Originally Posted by
sup_fan
another point though is that the "specialty" albums were not really intended for teens to buy. while i wasn't around in the 60s, i understand that teens then didn't have the discretionary cash that they do today. so they would have been very judicious with what they did buy. basically motown gave them 1 lp per year - Where in late 64, More in mid 65, Symphony in late 65, A go Go in summer 66, HDH in early 67.
Sam Cooke, Country, Merry Christmas, R&H, etc were really geared more to the parents of the teens that bought the hit lps.
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