up with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Any one know how many Kind Of Blue Has sold.. I know i have 1 copy on vynil and 2 on cd lol 1,069,332 on vinyl 6,024 on 8-track 324,098 on cassette 645,764 on CD 10,898 on SACD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 So if I didn't buy KOB, there'd be exactly one less? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank m Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Just to demonstrate the difference in the listening public's taste between then and now,I'll flatten you with a number I heard today. I know it flattened me. Back in the 40's, Artie Shaw's recording of Stardust sold better than 16 million copies. Wowie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Any one know how many Kind Of Blue Has sold.. I know i have 1 copy on vynil and 2 on cd lol 1,069,332 on vinyl 6,024 on 8-track 324,098 on cassette 645,764 on CD 10,898 on SACD That's it?? Wow. Depressing. I account for 3 of those. Hey wait, what about DualDisc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe M Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 The only indication I have is the fact that hatOLOGY CDs are released in editions of 3000 CDs, which usually are around for a couple of years. On my copy of Dave Liebman "Bookends", it says "2nd edition of 3000 CDs". Liebman would be in the same selling league as Tyner I guess. But HatOLOGY CDs are rather expensive (the Liebman 2CD set costs $27), and more difficult to find in the US than most jazz labels. Leibman selling in the same league as McCoy? No way. Not even close. I'd be willing to bet McCoy sells at least twice as many copies as Liebman of any new release in the last 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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