Rounding up to two million is just not the accurate interpretation of “pressing toward 2 million sales”, as was written - but more of that later.įirstly lets address the bizarre “4-5 million” statement which despite both albums being no more than 2xP in 1986 meant he was in fact doubling the official position unilaterally! When MJD then came across an article from Rolling Stone published on 21st December 1968 (that was largely dealing with the Beatles’ ‘White Album’ shifting a huge amount of copies) he seized upon mention of the two number one S&G/soundtrack albums that year as “each pressing toward 2 million sales” as his justification for what he’d said previously. He ended by doing his usual ‘conservative’ estimating thing of then rationalising upwards still further what had been said in the 1968 Rolling Stone snippet he refers to by commenting “how pointless their updates (later RIAA double platinum certifications) were, they shipped 2 million each by 1968”. I stumbled across the above on this thread which MJD put his name to in 2009, and most vindictive he would have been had I seen it then and pointed out how ridiculous it was for him to state so categorically that both ‘The Graduate’ and ‘Bookends’ should be between “4-5 million copies sold in the US”! How pointless their updates were, they shipped 2 million each by 1968 In the weird and wacky world of estimating we have all managed to learn things.
The record setting soundtrack recording for The Sound of Music has been on the charts for nearly four years. Since then we had a confirmation:īeatles Record-Busting LP May Be All-Time Biggestįor comparison, the two Simon and Garfunkel albums, The Graduate soundtrack and Bookends have dominated the LP charts this past year, with each pressing toward 2 million sales, The Graduate. Parsley, Sage Rosemary And Thyme should be at this same level as well.I remember this message I posted. I think both should be at 4-5 million copies sold in the US. But in the US, both The Graduate and Bookends were as successful as him when they wre first released.Įven if catalog sales are easily in favor to Bridge Over Trouble Water, it makes any doubt that The Graduate and Bookends sold both much more than their certification level. Bridge Over Trouble Water was by far their strongest studio album sales wise worldwide.
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