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Post by Rogers Stevens on Apr 6, 2006 12:57:22 GMT -5
Dear friends of the Melon,
We are very disappointed with the new "Live at the Palace" release. I have not seen a hard copy of the disc yet, but I was aware several months ago that the track list was scrambled when they made an aborted attempt to put it on Itunes, but did not know that this was off on the disc as well. We've been around the bend with Capitol about this, and they pretty much did what they wanted to anyway. The band does not have a manager now, so we didn't have anyone to run interferece with the label, and were dealing with it ourselves. We hated the cover, nobody who worked on it was credited, and it was put together without any consideration for our wishes. Last year, we worked closely with Capitol to release the "best of" and "live at the metro" releases, but some new people took over and just didn't care for our input. If you go to itunes Australia or England, you'll see the cover that we picked, which fits the theme of the other releases. Brad and Christopher spent a week mixing this thing and got no credit. Lyle Eaves (our live sound engineer) facilitated the recording...and again no credit. We wanted to honor our crew members who stuck with us through some unbelievably difficult touring...again no credit. We stand by the quality of the show and recording, but cannot remain silent about what they did with it. It's a goddamm shame, too, because Capitol treated us very well to this point. As always, we appreciate your support......
Rogers Stevens
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Post by bowlofjokes on Apr 6, 2006 13:48:24 GMT -5
Sorry for their ignorance, I hope everything irons out... but I must say blind melon is one of the best bands to ever grace our ears, thanks for the music and the time you put into it... I hope you can see it was time well spent
simply thank you
~jokes~
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Post by Vince on Apr 6, 2006 14:26:46 GMT -5
Well I can easily understand your fustration Rogers. It's a shame! But what's inside the cd is good to my ears and im grateful for that ;D We hated the cover, nobody who worked on it was credited, and it was put together without any consideration for our wishes. If you go to itunes Australia or England, you'll see the cover that we picked, which fits the theme of the other releases. I think you're talking about this cover
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Post by bowlofjokes on Apr 7, 2006 8:07:37 GMT -5
that cover is so much better, it has the "Metro" vibe ... blues and browns... man did they f that up...
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Post by Annalee on Apr 16, 2006 15:04:53 GMT -5
Rogers, Dont sweat it man, the music *~ROCKS~*!!!!!!! And Im so glad you released that album, we cant get enough!!!!!!! I wish you all well on your journey in your music future......ROCK ON MAN!!ROCK ON!!!!! Peace & Love, A huge fan....... Annalee ;D
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Post by 12daze on Apr 23, 2006 7:04:03 GMT -5
How did the meeting with Capitol go?
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Post by californiamelon on May 14, 2006 7:15:57 GMT -5
Hi Rogers, Nice to hear from you again. The music on that recording is still awesome, and I love ALL THE NEW RELEASES LATELY.
I will keep my copy of the Palace, and buy the revised version also. I love the Metro show too, I had the JBTV version of that show already from before, But not complete like the official version, I LOVE IT, BUT I AM SADDENED WHEN I WATCH IT BECAUSE I KNOW SHANNON WAS SICK. YOU CAN SEE IT IN HIS EYES.
ANYWAYS, NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN AND I AM GLAD I FOUND THIS SITE (AGAIN).
ALSO I SIGNED THE PETITION TO GET THAT WEBSITE BACK FOR THE BAND.
Thanks again, Jeff California Melon
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