Good points Nic and btw Faithless are a great band! It does baffle me that these days you have to be in on a band to be aware of releases. Three British bands that spring to mind are MESH , IAMX (ex sneakerpimps lead singer) and VNV Nation. None of these you can pick up on the High Street , even in the few independent stores there are left. Their Market is focussed in Europe where , dare I say they probably think they will shift more units. (Just thought of another British band - CLIENT) All of certainly tour Europe constantly why we suffer sondalike bands of New Indie and Poop Idol. Are our European neighbours taste just more discerning ? DEPECHE MODE certainly think so seeing Germany as their number on Market and (when fit and well ) tour extensively. Does anyone remember HMV giving away an exclusive vinyl 12" with One Second (I think) and all those weird coloured sleeves for "Tied Up" . The Yello Special on BBC 2 ? Seems Mercury viewed Yello more Uk marketable than Universal. Jon ---- jedredy@ntlworld.com wrote:
That's what I am saying , the marketing for this new album has been a disaster! Sold out in Finland , not a sniff in England. If its's not available how can it be successful. The Product itself is flawless but it should not be a kept secret! Jon ---- Jussi Salmi <jussalmi@utu.fi> wrote:
Nic kirjoitti:
If it was not for the internet and downloads and so on, in the UK they would be a dead group. Is it the record companies fault? Surely Yello have a say?
Well, publishing and advertising an album is expensive, especially if you have to translate everything to English and produce two sets of marketing material for German-speaking and English-speaking markets. Perhaps Yello's record company has noticed that they are not making any profit in England, and therefore don't want to market the band there. One cannot expect Yello to use tens of thousands of swiss francs of their own money to make their music easily available to everybody in England. If Yello's music just isn't selling there, there's no sense in publishing the album with a big campaign.
Here in Finland Yello albums are to be found in some record stores, although Touch Yello's current status is "sold out" at my local store. But they are expecting to have more CDs soon.
-- Jussi Salmi http://mars.cs.utu.fi/henkilokunta/info/?id=26
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