Re: Who vs. Zep sales

[mleaman@sccoast.net (Mark Leaman)]

>I don't know about sales figures for The Who, but I have accurate figures 
>for Led Zeppelin (U.S. sales):
>
>_Led Zeppelin I_			4 million
>_Led Zeppelin II_			6 million
>_Led Zeppelin III_			3 million
>_Led Zeppelin IV_			16 million*
>_Houses Of The Holy_			6 million
>_Physical Graffiti_			4 million
>_Presence_				2 million
>_"The Song Remains The Same"_ (Live)	2 million
>_In Through The Out Door_		5 million
>_Coda_					1 million
>
>BOXED SETS:
>_Led Zeppelin_ (4-discs)		4 million**
>_Remasters_ (3-discs)			500,000
>_Boxed Set 2_ (2-discs)			500,000
>
>* 4th highest selling album of all time
>** highest selling boxed set of all time
>
>TOTAL (not including boxed sets):	49 million (#6 all time)
>TOTAL (including boxed sets):		54 million+ (#4 all time)
>
>Sorry for the lack of Who content, but somebody wanted to know.  Now, if 
>somebody else knew the Who figures we could compare.

Scott:

This brings up the point I made on the newsgroup, and I suppose I should
repeat it here: album sales have nothing to do with who is the "better" band
(which is where this all started). If that were the case, M Jackson and
Hootie would be the greatest bands going right now...and we know that isn't
true.
I have to judge a band like this: performance (The Who knew no rivals here)
and innovation (a moot point in a Who VS Zep debate) and finally influence
(and here The Who scores big...with bands like Pearl Jam, The Sex Pistols,
Green Day, The Clash, and so on and so forth...whereas Zepplin gave us a
deluge of formula-Rock bands like Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, etc.).
Therefore...

      Cheers                    ML

NP: Who, "Young Man Blues" Marquee Club `64