by Rubellan » Sat May 04, 2019 7:48 am
Great, I'm happy you enjoy them! One thing I've been doing, and it seems to be a fairly accurate representation of demand, is checking Discogs to see how many people have an album in their collection. If the number is pretty high, such as Visage and more recently Danielle Dax which had a very strong pre-order week with the added wider distribution, it's a pretty good indicator that sales will be more robust. Trees and Krisma are albums that I enjoyed and what I call the vanity releases because I didn't expect the demand to be very high. Though both of them have sold several hundred copies, they are the slower movers in my catalog. So I'm happy you grabbed them and appreciate them.
But I have had to use discretion recently. I did receive a deal memo for a CD reissue by Europeans, their album Vocabulary. They are best known for The Animal Song and Recognition. Unfortunately, the cost to me was very high, approaching $8 per unit. And with the limited amount of people having it listed in their collection on Discogs, I couldn't take the financial risk. But I did sign on for 4 other titles so hopefully those will please more fans.