NEED EVERYONE HELP HELP
 

Need all in the uk and northern Ireland to go and find and buy a least 5 singles. You will all have meet and greets at the shows in your area. I will buy them back from you then give you one back signed for free! please we need you help. What city are you in where there are no singles!! please write back.

Meat
If you can get more please do!

Thank you thank you!!!

:twisted: Hey Meat.
You got it man.
I'll go to town tomorrow and hunt them down.
P.S.Hey man,you don't need to buy them back.I'm happy to do it for you,but I won't say no to a meet and greet 8) .

:twisted: Forgot to add that i'm in Liverpool.
I haven't been able to find any copies yet,but saying that I haven't been able to get into town all week because things have been hectic at home(had the builders in :? ).
This single is going straight to number 1 8) .
Rock on Fire Ball.

Are you serious, Meat???

Hunted for hours in Solihull, West Midlands, on Monday. HMV said they'd order it for me. Finally got one in Virgin. Why the big problems with your distributors?

Am going to both nights at Birmingham NEC. Can't wait. Want signed CD!!!

Barmad

Hi Meat,

I don't understand this completely, but what about Holland?
Sorry, had to ask.
Please, this single will do great! So many people love it, not fans, people at work an so on.

Great day to you,

Mariella

Already done it - it's a hard job tracking it down, but Virgin seem to have a few. I bought 6, just in case.

Meat i have sent you a private message. You can get the single OK in Belfast but only from Virgin and a few small companies like Sanity. The worrying thing is HMV aren't stocking it and they r the biggest company in belfast. Im afraid people will go to HMV and see its not there and then think its been delayed and be unaware its actually out but only in virgin!

:twisted: I PM'd Meat last week asking if he could get me a couple of thousand leaflets to hand around town to promote the new single.He never got back to me,but I guess it was a bit last minute :lol: .
Anyway,the point is that Meat has an army of people here who would be more than happy to do anything to promote anything Meat is doing.
Meat,is there any way you can take advantage of this all these people willing to help?Leaflets etc.
Everyone,who would be prepared to help Meat's promo?It may be a little late for this single,but it's a thought for the future :idea: .

In the whole of Oxford Street (London) on Monday, the only store that had copies was Virgin (they had loads). HMV and Music one didn't. I tried Woolies and WH Smith in Bexleyheath yesterday and they didn't have copies either.

Sue
http://www.KasimInfo.com

how bad are you talkingmeat? do u have mid week sales figures. You know we will all do our best to help you. I think people want the single but they cant actually buy it anywhere. Hope the album makes all the stores.!!!!

Is this for real?! I'd love a Meet and Greet - going to Newcastle telewest. Meat I'd happily buy the extra copies if u will organise this and a signed copy!

Well, I got Belfast, Antrim and Dublin covered!

Stephen.

I know it's impossible but I'm here in Hungary without album and singles too. And in Hungary nobody knows about new album. No in CD stores, no on streets. Sometimes I think the album never come out in Hungary.
Please, help me!

We haven't got anything down here - Middlesex.

Phoned a few places in N.Ireland

HMV are now stocking it - they got it in late yesterday afternoon
Golden Disks are now stocking it - got it late yesterday
Virgin have had it from Monday Morning

aslo a note, Sanity a small music store had it monday but are currently out of stock and are waiting on more being ordered...thats a good sign! Having said that they would have been the only people in Bangor since monday stocking it!

would it be too late Meat to release another CD with a couple of other songs (LIke the 2 cds for Did i say that) If you get another new song on the CD maybe all the people who bought it already will buy it again for the extras songs. How come only one CD was rleleased when normally 2 versions are available with different extra tracks!?

Does the offer also stands for Holland?
I would do anything to meet you and to shake your hand, especialy because this is being your last great tour according to yourself

Euh...........oh, and again the UK and Ireland :evil:

This is really to bad for words!!! :evil: :evil:

Hi, Meat. Will it do any good for those of us overseas to order more copies from a particular source??? I'd do anything to help, but I'm so far away from there and having never visited the UK before, I have no idea who to contact. I've already ordered one CD from Amazon UK, but haven't received a notice that it's been shipped. I am assuming, therefore, that they don't have it, either, yet.

If ANYONE there can PM me (or respond here) as to where I can quickly purchase copies via the phone or the net, in order to help, PLEASE let me know. I'll be checking MLUKFC frequently today!

Thanks!

I have 7 copies of Bat Out Of Hell :lol: can you signed me one?

I can tell you... in Spain the radio station began to put CHSIB single and talks great about it... in a radio station M80, Julian Ruiz put several days ago Did I Say That?.... and he put CHSIB or Did allmost everyday.

2000 leafets don't do anything, sorry, thank you though, need you to find singles order on line what ever I've got a problem! and from the e-mails you can see this! need you to find and buy, yes backstge passes meet and greet , will buy them back from you sign to you and give one back. it's very simple, we will do this!!

Thanks Meat
Keep me posted on what stores don't have them!!!

Plenty of copies available in HMV at Sheffield Meadowhall, but not in City Centre .. their order not yet arrived.

For Brevard who wanted to buy on-line, HMV on-line do have copies and notified me yesterday that an order had been dispatched

HMV in Meadwhall expect it to be a BIG seller! .. but of course :)

Go to HMV in UK



http://www.hmv.co.uk/

Search Meat Loaf, top of page 2 .. You can do it!! :)

No problem mate, i'll do that for you. And i'll tell my friends to do the same.

Hi again! Just phoned the Virgin Store in Oxford Street, since it was mentioned they had copies of CHSIB. But I was told they don't ship overseas...Their website, according to the person I spoke with, does not ship overseas, either...

Amazon UK says they haven't gotten the single from the publisher yet...

I've been checking the major UK record shops listed online, but haven't found the single listed anywhere so far...

I want to help, if I can. Anybody have any suggestions???

I'll be here... :(

Caryl! Didn't see your message before I just posted!

THANK YOU!!

I'm on it!!! :D

:twisted: Hi Meat.
Just a thought.
As there are a lot of shops that don't have the single in stock yet,would it be a better idea to have a big push next week when more of the regular public will be buying them?
If we all buy at the same time it will mean a lot better position in the charts :idea: .
If you still want it done now though,no problem at all.
Let me know what you think.If you can't get back to me in time,i'll stick with the plan and get them tomorrow.
Rock on 8) .

Caryl, thanks again!!!! I never would have found available singles otherwise!

Meat, I just went to the HMV UK website and bought 10 copies. I hope to heaven it helps you!!

If there's anything else I can do for you from here, just let me know! I want to help!

See ya in Saratoga in June!! Can't wait! :lol:

Love ya,
M

You're welcome :))

And here it is again:

http://www.hmv.co.uk/

Search Meat Loaf, top of page 2 .. we can do it!!

There ya go Meat :))

:twisted: Well as everybody has started buying singles now,I may as well get my copies tomorrow.Also,i'll find out exactly which shops have the single and which ones haven't.
Let's get Meat to number 1 this week 8) .

Uh oh! Caryl, I just got an email from HMV indicating that "Goods have yet to be received from suppliers." Maybe they've run out of stock or something since you were told they'd already sent yours??? :cry:

I think I may be back to Square One on this. Looking for more suggestions from any of you who have better access and knowledge of stores or UK websites who will ship product overseas.

I will continue to hold onto my HMV order, just in case the email was incorrect...

It's 8 hours earlier here in California. I'll be here--except for the time that Meat's on Johnnie Walker's show. More suggestions or ideas will be appreciated!!!

I'll keep checking back....

I have been checking Amazone and it says the single won't be available until the 21th! Anyone seen something else?
Couldn't find the single at Bol.com either!
What is going on? :??:

Mariella

Now searching ALL evening..

I just had a notification that my order for 10 was accepted .. and I think the fact you've ordered them will count as sales from Meat's point of view. If there's a delay and you're desp to get the record in your hot little hand, you can have one of the ones I've bought from the Sheffield real store when I collect them .. probably this weekend .. and I'm sure yours will be sent out by HMV on-line by then .. but keep me posted OK?

Caryl xo

my advice would if you can buy from high street where possible. I dont know about rest of UK but HMV in belfast now has the song. They said it came in as a late delivery on tuesday.

Just a thought, but perhaps people who havent been able to find the single in the shop have took an attitude of it costs 4 pounds, is a lot of hassle to buy so i'll just wait till next week and by the album which is only about a fiver dearer!!??? I think some people who aren't dye-hard fans may be thinking like this. Maybe Meat should delay the album another week to push single sales as they are too close together

dont know about everyone else meat but i only want a copy signed, you don't have to buy them back. This is the least we can do for you to show r appreciation for your music. We owe you far more than a few single sales anyway!!!!!!!

Right you are, we aren't even talking about money here!!

Mariella

one final note, sorry shoulda just done the one post but......

Its always in the paper how apparently the record company got all these pop idol stars to number one by buying the records themselves. Surely if anough fans by records and mercury buy some back so to speak then the single will do well in the charts. I don't think anyone else will buy it after this week because the album will be out and theyll buy it instead. Perhaps all this hassle of getting a single will be rewarded as people will have to buy the album as they cant find the single anywhere??!!

Still haven't got mine yet - crawled around the shops again today :(

:twisted: No way this is about money.
Ask not what Meat can do for you.Ask what you can do for Meat 8) .

Hey Uk citizens,

go for it!
We managed chart #8 (CHSIB album) and #18 (DIST single) here in Germany. Not bad at all! CHSIB single just been released. Of course some of us here bought multiple copies of each in the first week. :wink: They make wonderfull presents (but not for those who would buy them anyhow!).
But now it is your turn in the UK! I know you can even do better! Conquer all the problems! It is the first week that counts!
GO UK, GO!

No, it's not a matter of money. I intend to send these copies out to people and tell them "See how great this is!!!!...Now go out and buy the album!!!" :lol:

Caryl, I hope you're right and the HMV sales will help!! Thanks, again.

Yes surely we would want Meat at the very top but I cann't even buy it yet
in any of the shops down here - may be the distributors need a kick up the back side :roll:

So we all go out and buy dozens of CDs ... How are yoou arranging these Meet n Greets, Meat?

Barmad

Meat

I'm SO sorry for all these problems you're having with the single. You SO don't need this! I got a copy today ordered via the HMV website late last week. But, of course, if I can find more copies in stores I'll buy those as well. I'm sure evryone here will also. We ALL want sucess for you!!

Whoever is responsible for this needs to be hung up by their short and curlies (if they have them...) and forced to listen to S Club for 7 days straight, until they are begging to buy all the singles of CHSIB needed to get you to no1, just to hear decent music.

On a (not too) related note, its a sad reflection on British music when a rock legend is fighting for a chart position, and tripe like Westlife go straight in at no1 with any old pap!! Sorry, I can feel a rant coming on again...

Hope everything works out.

mikey

Had ordered it through Amazon UK no luck yet though.

I'll try HMV

none here in peterborough,cambs either both i and my mum(pajg76)have searched but no stores have it,WH smiths told us that it had not been released yet!but both my mum and i will buy some to help you meat.

Of course it isn;'t about money .. it's about Meat;s concern that distribution problems might impact on this wonderful CD catching the tide .. and asking our help to redress the balance .. help which I'm happy to give him ..

So let's do it .. go to

http://www.hmv.co.uk/

search meatloaf, second page, at the top!! ..

Just where he should be of course :))

first time on everyone,been looking in for the last 2 years,but this made me register. i went to 3 towns(in cornwall ) yesterday while delivering. wh smiths & woolworths won't stock until reached top 30. in the end found it in an independant record shop. :?

I'll go out and get about 5 tomorrow from my home town of Billingham. I'll report back when i've got them.

So what exactly is the reasoning behind this? :)

Think it might also be a good idea to start to call every recordstore in your area. If this was going on in Holland, I'd have everyone I could think of, call every store I could think of. Until they finally order the single, just to get all these people of their back!
Action!

Great day to you,

Mariella

Michael is absolutely right - it is the first week that really counts.

I will do my level best to buy as many as I can to take over to Amsterdam next Wednesday to give to friends and fans who wouldn't otherwise be buying the UK release.

Come on UK. This is our moment to prove our loyalty to Meat when he needs our help the most. "CHSIB" is an amazing song which deserves to be a massive hit. Together we can make this happen for him.

Let's "do it"!

Ok I'm starting to feel sorry for meat here because i just checked the following sites

http://www.asda.com
http://www.woolworths.co.uk
http://www.tesco.com

All Big Stores in the UK and the Sites had nothing about the Couldnt Have said it better album. I only hope tomorrow when i try to buy them i can find some. If now i'm gonna be highly annoyed.

Knowing my luck i'll have enough money for 5 but only be able to buy 3 or 4!

The album is on salesrank #8 on amazon.co.uk tho. (the album, not the single)

My thoughts exactly :))
Vicki

Meat, i have pm'd you re this.

My local HMV have not got stocks didn't even know the release date. HMV customer service number is 020 7432 2000. please join me in phoning them. :evil:

and BTW when I find another shop with stocks guess what everyone's getting for easter prezzies? lol

I'll look tomorrow which is all i can do. I know of about 3 shops which SHOULD have it if not then i'll send you the information meat!

BTW Meat Thanks for answering my questions in that Radio 2 Chat! My Mams still after that signed photo though :P

Yes .. thanks Caryl :))

And Meat, I just went to the HMV UK website and bought my 10 copies too - I'm just glad I could help!! If there's anything else I can do, please let me know :)

Thanks again!!
Vicki

You're absolutely right !!!
Vicki

Thanks Original Sin, this is what we need: phonenumbers! Everybody, please give me more (or I will find them myself tomorrow).

If we can all have 10 people call recordstores, asking them what's keeping this single, finally they will order it, just to get all of us of their back!

So, call, send emails, for this I am 'moving' to the UK for a few days!
Tomorrow I will be 'stalking' recordstores :lol:

Think 5 copies each is NOT enough, compared to just HOW much we love Meat.

Mariella

Sure hope the single will be available in Holland, next week, got a show to go to!!

OK Peeps,

Virgin, WHSmiths and MVC are saying the album is available for Preorder (out on 21st) but nothing about the single. If you wish to ask about the single, you could contact them on the numbers given below: (not that i am advocating a mass campaign, but if you wnat the single, the helplines may be able to help!!!)

MVC: Customer Service UK Free Phone: 0800 316 6551
Customer Service Overseas: +44 208 5828589
Customer Service Fax: UK +44 (0) 0208 582 8600

WHSmiths (not online sales!):
Phone: 0870 444 6 444 - Mon-Fri 9.00am to 6pm, Sat 9.00am to 5.30pm
Post: WHSmith Retail Ltd., Freepost (sce4410), Swindon, Wilts, SN3 3XS,
E-mail: customer.relations@whsmith.co.uk

Virgin: 020 7299 0444 (lines open from 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday) or email customerservices@virginmega.co.uk

Have fun!!!!

Damnit I wont be able to get the 5 Copies (As im only 15 its a bit hard) I'll be able to get a couple but I Will look around the shops and see who has got them and who hasnt. I'll be able to get 3 Singles which is £8.97 which i can afford. Sorry its not the 5 you were looking for meat :( but I did try.


EDIT:

Asda Contact (Not sure if this includes Online Sales)

Customer Services,
ASDA House,
Southbank,
Great Wilson Street,
Leeds,
LS11 5AD

Telephone: 0500 100055
Fax: 0113 241 7732
Minicom: 0800 0683003

Tesco Contact Details
Books, Music, Video, DVD, Flowers, Games and Wine
Telephone 0845 7225533, 9am to 11pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 6pm Sunday, or email us at customer.services@tesco.co.uk.

That's helping too. We all do what we can.

Thank you!!!

Mariella

Hmm if it helps i could post a news article on my site except its a gaming website and not really Meat Loaf Site and the vast majority of my visitors arnt from england but it could still raise awareness of the single and album

Mariella
I'll be helping you swamp those phone lines with complaints.... I know we gotta ensure sales are boosted but someone somewhere has gotta be answerable for this. I mean how long have music stores been making out of Meat Loaf and his fans.

I did find a small independant who was stocking it and brought one...I'm gonna hit the town tomorrow see what I can find. And I'm happy to do so. Ok so who would turn down a signed copy or a M&G not me for sure but this is so much more than that now. Besides if we all turn up with our copies it won't be M&G's he needs it'll be a private party room. lol

Woolworths Contact details (They to didnt show the single or album on their site)

We endeavour to answer all queries within 24 hours (Excluding weekends).

Customer Service Phone: 0845 608 1101
Customer Service Fax: 0208 582 8600


Customer Service hours of operation

Contact hours of business are:

9am - 6pm GMT, Monday - Friday.
9am - 5pm GMT, Saturday.

We are unable to respond to telephone contacts on Sunday, as our call centre is closed


An answer phone is available outside of these hours and any messages left will be responded to as quickly as possible. (Please leave a daytime contact number). Corporate Contacts

All corporate telephone contacts should be made Monday - Friday,9am - 5:00pm GMT.

Corporate Tel: 0207 2621222
Corporate Contact Address
Woolworths PLC
Freepost NWW58A
Rochdale
Lancashire
OL11 3ZZ

First week is very important! We may live in different countries, the reason why we are at this forum is we all love Meat Loaf.

Like Flying Mouse said so well, think not what ML can do for you...

People, we CAN make a difference, all we have to do is follow our beliefs.
We have known for weeks just HOW great this single is.

This song must go to no.1, we all KNOW it, it makes me very happy to see so many of you actively involved in getting it there.

Mariella

What Contact numbers do we have so far?

Asda
Tesco
Woolworths
HMV
MVC
WHSmith
Virgin

Is there any other places in the UK that will stock it? If so then we could do with the number for those aswel just in case.

I'll be flogging my local record stores again tomorrow- plus Kingston and Richmond they include MVC, HMV, Virgin and Woolworths

I'm in the US and I've got some copies on order from the UK as well Meat.. Hope this helps! No worries about buying anything back! I'm happy to do it!! Let us know if we can do anything else! :)

Love and Laughs..
~Gina

That's great Gina !! We Americans have to stick together and support him too :)) I feel the same way you do ... he doesn't have to buy anything back, and I'm happy to do it !

Vicki

Buy it Online!
 

Gina, Vicki, etc., my thoughts exactly! I will buy as many copies from Amazon.UK if it will help the cause. No need to have them bought back, I will distribute them to everyone I know. Like MBrevard said in another thread, we must form armies to help with the promotion, this is the first step.

Folks in the UK, keep calling, keep asking, every little bit will help.

ROCK ON FIRE BALL!

Jules 8)

Re: Buy it Online!
 

Sounds good to me Jules :)))

Vicki

Just a thought. This is causing me sleep deprivation :evil: Can we please also try our local radio stations. Get them to play CHSIB as much as possible, and if possible mention the sales problem and encourage anyone who's interested to go out there and shout. This is my next plan of action. Looks like I've got a long day ahead of me.

I've this has been mentioned or discussed before I'm sorry - still trying to navigate the site. :oops:

Hi, guys! I've been thinking and thinking about this problem all day, since Meat's earlier posts.

I sent him a PM, but he hasn't had the chance to get it yet. So, I have unanswered questions.

If you read my post earlier today, I ordered extra singles from HMV UK online. They accepted my order, but when I clicked on the button to check on it, I was given the information that they had not gotten the product from the supplier yet.

I have a very strong feeling, since Meat was as adamant as he was today about getting the singles bought up, that both Presales and Orders that cannot be filled due to lack of product will NOT be counted! And that makes sense, if we think about it. On these orders, no money has yet changed hands even though credit card info has been taken. And since that's the case, there has been no actual sale. Does that make sense?

So, continuing to buy from these sellers who WILL have them soon--probably the 21st, since that's what we're hearing most--will NOT help Meat right now. Next week, they'll help him tremendously. I would imagine that because of all these extra sales, plus being rated #8 on Amazon's presale list, is going to send the numbers through the roof next week!!! But that's not what he needs right now in order to "enter in the Top Ten," which is what he wants to do so desperately (and most likely needs to do, with still no contract signed over here in the States--that's just a guess, but it makes sense).

Calling the big chains and companies who SHOULD be carrying it, to see if they are, IS important--not to pester them to get it ordered, really (we can do that NEXT week if they STILL don't have it :roll: ) but we need to know if ANY of the stores in their chain MIGHT have it now or if their online websites might also have it available.

What we need to do for Meat, from the way I am understanding it, is to buy up EVERY AVAILABLE CHSIB SINGLE IN THE COUNTRY and do it RIGHT NOW! And we have precious little time to do it in.

Does anyone out there know exactly what the cut-off is for a week's numbers? Is it Friday at 5 pm or 11:59 p.m.? Is it Saturday or Sunday?? We need to know what the timeframe is that we have to work with. There's SO much I don't know about how all this works, but want to...! And this is all complicated by the fact that it's Good Friday and some shops may close early...And some of the people who could normally help us here may not be available.

So we need to get organized. We need a plan to be able to work as a team. Working individually will help, certainly, but it won't get the major job done that is needed to truly help Meat. It's a large task we're taking on.

I've worked up a basic plan that I'd like to propose, and I'd like to get everyone's opinions on it. It's the middle of the night in the UK; only 9 p.m. here in California. We should try to get this all worked out, if we can, before the shops open in the morning. It is my great sadness never to have visited the UK, so could someone tell me when, typically, stores do open there? Is it 8 or 9 or 10?? And also, how late are shops usually open during the day? In other words, how much time do we have to work here? Perhaps it varies too much to say, but please give us all an idea--those of us who are outside the country.

Let me lay out my plan, so you can see what you think of it:

Based on what I've been reading from your posts, the smaller shops, in smaller areas are more likely to be carrying the CD single. Most of the bigger sellers just don't seem to have it. And some of those who do, won't ship outside the country, leaving those of us out here unable to help.

What we need is for everyone in the UK, who has the ability--and the time--to mark off as wide an area as possible, and call EVERY seller within that area to see if they have the CD. If they find someone who does, and they can purchase it, great! They should do it. If they find someone who does and they cannot go out and get it, for whatever reason, they should bring the information here to a new thread on the forum, so that either someone else in the UK can go and get it--or order it by phone. Or those of us outside the country can call and order it, IF the shop will ship overseas. If they will not ship, then perhaps it would be possible for us to buy the singles and have the person making the phone calls pick them up and then ship them to us. Either way, money changes hands and CDs get sold!

I mentioned in an earlier post that I called the Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street, since I had heard they did have copies for sale. But I was told they do not ship here--and that their website does not ship overseas, either. But if I had had someone there who would have been willing to pick them up and ship them to me, I would have happily bought what I could from this store.

You see. We'll have teamwork. Everyone plays an important part, and no one gets left out.

People phoning a certain area should send a message to the forum indicating what section of the country they are taking, so that we would not be overlapping--doing the same job more than once. If, yesterday, you already made calls in an area near you, post that, so, once again, we won't duplicate our efforts. (If any chain stores were involved in your calling and your found out that no store in that chain will have it, please post that quickly, so they can be avoided.)

Mariella (or anyone else who wants to do this job): If you are willing to make the phone calls to the larger chains, whose phone numbers were given here, and ask them if they are carrying it; if ANY of their stores are carrying it THIS WEEK, that would be a tremendous help. If they aren't carrying it, we can just cross them off the list for now. No need for anyone making phone calls around the country to call any of their stores. That will save some time. If they DO have it--somewhere in the chain--then, again, that will save some time. The stores in that chain should be called first. So, we need a clear posting of what each of these companies have to say, and everyone will know how to proceed.

And I guess that would work for those who are calling around the UK, as well. If YOU are dealing with a chain of stores, and find out they don't have it yet; ask if it is likely the other stores in that chain would not carry it, as well. Then come and post their answer here. So everyone will know to either avoid these stores or phone them quickly.

When you find shops that DO have them, and are unable to get them yourselves, come back here quickly and bring the following information:

Name of Shop
Address of Shop
Phone number
How many CDs available
Price of CDs
Whether they will ship outside UK
And if not, are you willing to pick them up and ship them to whoever does purchase them (if outside the country)

I know this is a huge task, friends. But Meat doesn't often ask for our help. We have to do the best we can. And I think, if you all like this plan and believe it's feasible, we can make it work. It will take close and constant communication, though, on everyone's part. So, you should post as often as you can with what you have found out in your area--especially if you DO find CDs in a certain place. Then, the rest of us out here, either in the UK or outside it, can work toward buying up what CDs we are able to.

That's my basic plan. I'm sure it can be improved upon. But I'd love your comments on it and if this is doable--if there are enough of us here to make it work. We really need enough people in the UK who are willing to make these calls--whether they can buy the CDs or not. We've got to find a way of locating all those that are available--and we must do it in the next day, day-and-a-half, or two, depending on when exactly the deadline is for making the Top Ten.

Meat, dear heart, if you're out there and reading this, please consider contacting Geri at the OIFC. I don't want to cause any problems or bad feelings between the various groups. I'm just thinking that the number of fans in the other group is large and they, too, could be set upon to help with this huge and difficult task. Geri now has the ability to send a quick email to everyone on her list that is connected to the net. And they can then join us in trying to help you. It cannot be a matter of 'groups' right now; we ALL must pull together, as your fans, if we're going to make this happen.

So, what do you think, guys? Is this plan workable? Can you improve upon it? Let's talk about it for the next several hours, but we do really need to have the plan, whatever it is, in place, before the shops begin to open in the UK.

Please write and share your thoughts. And if you want to be a part of this, then, say so and what you are able/willing to do to help!

I am a great believer in the power of people, especially those who are motivated. I believe that motivated people can accomplish anything they set their minds to. And of course, there is no greater example of that, than the person we all come here to be with every day!!!

Thanks, as always, for listening.

Love and peace to each of you!

I can't believe I'm posting again so quickly, friends. But I just received good news.

HMV UK must have gotten more CD singles in stock. Yay!!!

I got an email from them a few minutes ago saying that the 10 I ordered yesterday morning have been shipped!!

I think this is exciting news! Maybe some of the other sellers, like Amazon might begin to get their shipments in, too! Wouldn't that be terrific!!!!

Thanks again, Caryl, for sharing that info with all of us.

If you've been thinking about ordering extra singles from them for Meat, but were waiting until they got more in, now's the time!! :lol:

That's great news! Buy, buy, buy! Yes!

M.Brevard and everyone else in Meats 'army of love', we WILL makes this happen!
Have to go to work for a few hours, be back sooner then usual. Think in 5 or 6 hours time. Start calling/buying, please!!
I will join in as soon as I get back, will see if I can take the day of from work too.

The power of mind, with the right action, is so strong!

Great day to all of you,

Mariella

:twisted: Hi guys.
I've just rang 15 branches of HMV picked at randow throughout the UK.
I told them I was doing market research for Meat Loaf :lol: .
I asked them if they had the new single.if they said no,Iasked when are you supposed to have it.If they said yes,I asked if they were playing it in store.
The results...
Liverpool city centre-No-Suposed to have it the 14th.
Speke Park-Yes-Will you be playing it?Yes,if you want us too.
St Helens-Yes-Play?-Yes
Chester-Yes-Play?-Yes.
Warrington-Yes-Play?-No.
Bolton-Yes-Play?-No
Manchester Trafford Park-Yes-Play?-No.
Preston-Yes-Play-Yes.
Manchester W1 centre-Yes-Play?No.
Blackpool-Yes-Play?-Yes
London Oxford St-No answer.
Birmingham-Yes-Play?-Don't know.
Sheffield high street-No-When-Suposed to be the 14th.
Cardiff-Yes-Play-Don't know.
Glasgow Union St-Yes-Play?-No.

As HMV is probibilly the biggest music retailer in the UK,try some branches yourself.Go to their website,and go to store finder in the left hand column.Type in a city and a list of branches comes up.Click on one and you'll get the phone number.
Do what I did,tell them you're doing market research(they pay more attention).If they have it ask if their playing it in store,as you see,in one case they were willing to start playing it if requested.More promo for Meat.
Right,gotta run to town for my copies :twisted: .
Later 8) .

No Middlesex yet - same answer to me -

I have been calling and mailing all these numbers here.
Seems like HMV is the only big chain in the UK who has the single in their stores.
They wouldn't give me numbers on their stock for online-sales, but they did tell me a lot of Americans were buying lots of singles!! :lol:
Also said the moment they ship the cd, is the moment of sale. So, I would really like to know just how much time we have left!
Does anyone have the number for Universal?
I hope some of the smaller stores will also have the single, can anyone give me a few names, please? Will also try the yellow pages!
Be back soon, keep up the good work!

Mariella

Hey, Mariella--Well, that's good news/bad news, isn't it. It great that at least one big chain has them available both online and in their stories. It's one place all the people here can go and help Meat out. Good news about American sales. We are doing our bit, even if we're a few thousand miles away. :lol: Hope someone will respond to your other questions. I did a lot of searching online yesterday, with little luck. But online sites--smaller ones--might be a lot slower to pick up the new releases. I don't know.

Dottie, did the shops you contact in your area tell you if they've gotten their daily deliveries yet or will that take place later in the day? If it's later, the single might still show up. I don't know how things work in your country. But here, businesses often get late truck deliveries of their products.

And Flying Mouse: What a great idea! Loved it!! But let me ask you--does it seem like more stores DO have the single today than we were seeing yesterday? The list you got had a LOT of 'yes' answers. That is the best news of all.

Here's hoping that the people coming to the forum today in those particular areas will head down to the stores to buy their extra copies to help Meat AND put in a request to have it played!! You're right! That's a great way to get the song heard, so more folks will buy it!!

I'm going to go check with Amazon and see if maybe they got theirs in! With Meat's Presales being #8 or so on their list, wouldn't it be wonderful to have all those shipped out by the end of the week?!! That would be a boost!!

I'll let y'all know what I find out!! Talk with ya later...

I'm off to work in a quarter hour (it's 7:30 AM here in the States), but I will be contacting record stores via email all day, as well as buying what I can from UK sources online. We have got to do this for Meat! I wonder, is there any way for us to find out the sales numbers at the end of the week?

Sherrie

Hi there,
Virgin: no online single stock.
MVC: no single
Woolworth: no single
MVC: no single

Really seems to me that HVM stores and online-buying is the best option.

And ofcourse local recordstores!!

Cannot find the number for Universal in London, called Holland, they gave me a wrong number.

I want to know just where they are selling this single!

Great day to you!

Mariella

Just to report in from my town

First thing this morning, the single was in a couple of independents and unlike yesterday in Our Price. Not in HMV first thing but I did some other shopping and when I checked an hour later it had just come in and there was a whole row of them under the "New Releases" section. It appears to finally be getting there. Pleased to say no one in my town who wants to will have any trouble buying it today

Is the date on amazone.co.uk still the 21th? I think it is.

Mariella

Please, needs names of local stores! (Live in Holland)
Or tell me just HOW to find them please.

Hi, Sherrie! You know, that's an interesting question. I'd like to know what it takes to get a single into the Top Ten--what kind of figures are we talking about?? There's SO much I don't know about all this, but want to...

Sherrie, let us know what you find out through your email search. Okay?

I just checked with Amazon UK and sadly, they still have the single as being released on April 21st!!

Hi, Puritan :) : Well, you've brought terrific news! The single IS getting out there today! I'm sure Meat's going to be pleased--or is it, relieved?!! I hope other folks are finding it to be the same in their towns!!!

What a mess for him! Whoever did this--whoever created such a nightmare--deserves to have his butt kicked when this week is over!!! Any takers??? :twisted:

April 21
 

Yes, Mariella amazon is still listing April 21 for the single. The good news is in the last hour the sales ranking went from 1247 to 565! The album is also listed as April 21 and it's sales ranking is 4! I checked HMV and it is still listing the single as will be shipped when stock is available.

Jules 8)

Thank you, happy to hear sales are going great!
I am off to HMV online to buy my share of singles.
Have never used my creditcard ever, so it might take a while...But I can do this!

Mariella

Hey, Mariella! Believe me! They make it WAY too easy to use a credit card. You won't have any problems!! :roll:

Hi, Jules! I know I owe you a letter. Sorry. Will write soon. How amazing that sales jumped THAT much in ONE hour!! But why are people going to Amazon when the singles won't be shipped until AFTER the 21st, I wonder? That won't help Meat right now. Wish we could get the word out...but I don't know how.

However, NEXT week's numbers are certainly going to be incredible!!!

Jules, where do you see those figures at Amazon? I don't know where to look.

Whooee, we're rolling today!!!

Unfortunetly i havnt been able to get hold of any yet. :x but i'll keep trying. I'm a bit short on money and i only have enough for the album next week. But as I said i'll try my best.

:twisted: Latest from Liverpool...
W H Smith-No idea when they'll have it,but some people have been asking about it.
HMV-The assistant in the shop told me that the guy who buys the singles for that branch said the single had been put back to 21st April.Cretin :evil: .
Tesco-Said they don't sell singles.
Woolworths-Didn't have a clue 8O .
Music Zone-Don't sell singles.
Virgin Megastore-YYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY MOUSE :D
I bought seven copies.Hope that's ok Meat.
I went back to HMV and W H Smith and showed them :lol: .I said if anybody asks for it you can get it at Virgin Megastore.

As for kicking that guy from the record companys butt.To quote a Meat song,Take A Number :twisted: .

Keep goin' guys.Let's do this for the big guy.

Hmm Tesco suck! If that woolworths doesnt have it in I know the one near me won't and as for my local asda well theres more chance of finding a gold brick in there then Meats Single. BTW I live in a town called Billingham

B-I-L-L-I-N-G-H-A-M

Near Middlesbrough in the north east of england. In a place called Teeside!

Way to go, Flying Mouse!

I am so sorry but I seem to have the wrong creditcard and am not able to buy anything from HMV. Called customer-services about it, they told me I need another card :cry:
Sorry, but my income isn't enough to get another card..
Wanted to buy lots and lots. Very depressing.

So, I will just keep making phonecalls!

You are doing a great job here, keep up the good work!

Mariella

Ok my update.
just brought the last copy at a local independant retailer. He wouldn't say how many he'd ordered but did say he'd had no problems obtaining copies in time.
My HMV have 5 left I'm off to buy them shortly. Have spoken with HMV customer service who state that the problem with the supplies is due to the record company changing the release date therefore HMV placed their order late. DUH excuse me but if they had an order anyway wouldn't it carry over to the new date???? I'm waiting for a phone call back to see if they can say what stores have copies left, will post if I get the info.
Woolworths...OMG lord help me......didn't have a clue about the single. have phoned their customer support team tel: 01706 862789 who tell me that they only stock 50 singles...where as other companies stock 100+ and get this they aim and the 12 year old market...WELL EXCUSE ME!! my 12 year old son has brought the thing with me....they were brought up on Meat Loaf if not conceived to him(music of couse)...lol but that's a different story.
LOCAL RADIO......one station tells me its not on their playlist therefore cant play it...i offered to drop the single off to them! they will only play it when its in the charts....I have the name of the playlist editor for another station who is gonna get a phone call when she's out of a meeting in the next half hour.

PHEW......I'm exhausted.....LOL

Meat I hope you can see how much we all love ya! xxxx

BTW Im sorry i havnt been able to get hold of any so far. But i have provided quite a few phone numbers. I hope you all still relise i am a massive fan of meat loaf and i tried my best :( Also is there any other information you may require as I will look for anything I have already provided information on Tesco, Asda, Woolworths so anything else needed?

:twisted: I knew i'd forgoten a couple of things.
I asked Virgin when they actually got the single,they said Monday(WOW somebody actually got it on time).
Asda didn't have it.I asked,if I drop a copy into you would you play it in the store?Unfortunatly,they couldn't do it,because all the music is done at head office and basically played live at all their branches.Shame,that could have been great exposure.
JCM,don't give up man.As we've seen with HMV,some branches have it others don't.Get the number and give them a call.You've got nothing to lose :wink: .

Keep going everyone.
Let's do this for the big guy.

Hi, JC. Listen, don't you worry about it. The big thing is you've been trying, which is more than others are doing. And as for being short of cash, well, there isn't a single one of us here who doesn't understand what that's like! Hey, even Meat understands that one, you know?!! :mrgreen:

What you can do is to keep checking in your area for the singles. Puritan wrote earlier that he went to one store and they didn't have it, then went back an hour later and it was there. So, shops are still getting deliveries and stocking the shelves.

And when you DO find them in your area, come here and post where they are so that others who live near you will know where to go to get them.

Okay??

I think everyone here will agree you've been doing a great job of helping here!! :wink:

My original order from HMV.com arrived this morning, and the next batch is on its way :)

I was struck by just what exceptional value both the single and the album represent. £2.99 for a "single" which has 4 tracks including a video, and £9.99 for an album with 12 new tracks plus additional tracks and 3 videos ..my visitor this morning was amazed!

Superb vfm at any time .. and for Meat LOaf just amazing .. though not surprising. His last release The Best Of was exceptional value too.

Don't forget ..
if you can't find it in a store .. complain and then go to:

http://www.hmv.co.uk/

Search meatloaf, then at top of second page make your selection!!

Caryl

Well im gonna go down to my local town now. The only problem is there isnt a HMV Near here i have to go quite far for one. Anyway i'll try and get as many as i can. So i'll report back in about half an hour!