[freedumb2003]

That's where the money is - the Stones sure aren't selling a lot of copies of "Beggars Banquet" these days.

You are incredibly wrong. Mny of the old classic albums continue to sell well and make up the bulk of music sales today. In the recording industry, they have what is called "catalog," which is essentially old stuff that still sells and perovides the bulk of the industry revenues. The industry has been making noises for about 5 years since very little of the music in the last 10 years has any shelf life -- music is now made like NFL teams -- to get the $ now, NOT to last. THAT will kill the musing industry far faster than the internet,

[SamAdams76]

Incredibly wrong about what? I know that many old classic albums still sell and there was an article in this weeks Billboard saying just that. However, the numbers are huge only when taking into account the cumulative sales of many thousands of catalog albums. Fact is, the Rolling Stones don't sell enough copies of Beggar's Banquet to pay the bills. That's why they go out on tour.

BTW, I believe that the sales of catalog albums will multiply by a factor of 10 if the recording companies only charged $5 or less for them. At that pricepoint, it wouldn't even be worth the time and trouble to put together an album from MP3s downloaded off the web.