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BCC 2 in UK charts

Black Country Communion 2 was released last week in the UK and is enjoying chart success. The Official Charts Company reports that for the week ending June 25 it has topped the Rock Charts and is at #23 in general Album Charts.
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Phoenix Rising chart positions

The Mk.4 DVD Phoenix Rising was released in Europe on May 20 and went into the charts in several countries:

  • #4 Finland Album charts
  • #2 Sweden DVD charts
  • #38 Norway general charts
  • #50 Austria Album and DVD charts
  • #25 UK Indie charts
  • #22 Germany General […]
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WhoCares in Amazon charts

The still-yet-to-be-released WhoCares single has already entered the Amazon.co.uk charts. It’s been at #2 position in singles for two days now and yesterday was even spotted at reaching #1. You all now have a chance to contribute to it’s continuing success. It’s great […]

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Forevermore chart positions

Whitesnake’s Forevermore came out in March and made into Top 50 charts in several countries. The first-week chart positions were as follows:

  • Sweden: #6
  • Finland: #11
  • Czech Republic: #15
  • Germany: #16
  • Switzerland: #17
  • Austria: #27
  • Italy: #41
  • Netherlands #42
  • Poland: #42
  • USA: #49

The album sold around 12,000 copies in the […]

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Audiophile In Rock is #2 on CD Universe chart

Audio Fidelity’s In Rock achieved a surprising chart success in the top sellers list of an online retailer CD Universe. As of July 29, it reached #2 interrupting a bevy of Michael Jackson’s albums.

Meanwhile this release is only at #325 […]

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Slip of the Tongue 20th Anniversary Edition

EMI is releasing a 20th Anniversary Edition of Whitesnake’s Slip of the Tongue album with audio and video bonuses. There’s no word yet on whether anything is remastered. The release dates are set for:
June 5th — Germany
June 8th – […]

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One Eye on Rock Radio

Promotion for the Ian Gillan’s album One Eye To Morocco goes into full swing. Tonight, Saturday, March 21, starting at 6pm he will appear in a 2 hour special on Rock Radio in Scotland:

Ian takes over the airwaves to celebrate […]

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Stormbringer is #2 in the charts

A week after it’s release, the remastered Stormbringer didn’t make it all the way into the BBC Top 40, but landed at a quite respectable #2 on Top 40 Rock Albums UK chart, displacing Chinese Democracy by Guns n’ Roses.

Glenn Hughes […]

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Comin’ out of nowhere

Who would have thought that a mere re-release of one of the more controversial albums in the Purple history could have chart potential?

Remastered 35th anniversary version of Stormbringer went on sale across Europe today, February 23. Usual disclaimers apply, but […]

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Love Is All in the charts

Roger Glover’s Love Is All continues to pop up in different cartoons. This version by Florabelle et la Mushroom Family has been listed for 40 weeks in the France Singles Top 100. It entered the chart at number 65 in the […]

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