Re: [ARSCLIST] FW: [MLA-L] Record sales figures from before World War II?? (fwd)

[vdalhart <vdalhart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Tim Gracyk's website has a nice article on record sales during the early 
days of the 1900s.  It's basic theme was that most of the sales quoted were 
often wildly inflated.   Jack

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From: "Karl Miller" <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] FW: [MLA-L] Record sales figures from before World War 
II?? (fwd)


> A question one of you discophiles out there could probably answer. I would
> assume you might reply directly to the individual, I cannot help but
> wonder if many of us on this list might like to know some answers.
>
> Karl
>
> From: Music Library Association Mailing List On Behalf Of Gary Boye
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:47 AM
> Subject: [MLA-L] Record sales figures from before World War II??
>
> CW:
>
> Is there any way to obtain sales figures of 78 rpm. records from the 1920s
> and 1930s?  I have a patron interested in some rather obscure (or at least
> average) country recordings from various labels from this period and
> wondered if there is a compilation of the sales of specific records.  I 
> know
> I've seen numbers attached to major artists (e.g., the Carter Family or
> Jimmie Rodgers sold over 1,000,000 records of a particular single), but 
> not
> for the average performer.
>
> ANY help would be greatly appreciated--I'm afraid I'm lost in the
> pre-Billboard period!
>
> Gary
>
> Gary R. Boye, Ph.D.
> Music Librarian
> Appalachian State University