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The Very Last Ever M&E Best Sellers Chart: 2001-2004

Ya know, it occurred to me that any band that had something released on M&E after 2000 would never know how well it had done; no chart! The last one was New Year 2001, covering sales to the end of 2000, but nothing beyond that. There was only one thing for it, dig out the last four years sales records and compile one, and here it is! OCD does have it's positives. The 'NY2001' box gives the previous chart position, the rest is fairly self-explanatory, innit? Suppose you might like to know who the best selling bands of the last four years were too? Well, though the latter year sales don't really compare to the early ones, I figure the bands still deserve the accolade (if just for outselling Magic Moments amongst the dying embers), so here goes;

2001 - BLACKLIGHT BRAILLE

2002 - PSEUDO SUN

2003 - GARFIELD'S BIRTHDAY

2004 - INNER CITY UNIT

2001-04	NY 2001	ARTISTE	TITLE	NATION	Cat.No.
01	¬	Various Artists (Music & Elsewhere)	United World Underground	Various	MMATT	CD2
02	18	Blacklight Braille	The Castle Of The Northern Crown	USA	M&E	563
03	¬	Karda Estra	The Land Of Ghosts	England	M&E	572
04	¬	Various Artists (Music & Elsewhere)	UWU Audiozine - New Year 2001	Various	M&E	574
05	06	Judge Trev & Nik Turner	Judgement & Thunder	England	M&E	440
06	¬	Garfield's Birthday	Peepshow - Special Edition	England	UWU	578
07	04	Sirenee & BDF	Distance / Bild Der Frau	Austria	M&E	558
08	¬	Lord Litter	Downpayments - Special Edition	Germany	M&E	571
09	¬	Toshi Hiraoka & Okaniwa Fumihiro	Volume 1	Japan	M&E	554
10	02	Gurus Of The New Millennium	Gurus Of The New Millennium II - Flux	England	CD/M&E	553
11	¬	Solanaceae Tau	Voices From The Ground Behind	Germany	UWU	599
12	¬	Tutsis / Pajama Slave Dancers	Black Widow	USA	M&E	565
13	09	Sleepy People	Paint A Ceiling On The Sky	England	M&E	560
14	01	Magic Moments At Twilight Time	Creavolution	England	MMATT	CD1
15	16	The Witches	Witchcraft	Poland	UWU	396
16	¬	Glass	Glass Planet	Scotland	UWU	590
17	¬	Mimetic Birth / Introit	Previous Work - Special Edition	Switzerland	UWU	519
18	¬	Blaine Jones	Diary Of A Manic Depressive	USA	M&E	564
19	¬	Vocabularinist	Hasznasznisznasz	Australia	M&E	569
20	¬	Idiom	Fairytales For Those Who Never Came Down	England	M&E	566
21	¬	Shay	Dreamers & Stalkers	England	UWU	583
22	08	Gurus Of The New Millennium	Gurus Of The New Millennium I	England	M&E	444
23*	¬	Blacklight Braille	Dietles Tavern	USA	M&E	451
23*	40	Alex Hayes / Communication Union	Shades Of Being / Where Land Meets Water	USA	UWU	579
25	03	Sister Sinister	Sister Sinister	Norway	M&E	559
26	¬	Motion Control	The Electronic Toyshop / Forth World	England	UWU	587
27	¬	Pseudo Sun & Captain's Log	Aliens Only / Astral Voyage	Sweden	M&E	443
28	¬	Dopefinger	Earth Chant	England	UWU	585
29*	¬	Titania Moon	Slipstream - Special Edition	England	UWU	385
29*	¬	Titania Moon	Fazes - Special Edition	England	UWU	420
29*	¬	Titania Moon	Comet Star - Special Edition	England	UWU	472
29*	¬	Titania Moon	Analogue Dreams - Special Edition	England	UWU	473
33	¬	Acidfuck	Songs Of The Succulent Beatnik	USA	M&E	570
34*	46	Blacklight Braille	Old Bones & Sacred Stones	USA	M&E	450
34*	¬	The Conspiracy	Sword Of Damocles / Ghost	England	UWU	588
34*	¬	Toshi Hiraoka & Dave-iD Busaras	T & Bushy Luxury (Not The Whole Story)	Japan	UWU	591
37	33	Steve Andrews	Changing Faces	Wales	M&E	456
38	28	Ir Visa Tai Kas Yra Grazu Yra Grazu	Progine Muzika	Lithuania	M&E	555
39	¬	Various Artists (Music & Elsewhere)	M&E Audiozine - Spring 2000	Various	M&E	562
40	¬	Delphium	Heart Full Of Hate	England	M&E	573
41	¬	Doctor Brown	Look What's Just Got In My Cab…	England	UWU	575
42	¬	Stinking Badger Of Java, The	Myth Eaters	Australia	UWU	595
43	¬	Ras.Al.Ghul	Ras.Al.Ghul	Portugal	M&E	428
44*	¬	Gothica	Proserpina	Italy	M&E	482
44*	¬	Mlehst	A Classic Collection For Severe Drug Abuse	England	UWU	390
46*	¬	Eye	…	Australia	M&E	427
46*	47	Jaws Of The Flying Carpet	Live At The Whipping Post	Canada	M&E	402
46*	¬	Sosumi	Bad Day At The Lab	USA	M&E	229
46*	¬	Venus Fly Trap / The Den	Dark Amour / Jail Bait	England	UWU	582
50*	44	Into The Abyss	The Feathered Snake	Greece	M&E	317
50*	¬	Various Artists (Stone Premonitions)	The Cat's Whiskers	Various	M&E	568

And right now (well, not exactly right now, obv, right now I'm writing this bit, but 'within the general definition of nowness'), I'm working on compiling the All-Time M&E Best Sellers Charts for bands and albums. Watch the skies (mouth closed if you hear seagulls)!