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CultOfByron 01:00 pm UTC 03/01/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Blurb from NY Post - Wilbury 07:46 am UTC 03/01/07 |
| I guess it's all pretty academic now tho, Bat still sold 40m and I can't see how this would have made any difference except it would have made Warners richer rather than Sony :p I can't remember his name, but someone connected with Bat and Cleveland was involved in a legal dispute with Sony were they not...? > Is this referring to the time when it had already been > recorded by Todd and mixed by Iovine et al (I forget the > other guy's name?!), or is this referring to even before > then? > > It could have been so different had it been picked up by > any one of the million they auditioned it too before Todd > picked it up -- and I diodn't realsie it got so close to > happening. > > I love Todd to bits, but you can't help but wonder what it > would ahve been like if Bob Ezrin (top of Steinman's wish > list for the producer job at the time, right?) had done > it. If he had used his usual musicians it would have > fucking rocked -- Tony Levin on bass would wipe the floor > with kasim Sulton big time. Larry Fast on synths, I think, > which is funny cause Jim ended up working with him anyway. > And Jerry Marotta on drums too! Take Welcome to my > Nightmare and Alice Goes To Hell, take out Alice Cooper > and insert Jim and Meat. Ohhhhhh, yes that'd rock. > > I suppose they're just all part of the New York session > men scene?? even tho Ezrin's canadian or something... > > > > > > http://www.nypost.com/seven/02282007/gossip/pagesix/label_blew_meat_loafs_biggest_pagesix_.htm > > > > > > LABEL BLEW MEAT LOAF'S BIGGEST > > > > February 28, 2007 -- WARNER Brothers Records has signed > > scores of huge-selling artists, but one who got away was > > Meat Loaf - because the mountain-size crooner got too > > carried away performing his steamy classic "Paradise by > > the Dashboard Light" for label executives back in the late > > 1970s. In his new book, "The Label," Gary Marmorstein > > writes that former Warner music president Mo Austin had > > greenlighted the "Bat Out of Hell" album, but it was then > > nixed by authoritative A&R chief Lenny Waronker. "[He] was > > repulsed by the band's in-office performance, which > > included Meat Loaf ostentatiously making out with singer > > Ellen Foley during the long 'Paradise' number. It was a > > catastrophic decision," Marmorstein writes. And how - the > > album was released by little-known Cleveland International > > Records in 1977, and went on to sell 40 million copies > > worldwide. It continues to sell 200,000 copies a year to > > this day, and was ranked No. 343 on Rolling Stone > > magazine's list of the 500 greatest rock albums of all > > time. | |
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