Buy Your Meat Loaf Concert... Would you?

[Kev]

With the news of Meat might too again, it gives me chance to air out this idea. As many of you know I work for Townsend Records and lots of you have ordered Meaty stuff from us in the past.

This year we've taking over the workings of a company called Concert Live. They were the National Start Up Business of 2006 winners. They basically properly record live shows from various artists, master them and then the master is sent to us for production.

Most shows are limited to 1000 copies and orders are mainly taken at the shows and on the Concert Live website.

Usually there is a bundle option of the live album of your choice and a single multi-buy. Much like what we've done in the past. All the recordings are perfectly legal and signed deals with the artists and record companies etc.

So you'd get the show you've been to (or any other thats been recorded) along with whatever formats the single comes out in.

So far this year we've managed to get Madness in the top 20, Wet Wet Wet back in the top 10, We're going to get Jimmy Eats World in the top ten on the 9th March and we've just got the orders for Hard-Fi which would hit the top 10 too.

Is this something the people here would be interested in? Should Meat announce a tour of sorts I could start banging away at this end for the guys to get something sorted and would pretty much mean we all get whatever shows we want and Meat back in the charts.

Thoughts/Questions?

[SuperLoafMan]

Sounds like a good idea to me Kev,

I would really like a copy of the Meat concert that I had been to and add it to the collection. These other recorded ones are awesome but its nothing like having a copy of the concert that you have been to and re-living the experience over and over again when you watch it. Crack on Meat, lets get this tour announced!!

[allrevvedup]

I went to Newcastle to see Hall and Oates with my mum a couple of years ago (her 50th birthday present) and bought a cd of the show, they burned and mixed it for everyone in around 20 mins.

Thing is you hear absolutely everything, including dropped notes and all so it would be very much raw, nothing touched up.

[K1ttycat]

My husband had this done for the Genesis concert last summer and ordered the cds which he was really happy with. I think there might have been a dvd - not sure if he got that though.

[Heg19]

Sounds great they also recorded the audio for Bill Bailey and Wet wet wet at Sheffield arena and you could buy it afterwards. I'd love meat to do that and i'd definately buy it! Great idea

[Kev]

Ah good, glad some of you have heard of them etc. The more interest there is the more I have to go at them with.

Hopefully they could then put together a package thats suitable for Meat and his management etc.

I know I'd prob buy them all as I'm a sucker for wanting to hear live stuff and bootlegs etc, of course, this wouldn't be a boot though.

[meatloaf-unofficial]

I think its a FAB Idea and hopefully Meat would agree too....
Would be great to hear a concert recorded live in the Uk again, Meat didn't do many of them as I remeber.... and also to get him back in the charts and to also capture some of the edited songs to, you kow the ones with new intro and Land Of The Pigs finally done live and recorded

Come on then, lets get a tour announced, we know there will be one as Meat said on .net forum so Kev, get talking buisness to your guys

[meatloaf-unofficial]

adding on:

how long would it normally take, does it take a while for it all to be complete and on the shelves for sale?

[Kev]

It's not something you could buy in the stores as they're not allowed to be released to retailers. That's part of the agreement with the artists record company. They could only be picked up by ordering on the concert live website or from they guys at the shows. Wet Wet Wet made it to the top 10 with our help and Meat is a much bigger artist so there is no reason why this wouldn't get him there again. All this is of course if Concert Live would be interested and if Meat was interested, but its a thought.

If you check their site, theres a very impressive list of artists so far.

[young at heart]

what a great idea,even more so for a dvd so i could just keep watching Randy, so please could we have plenty of zoom on him, thanks

[belladonna-took]

I'll buy it that's for certain!

[wolfy35]

In the history of ideas that one qualifies as a good one

[Ma.Ra]

Originally Posted by wolfy35

In the history of ideas that one qualifies as a good one

Absolutely right.

[evil nickname]

If they were internationally available, I might consider picking up what turns out to be the best one. Meat isn't known for changing the setlist around much, so I doubt I would pick up multiple versions of more or less the same concert.

[Kev]

Yeah, his list is pretty much the same. This would have been great if it was possible around the Bat 3/RAH era.

We ship items worldwide. :)

[meatloaf-unofficial]

it would of been ideal for the RAH show... but thats in the past, lets face with the future gigs....

A good Outside concert which rumours has it will be another 2005 style tour, would be great as a recording... becuase the songs arrangements maybe different and new songs added to the list perhaps

Have you already hinted the issue of Meat Loaf to them Kev? and if so did they say anything?

[ChloeLee88]

Yeah its a really good idea i got the genesis gig from manchester last yer like this, it was fantastic.

[lorenzoduke]

If Meat changed up the setlist regularly on tour, and threw in a few rarer songs, I'm sure lots of people would love to pick them up - myself included.

[meatloaf-unofficial]

well he did kinda change the setlisting when he came to the UK back in May didn't he? he removed TMIL and added in LOTP which was a good idea though I still like TMIL. The he returned and added DRFL back in the fall before he cancelled the tour.....

I bet they rehearse new songs during sound check and then once they are happy add them into the setlkst if Meat wishes to do so....

[Dave]

This was already bantered around with Meat Loaf back during the CHSIB tour...even though what is now 10th Street (or whatever it is called now) owned the company. I believe the company was called LiveDisc or something. Further, Meat said something on this very message board about releasing tapes from that tour. It never happened.

[meatloaf-unofficial]

Adding from the CHISB Tour - you know the bonus cd on the Australian CD, CHSIB; with the live tracks, could they of been recorded by the company?

Just a thought after reading Dave's post

[Dave]

I doubt it. LiveDisc generally mass creates the CD's right at the venue.

[Kev]

Now we've got some dates, the hard work starts. BUT, I've got the ball rolling. Lets see if anyone will take the idea up eh?

Let's hope so. This could actually get Meat a VERY high chart position. The charts are very slow at the moment and say 10,000 orders over 3 formats AND a download, that'd be 40,000 to the chart alone from this. Most weeks that'd be enough to top the chart.

I'd really push them to try and stick something good on if they were to release a single. The problem being that Universal would be limited to what they have for Meat.

Being realistic, and based on the material that they own, is there anything you'd like to see?

[meatloaf-unofficial]

To me I wouldn't mind which songs were recorded... Obvoisly the mian chart topping songs - BOOH, AFL etc... but as long it was a live show - I really wouldn't mind

Perhaps the Summer Pops show would be a good one to record or one of the outdoor shows??? Make it a unique recording.. different from all the rest and I am sure it would do really well in the charts.. come on its Meat Loaf!

[Kev]

The live albums won't be sold anywhere else, therefore are not counted towards any chart. What would count would be the single multi-buy which comes with the albums (if such a deal can be set up).

It not usually just the one show either, its usually all the tour shows so people from each show buy a copy and they can be ordered on the website etc