| re: "Meat Loaf's Christmas Album" | |
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Conas 05:26 pm UTC 08/03/11 |
| In reply to: | re: "Meat Loaf's Christmas Album" - Vin 10:26 am UTC 08/03/11 |
| Well you have to look at it like this. Meat has sold millions and millions of records he'll never have a problem getting a record deal and releasing albums until the day he retires. His name alone will get him a deal. I do know that a compilation album of his did better in the UK charts than HCTB which dropped of sooooo fast from the charts it was scary. > I've wondered about Meat's record deals also. After Bat > III didn't exactly set the music world afire, I was a bit > surprised that he was able to score Rob Cavallo and some > big name guest stars for HCTB, since that suggested a > large budget for the record, and I wondered what label > would invest that kind of money in a new Meat record at > this point. Unless everybody involved just worked cheap > because they were Meat fans from back in the day.... > > Anyway, a 3 record deal w/ Sony? Again, surprising. Was > HCTB a profitable record, do you suppose? Was Bat III, for > that matter? Anybody have sales figures? Here in the > U.S., at least, I'd say Bat III was a blip on the > perimeter of the radar, and HCTB sailed under it. How many > units must a record sell these days to be profitable? I > don't actually have any idea... > | |
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