Welcome To The Neighbourhood - Special Edition Preorder!!!
 

Been working on this one a while and with the material available to EMI and we're finally sorted!!!

Pre-order here - ordering via this link also helps with the upkeep of MLUKFC! - We might be getting something exclusive to offer with this too, a MLUKFC exclusive Artwork print with each order (TBC).

Here is the info...!

Meat Loaf's Welcome To The Neighbourhood 2CD+DVD EXPANDED EDITION

Features three hit singles: 'I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)', 'Not A Dry Eye In The House' and 'Runnin' For The Red Light (I Gotta Life)'.

CD1
- The original album: features an impressive collection of songwriters; includes 'Original Sin' and 'Left In The Dark', written by long-time Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman, Sammy Hagar's 'Amnesty Is Granted' and Tom Waits' 'Martha'.

- Plus bonus content: cover of The Beatles' 'Come Together' and 'Let It Be', plus Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Oh, What A Beautiful Morning'.

CD2 [BONUS DISC]
- Made up of live recordings, taken predominantly from the October 1995 concert at New York's Beacon Theatre.
- Features such Meat Loaf classics as: 'You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth', 'All Revved Up', 'Dead Ringer For Love', 'I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)', 'Midnight At The Lost And Found' and 'Bat Out Of Hell'.
- Also included is a live version of 'Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?', a song which originally appeared on the soundtrack to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

DVD
Features:
- Promo videos - 'I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)' & 'Not a Dry Eye in the House'
- Top Of The Pops studio clips - 'I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)' and 'Not a Dry Eye in the House'.
- Interview with Meat Loaf talking about the making of the video for 'I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)' as well as discussing the songs on the album, filmed to promote the original release in 1995.



Pre-order here :)

Tracks as follows...

1. Where The Rubber Meets The Road
2. I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)
3. Original Sin
4. 45 Seconds Of Ecstasy
5. Runnin' For The Red Light (I Gotta Life)
6. Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas
7. Left In The Dark
8. Not A Dry Eye In The House
9. Amnesty Is Granted
10. If This Is The Last Kiss (Let's Make It Last All Night)
11. Martha
12. Where Angels Sing
13. Come Together
14. Let It Be
15. Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'
16. Is Nothing Sacred (Full Version)

1. Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back (Live)
2. Where The Rubber Meets The Road (Live)
3. I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth) (Live)
4. Amnesty Is Granted (Live)
5. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Live)
6. All Revved Up (Live)
7. Dead Ringer For Love (Live)
8. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (Live)
9. Runnin' For The Red Light (I Gotta Life) (Live)
10. Midnight At The Lost And Found (Live)
11. Whatever Happened To Saturday Night (Live)
12. Bat Out Of Hell (Live)

1. I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth) (Promo Clip)
2. Not A Dry Eye In The House (Promo Clip)
3. I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth) (Top Of The Pops)
4. Not A Dry Eye In The House (Top Of The Pops)
5. Album Interview with Meat Loaf (Long Version)

One last thing then I'll leave you alone hah! The Exclusive Artwork Print version is confirmed and limited to 200!

Thanks Kev :))

Hmmm. I didn't expect to see a reissue of WTTN. Eventhough the bonus content isn't anything super special, and it would have been nice if the Beacon show was on the DVD as well, I pre-ordered it anyway.

Also:
'Is Nothing Sacred' seems to be completely out of place, as it was done three years later. And I never knew Red Light was done live. Interesting.

Pre-ordered, ready and waiting in eager anticipation!!

Nice one, count me in!!!!!!

Placed my order.

Wish I could afford it!

Nice One Kev! :up:

looks really good, its a great album

i agree, would've loved the beacon show to have been included on the dvd though.

just ordered a copy

I absolutely agree.

im really excited!!!!

cocnerned it might get cancelled, like so many things but praying its gonna rock. so pumped.

All ordered, looking forward to it.

I am with you. Little things like not ending up homeless and eating come first. LOL

Done done done!!! lol Thanks Kev

WAIT A TICK:
RED LIGHT LIVE? Wheres not a dry eye?

also, Meat performed hot patootie in 1985 at the Becon theater for the tenth anniversary of rocky horror. maybe thats what is on the CD:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...h48m22s124.png

not complaining, so pumped for cd quality versions of Bat and Took the words.

Also.... REDLIGHT LIVE. omgomgomg

Great to see something like this being released. I didn't pre-order it. Hopefully I'll be able to grab this later somewhere for half the price or less :-)

Too bad the Beacon concert is not on the DVD. Hopefully somebody will release that in the very near future. Then again, as I said, it's great to see any ...-edition release from a Meat Loaf album. :cool:

Nice one Kev! :-)

It has been announced that Eagle Rock will release this song separately in its unabridged stereoscope format. Check Wikipedia. :-P

I love the WTTN album, it's my favourite Meat album easily.

This is truly a great collection of stuff you've put together.

No Left in the dark live?

Better than Bat 1 and Bat 2??? :shock: :roll:

Whats your favorite, and whats the better album are two different things.

BA is my favorite Meat album, but on a scale, Bat 2 is far superior cause of production value.

My favorite star wars movie is Episode six, but episode 5 is the best movie.

I bet it's probably the version from the "I'd Lie for You" single/"Live Around the World". (Which would make "Anything for Love" the 5:27 version from the same single, and "Bat" the Japanese bonus track from Wembley '94)

Nothing really special that a fan didnt have exept for running for the red light live. i would have loved to hear or see a filmed version of left and the dark (beacon or other), which was ABSOLUTELY stunning live during that period. Meat took that song to another level.

This sounds fantatic. Just ordered mine. Let's hope there's no volcano eruption to delay it like happened with HCTB.

Carole

that whole disk is the show at beacon theater, 1995. Fans haven't heard the beacon version of AFL and CD quality versions of took the words and Bat.

my money is that the redlight live version is a typo, and its the beacon theater Dry Eye performance. Its really a win/win

also apparently hot patootie as well.

If its not a rehash theirs plenty to be excited about as a fan, especially the dvd with the interview and TOTP performances.

Excellent!!! I adore this album, will be great to see all that artwork again too!!

Wario - This one is with EMI and already 100% confirmed and the 200 prints are being done in the middle of next week!

Ordered :0D KeV, any idea how many orders you've had yet? In other words, am I within the 200?

I know that the pre-orders are going well, and can confirm that so far all orders placed are within the 200. Better click fast though ;-).

I would rank Hang Cool Teddy Bear and Couldn't Have Said It Better both above Bat 1 and Bat 2 in my personal book, but that is just me.

must of bought the rights from Virgin Records ? or are they the same ?

EMI bought Virgin Records back in '92.

WHOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!

We've not announced anything yet! you're the first to hear anything from it and have the best chance of being 1 of the 200!

Kev, this is great news. I can't pre order it, but I confident if the 200 don't get sold too quick I will pick one up in the summer for sure. I just curious too Man, how does the whole set up process work...

Say someone says something like, this may sell again. And your company finds promos and items that go along with that album? Either way I ain't complaining, I just always curious what happens on the other side of the market :)

U would be a minority of minorities Dave. (We used to talk online, that's why I addressed you like I know you :) But more to the point, they are fantastic albums but its cool to hear people still have the same enthusiasm for CHSIB as I do. :twisted:

There will be some promo behind this, not overly sure what yet, but EMI did quite a bit for the promo of the Bat 2 reissus a few years back. There was stuff in classic rock and mailouts and some other bit so hopefully much of the same here.

I don't see the 200 lasting too long once we've mailed our database, the forum have done theirs and when EMI do their meaty one!

If I pre order when do I pay? On the albums release or now?

Items are charged when they're ready for release so it would be at some point during the week before release when stock arrives.

Nope .. it's not just you :-) Same here.

Getting off topic here, but having the opportunity to be as close as I was to the entire CHSIB project - seeing so many shows and getting the demo from eBay far ahead of the curve. It is magic to me.

yes, right. true. I was just saying that musically, quality wise, left in the dark was a standout on this album. Not having it LIVE is a shame. I would have preferred that over Not a dry eye, and the 1000th live version of AFL, Bat etc. available for fans on various albums.
Other that ok, its great news having that reissued and i will order mine.
But I cant imagine i'm the only person on that forum that seems to miss that left in the dark song live??????

Ordered :D

Also missing ORIGINAL SIN as well.

but neither original sin or LITD were performed at the promo concert in NYC in October of 1995. In fact they didn't get added to the set till the European shows.

Paradise wasnt performed either during the promo shows

Using the poor audience recording track lists from two promo concerts in early 1996, the promo set for Beacon was likely:

Rubber
Lemon
Midnight
DRFL
All Revved Up
Took The Words
Lie For You
Amnesty
Dry Eye
AFL
Bat
Red Light

Runnin' for the Red Light was Likely the finale, as during the tour they'd play the album recording of red light on the loud speakers after Bat while the audience was leaving.

Looking forward to it! Any idea what show Running for the Red Light was performed live?

I know they performed Where The Rubber Meets The Road twice at the Hudson Theater promo show, as they had to reshoot part of it after hitting an audience member in the head with a camera boom. :shock:

interesting. whered you get that information :)

maybe the source could give you an accurate set list?

If that performance of the rubber on the cd and that aired was take two, id imagine take one was just as impressive :)

That's a cool story. Thanks for sharing. I always thought Red Light would make a fun live song.

Sadly, the source is/was TMB. He started the whole Meat Loaf online revolution. He is no longer with us, having slipped into the eternal bat cave, but he is there keeping the berry juice cold for the Lost Boys and Golden Girls when it is our turn. It was amazing, every time he would go to a Meat Loaf show to hear the utter joy in his voice when he would call me with the details of the show(s).

ordered! Looking forward to it :-)

ORDERED. so pumped. hope the cd itself is a remaster

Im very sorry, he sounded like a wonderful person

Just pre-ordered it, WTTN was actually the first Meat Loaf album which I owned myself so it holds a special place in my heart. Got it back when I was about 9-10 to go with my first ever proper CD player. I had been listening to BOOH2 since it's release (Think I was 4 when it came out, I was born in 87, came out in 91 right?) but it and BOOH were my parents so this was my first proper album. :D

It also helps that it's a bloody amazing album!

BOOH2 was 1993 old boy. But I share your sentiments.

Im a new Meat Loaf fan so this is the first re-release of a older album ive had the chance to preorder. Which i just have done!. Sounds great, and ive only heard the singles from this album, so some of the tracks will be totally new to me.

I want to get the double disk version of BOOH2 as well, but it seem very expensive everywhere.

Welcome dude

I'm well excited about this! COZ, The Beacon show is my FAV live recording EVER! LOVE LOVE LOVE :-)

Any chance that amazon will sell it?
Sorry Kev, but they deliver much faster than the English Mail....

Just ordered... :cool:

I wish we could get some true demos and rarities, or even remixes. Martha with just piano...Left In The Dark a capella...I don't know, just something we haven't heard before.

All the same, I can't wait for this one. WTTN is an amazing album, and my memories of the tour are fantastic. Quality through and through.

Will it be released in America, or is it UK only?

No idea on a US release as its something we've been working on here with the material that EMI have.

Hi Kev,

Already placed my order with you for it and can't wait. Two quick Qs though:
- Do you know if the album has been remastered? Or is it just a re-release of the original?
- And, if this is release is successful, do you see any plans for any other albums to be done in the same format (specifically wondering about Bad Attitude)?

Thanks!

Morning.

There has been nothing mentioned about it being remastered.

As for the album you mentioned, thats a Sony title rather them EMI and I think they've done all they're likely to do with the 80s album. They threw them together with Bat titles for Piece Of The Action.

The good thing with the EMI stuff is that some money will end up in Meat's pocket, whereas the Sony stuff doesn't.

Thanks for the info Kev.

Meat doesn't get performance (or songwriting, where relevant) royalties from any of the recordings on Sony BMG?!?

Did he sell them at one stage, or…?

The story is that meat accepted a £/$10m payment but was owed much much more from BAT alone. I'm sure someone could fill in the details?

Right. :|

So I assume this deal was forthcoming from the label when Meat was flat broke, or close to, in the 80s?

It's sad that its such an oft-repeated story that some of the most rediculously popular/successful ventures generate so little (relatively) for the people behind them. At least it kept Todd's career afloat all these years.

:(

No, Meat had to fight his way back on his own. Almst impossible to take on these fat-cat giants in court I'd have thought when you've lost everything and simply have to get back on your feet and rebuild to support your family. Fortunately Meat had, and has, the guts to do this, as well as a talent no record company could own.

My recollection is that the settlement Meat finally accepted was late in the 90s .. and even last year Popovitch was still involved in litigation with them

Indeed :(

Caryl

Amazon.com has it for the ridiculous price of 40.64 USD. Release June 14th

Amazon.co.uk has is for 13.99 Pounds on June 6th. ;)

Or the exclusive print version here!!!

Either way, it will take forever for the physical copy to get here. Put it up as an international download and be done with it. I won't pay to wait.

We've about 20 left of this one with the Print and EMI have infromed me that they won't be printing any more. :)

and www.amazon.de has it for 19.99 € on June 3th :yay: