Anyone Know how many copies these lp's have sold over the year?

[kirkmc- banned on the run]

1) Holland
2) Surf's Up
3) L.A. Light
4) Endless Summer
5) Spirit of America

6) Love You (Read somewhere Al Jardine said Love You sold around 50,000, or so)

And what's the total BBY sales  figures world wide?
I'm guessing 100-300 million?
Beatles have topped a billion!

Thanx in advance.

Thanx in advance.

[Alex]

6) Love You (Read somewhere Al Jardine said Love You sold around 50,000, or so)

I'd believe that number since I got a sealed copy of Love You from 1977 on ebay a couple years ago, that according to a couple people on this board was possibly a copy that never got sold back in the day. Apparently they pressed too many copies of that album.

[Fall Breaks]

I think it says in Steven Gaines' book that Light Album sold 400,000...? Or am I wrong? Again?

[slothrop]

Endless Summer has to be a couple million right? It's a beautiful day in California right now and I can easily see how that comp became so popular. My favorite BB is definitely post Pet Sounds but there is no denying the youthful power of those early songs. And yeah, sealed copies of 15 Big Ones and Love You are still available on eBay.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Certified RIAA sales for Beach Boys product:

http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/Riaa.html

[Jay]

Certified RIAA sales for Beach Boys product:

http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/Riaa.html

According to those numbers, Still Cruisin has done surprisingly well. How much do we want to bet that the "hits" helped it along? 

[kirkmc- banned on the run]

Trippy. Holland & Surf's Up sold nadda then? Spirit of America" had to be at least Double Platinum.  L.A. Light was the last sorta hit lp then...400,000's pretty good!

[Steve Mayo]

i had an interview, i forget in which magazine, from the mid 70's. it was with a WB exec (not sure but i seem to remember it as being with D.B.). he was talking about record sales. on the subject of  surf's up he stated that the lp had great sales at first but when the returns came in the positive sales figures were almost wiped out. but (at the time of the interview) the lp had healthy sales each year and was approaching gold status.
but no figures in numbers were actually given.

[Wirestone]

Jay -- it wasn't the hits -- it was Kokomo! How many people wanted to buy a new BB album after hearing their unexpected number 1 hit? Probably enough to move a decent number of records.

[Fun Is In]

My local store, "Everybody's Records" in Portland, had perhaps 50 copies of Surf's Up in the cut-out bin in the early to mid 70s.  Love You became easy to find in the cut-out bins too, though in smaller numbers, for several years after sales ran out of gas. Then as now, the cut out bin contents were indicators of over-production and returned product being sent back out at lowered price.