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Bright_Eyes 09:49 pm UTC 07/30/07 |
| In reply to: | RE: Will there ever be a greatest hits? - Grace 03:40 pm UTC 07/29/07 |
| > Like Meat Loaf has will there ever be a Jim Steinman > collection? Maybe they should release one for his > Birthday. I know of some writers or producers, not well-known as performers, who were well known enough to have a hits collection. Phil Spector, Burt Bacharach, and David Foster are three that I can remember right now. Jimmy Webb, Barry Mann, Ellie Greenwich. David Foster's was Japan-only, he was popular as a solo artist there in the 1980's. Also a lot of musical theater writers have had albums of their best known songs. However, Jim is not as well-known as those people. It might be a small market for such an album, and therefore pointless. If it's a situation where only existing Jim fans would buy it, they often already have all his hits. So that's pointless. A boxed-set collection sort of thing might be a good idea if Jim gets more famous. That way you don't have to pay for a whole album just to get the one or two songs that are Jim's work. It's a good chance to throw in some extras, maybe demos or live recordings. Soundboards from Over The Top or Dream-Engine shows. Greatest hits albums can be a fresh chance to get more people to hear your work. Sometimes re-packaging the same thing you've sold before can make it sell a little more this time. But people have to buy it that second time for that to work. If the Bat musical succeeds, with Jim's name in the title, that could make him more well-known. Maybe that would open the door for things like a greatest hits album or boxed set. Greatest hits albums can be a very effective way to release new singles. Luther Vandross released a greatest hits album with the new song "Here and Now" tacked on, and it became a huge hit. The appeal of Luther's old hits forced people to notice his new single. The appeal of his new single forced people to hear his old work. Works both ways. Tom Petty released a greatest hits album with the new song "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and it became a huge hit, same deal. Not sure under what scenario this might be done, but if there were a market for a Jim Steinman greatest hits album, that could be a way to release a small number of unreleased Jim songs. Tack them on at the end. Also if the Bat musical makes it and a cast album is released, that cast album might be kinda like a greatest hits album. It wouldn't have all his hits, and it wouldn't be the original recordings. So if you count that as a greatest hits album, then Jim already has said he wants to release one. And is presumably working toward that right now. I'm probably more interested in that, because it would be new recordings of the songs, and would have songs like Body and Children in it. > How is everyone on here? Fine. > Is there any Steinman news as of late been precopied with > ill health so would oblige some Steinman gossip! I don't know of any, but we don't really need news or updates as far as I'm concerned. All we need is to hear the music once it is ready to be heard by the public. Will I enjoy the music more if I had updates, questions answered, and gossip in advance? Probably not. Good luck with your health BTW. > Grace Bright | |
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