I think they were originally thinking 'Jim Steinman presents....' and then whatever:
'Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell' or 'Bat Out of Hell - Vocals by Meat Loaf' or....
I suppose 'Jim Steinman presents...Bat Out of Hell - Vocals by Meat Loaf' could have been the title, but it would have caused confusion amongst the 'public'; is it a Jim Steinman record, is it a Meat Loaf record, what the fuck is going on, oh bollocks I won't buy it?
I think with hindsight, Sonnenberg (or whoever) did the right thing in crediting 'Meat Loaf' only.
The name was unusual/interesting at the time, and tended to suggest a group (a lot of people, including me, thought this for a time), as opposed to a single performer.
I think Jim came off reasonably well with the 'Songs By...' credit on the front cover, and his boat race on the back.
Having said all that, if it had been credited 'Meat Loaf & Jim Steinman' who knows what would have happened; Jim has indicated he would have probably written/produced a lot more stuff for Meat.
However, I don't think Jim would have toured as much, and maybe Sonnenberg knew this at the time?
> Never seen this question asked before, but I know that
> originally Bat out of Hell was supposed to be by Meat Loaf
> and Steinman on the cover, and we all know how it went
> from there. That said, if Steinman's name was the same
> size as Meat's on the cover, and they went as Meat and
> Steinman, would they have wound up having to tour all the
> time together? It seems like once you put the "and" in
> there you're kinda stuck together. Hopefully this makes
> sense, I just woke up.
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