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Originally Posted by Halfcan
I am not sure about this part. Yes the remasters did sell-but nothing like Zep in its earning years as a touring band. They had 6 albums in the top 100 all at the same time. They sold something like 2 million records of Zep 4 in the first month-went on to sell 23 million copies. Physical Graffiti sold over 4 million copies its first few years-now sitting at 16 million.
A quick look at the RIAA site tends to go against your statement as well. If you go back 15 years- only 9 records have achieved another level of Gold or Platinum. 3 of those are greatest hits.
IMO their "bulk" came in the 70's with a huge boost when Compact Disc became available. Most fans went out and bought every issue on the "new" format.
With a 111.5 records sold- a majority (56 million plus) in the last 15 is not plausible-the RAII does not support those numbers. I don't think any of the remasters even broke number 1-if they did it was short lived and nothing close to having 6 records sit in the the top hundred for a year or two. My guess would be the remasters and all the Greatest hits issues added maybe 15 to 20 million on the tally, at best - according to the Gold/Plat awards-which is still better than most bands in a career.
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Okay, you need to go back and re-read everything I've written.
In short, the Publishing rate per song pre-1971 was 2 cents and the band received 75% of that. That's peanuts. Albums cost anywhere from $2.99-$5.99 and the band only received 14% of the sale price.
The Statutory Rate and Artist Percentage doesn't change when the Stat Rate changes. It only changes when there's a Re-Mastered Edition released to the public, which is why so many Remasters of Classic Artists are issued every few years.
Once again, Led Zeppelin didn't allow their music to be used in film, TV or advertising until 1999. They've probably earned in excess of $20 million in sync fees and performance royalties since then but had zero sync income before that.
I'm not going to re-hash everything I've explained, so please read everything and if you still have questions, I'll be happy to answer them.