'Think I Need It Too' due out on July 14?

by **richie_d** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:23 pm

What I find strange is the webmaster on the official site recently (like a day or two ago) said everything was hunky dory, only for the management to turn round and give the truth, which they seem to have known for some time.

It seems either the webmaster was not informed, which is a pretty disorganised way to run things, or. . .

On the bright side, if the Bunnymen own the masters (which is vary rare in the music business) this means they get 100% of the money from sales. So releasing it themselves with the added high profile of the Albert Hall gig could be a profitable venture.

Let's face it, what advantages are there to being on a major label? -- The only one that carries any weight is promotion. If the Bunnymen could finance their own promotion they could find they earn more money by being completely independent. Maybe it's time they just started their own record label.

by **guitarplayer on here too** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:48 pm

They should start a label. Suprised they didn't do it years ago (although wasn't some Electrafixion stuff put out by themselves). They have the base artists for the label: the Bunnymen, Mac's solo stuff and Will's Sgt Fuzz. Find a few more unsigned bands that should really be on a label.

Leads onto naming the label... Porcupine Records. Rabbit Music. The Greatest Band Ever Music. The Greatest Label Releasing the Greatest Album of All Time Inc. Bunny Boilers Recordings. The opportunities are endless.

by **Mr. Brian** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:54 pm

guitarplayer on here too wrote:They should start a label. Suprised they didn't do it years ago (although wasn't some Electrafixion stuff put out by themselves). They have the base artists for the label: the Bunnymen, Mac's solo stuff and Will's Sgt Fuzz. Find a few more unsigned bands that should really be on a label.

Leads onto naming the label... Porcupine Records. Rabbit Music. The Greatest Band Ever Music. The Greatest Label Releasing the Greatest Album of All Time Inc. Bunny Boilers Recordings. The opportunities are endless.

The 2003 re-release of Avalanche was on Porcupine Records which was a self release

by **Dave Smith** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:21 pm

Sad news but I cant see a huge delay in the album being released because its already finished.Unfortunately its looks like back to Cooking Vinyl,that well known grave for bands having to finance their own recordings.Their roster reads like its 1987 all over again.

by **black francis** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:04 pm

The Bunnymen's Cooking Vinyl bio is taken straight from Wikipedia. Tells you pretty much all you need to know.

by **In The Margins** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:13 pm

Mr. Brian wrote:The 2003 re-release of Avalanche was on Porcupine Records which was a self release

Wasn't the Electrafixion stuff released on Space Junk?

by **guitarplayer on here too** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:07 pm

Mr. Brian wrote:The 2003 re-release of Avalanche was on Porcupine Records which was a self release

I didn't know that. Well, there is the label name should they release "The Fountain" themselves.

Wasn't the Spacejunk label connected to Sire? There's also that "Phree Records" that Baseball Bill was released with. Was that self-released?

by **Red** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:04 pm

In The Margins wrote:Wasn't the Electrafixion stuff released on Space Junk?

Wea.

but there was Euphoric Records, too! :wink:

by **Mr. Brian** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:06 pm

guitarplayer on here too wrote:I didn't know that. Well, there is the label name should they release "The Fountain" themselves.

Wasn't the Spacejunk label connected to Sire? There's also that "Phree Records" that Baseball Bill was released with. Was that self-released?

I think it was "Phree" because it was "free" at a concert

by **Dr Cheese** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:33 am

richie_d wrote:What I find strange is the webmaster on the official site recently (like a day or two ago) said everything was hunky dory, only for the management to turn round and give the truth, which they seem to have known for some time.

The official site is a happy place where the sun is always shining and every day is a holiday.

by **guitarplayer on here too** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:20 am

Some of the spin on there would put Alastair Campbell to shame.

by **Kounelaki** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:56 am

guitarplayer on here too wrote:Some of the spin on there would put Alastair Campbell to shame.

by **Lancashire Fusileer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:42 am

Red wrote:yeah, it's Think I Need It Too. Think I Needed Two was just a silly mishearing by the reporter, i think.

still dunno where the NME reporter got their info about the bunnymen playing Lost on You and King of Your Castle, tho! as if!

http://www.nme.com/news/echo-and-the-bunnymen/38108

Its the NME Red. What do you expect? Music journalism?

by **Lancashire Fusileer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:44 am

richie_d wrote:Let's face it, what advantages are there to being on a major label? -

None.

by **JackT** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:47 am

Lancashire Fusileer wrote:None.

Are there really NO advantages? Seemed like the band was happy to get back on a major label. One assumes they perceived there to be some non-zero advantage. Presumably, having been on both major and minor labels, they were in a position to know.

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