The new AC/DC album, Black Ice, is looking to be a major blockbuster, even though sales are limited to Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs stores in the U.S.Early word from Wal-Mart is that the album moved 193,000 copies the first day and is projected to possibly hit the 800,000 mark before the end of the week.
To boost AC/DC sales, the retail giant also opened band "stores-within-a-store" in their retail outlest with the band's catalog and other merchandise, along with "pop-up" stores in New York and Los Angeles totally dedicated to the band.
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Guns N' Roses to Release New Album After 15-Year Wait
By Mark Beech
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Guns N' Roses released a new single today as a preview to the album ``Chinese Democracy,'' ending a 15-year wait for fans of the U.S. rock band.
The title track is available for streaming on Internet sites such as www.q1043.com. Best Buy Co. and Geffen Records said in an e-mailed release that the album will be available beginning Nov. 23 at Best Buy, the world's largest electronic retailer, and www.bestbuycom on CD, vinyl, and digital downloads.
Guns N' Roses has sold more than 90 million albums. The last original releases were ``Use Your Illusion I'' and ``Use Your Illusion II'' in 1991. (``The Spaghetti Incident?'' of 1993 was a covers collection.)
```Chinese Democracy' is one of the most highly anticipated albums in music history,'' Gary Arnold, senior entertainment officer for Best Buy, said in the e-mailed release.
Produced by singer Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo, the album, which will be released on Black Frog/Geffen Records, includes 14 tracks. Billboard said the album's production cost was $13 million.
The Guns N' Roses Web site has carried statements from Rose before saying the record is near release.
A California man has been charged with posting nine songs from the unreleased album on his own site.
SOURCE: http://www.bloomberg.com/
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MUDCRUTCH TO RELEASE LIVE EP NOVEMBER 11th
Mudcrutch , the legendary Florida band featuring Tom Petty, Tom Leadon, Randall Marsh, Mike Campbell, and Benmont Tench, will release a live EP entitled Extended Play Live on Reprise Records November 11, 2008. Extended Play Live will be released digitally, on compact disc, and on 180 Gram High Performance Vinyl. The vinyl edition includes a full dynamic range audiophile CD.
The band undertook a short but wildly popular tour of intimate California venues last April, including six sold-out nights at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. Extended Play Live features four tracks recorded during the tour–including a dramatic fifteen-minute version of the band’s masterpiece, “Crystal River,” recorded live at the Troubadour. All four tracks on the EP are currently streaming in their entirety at www.mudcrutchmusic.com.
Extended Play Live TRACK LISTING:
The Wrong Thing To Do (Live At The Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA, April 20, 2008)
Bootleg Flyer (Live At The Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA, April 20, 2008)
Crystal River (Live At The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA, April 28, 2008)
High School Confidential (Live At The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA, May 2, 2008)
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