Re: Guinness Book

[Sempai <sempai@comcast.net>]

I'm certainly no expert on these matters but.....

One note for 38 minutes....not likely.
Eagle's GH the best selling of all time. Nope.

Dark Side of the Moon, I don't know about 17
years....but yes, it was a VERY long time.

Sempai
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Richards" <kohntarkosz@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: Guinness Book


> I wouldn't put too much faith in anything that's
> listed in the Guinness Book. They Kenny G as
> having performed the single longest sustained
> note on a wind instrument, at something like 38
> minutes. It's a well known fact that back in the
> early 70's, Rahsaan Roland Kirk performed a
> concert in London where he sustained at a note
> for just over 2 hours. The Guinness people were
> there, but for one reason or another, refused to
> recongize Kirk's achievement.
>
> As for best selling album, I believe I read that
> The Eagles Greatest Hits is now the best selling
> album of all time. I believe Dark Side Of The
> Moon is still the longest charting album of all
> time (was on the charts for something like 17
> years before Billboard retired it, reputedly).
>
> I really don't keep track of these things. What
> the biggest selling album of time is really an
> irrelevent matter to me.
>
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