I don't think anybody needs to invest millions of dollars to make an album for Patti.
Plenty of people (some of them right here on the forum) make great music themselves without going to that kind of expenditure.
I know an album for Patti would be on a rather bigger scale, but I don't think it's something that is beyond her reach.
I dare say she wouldn't be short of friends who would be happy to contribute
I think the big money comes into play when you turn on the whole fame machine and try and turn someone into a global superstar and get them No 1 all over the world.
She doesn't need that IMHO, she just needs a good showcase of her talent available on CD for the fans who want to hear her.
I think it would make successful sales at the mech stand at Meat's concerts (especially if she opened for him again, that was a golden chance gone to waste last time
) and online.