New west records vs spitfire - Which label do you prefer?
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New West I think is just a bit ahead of Spitfire as far as a record company in general. But New West blew the lid on Alice. They said they couldn't do any ads for him because it didn't make sense to. A week later, saw Television ads for Delbert McClinton running on National TV at 7 AM. Paid for by New West. Spitfire did a good job on it's level with Brutal Planet though. But you can't give your kid a car, teach him how to drive perfectly once and expect him to be a star driver forever. He'll just get worse and worse from the beginning. Same applied to the sales of his albums. They did one spurt at the beginning, and then just did nothing and his sales got worse and worse. He should go to Roadrunner Records or something. They seem to be pretty decent. (I used to be a supporter of Sanctuary, but now they are in SOOOO deep of crap.) So, I'll have to think about it.
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The thing that worries me though, is that new record labels usually try the hardest with the first album that's done with them.
For example, look how Spitfire seemed to do more to promote Alice's first album with them, Brutal Planet, than the follow-up albums Dragontown and The Eyes.
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For example, look how Spitfire seemed to do more to promote Alice's first album with them, Brutal Planet, than the follow-up albums Dragontown and The Eyes.
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That's a good point Glam and I agree, a worrying one.glamprincess wrote:The thing that worries me though, is that new record labels usually try the hardest with the first album that's done with them.
For example, look how Spitfire seemed to do more to promote Alice's first album with them, Brutal Planet, than the follow-up albums Dragontown and The Eyes.
Agreed.
( In the UK ) Brutal Planet had lots of 'extras' including screensaver and poster plus a 'Tour Edition' with an interview disc. Plus the single 'Gimme' video disc.
Dragontown also had a poster and Tour edition with additional tracks.
Eyes had the multi-choice of eye colours.
These were all excellent ideas.
What about a 7" vinyl single for "Perfect" - Paul McCartney has just done this interesting variation on a singles package - or at least a 'proper' cd single release with some promo?
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( In the UK ) Brutal Planet had lots of 'extras' including screensaver and poster plus a 'Tour Edition' with an interview disc. Plus the single 'Gimme' video disc.
Dragontown also had a poster and Tour edition with additional tracks.
Eyes had the multi-choice of eye colours.
These were all excellent ideas.
What about a 7" vinyl single for "Perfect" - Paul McCartney has just done this interesting variation on a singles package - or at least a 'proper' cd single release with some promo?
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yes it is a good point. but don't forget, bp was the new big one. he hadnt released a studio album since tlt. whilst bp was well thought out, i believe that dt was the leftovers and didn't work at all. the eyes had some good points, but i think dd is better. now imagine yourself being a promoter, here is the market. you have bands like greenday doing the business and sticking to the point. then you have a 57 year old who has a great album, and talks about golf and god. do you think that the kids or the general market of today still fall for this? videos cost a bomb. as i have said before alice does himself no favours. the masses no longer see him as a serious entity in rock music anymore. he is where he always wanted to be, a celebrity. period. kids need a saviour they don't need a fake?Madame Bondage wrote:glamprincess wrote:The thing that worries me though, is that new record labels usually try the hardest with the first album that's done with them.
For example, look how Spitfire seemed to do more to promote Alice's first album with them, Brutal Planet, than the follow-up albums Dragontown and The Eyes.
That's a good point Glam and I agree, a worrying one.
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