(TV) # of Copies of 1992 "Television"

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

According to my sources there were 
exactly 13,500 cds manufactured by Capitol;
of these 9,907 were sold, 2,421 became
cut-outs; 1,135 were given away as promos;
31 are still in Billy Ficca's closet, 
and 6 copies were stolen by a guy named 
Randy who worked at the cd factory 
(and 2 of his ended up in a nearby river. 

The vinyl copy is considerably harder to find
as only 1,000 copies were pressed, but is 
definitely worth tracking down for its superior
sound.  As of 10:15 am EST, only 114 of these sit 
in bins in used record stores (only 1 of these 
copies is in Cambridge, MA); and 1 copy is carefully 
framed on the wall of Philip's Brooklyn apartment.

There exist no cassette copies.

	Leo

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip P. Obbard 
[mailto:pobbard@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 9:46 AM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) <no subject>


>On CD, the 1992 album is *not* rare. 
>Second-hand copies remain common, and I
think it's even in print right now somewhere
>in the EU. There's definitely more
than 2000 copies. Keep in mind that 
>it was released by a major label with a
>fair degree of promotion (video, two 
>singles, etc.) so I'm sure they were
hoping for sales in the range of 
>several hundred thousand.

>On the other hand, the promo vinyl run might
>have been around 2000 copies,
>maybe less.

--Philip
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