Thursday, October 31, 2019

October 31 - Out in Nashville

The Meant To Be Played import compilations “The Nashville Marathon Vol. 2” and “Out In Hollywood Volume Three” have been released. Both compilations follow the format of the original Follow That Dream releases; a compilation of (interesting) alternative takes. 

According to the press-release the “Out In Hollywood Volume Three” album contains unreleased tracks like “Poor Boy” which is an alternate master and “Stay Away” which has the harmonica intro followed by the master take, the sound is much better than the actual movie version. 
The "The Nashville Marathon Vol. 2 " includes “some nice surprises and edits” such as the extended version of “Lady Madonna” which rocks like never before and the new "Don't Think Twice It's All Right" edit of take 2 recorded on May 17th 1971.

The Top-Earning Dead Celebrities of 2019

Forbes listed their annual “Top Earning Dead Celebrities” list again. The annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities measures pretax income from October 1, 2018 through October 1, 2019. Forbes compiles the numbers with the help of data from Nielsen Music, IMDBPro and interviews with industry insiders. Fees for agents, managers and lawyers are not deducted.

The Top 5 of 2019:
#1: Michael Jackson: $60 million
#2: Elvis Presley: $39 million
#3: Charles Schulz: $38 million
#4: Arnold Palmer: $30 million
#5: Bob Marley: $20 million

(Source: Elvis on CD / Forbes)