Compilation discussion thread.

**The Flying Mouse** · 06 Mar 2008, 18:32

If Bat III had been a bigger success, it might have come off, but as it wasn't released on the tails of the success of Bat II, I doubt it.

It occurs to me that it's ironic that Arista is famous for the ammount of compilation albums they squeezed off the three albums Meat recorded for them, but they couldn't even be bothered to include stuff that is so far unavailable on CD.
Also, there seems to be worryingly few Arista compilations about lately

*AndyK* · 06 Mar 2008, 18:38

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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

Also, there seems to be worryingly few Arista compilations about lately

That could be because Arista is now owned by the Sony-BMG group who release pretty much all of their stables compilations and re-issues through the Legacy Recordings label.

**The Flying Mouse** · 06 Mar 2008, 19:01

Still no compilations flying round off those three albums though.

Someone somewhere has no faith that Meat Loaf material can sell quantities to be worth the bother.

*AndyK* · 06 Mar 2008, 19:03

True. But then the Meat Loaf compilations have been done to death over the years haven't they? How many more CDs containing the same songs in a different order do we really need?

MeatGrl1 · 06 Mar 2008, 19:05

That's debateable

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**The Flying Mouse** · 06 Mar 2008, 19:15

To be perfectly honest, none, personally.

However, my first Meat Loaf cassette (God, that makes me feel old

) was a compilation, and compilations do have their own place in attracting/encouraging new fans, so I can't put them down too much.

Whatever.

The point being in this case that nobody asked for 20 years if there were too many compilations bandied about with material from the same three albums.

Then, just as Bat III comes out and you would expect the record companies to UP production of ML releases, they disapear

06 Mar 2008, 18:32	#1
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Compilation discussion thread. If Bat III had been a bigger success, it might have come off, but as it wasn't released on the tails of the success of Bat II, I doubt it. It occurs to me that it's ironic that Arista is famous for the ammount of compilation albums they squeezed off the three albums Meat recorded for them, but they couldn't even be bothered to include stuff that is so far unavailable on CD. Also, there seems to be worryingly few Arista compilations about lately

06 Mar 2008, 19:01	#3
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Still no compilations flying round off those three albums though. Someone somewhere has no faith that Meat Loaf material can sell quantities to be worth the bother.

06 Mar 2008, 19:03	#4
AndyK Relentless Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Over the top..... seeing what's on the other side Posts: 18,694	True. But then the Meat Loaf compilations have been done to death over the years haven't they? How many more CDs containing the same songs in a different order do we really need?

06 Mar 2008, 19:05	#5
MeatGrl1 No Day But Today Join Date: 29.05.2006 Location: Sitting on the steps outside looking so restless and reckless and lost! Posts: 9,089	That's debateable !!

06 Mar 2008, 19:15	#6
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	To be perfectly honest, none, personally. However, my first Meat Loaf cassette (God, that makes me feel old ) was a compilation, and compilations do have their own place in attracting/encouraging new fans, so I can't put them down too much. Whatever. The point being in this case that nobody asked for 20 years if there were too many compilations bandied about with material from the same three albums. Then, just as Bat III comes out and you would expect the record companies to UP production of ML releases, they disapear