NEED EVERYONE HELP HELP

[original sin]

over slept today. Has anyone been to Milton Keynes I may drive over there this afternoon there are several music shops there.
Woolworths and HMV & local independants in my Town all have prelease stocks of the album in already.
Gonna look for some sites to put the poster up. thanks greavzyboy.
Is anyone gonna pot my bail if i get arrested?

[MBrevard]

Hi, Dottie. Welcome back! Thanks for the update. This is TERRIBLE! We were all thinking that things are getting better there. Why in the world are they doing this to your section of the country?? It doesn't make any sense.

I suppose it's gotta be helping that you're going in and continuing to ask for it. Do you have friends there who might also be willing to go to some of these stores and request it? Maybe, as you and your friends do this, it will appear to be building a 'market' for the single (and album to come). And these store owners/managers will get on the ball and order MORE! We all know that if they did, they would certainly sell!! You'd just be helping the process along a little faster. What do you think??

Or phoning the stores might work, too, if you can't get people to physically go to them. A request is a request!!

That's all I can think of at the moment... Wish there were resources we could contact about it. Something is still not right there.

MOUSE!!! What a great story! I loved it!! A pub is the perfect place to have these songs playing!!! I didn't realize you sang. How long have you been doing it?

This is terrific! Everyone is finding their own ways to make an impact. And you know, I was thinking--even those of us who only reach a few people at all time--with enough of us doing it, that can add up for Meat quickly!!!

If you're working there through the weekend, Mouse, be sure to let us know how it goes for you!! :P People will start coming in, not only to hear your singing, but to listen to the album cuts, as well!!

One more question about The Box, if anyone knows it: Does the station have a website and can you request via that, or is it only through their Hotline phone???

Welcome back, Sin. Missed ya! How was the fair yesterday? And did you get any of the rides to play the single for everyone?? :P

[Draven]

Thanks for the posters people, i'm gonna print some off now and hand them out around town, might also stick a few up... hop i dont get arrested lol! If i do meat can pay my bail

Is it just me that has the feeling the album is gonna do really really good? or is evryone else getting this feeling too? My copy was dispatched from play on wednesday, but if it isnt here on monday i'll buy it from the shops and have 2 copys lol

[mariella]

Yes ofcourse, Original Sin, I WILL bail you right out

Mariella

www.hmv.co.uk

The time has come for no. 1 - I testify!

[MBrevard]

Can't speak for anyone else, Draven, but I've had the feeling since the very first moment I heard DIST that this album was going to be a very, very special one--for a lot of reasons.

And my excitement about it has only continued to build and build, listening to everyone there and also, watching and listening to Meat, himself. He believes SO much in this album and how great it is, that it shows in everything he's doing and everything he's saying!!

I have to agree with you entirely!!

[mariella]

And you too, Draven, and anyone else for that matter!

Mariella

www.hmv.co.uk

The time has come for no. 1 - I Testify!

[original sin]

mariella thank you
MB no luck at the fair mean things.
Its quite frustrating 'cos everyone you approach seems to be answerable to someone else.
I love it that everyones driving around blasting out the CD. Its a good job I brough 5 'cos I hit a speed bump yesterday and scratched one
darn i'm always doing that think i'd know better by now

[MBrevard]

Hey, I just got a message from one of the ML mailing lists that Meat was on Sky Sports this morning during soccer. Did anybody else catch this? I wrote back and asked what it was about, but no response yet.

Let us know, if you saw it, too.

[The Flying Mouse]

I don't know if i'll be able to bail anyone out,but I could always send you a tin mug to rattle against the prison bars .
MB,I've been singing for about 8yrs now.Carol and I have been together for about 4 years.She was nervous about singing at first but I soon got her into it.She gets more applause than me these days .
The most popular part of my work is the Meat Loaf tributes,and that's fine with me .
Anyway,i'm going a little bit off topic here.Sorry guys .
Let's get back to work.

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

[original sin]

wow, just had email from carly with her posters they are fantastic. If you haven't got one yet email for one you wont be dissapointed.
Still got printer probs thou' so looks like thats another thing on my sopping list for today!

Mouse would there be anything in this mug you are offering?

[Draven]

MBrevard there is a site for the box its http://www.thebox.co.uk unfortunatly though you cannot request songs through this website, you still have to ring up!

[The Flying Mouse]

How about black coffee .

[original sin]

not quite what I was hoping for Mouse

Does anyone have todays info on chart positions?

What I aint quite figured out yet is who didn't do their job right in the first place to cause this problem. Everyone is blaming everyone else. Is it promoters, record company, or the shops ordereing depts.

PS any chance of a smilie that jumps up and down in frustration? 'cos that's how i'm feeling

[MBrevard]

Draven: Thanks for the info. It's a shame that I can't do anything from here then...

I'll have to check the website out, though. Maybe they have a listing of what's been played?? Or what is playing now?? That would be fun to see!

By the way, when you phone the Hotline to request your video/song, do they give you the chance to purchase it?? Is this a commercial station, which has ads in it every once-in-a-while? Just wondering how they make their money to stay on the air. If they try to sell CDs, that's all the better for Meat.

Plus, something that hasn't been talked about here yet: Every time they play the song--whether on TV or radio, Meat gets his royalties from it!! Double bonus!! :P

Mouse, thanks for your story. YOU weren't off topic. I MADE you go there!! It's MY fault! Tell Carol, by the way, she isn't the only one who would have been scared to death to do something like that!! I give her (and you) a lot of credit for getting up and singing. I like to sing, but I'm a shy singer--unless I'm in the audience of a ML concert, that is!

Sin: Yes! I love Caryl's work! It's just incredible what she can do with backgrounds and Meat's photos, plus her own artistic talent!! I can't see anyone really getting into trouble for posting up the various artwork, can you? Are any of you seriously worried??

Hey, maybe you can get Meat to bail you out, since you're working on his behalf? (Meat, if you're reading these things--only kidding! Really!)

Sin: I have a feeling we're not going to hear any actual numbers until next week sometime--especially since this is a holiday weekend.

I'm also with you on that smilie!! I, too, would very much like to know who caused this mess!!!!!!! Maybe someday, we'll hear Meat telling the story--AFTER he's number 1, that is!!! Yes!! :P

[The Flying Mouse]

OK Sin,how about a hacksaw to get through the bars .Or a copy of CHSIB to listen too in your cell (I have a few spare copies ).

I would like to hear how the single is getting on too.Has anybody got any info?

I don't know who is responsable.When I asked in HMV Liverpool,I was told that their singles buyer had said that the single had been delayed until the 21st.So is it the record companys fault for sending out wrong info,or the single buyer for not checking his facts?But that's just one branch and the problem seems to be more wide spread,although thankfully it looks like things are finally starting to move.

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

[Mr.Skulls]

:) Hi everyone, i'm Sin's son. just to let u know it woz me that brought the first single 4 her. Me and my sis found the shop that was selling it.

[MBrevard]

Hey, Mouse. Don't tell Dottie that!! There aren't any in her entire area and not a huge amount coming in on Monday!!

If we can figure out the "they" that Meat was talking about in his message yesterday, we'd have our answer. WHO didn't believe he could sell singles?? WHO didn't listen to the song and get it, but now they do???

You know we were all talking about 'kicking butt' on the first day of doing this. I just want to know what direction to have my foot in!!



Hey, Mr. Skulls! Way to go. You did your mom proud, I'm sure!! Welcome aboard!!

[original sin]

Just seen The Box CHSIB at number 3. What's made me laugh though is that The Box charts says sponsered by Woolworths!!!! Ummmm me thinks thats the company that told me when I phoned that they decided not to stock it because they aimed at the 12yr old teen market... guess they'd better rethink that one

Ok off to shop now

[CarylB]

Thanks for the kind words Original Sin and MB re my artwork. Anyone who wants them just email me
caryl@republic-of-loafdom.com
or
Caryl.Burton@btinternet.com

If you want animated gifs to include in emails they're available too. My mail server's got some kind of indigestion today and mails are coming through in fits and starts, but I'll respond to anyine as soon as I get a mail.

And my good news is regarding a radio station I emailed who said they'd love to play the single but the record company hadn't sent them one. I offered to send them one, and a few exchanges of emails later I received this from the programme controller:

Thanks for that Caryl, we have a website of the day feature at lunchtimes M-F, so will feature your site to tie in with the single in the next 10 days. Keep up the good work, and if we can help in any way as a station, let me know
Cheers
Dave

My first batch from HMV arrived this morning, so one of those is going off today. The station is BCRfm in Bridgwater, Somerset. I can't tune in to that from Sheffield, but if anyone out there hears tnis do let me know. I think their audience is around 100,000 .. not huge but hey! .. plenty of people!! And as he's asked if he can help in any way I'm asking him to mention on the programme that this single includes a video of CHSIB as well as a song not on the album .. and that the album is out and that has 3 other videos on it.

Btw I've had notification that the albums I ordered from Amazon have been dispatched .. so the 21st date for the album release is being met in spades

Caryl

[Dick]

I've sent an email to Chris Moyles from Radio 1 asking if i send the single to him will he play it. I'm waiting for a reply.

[MBrevard]

Hi again! Back from taking care of my parents. What great news everyone has had!

Number 3!! All Right, Sin!!! This is probably not anything any of us would know, but I wonder just how many requests it takes to get a song to number 3 or number 1? Does the station ever say anything about this?

It's the same sort of thing for us and the CHSIB single: How many singles have to be sold to make it in the top ten?? None of us know, so we're working blind here.

From Meat's message yesterday, if I'm interpreting it correctly, it sounds as though he didn't think he'd be in the Top Ten where he wanted to be. But he was hoping, with all our help and the release of the album, that it would move up enough to be on the Top of the Pops by next week. Is that how the rest of you interpreted his message yesterday? Or did I misread it??

To those of you in the UK, perhaps, you can answer this for me? Do you know what position a song has to be in, in order to be eligible to be on TOTP? Is it the Top Ten or Top Twenty? Just curious...

Caryl, welcome back. Nice to hear from you and what great news to share with all of us!! Congrats! You and Vicki must be so excited and pleased!!!! I think a 100 thousand people is a terrific audience to be reaching!! And if they do give a plug for the album as well, with all its special features...well, sales should be up in Sheffield in no time!!!

Wasn't there someone here from Sheffield earlier?? I can't remember. If so, I hope they come back so they can share what happens.

Hi, Dave! Nice to see you. I have a strange question to ask you? I think about a week ago, I heard something about one of the BBC 1 announcers and I think it might have been the one you mentioned. Did he do something with Meat the last time he was on the show with him? Something to do with a parody of Dead Ringer?? I can't remember, darn it, exactly what I heard and I can't remember if it was here at the forum that I read it or one of the ML mailing lists. Does this sound familiar to anyone else??

I know that BBC has a number of radio stations. Been to their website a LOT these past couple of weeks. :) And I know I've heard CHSIB played on Radio 2. I was going to ask, before Dave's post, what other of their channels might be a good candidate for the single. Now, from Dave, I know that BBC radio1 is. Are there any others that might possibly play the song on air?? We can all hit them with emails, as well.

Wonderful news, guys! It may be Saturday, but it's certainly been a productive Work Day so far!! :P

I'm off to do some more emailing, myself! Let us know, Dave, when you hear back from Radio 1!! Here's hoping...

[Draven]

Just got back from town people, handed some of the posters out and they seemed to go down a treat, i know for a fact that 6 people went and bought the single whn i told them which shop it was in! Guess every little bit helps eh

[CarylB]

Brilliant Draven!!

And MB, the radio station isn't in Sheffield but in Bridgwater in Somerset, so I won't hear it .. but hopefully a large number of cider drinkers will be turned on to Meat :)

Caryl

[dottie]

Originally Posted by original sin

Just seen The Box CHSIB at number 3. What's made me laugh though is that The Box charts says sponsered by Woolworths!!!! Ummmm me thinks thats the company that told me when I phoned that they decided not to stock it because they aimed at the 12yr old teen market... guess they'd better rethink that one

Ok off to shop now

Yeh! Aint that right! I am apalled at Woolies attitude(AnitaHounslow)was the only person I came across in any woolies prepared to put their selves out for me

[Greavzyboy]

Hey folks!

I'm really annoyed about this whole affair now!

I've just checked my CHSIB album order on Play.com and they dispatched it on Thursday. I got really excited because I thought I was definitely gonna get it on Monday, then it hit me.

MONDAY'S A BLOODY BANK HOLIDAY! NO POST!!!!

GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

Yours, Greavzyboy