DLR album sales

[maxell3752]

Originally posted by Big Troubles
Trouble is, that Magna Carta, is a bottom feeding Record Co. that barely promoted Dave's album beyond their own website. If Magna is wondering why Dave's album sales are so low, they need not look any further than their very own marketing dept.
It never mattered to me either what the sales were. But Im guessing we'd all gush a little more if they were higher.

Your silly, Magna carta is a sister division of Wanner Bros. Music, they did promote Dave's albums as well as they could. Dave made millions of dollars from a few of his solo albums, and paid people like Steve Vi, beans. Thats why those people wont play with Dave no more, because his lawyers fuck everyone over. Which is just another reason why Dave was ousted from VH.

Magna Carta records has been the lable for most DLR records. How can you say they never promoted DLR past their website.. How do you know this. Dave's solo music was junk!... Come on "Hot dog and a shake"??.. hahah.. Lets face it DLR screwed up in 1984 and 5.

[bru87tr]

considering I bought the album cassette and cd I find it hard to believe some of these sales figures are accurate. im not a big buyer when it comes to albums cd's and cassettes but I cant be the only one who bought each release 3 times over.

I find it hard to believe the second release only sold half of the first release. just interest alone would have equaled the first release.

just my thought. I never believed #'s to be correct.

[Warham]

According to the RIAA website, the only albums that Dave has released that have went 1x platinum are EEAS and Skyscraper, as well as the EP Crazy From The Heat. I tend to think Warners has not sent in any certification papers for any of his releases since the early 90's though.

[Jano]

Originally posted by fanofdave
It never mattered to me what the sales numbers
were on Dave's albums. If he puts one out, I'm
buying it. I thought Dave's last album was good.
I like his versions of the cover songs. That album
gives you good insight into what music influenced
Dave along the roads he traveled.

I agree 100%!

[Loons The Great]

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[minkahed]

I read somewhere that Warner wouldn't re-issue 2 of Dave's solo records, and properly certify them, if he didn't lose his ego and try to reconvene with VH back in '96.

By the way, Dave himself stated somewhere that "A Little Ain't Enough" sold "Gold", plus change back in '91.

"Your Filthy Little Mouth" could be a different story, but I don't doubt that cd sold a couple hundred thousand.

[loucap81]

From what I remember, YFLM sold north of 200,000. DLR Band sold over 100,000 which was pretty impressive considering it had no marketing at all behind it. Diamond Dave was another story. I'm pretty sure it didn't even get to 25,000. Is Diamond Dave out of print by now? I know everything from ALAE to DLR Band is.

[minkahed]

Maybe physical cd's are out of print, but they are ALL available via I-Tunes.

Start downloading dude !

[minkahed]

Even Dave's 1997 Rhino release, "The Best" sold over 100,000. Even reached #199 on the BB Top 200,

That was 15 years ago, by now, it shoulda moved, at least, another 100,000, maybe 200,000.

I thought Dave had plenty of fans, but they sure don't buy his records !