Link: THE GREAT JIM REEVES 8 CD SET
The sale of the new 8 CD set, "The Great Jim Reeves," featuring 170+ tracks (including 96 overdubs...42 of them NEW and previously unreleased), is continuing to be brisk.
On the Amazon UK site right now, it ranks 7,844 in sales (see above).
There is a weird conspiracy theory posted online -- you-know-where -- that says "The 8cd set is NOT SOLD by Amazon.co.uk, only 'FULFILLED' by them... The reason for this becomes clear. ONLY Amazon.co.uk 'SOLD' items will appear on their 'AMAZON'S BESTSELLERS RANK' which denotes their sales. Obviously, it is to hide how well or probably how poorly the heavily promoted & hyped set is selling. We're NEVER going to know how well the 8 CD H&H Jim Reeves CD set is doing. No chart activity for this set and no 'award winning' acclaim.' At least the Bear Family 3cd set is selling & has a rating at 15,450."
Am I missing something here? The sales rank for ALL items that are sold on Amazon's site -- whether fulfilled by Amazon or a third party -- are listed according to rank.
For instance, when I produced "Jim Reeves: The New Recordings," a couple of years ago, it zoomed to #7 on the Amazon Best Selling Country chart in only three days, even though it was not officially fulfilled through Amazon -- meaning Amazon takes the orders but turns them over to a third party that does the actual mailing.
Meanwhile, David Bussey is on Amazon UK once again posting his paranoid speculation as to my supposedly being behind a negative review of his Abbott set. He clearly is aiming at me when he states "a so-called well experienced & oft quoted Stateside journalist, author & record producer who cowardly hides behind the anonimity (sic) of a pseudonym to use every means at his disposal to attack or castigate other persons or products under the pretext of a so-called review.
"I & my family have already had several attempts at you to right this wrong. I would hate to have to take the matter further."
He lectures people not to "trash [a CD] in an Amazon review & award it with a hideosly (sic) measly & offensive 1 star." (You mean like his friend Peter Atkinson does with every VoiceMasters CD I release, and whom Bussey has repeatedly DEFENDED?)
He says "IT MUST NEVER BE USED BY THE LIKES OF YOUR MR. HEMMINGWAY FOR PERSONAL ATTACK OR ABUSE."
Have you seen all the trash that's been posted on Amazon by Mr. Atkinson about me and now even my dear daughter, Sara, who has received a negative "review" even though her book has nothing to do with the Reeves scene?
The lack of self-awareness on the part of Mr. Bussey as to his own conduct over the years in attacking me personally before my book even came out, then claiming to be the victim of a campaign of personal destruction when I did absolutely ZERO to him -- I mean literally NOTHING -- is just downright weird.
The Abbott release has a whole bunch of sellers; 19 at last count, and it still isn't doing well. People know JIM REEVES HIMSELF DID NOT WANT THIS MATERIAL CIRCULATED.
The new "Great Jim Reeves" 8 CD set I produced has had worldwide acclaim and airplay and GARNERED JIM TWO TOP TEN hits, including a NUMBER ONE song in Europe this summer. We posted that info here and also sent out a newsletter to our mailing list with actual feedback from deejays, with their station call letters and names and what they said in praise of the set, so as to authenticate it.
The list of radio stations playing selections from "The Great Jim Reeves" spans the globe. If anyone would like to see a copy of this list, email me at lnjordan@mac.com and I will personally send them a copy of this feedback.
This is such a silly game. I wish Mr. Bussey well in his endeavors, I don't spend my days preoccupied with him or any of his crazy cohorts; I am too busy working on 7 new CD projects (all of them NON-Reeves) for the coming year. Just last night we finished laying in a couple of jazzy trumpet tracks on two overdubs we're doing on a 34 song album involving a top American female vocalist.
But the fact remains, "The Great Jim Reeves" 8 CD set IS something very special and fans have already attested to the incredible sound quality and beautiful new instrumental backings featuring 31 musicians/engineers -- including current members of the Grand Ole Opry band.
Hear audio samples below.
BTW, Julie has been very busy lately but will be launching the separate section of the website where we will post these sorts of responses. I wish she'd hurry up! I felt this stuff needed a response but I hate to clutter up the main page with it...
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