Brian Moura wrote: <blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>
Perhaps the more impressive numbers are the Stones SACDs. Another 650,000 copies sold since December outside the U.S.
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Brian,
The problem I have with proclaiming the success of the Stones SACDs is that the are (to the buying public) NOT SACDs, they are "The New Rolling Stones Remastered CDs". That is why people are buying them.
Sure, You know, and I know they are SACDs. But they are not marked on the package that they are SACDs, they are not placed in the "SACD" section of any store that I have been in. Heck, when they first came out, I went to Best Buy to get a few, and I had the discs in my hands but did not buy them because I thought they were just regular CDs, and I wanted the SACDs.
I am not trying to be anti-SACD here, or rain on any good news for either SACD or DVD-A, but you can't honestly proclaim this as a great benchmark for SACD when the discs are not even marketed as SACDs.
At least the DSOTM is marked as an SACD (in tiny, tiny letters).
I would be more impressed if one of the "REAL" SACDs sold that many copies, like say the David Bowie "Heathen" SACD or the James Taylor "Hourglass" disc.
I have yet to hear anyone address this fact when referring to the sales figures for SACDs. Like I said, if these figures create more releases in this format, then that is good. However, I would have liked it more if these were at least <strong>MULTI-CHANNEL</strong> discs.
:-jon