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I remember when Jim Ladd previewed the whole "Rock a Little" album on KLOS in 1985 a couple of days before it was available in stores. But, clever DJ that he is, he talked over the intros & outros of each track specifically so that people wouldn't tape it & sell it. And somebody at the same station did the same thing the following year with "Tango."
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And, that was probably a reaction from realizing the mistake that was made back in October 1979 when Westwood One played the entire "Tusk" album, no voice overs, a day or two before it's release. Had there not been the opportunity to tape the entire album, cleanly, before it's release, it, no doubt, would've sold AT LEAST twice as many copies.
Makes me wonder what would've happened if "Tusk" would've put up sale numbers that would've been just slightly under what "Rumours" did...how that would've changed the dynamic:
1) WITHIN the band
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B) between the band & the record label