Palmer says upthread their royalties are annually 6 figures. I dont make 6 figures a year, do you?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 April 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
Eh i might be misreading that maybe its not annual. But still, six figures!
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 April 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
it says total sum in six figures over 30 years.
― wmlynch, Friday, 21 April 2017 02:15 (seven years ago) link
Well, yes, but that's besides the point. Do you seriously think that they're selling that many albums a year. We're not stupid here. 100,000/20=5000 albums sold per year, divided among the group, per their legal rights. Nobody is getting super rich here. Do you think that 5000 people bought Spacemen 3 albums last year. I freaking love the band, but I think that's batshit insane.
― dlp9001, Friday, 21 April 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link
One of the things I had to come to terms with is that ALL THE BANDS I LOVED IN THE 80S AND 90S MADE ESSENTIALLY NOTHING. Repeat, ESSENTIALLY NOTHING.
― dlp9001, Friday, 21 April 2017 02:18 (seven years ago) link
― dlp9001, Friday, 21 April 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link
The entire indie rock revolution was essentially people selling 1000 albums to the same 1000 dumbasses (like me). It's sort of crazy, in terms of the cultural impact vs. the financial impact.
― dlp9001, Friday, 21 April 2017 02:20 (seven years ago) link
Palmer has Spacemen 3 trademarked all the way out to 2025 so this is going to be a very expensive and long cold war. Don't expect a box set, remasters, etc. anytime soon.https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00003098575
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 21 April 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
I think the only Space Age product I have is the Forged Prescription comp, which has liner notes by Sonic and came out way before these allegations started getting slung around
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 April 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
compreissue
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 April 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
ALL THE BANDS I LOVED IN THE 80S AND 90S MADE ESSENTIALLY NOTHING. Repeat, ESSENTIALLY NOTHING.
not sure who you loved but it's probably not accurate to say ALL. Most? Yeah, most indie rock bands didn't make much. I have no idea what S3 sales are/were/are going to be tbh.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 April 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
I remember that Jason said to me that he made more money from the Volkswagen ad than any of LAG's sales.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 22 April 2017 00:14 (seven years ago) link
That's not so surprising, considering that Jason blew so much money on recording and packaging for those 90's SPZ albums.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 22 April 2017 10:39 (seven years ago) link
Plus placement fees were way higher back then, in the days before indie rock was a music-for-commercials-n-films cottage industry
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 22 April 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link
ooookay http://pitchfork.com/news/73146-spacemen-3-take-down-request-asking-fans-not-to-buy-reissues/?mbid=homepage-more-latest-and-video
― Οὖτις, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
one of the ex-members of the band who illegally authorised the license of a Spacemen 3 recording behind our back (to which the other band members were denied any royalties or advance)
any idea what this was? I did sort of do a double-take when I recently saw/heard some ad that used a song that *sampled* "Big City" but that probably isn't it.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link
er, not "Big City", "I Love You" from Recurring
― Οὖτις, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link
maybe this?
https://www.discogs.com/Spacemen-3-Live-At-The-New-Morning-Geneva-Switzerland-18051989/release/8340890
read the second comment and follow the link.
― new noise, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link