Saturday, May 17, 1997
Last updated on September 28, 2020
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On this day, the BestBuy chain in the US started giving out free copies of a special “Oobu Joobu” CD, entitled “Oobu Joobu – Ecology“. This operation was limited to the first 25 people per physical store asking for it at the service counter.
On May 27, the CD was given away when buying the new “Flaming Pie” album. This operation was limited to 75 copies per store. Reportedly there were long queues outside Best Buy stores throughout the USA, waiting for the shops to open in the morning.
In total, 3000 copies of this CD were made available.
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