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rockfenris2005 08:48 am UTC 10/12/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Hysteria: The Steinman Sessions - steven_stuart 04:01 am UTC 10/12/13 |
I understand why they wouldn't release them, but I'd love to hear them nevertheless! > Wow. Lots of interesting information. Thanks. That's weird > about Joe Elliot feeling uncomfortable because he thought > Jim was in a different orbit. I wonder how much the six > figure sum they had to pay Jim was. In the documentary > about Hysteria, one of them said: "We had to sell two > million albums just to pay Steinman's fee." I am trying to > remember which writers Jim mentioned but he said something > about how great it was to be in Dublin because it was the > home of great literary figures and Joe Elliot had not > heard of them and he told Jim that he hadn't got round to > meeting any of the local musicians. But maybe Joe was > joking. I don't know. Thanks for taking the time to scan > the full article. I look forward to reading it. Shame > about Joe not releasing the Steinman Sessions tapes. He > says it would be unfair to Jim but I can't see Jim > minding. Unless they are awful. > > > In this month's Classic Rock (Nov13), a 3 page feature on > > Def Leppard working with Jim titled 'The Greatest > > Unreleased Albums Ever'. > > > > I'll try and get it scanned later but in the meantime: > > > > Jim was recommended to the band by one of their managers > > Cliff Burnstein. > > > > Chris Thomas, Trevor Horn & Phil Collins were also > > considered to produce. > > > > The band first met Jim at their shared house in Dublin, > > and all sat around drinking tea. > > > > Joe Elliott immediately felt 'uncomfortable' as he thought > > Jim was in a 'different orbit to the rest of us'. > > > > Jim suggested various song titles including 'USE IT OR > > LOSE IT', which the Leps hated. > > > > Jim wanted a BOOH style keyboard run on the song 'Run > > Riot', but again the Leps hated the idea. > > > > Jim worked on 7 songs to various stages: Don't Shoot > > Shotgun, Run Riot, Animal, Women, Gods of War, Love & > > Affection and Love Bites. > > > > According to Joe Elliot, Jim received a 'big six figure > > sum' as a payoff, when asked to leave the project. > > > > Joe Elliot has a box of tapes in his library marked > > 'HYSTERIA: THE STEINMAN SESSIONS'. He says they will never > > be released as nothing is finished and it would be unfair > > to both parties (Def Lep & Jim). > > > > > > > > : | |
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