tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post5365203917736044527..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Cassingles: They're growing in popularitySimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-88464675069590348682013-01-07T16:04:36.474+00:002013-01-07T16:04:36.474+00:00Indeed. These figures will clearly be mainly for ...Indeed. These figures will clearly be mainly for sales of "mainstream" / commercial releases - just as they would have been when cassette singles were a mass medium.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-10262286713104259292013-01-06T14:00:32.841+00:002013-01-06T14:00:32.841+00:00Good point, Simon - Kissability tend to do runs of...Good point, Simon - Kissability tend to do runs of 50 at a time, don't they, and have had more than two-and-a-half releases in 2012... but they don't have the all-important barcode, so are invisible to the people in County Hall with the calculators...Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-55132344717863847572013-01-06T12:52:57.301+00:002013-01-06T12:52:57.301+00:00Yeah, some people on the chart forums wonder wheth...Yeah, some people on the chart forums wonder whether there's some sort of barcode error that meant the NSync single was getting the 20-30 sales per year. <br /><br />I suppose it's possible there's something similar going on with Aznavour, but there could just be one or two shops with a (relatively) big stock selling them for 5p or whatever. Presumably people who buy cassette albums would be relatively older people and not massive music fans, so Aznavour is a plausible singer for them to be interested in. Chris Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062680121301021165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-74804834341029253922013-01-06T12:49:51.209+00:002013-01-06T12:49:51.209+00:00Hmm. There's plenty of DIY labels that put out...Hmm. There's plenty of DIY labels that put out cassettes - Transgressive's Jen Long-operated side label Kissability is tape-only - and I'm pretty sure their collected total sales were more than 124.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-40601885188104571082013-01-05T18:31:56.694+00:002013-01-05T18:31:56.694+00:00For each of the previous three years, the UK's...For each of the previous three years, the UK's best-selling cassette single had been 'N Sync's "I'll Never Stop" - a minor hit in 2000 which was never even released in the US. There's something hauntingly bleak about that.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-8778555079589566352013-01-05T17:53:15.292+00:002013-01-05T17:53:15.292+00:00The minidisc numbers are obviously odd but does an...The minidisc numbers are obviously odd but does anyone know why one particularly Charles Aznavour tape would be selling better than anything else on cassette? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com