Best sellers for these lables.

[RDK]

6.  Hummin' To Myself (Audio CD)

~ Linda Ronstadt

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I thought Humming to Myself was the new Keith Jarrett album...

[Ron S]

I thought Humming to Myself was the new Keith Jarrett album... 

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No, that's "Moanin' to Myself."

[Big Wheel]

and using the same mehtodology, these are the top 10 sellers from prestige, on amazon..Miles might be disappointed to know he's still making a lot of money for 'the man'.

1.  Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet (20 Bit Mastering) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

~ Miles Davis Quintet, Miles Davis

2.  Saxophone Colossus (20 Bit Mastering) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

~ Sonny Rollins

3.  Workin With the Miles Davis Quintet (20 Bit Mastering) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

~ Miles Davis

4.  Miles Davis & the Modern Jazz Giants (20 Bit Mastering) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

~ Miles Davis

5.  Walkin' (20 Bit Mastering) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

~ Miles Davis

6.  Miles Davis Plays for Lovers (Audio CD)

~ Miles Davis

7.  Ipi Ntombi: The African Music Celebration [CAST RECORDING] [iMPORT] (Audio CD)

~ Original Cast Recording

 

8.  Traditional Music of India (Audio CD)

~ Ali Akbar Khan

Original Release Date: April 18, 1995

9.  Billy Taylor Trio (Audio CD)

~ Billy Taylor

10.  The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings [bOX SET] [LIVE] (Audio CD)

~ Lightnin' Hopkins

Original Release Date: October 17, 1991

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Try doing a search for "OJC" instead and see which Prestige titles come up on top. I think searching for "Prestige" may only bring up non-OJC series titles, like the 20 bit K2 remasterings...

[montg]

Here's the search results with ojc. the methodology's far from perfect since some Prestiges are not labled (on amazon) as ojc and of couse many ojcs are not prestige. The Lucky Thompson is probably an anomaly since he's been in the news lately. Interesting to see that Bill Evans is still bringing in a bunch of dough for 'the man'.

1. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (Audio CD)

~ John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk

2. Saxophone Colossus (Audio CD)

~ Sonny Rollins

3. Moon Beams (Audio CD)

~ Bill Evans

4. Incredible Jazz Guitar (Audio CD)

~ Wes Montgomery

5. Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (Audio CD)

~ Miles Davis Quintet

6. Lucky Strikes (Audio CD)

~ Lucky Thompson

7. Explorations (Audio CD)

~ Bill Evans

8. Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Audio CD)

~ Bill Evans

9. Lush Life (Audio CD)

~ John Coltrane

10. Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (Audio CD)

~ Art Pepper

[Chuck Nessa]

Only 4 of those are Prestige.

[J.A.W.]

Only 4 of those are Prestige.

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You beat me to it.

[montg]

That's why I just searched for prestige rather than ojc the first time around. In know it's not perfect, just a gauge of what sells particularly well, at the moment. I guess everybody digs Bill Evans (but me).

Related point, the Bird/Diz town hall concert is still ranked in the stratosphere on amazon, (#167).

[alankin]

The only Strata East record to have significant sales was Gil Scott-Heron's Winter In America. It was huge by jazz standards and almost brought the label down.

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Splain me that one, Chuck, if you don't mind -- thanks!!

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The only thing that's worse for a business than failure is a big success.

[clifford_thornton]

In a way, that's true - ESP might have fared better if they hadn't gained notoriety from the Fugs and Pearls Before Swine, with bootlegs and constant difficulty meeting demand at the time. Of course, some of that was due to mismanagement.

I wonder what the biggest-selling BYG record was? I'm guessing the Don Cherrys or Blase, but not sure about that.