sometimes i'm amazed at what actually sells in decent quantas.
like here in little Norway, in Oslo alone (our capital) the Thrones (an ex-melvins one man band) have sold 20 copys. that's pretty good for a band playing weird sloooow n' heavy guitar-drones.
Those 20 people might have great record collections! But there's a lot of variables going on in your short remark. Stuff that we non-norwegians don't know anything about. So your story remains in the air a bit. isn't it true that Norway is a completely strange country record wise? With 4 million people, where most of the households own at least one Jan Garbarek album? or is this a myth? Norwegians, with their strong interest in their own musics (which I think is really cool), i haven't got the slightest idea how many non-nordic independent records there are there for sale in Norway anyway. If it's a wild event to actually see a 'strange' disc in Oslo, 20 might be quite modest for a good record that everybody talks about (OK it's a hard job convincing your friends to actually buy a great album, but 20 isn't an impossible amount if you have a strong conviction;-) Regards, Remco