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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2009 4:48:15 GMT -5
Talk of the new pairing of Tull's Christmas Album with the St. Briges concert got me wondering. I don't know how much of a topic this is, but I'd like to contribute to starting some threads, since the guys running this place have done such a great job starting most of the threads for us.
Do you think Tull's catalog would be a bit different in the past 18 years if Chrysalis wasn't bought out by EMI in 1991, and thus Tull signing to fuel2000 later on?
I know that I heard Ian once say that he made the christmas album because fuel2000 asked him to think about doing a christmas album. So obviously fuel2000 has made somewhat of an impact on what sort of an album Tull releases.
Do you think the catalog would be much different if Chrysalis was still in charge?
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Post by Mix on Nov 7, 2009 5:39:52 GMT -5
I don't think this is correct. Ian was signed to fuel2000 when the Christmas album came out. I believe it was the head of Fuel's idea, nothing to do with EMI.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2009 5:48:53 GMT -5
I don't think this is correct. Ian was signed to fuel2000 when the Christmas album came out. I believe it was the head of Fuel's idea, nothing to do with EMI. Oh, you're right. I did not even recall that. Thank you. Let me modify my post to rephrase it in order to make it correct. Sorry for the mishap! EDIT: The post is now factually correct (as for as I know)  |
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Post by bobo the monkey on Nov 8, 2009 17:35:31 GMT -5
The whole record industry is such a freeway car crash...I'm not sure Tull's destiny would have changed either way with Chrysalis, EMI or whoever calls the shots at a record company...there was a time, maybe the early nineties, that I believed strategic thinking, the right song at the right time and pre-plannned, strong record company support might have earned Tull another moment or three in the mainstream...purely based on The Grateful Dead scoring big with an MTV hit song 'Touch of Gray'...I figured...if it could happen for the Dead, it could happen for Tull.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2009 10:16:14 GMT -5
I think Chrysalis did not care one bit about Ian or Jethro Tull, they only wanted the bottom line the dollar.So if they were not making x dollars on band or a performer they were dead weight to them. Loyalty in the music business was gone along time ago, Chrysalis seemed to have forgotten that Jethro Tull basicly made them., to be in the position they were in. When EMI came along to buy control of Chrysalis it was easy for EMI to dictate what way things would be. I do not think Ian would of conformed to any constraints put on him by any stuff shirt at record company. As a matter of fact I am sure it would be the subject of a new album had they ever tried.I think the industry has just change so much it did not matter if Chrysalis sold to EMI and Ian went to Fuel, I think it would be the same as it is now.
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