I, Ludicrous’ tribute to Peter Crouch at the Bull and Gate, Kentish Town, London on 15 June 2006.
January 2012
Twitter feed with update on vinyl figures
Sorry I posted theses figures on twitter but forgot to add them here avalanche_edin Avalanche Records UK Market share: Vinyl albums 2011: CD 99.61%, 12” Vinyl 0.39% 2010: CD 99.76%, 12” Vinyl 0.24%, x Adele bigger than vinyl ! US 2011 stats. Adele – 21 sold 5.8 million copies. LP total sales 3.9 million. x Of […]
Analysis and perspective for the increase in vinyl sales
What is clear from these figures is that vinyl is definitely selling more year on year. Not as daft a statement as it sounds as in an industry that often relies on smoke and mirrors it was by no means a foregone conclusion. Radiohead’s “The King of Limbs” album was a clear example of something […]
Vinyl sales for 2011 – Top 40
Top 40 Vinyl 2011 Total: 341,377 Position Title Artist Catalogue No DUS 12 Inch Vinyl DUS 7 Inch Vinyl DUS 1 THE KING OF LIMBS RADIOHEAD TICK001LP 21,263 21,263 0 2 NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING JDNCLP10 4,183 4,183 0 3 21 ADELE XLLP520 3,732 3,732 0 4 LET ENGLAND SHAKE […]
Vinyl sales for 2010 – Top 40
Top 40 Vinyl 2010 Total: 237,013 Position Title Artist Catalogue No DUS 12 Inch Vinyl DUS 7 Inch Vinyl DUS 1 VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE JIMI HENDRIX SNYL7640591 3,076 3,076 0 2 THE SUBURBS ARCADE FIRE 2743427 2,690 2,690 0 3 THE FINAL FRONTIER IRON MAIDEN 6477701 2,104 2,104 0 4 EXILE ON MAIN ST ROLLING […]
Pledgemusic, Kickstarter and album/single launches
I came back home to see Darren Hayman’s views on twitter about Stuart Murdoch asking for money on Kickstarter to fund his film “God Save The Girl”. Now I’m not a big fan of this sort of thing in music but it seemed fair enough to me for raising money for a film. I get […]
Rachel Sermanni and The Twilight Sad both play Avalanche instores to launch their new releases
We are indeed spoiling you ! Not only do we have Rachel instore on Monday 6th February promoting her new EP “Black Currents” but The Twilight Sad will be playing songs from their new album “No One Can Ever Know” also out that week on Wednesday 8th. I’m sure if we ask nicely they’ll play a few […]
Avalanche Album Club – What you get !
I’ve been getting asked a lot for more info on the album club so here briefly is a little more for those interested. The club is not monthly as such we just pick a release when we find something we think our members will be interested in. Most of our choices are Scottish artists but […]
February in-stores – could be the best month ever !
We have some cracking in-stores for February in the pipeline and several possibly all for the same week. Confirmation very soon. In the meantime here is Rachel Sermanni’s video for “The Fog”