Do Verve have a record contract?
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Do Verve have a record contract?
Anybody know? I wonder. Since the 2004 'hits' compilation was presumably intended to satisfy their Hut/Virgin contract, the thought occurs to me that they have to get signed somewhere before they can release anything. Unless they intend to put it out internet-wise or something.
McCabe says the "tunes are sounding great" - easily the most confident pronouncement he's ever made about any Verve music. Simon Jones also has a webpage, by the way - he's lost his boyish looks, as it turns out!
It would be nice if a big enough deal were to be made of this - singles, &c. Apparently Simon Tong is not involved. Although he's a good musician, who contributed significantly to Urban Hymns, I take his absence to be a good sign, an indication that a concerted effort is made to return to the original intensely sympathetic full-group interplay. Tong is nothing but a sideman. That said, I realize the main reason he's absent is that other band he's in.
Let me add, by the way, that Verve reforming to tour and record is, to me, the most important news in the music industry since Brian Wilson 'finished' Smile. And frankly I think this is better news.
McCabe says the "tunes are sounding great" - easily the most confident pronouncement he's ever made about any Verve music. Simon Jones also has a webpage, by the way - he's lost his boyish looks, as it turns out!
It would be nice if a big enough deal were to be made of this - singles, &c. Apparently Simon Tong is not involved. Although he's a good musician, who contributed significantly to Urban Hymns, I take his absence to be a good sign, an indication that a concerted effort is made to return to the original intensely sympathetic full-group interplay. Tong is nothing but a sideman. That said, I realize the main reason he's absent is that other band he's in.
Let me add, by the way, that Verve reforming to tour and record is, to me, the most important news in the music industry since Brian Wilson 'finished' Smile. And frankly I think this is better news.
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That's what got me wondering. Although it may be a default that no-one ever bothered to fill out.burningwheel wrote:NO. at least according to their myspace site...
Many (most?) major-label pop contracts in the 90s were six-album deals. My guess as to how Verve shook this out was as such:
1. The Verve EP
2. A Storm In Heaven
3. No Come Down
4. A Northern Soul
5. Urban Hymns
6. This Is Music: The Singles
The thing is, EPs don't usually count, and either or both of No Come Down and The Verve EP may have to be excluded from the tally.
I just assumed a b-sides compilation was in the offing.
Yeah I've been wondering this myself, though as the band behind "Bitter Sweet Symphony" and "Drugs Don't Work" I'm sure they'll have zero trouble getting a deal with international distribution. Plus even Ashcroft without the band scored a couple of hits in Britain over the course of his solo career and was able to headline some pretty big concerts for the Keys To The World tour.
I paid a visit to Virgin Records' U.S. headquarters in Manhattan a few months back and there was a framed Richard Ashcroft LP on the wall as well as lots of Ashcroft and Verve merch and memorabilia about... I asked about it and the rep told me that the general opinion was that Ashcroft/Verve were an important property for the company. I imagine Virgin will fight to keep the band (especially since they re-signed Ashcroft even after poor sales for "Human Conditions") but that other labels will step in if necessary.
I paid a visit to Virgin Records' U.S. headquarters in Manhattan a few months back and there was a framed Richard Ashcroft LP on the wall as well as lots of Ashcroft and Verve merch and memorabilia about... I asked about it and the rep told me that the general opinion was that Ashcroft/Verve were an important property for the company. I imagine Virgin will fight to keep the band (especially since they re-signed Ashcroft even after poor sales for "Human Conditions") but that other labels will step in if necessary.
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That surprises me, since they were never really huge in the US outside of one song. I guess This Is Music must have sold better than I thought - and the three albums (and Verve EP) must be selling fairly reliably, since they've never gone out of print (except ANS briefly).jadams501 wrote: I paid a visit to Virgin Records' U.S. headquarters in Manhattan a few months back and there was a framed Richard Ashcroft LP on the wall as well as lots of Ashcroft and Verve merch and memorabilia about... I asked about it and the rep told me that the general opinion was that Ashcroft/Verve were an important property for the company
Anyway, my worry is not so much that the Verve will have trouble finding a record contract, but rather, that it'll take time, and negotiations will hold up the release of the album and maybe even the international tour.
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If all goes well, I'm assuming a mid-November to early December release for the album to coincide with some of the gigging. It could be later though.
The music player on their webpage features "A New Decade", "Lucky Man", "Sonnet", and "Slide Away". Only one of those wasn't a single, but as singles go, they're pretty randomly selected - so maybe this gives us some insight into the sort of music they're aiming for on the new one.
The music player on their webpage features "A New Decade", "Lucky Man", "Sonnet", and "Slide Away". Only one of those wasn't a single, but as singles go, they're pretty randomly selected - so maybe this gives us some insight into the sort of music they're aiming for on the new one.
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