In 1960,
a mono version
of Kind of Blue retailed for
$3.98
(around $43 today). In 2014, a copy of the LP in a scratched sleeve signed by Miles Davis and drummer Jimmy Cobb sold at auction for
$7,714.
By one calculation,
the collective weight of
every copy of Davis’ Kind of Blue ever sold—on vinyl, cassette and CD—would equal about
That’s roughly the weight of 19,000 human beings or
195 African elephants.
1,212 tons.
If you stacked all
those physical copies,
the pile would be about
high, nearly two miles taller than Mount
7.5 miles
Everest.
On Spotify, to pick
one track, “Blue in Green”
(5 minutes and 37 seconds) has been listened to
times as of this writing. That amounts to 1,983 collective listening years, while the full play count for
Kind of Blue covers
5,293 years.
186,426,557
Laid flat in a grid,
Kind of Blue’s 12.75-inch
vinyl sleeves, from sales just in the last decade, would cover
(end zones included). Laid in a row, those album sleeves would stretch
5.5 football fields
57.5 miles,
longer than the state of Rhode Island.
Laid flat in a grid,
Kind of Blue’s 12.75-inch
vinyl sleeves, from sales just in the last decade, would cover
(end zones included). Laid in a row, those album sleeves would stretch
longer than the state of Rhode Island.
5.5 football fields
57.5 miles,
If you stacked all
those physical copies,
the pile would be about
high, nearly two miles taller than Mount
7.5 miles
Everest.
By one calculation,
the collective weight of
every copy of Davis’ Kind of Blue ever sold—on vinyl, cassette and CD—would equal about
That’s roughly the weight of 19,000 human beings or
195 African elephants.
1,212 tons.
On Spotify, to pick
one track, “Blue in Green”
(5 minutes and 37 seconds) has been listened to
times as of this writing. That amounts to 1,983 collective listening years, while the full play count for Kind of Blue covers 5,293 years.
186,426,557
In 1960,
a mono version
of Kind of Blue retailed for
(around $43 today). In 2014, a copy of the LP in a scratched sleeve signed by Miles Davis and drummer Jimmy Cobb sold at auction for
$3.98
$7,714.
