DW's News?

[Awesoman]

Nothing official but I'm sure it's been hinted that a proper retrospective of Denny's work is being considered which would be a wondorous thing indeed, considering the strong sales of the re-issue of Pacific Ocean Blue there must be a label out there willing to do this. I hope.

Did the Pacific Ocean Blue album really receive strong sales?  I thought I read somewhere on this very message board that it didn't do very well...

Maybe Jon or AGD can give us the actual unit sales figures, but I can say this: 
the set debuted at Number 4 on Amazon.com's Rock chart, Number 8 on Billboard's U.S. Catalog Album chart, and Number 16 on the U.K. Album Chart. It was the Number 2 Best Seller at the Los Angeles store of popular independent west coast chain Ameoba Records. Other global placings include Number 71 in Ireland, Number 67 in Holland, and an astonishing Number 5 in Norway. Rolling Stone, Mojo, Uncut, and the London Observer all voted it the best reissue of the year, while Time Out New York ranked it 2008's third best album overall.

Yeah all of that is true, I think Awesoman must be the only person who read that it "didn't do very well." The actual sales were more than double what was originally projected as high end for this "cult" type of reissue...well in excess of 100,000 units worldwide and apparently still selling. Maybe Awesoman meant he read that the orig. '77 release of POB didn't do well, but it beat expectations too, 200,000 plus. Wow i just realized the POB LP (in past and present incarnations) has now sold well in excess of 300,000. Not bad Dennis!

Then I must have been mistaken (easy there, Jon, easy...).  :-)

[Dove Nested Towers]

I've heard rumors that as little as 250-500 copies of SIP were sold. The rest were either given away or sent to an "unknown location". 

I thought torture techniques had been outlawed at Guantanamo, even before it was closed (it has been closed, right? I forget and don't feel like checking Google before posting). Heavily insulated underground storage facility, perhaps?

[CosmicDancer]

I just was doing some research on Still Cruzin and it has sold over a million now and is Platinum certified. Crazy world huh?

Certified Platinum 9/30/2003. 

Interesting.  I wouldn't have thought that "Still Cruisin'" would have still been in print and selling copies in '03.

[c-man]

I've heard rumors that as little as 250-500 copies of SIP were sold. The rest were either given away or sent to an "unknown location". 

I thought torture techniques had been outlawed at Guantanamo, even before it was closed (it has been closed, right? I forget and don't feel like checking Google before posting). Heavily insulated underground storage facility, perhaps?

Nope, Guantanamo is very much still open & in business. Barack and his buddies can't figure out how to close it.