by all calculations, john just lost 20 cents with that airplay.
I'm so glad this stuff is coming out. Allegedly, among the albums that have never recouped are TLC's "CrazySexyCool," Mr. Mister's "Welcome to the Real World," and the Backstreet Boys' self-titled debut. A sickened and often sickening industry, the music biz is.
john said he was driving around manhattan once with a couple of playboy bunnies - probably around 1979 - and he looked up at the displays in times square to see a gigantic poster promoting the babys album. he scratched his head, and thought, "whose idea was that? it must have cost a fortune!"
the band still hasn't paid off that bill.