tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post7765049983832976318..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: The Tenenbaum trial: People say the funniest things under oathSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-17842885392535819352009-07-31T12:22:53.463+00:002009-07-31T12:22:53.463+00:00That's rubbish, Robin Carmody.
It might have ...That's rubbish, Robin Carmody.<br /><br />It might have had a hand in saving the record company it was on, but it's hard to see how it 'saved' other labels - plenty of multi million selling acts in the era (the Police, Phil Collins, U2, hell, Bucks Fizz!) <br /><br />The idea that 'Thriller' single handedly rescued, say, Virgin or A & M is perverse in the extreme.Cobardonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-69962763094837105592009-07-30T20:57:10.206+00:002009-07-30T20:57:10.206+00:00Record sales *did* drop at the start of the 1980s,...Record sales *did* drop at the start of the 1980s, at least in the US. Thriller saved the industry's skin back then.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.com