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More Indie Reaction To Tower Bankruptcy & Retail Woes

Part 2 Of A Series: Our friends at world music publicity firm Rock Paper Scissors polled some heads of indie labels on the recent Tower bankruptcy, other cutbacks in the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/11/2006 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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GoodStorm Shares CD Sales 50/50 With Fans & Bloggers

WORTHY CLICK – Many believe that in the near future more transactions will be motivated by a person’s peers and trusted advisers than by any advertising or marketing. If that. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/07/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 9-03-06

Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 DYLAN*BOB|MODERN TIMES 2 YORN*PETE|NIGHTCRAWLER 3 LAMONTAGNE*RAY|TILL THE SUN TU 4 OLD CROW MEDICI|BIG IRON WORLD 5 ROOTS|GAME THEORY 6 WARD*M.|POST-WAR 7 OUTKAST|IDLEWILD 8 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/06/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-27-06

Pos. ARTIST |  TITLE 1 OUTKAST|IDLEWILD 2 LAMB OF GOD|SACRAMENT 3 J DILLA|SHINING 4 CURSIVE|HAPPY HOLLOW 5 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHER 6 YORKE*THOM|ERASER 7 WARD*M.|POST-WAR 8 SLAYER|CHRIST ILLUSION 9 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/30/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-20-06

Pos.   ARTIST  |  TITLE 1 AGUILERA*CHRIST|BACK TO BASICS 2 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE 3 YORKE*THOM|ERASER 4 SLAYER|CHRIST ILLUSION 5 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION 6 DIFRANCO*ANI|REPRIEVE 7 BREAKING BENJAM|PHOBIA 8 MATTHEW ANDRAE|BURNING 9 CASH*JOHNNY|AMERICAN. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/23/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Music Retailers Complain Of Too Many Hit 4th Quarter Releases

With a glut of 4th quarter releases slated by big sellers like Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, Alan Jackson, Beck, Bob Dylan, Bob Segar and many others, you would think. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/22/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Tower To Sell In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Trans World Losses Also Widen.

Tower Records with 89 music and video stores in 20 states last night announced that it will sell the company under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code. This process, which. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/21/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-13-06

Pos.  ARTIST | TITLE 1 SLAYER|CHRIST ILLUSION 2 ROSS*RICK|PORT OF MIAMI 3 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION 4 DIFRANCO*ANI|REPRIEVE 5 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE 6 YORKE*THOM|ERASER 7 BREAKING BENJAM|PHOBIA 8 AS TALL AS LION|AS. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/18/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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37% More CD Releases Are Competing For Far Fewer Slots

According to radio consultants SBR Creative Media’s Music Notes, Sean O’Connell of marketers Music Allies at the recent Radio & Records AAA Radio Summit shared statictics that show significantly more. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/11/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-06-06

Pos. ARTIST  |  TITLE 1 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION 2 G. LOVE|LEMONADE 3 YORKE*THOM|ERASER 4 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE 5 JURASSIC 5|FEEDBACK 6 STONE SOUR|COME WHAT(EVER) MAY 7 CASH*JOHNNY|AMERICAN V: HUNDRE 8 PHARRELL|IN. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/10/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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