Was just referring to when Santa Maria was disqualified from the charts due to alleged bulk buying. (The irony being most people in here have bought in bulk but this was buying just the one format cd many times from the same shop).
Ahh I see. Has anyone else had any official email saying their signed vinyl has been shipped? And how good are Chalkys with shipping?
I’ve not had an email but I’ve gone into my orders and the tracking says Royal Mail have it at my local distribution centre, so it should be here tomorrow.
What is the cut off for buying physical versions? If I can convince some friends to get them today will they count?
Album sales are currently so dire (and the industry's last money making hope) the charts company doesn't really care to be honest. Now if the same stunt was being pulled in 1998 when there were 4-5 big majors fighting for that career-boosting, tour-selling, PR-loving No 1 album there would be a big furore.
I'm not sure if I said this before. But seeing H and Lee together gets me in the feels. They are the best pop duo going. Pop Husband's for life!
I was thinking the same thing when someone said they're surprised the official charts haven't stepped in using the multiple formats to assist with sales but your right singles and albums tend not to be the money makers anymore it's the tours
However it still suprises me of how strict they are for Physical Single formats still. Especially in comparison to Physical Album formats. You would have thought they would have modified this, in this day and age.
Its been suggested that they might ban it one day... But I think if they were to ban multi-format bundles album sales would be so low that the OCC would be almost irrelevant.
Did anyone happen to save the image of Claire/Lee/Faye's individual artwork (since it's now gone from the store)?
I’ll tell you what I love and admire about Steps - that they absolutely know and appreciate that their fans (especially the hardcore ones) keep them going. The biggest of the thank yous in the CD booklet, the signings etc. And it doesn’t feel like lip service either, they know how lucky they are to be in this position two decades on, and they respect the loyalty. They really are a great set of people.
