Here are the Billboard Chart positions for w/e 30th April, 2011.
Top 200 Albums - 'An Afternoon In The Garden' jumps to No.85 from No.123
Catalog Albums - 'An Afternoon In The Garden' jumps to No.8 from No.12
Christian Albums - 'An Evening Prayer' drops one place from No.30 to No.31.
too bad An evening Prayer has dropped one place..
An Afternoon in the Garden... Wow after thirty nne years it is at top 100...Just wow...
Sirbalkan, certainly a great achievement!! i bought the cd in 1997,i played it again last night,feels great.
I think Ill buy another copy and give to a friend just to celebrate! It really is amazing that 14 yrs after its first release and 39 yrs after the concert itself, that its climbing the charts and in the top 100 no less, and w NO PROMO! It IS a great concert!
Does anyone know what was the catalyst for this CD to reappear on the charts? It seems like it's gone higher than some of the recent new releases!
Without any major promotion, its so nice to see "Elvis-An Afternoon at the Garden" chart, so many years after it was first released. I would like to see RCA do a " 2 CD Legacy Edition" of the 2 "Madison Square Garden Shows" recorded by RCA, with the best possible (remastered) sound and a booklet with photos of the historical shows in New York city !
Here's the clue: heavily in store promoted at Walmart against a $5 price. Get it? From that perspective one can argue if a Nr 85 position is that impressive. Still nice to see Elvis charting, and with a great album of course!
We got it RJ for a very long time allready and never mind that..it is still impressive
RJ, there are so many cheap cds now-a-days that we can hardly call that the only reason for this ranking. Obviously it HAS an appeal. And as written below: after all these years. If not fantastic at least amazing :)
Natha, it's in store promoted with a special display, so stands out compared to all other regular CD's of their total assortment. That in combination with the $5 price.. and the fact that it's Elvis does the trick.. That said, nr 85 is very nice but not spectacular.
I love the two Elvis MSG cd's and it is great to see this one charting again without any word of mouth at all. The local Walmart has a display set up with this CD highlighted across the bottom and they just restocked it so it is selling! I also agree that this was a great cover and eye catching to see the least.
I prefer the evening show. Haven't played this in years. Glad to see it's recharted though.
I love this concert.His performance here and at the evening show were brilliant.This CD is one of my all-time favorites and I think one of the most historically significant releases from the 90's til now.An absolute MUST for rvery Elvis fan.Hope it continues up the charts.It deserves it.
Can this mean that Elvis concerts are still popular amongst the casual fans? Sure looks like it. I bet a lot of casual fans bought the On Tour DVD. It might be a good idea for Ernst and the boys to get busy and release the Hampton Road concert, the Greensboro concert, and/or any of the other On Tour shows on CD.
A bit off-topic I know but can anyone tell me whats going on with Elvis sites. First Keith Flynn's great site seems to have stalled on 30th January with no updates since, and now this site has not updated for 8 days now! What gives?
I just checked the Billboard charts for the week of May 14: An afternoon in the Garden drops 3 spaces to number 88 on the Top 200. On the catalog album charts, It falls 1 space to number 9.....
When will BMG release a 'double 2 CD pack' of the remastered and above all improved materialq of both Concerts at
MSqG (afternoon and evening)?? Also, when will FTD release the other classic albums' outtakes/WPs/altern. versions
(From EP Blvd, PL, HeTMe, MBlue) ?? Loes, please try to inform us re. the planning of Ernst's intentions for this summer.
in fact the album had gone down to 89 for the week ending may 7th while remaining at # 8 in the catalog chart. so it actually moves up 1 spot to 88 in the billboard 200 but goes down to # 9 in the catalog album chart for the week ending may 14th.
AAITG drops from 88 to 98 in this week's Billboard Top 200 Album Chart.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 88 to 98 in this week's Billboard Top 200 Album Charts and from 9 to 13 on the Catalog Album Charts. 'An Evening Prayer' drops from 22 to 24 on the Christian Album Charts.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 98 to 114 on this week's (w/e May 28th) Billboard Top 200 Album Charts and remains at 13 on the Catalog Album Charts. 'An Evening Prayer' jumps from 24 to 20 on the Christian Album Charts.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 114 to 131 on this week's (w/e June 4th) Billboard Top 200 Album Charts and drops from 13 to 15 on the Catalog Album Charts. 'An Evening Prayer' drops from 20 to 26 on the Christian Album Charts.
