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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 18, 2007 12:03:56 GMT -5
This will be Garth's first single from his upcoming project. It was written by Lee Brice, Chris Jacobs, and my cousin Billy Montana!
Scott Borchetta (Big Machine Records) mentioned that it would be sent out to radio on August 27th.
All this info came from the Garth Brooks press conference.
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Post by sbp17 on Aug 18, 2007 14:46:11 GMT -5
Thanks. GREAT song...and I can definitely picture Garth's voice on it.
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Post by kevin59 on Aug 18, 2007 14:52:44 GMT -5
It's Official! Garth Is Coming Back To Radio
In a Nashville News conference Saturday (8/18) at the Renaissance Hotel, the press and about 100 of radio's top Programmers and Music Directors got the word directly from the g-Man himself. Garth's Ultimate Hits will release November 6, to "everybody who wants to sell it," Garth said. It will however, not release to iTunes at this time because Garth wants to maintain the integrity of the album and not make downloads available song-by-song. Ultimate Hits is a collection of 33 songs on two discs and a third disc of 33 videos, presented in chronological order. Those songs without a previous video have had new videos recorded recently in Nashville. There will be 3 new songs on the collection. The first single will be, "More Than A Memory," will be promoted by Big Machine Records in a partnership deal with Brooks' own Pearl Records. The single is expected at radio August 27. Garth looked trim and in-shape as he addressed the PDs and MDs and later the press. He received a long-standing ovation when he entered the room and again as he concluded his remarks.
When asked the question about asking fans to purchase music they've already bought from previous compilations from him, Brooks stated that he's offering a 34-song collection for "between $11 and $14 bucks." Considered against iTunes price of $0.99, he said "the math is pretty easy. I feel more than proud about offering it at this price."
Marketing pro and former Capitol/Nashville executive Joe Mansfield will handle sales. Brooks stated, "We're doing deals one-on-one with retail. Bringing this new project to all retailers is the fulfillment of a promise I made when striking deals to release music exclusively through Wal-Mart over the past few years.” Brooks deal with Wal-Mart ended pn the 7th of July.
The new tracks are a cover of Huey Lewis & The News' "Workin' For A Livin'" with Lewis on harmonica and vocals, "Midnight Sun" and "Think I'll Leave A Light On."
Brooks also stated that there are no plans for a tour, however when he was asked about doing an event or stadium show, like the New York Central Park concert, Brooks said, "If we're going to do something on that scale, we're going to find a way to bring it locally into your town."
There was mentioned about working with local radio, Brooks did not elabo
Source: Allaboutcountry Website
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 18, 2007 16:37:56 GMT -5
Thanks for that link Charley!
I agree with sbp - this is a great song, and it should be a contender for #1.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 18, 2007 17:21:51 GMT -5
I just typed up the lyrics:
People say she’s only in my head Gonna take time but I’ll forget Say I need to get on with my life What they don’t realize
Is when you’re dialing six numbers just to hang up the phone Drivin’ cross town just to see if she’s home Waking a friend in the dead of the night Just to hear him say it’ll be alright When you’re findin’ things to do to not fall asleep ‘Cause you know she’ll be there in your dreams That’s when she’s more than a memory
Took a match to everything she ever wrote Watched every word go up in smoke Tore all her pictures off the wall That ain’t helpin’ me at all
‘Cause when you’re talkin’ out loud to nothin’ but air You look like hell and you just don’t care You’re drinkin’ more than you ever drank You’re sinking down lower than you ever sank When you find yourself falling on your knees Shakin’ your fist, beggin’ please That’s when she’s more than a memory She’s more, she’s more
People say she’s only in my head Gonna take time but I’ll forget But when she’s in every minute of every day Every thought I think, every breath I take When she’s everywhere, when she’s everything She’s more than a memory
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Post by S4C on Aug 18, 2007 17:34:28 GMT -5
LOL, ANOTHER hits collection from Garth.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 18, 2007 18:30:15 GMT -5
LOL, ANOTHER hits collection from Garth. What greatest hits collection has he had besides The Hits? That collection was released in 1994, and I'm pretty sure it's out of circulation now (someone can correct me if I'm wrong). I know The Lost Sessions came packaged with a couple of his previous albums, but I don't think that can be considered a greatest hits collection. And now The Lost Sessions is available for individual purchase. Anyway, this upcoming album is going to include 34 songs, 30 of which are previous hits. It will also include 33 videos. All of that for "between 11 and 14 bucks"? Sounds like a good deal to me. Whether you like him or not, I think everyone has to admit that Garth is a marketing genius.
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Post by S4C on Aug 18, 2007 18:47:50 GMT -5
LOL, ANOTHER hits collection from Garth. What greatest hits collection has he had besides The Hits? Well I guess that came out wrong. I meant another collection, not hits collection. Looking over his discography though, it seems like I for one reason or another remember there being a lot more collections where he records just 2 or 3 more songs and releases them. Maybe all of these Walmart specials have gotten me confused. Anyways, here's the cover that came with the Breaking News issue of Country AirCheck...
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Post by sbp17 on Aug 18, 2007 19:06:00 GMT -5
Well I guess that came out wrong. I meant another collection, not hits collection. Looking over his discography though, it seems like I for one reason or another remember there being a lot more collections where he records just 2 or 3 more songs and releases them. Maybe all of these Walmart specials have gotten me confused. I posted something similar in the other Garth thread. It does seem like he's rehashed a lot of music in the past but in looking at his discography, it's not as much as I seem to remember.
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Post by PinkyD on Aug 20, 2007 1:37:57 GMT -5
Hmmm..."The Hits" had 18 hits and it came out in 1994. This new one has 33 songs, but four are new, so only 11 new songs are hits between 1994 and 2007? Hmmm...unless he's switching up the listing from what was on "The Hits"...
I'm sure I'll get it, but I'm anxious to see the tracklisting....
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Post by kevin59 on Aug 20, 2007 15:33:39 GMT -5
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Post by S4C on Aug 20, 2007 15:50:43 GMT -5
I was just thinking earlier... He's not putting this album online because the fans would have to pay $.99 per song right? Well H2H and Luke Bryan are both selling the complete album for $8.00 on iTunes... Why couldn't he sell his complete Hits album for like $13.00 or whatever the retail price is on iTunes?
I just can't see this as anything but an incovenience to some of the fans. And assuming digital album sales still don't count towards the album charts, this is a [trying] covenience for his hard-copy shipment sales....
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Post by WamuFive on Aug 20, 2007 15:55:42 GMT -5
It will however, not release to iTunes at this time because Garth wants to maintain the integrity of the album and not make downloads available song-by-song. "Integrity." That's one word for it. When asked the question about asking fans to purchase music they've already bought from previous compilations from him, Brooks stated that he's offering a 34-song collection for "between $11 and $14 bucks." Considered against iTunes price of $0.99, he said "the math is pretty easy. I feel more than proud about offering it at this price." So if I was a die hard Garth Brooks fan and I was getting 4 new songs for $12, let me do the math...$3 per song. Oh yeah, great deal!!! That's only 3 times what it would cost me to purchase them individually on i-tunes! I think Garth has put out GREAT music over his career. But it should be pretty clear what his motives are, commercially speaking.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 20, 2007 15:56:15 GMT -5
I was just thinking earlier... He's not putting this album online because the fans would have to pay $.99 per song right? Well H2H and Luke Bryan are both selling the complete album for $8.00 on iTunes... Why couldn't he sell his complete Hits album for like $13.00 or whatever the retail price is on iTunes? I just can't see this as anything but an incovenience to some of the fans. And assuming digital album sales still don't count towards the album charts, this is a [trying] covenience for his hard-copy shipment sales.... I don't think his problem is that he can't sell his album for $13.00 on iTunes. His problem is that iTunes allows users to download individual tracks.
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Post by WamuFive on Aug 20, 2007 15:57:50 GMT -5
Whether you like him or not, I think everyone has to admit that Garth is a marketing genius. Well he does have a marketing degree and he certainly knows how to use it to his advantage, I'll give you that.
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Post by WamuFive on Aug 20, 2007 15:59:50 GMT -5
I don't think his problem is that he can't sell his album for $13.00 on iTunes. His problem is that iTunes allows users to download individual tracks. Not always. Some albums on i-tunes can only be purchased as a whole.
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Post by S4C on Aug 20, 2007 16:05:43 GMT -5
Well that problem could be avoided by making a bonus track or two (heck, maybe even three) available with purchase of the entire album. He's got to have some recordings he hasn't used somewhere from the past. No more recording needed and incentive to buy the whole album.
But I guess I really don't care. I can't see myself picking it up anyways...
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Post by WamuFive on Aug 20, 2007 16:23:45 GMT -5
I still don't understand how not releasing the album to i-tunes is maintaining the "integrity of the album".
I can understand musical integrity. There are a lot of people who rely on royalties from album sales to live-- performers, producers, engineers, songwriters, etc. I'm all about the legal purchase of music. But how is paying for individual songs not demonstrating integrity?
The "integrity of the album" is just a politician's expression for "I want to pad my album sales numbers so I can be #1". It's fine to have goals, and he's lucky enough to be in such a position. But he shouldn't insult our intelligence by pretending like he's living up to some imaginery "album integrity" code or doing anything other than trying to increase his sales numbers. Here's an idea--find 8 more new songs and release a new album!! It's been 6 years, why not try to earn those sales numbers the old fashioned way? ???
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 20, 2007 16:29:35 GMT -5
I don't think his problem is that he can't sell his album for $13.00 on iTunes. His problem is that iTunes allows users to download individual tracks. Not always. Some albums on i-tunes can only be purchased as a whole. Are there really some albums that can only be purchased as a whole? I've never seen any. I know there are some songs that can't be bought individually, but I've never seen that for a full album.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 20, 2007 16:32:31 GMT -5
It will however, not release to iTunes at this time because Garth wants to maintain the integrity of the album and not make downloads available song-by-song. "Integrity." That's one word for it. When asked the question about asking fans to purchase music they've already bought from previous compilations from him, Brooks stated that he's offering a 34-song collection for "between $11 and $14 bucks." Considered against iTunes price of $0.99, he said "the math is pretty easy. I feel more than proud about offering it at this price." So if I was a die hard Garth Brooks fan and I was getting 4 new songs for $12, let me do the math...$3 per song. Oh yeah, great deal!!! That's only 3 times what it would cost me to purchase them individually on i-tunes! I think Garth has put out GREAT music over his career. But it should be pretty clear what his motives are, commercially speaking. Well, you would also be getting the 33 videos. I see your point though. Regardless, Garth knows his fans will buy this package - he knows there is a demand for it. Is he exploiting his fans by not allowing the new songs to be purchased individually? I think most people (and I include myself) would say yes. Will this decision hurt his career? I don't think so.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 20, 2007 16:45:04 GMT -5
I still don't understand how not releasing the album to i-tunes is maintaining the "integrity of the album". He said something in his press conference about putting one of the new songs between two of his hits and having the new song "hold its own." He wants that new song to be heard between those two hits. I can somewhat understand his point - I don't think they'll put this track listing together randomly. They want one song to flow into the other. Don't get me wrong - I'm not naive enough to think this is the sole reason for Garth not letting iTunes sell the album. I understand your point below of "integrity of the album" being a politician's expression, and I agree with that also.
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Post by somebody60 on Aug 20, 2007 16:46:36 GMT -5
Regardless, Garth knows his fans will buy this package - he knows there is a demand for it. Is he exploiting his fans by not allowing the new songs to be purchased individually? I think most people (and I include myself) would say yes. Will this decision hurt his career? I don't think so. Yea, I agree. Everyone wants money. It's human nature. If Garth's fans don't want to pay that much, than all they have to do is not purchase it. Pretty simple. If his sales struggle and don't meet up to expectations, I would imagine he would try something else. Of course, it is still not very fair to the casual fan who may like to purchase it, but oh well. Such is life...and life's not fair, unfortunately.
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Post by WamuFive on Aug 20, 2007 18:17:58 GMT -5
Yea, I agree. Everyone wants money. It's human nature. If Garth's fans don't want to pay that much, than all they have to do is not purchase it. Pretty simple. If his sales struggle and don't meet up to expectations, I would imagine he would try something else. Of course, it is still not very fair to the casual fan who may like to purchase it, but oh well. Such is life...and life's not fair, unfortunately. Yeah, and I'm sure Garth is just scraping by, looking for that next hit to make rent. It's not about the money. At one time Garth was the best selling artist certification-wise of all time. Then the Beatles blew past him as well as "The King". Now he wants to at least regain the title of best selling solo artist of all time. Personally, I would have thought it about time for a Greatest Hits Volume II myself since he hasn't had an official GH album since 1994, but the fact that he won't make the album available to i-tunes is a typical Garth move. Again, I have no problem with someone trying to achieve honest goals and records. I see it in sports all the time and I cheer them on. If Garth wants to be the best selling solo artist of all time, that's great. It's quite a feat that I'm sure most solo artists would love to claim. But I just want to see him go about it in a fair and honest manner without any gimmicks.
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Post by somebody60 on Aug 20, 2007 18:37:16 GMT -5
Yeah, and I'm sure Garth is just scraping by, looking for that next hit to make rent. It's not about the money. At one time Garth was the best selling artist certification-wise of all time. Then the Beatles blew past him as well as "The King". Now he wants to at least regain the title of best selling solo artist of all time. Personally, I would have thought it about time for a Greatest Hits Volume II myself since he hasn't had an official GH album since 1994, but the fact that he won't make the album available to i-tunes is a typical Garth move. Again, I have no problem with someone trying to achieve honest goals and records. I see it in sports all the time and I cheer them on. If Garth wants to be the best selling solo artist of all time, that's great. It's quite a feat that I'm sure most solo artists would love to claim. But I just want to see him go about it in a fair and honest manner without any gimmicks. Well, of course, he's rich, but even rich people who have all the money in the world can get greedy and want more (it's kinda like a disease). I'm not saying that Garth is in fact greedy, but we really don't know any of these superstars. We only know what we see in the media. What you mention about breaking a record is an excellent point. I seemed to have miss the post about him breaking Elvis Presley's record, so that probably is a factor. I can also see your point about him being honest about his intentions, but honestly, if he were to say "I'm not allowing any of my songs to be on I-tunes because I want to break Elvis's record", that wouldn't look so good in the eyes of many people (and you know how media blows things out of proportion). So, I think that Garth is probably making the smartest move in covering up his intentions (if these are in fact his intentions). Sometimes, you have to tell a little lie. That may not make it morally right, but there are times in which it has to be done.
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Post by doranmj on Aug 20, 2007 19:54:24 GMT -5
Looks like "More Than A Memory" is now off of Lee Brice's MySpace player.
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Post by WhySoSerious? on Aug 21, 2007 13:59:52 GMT -5
Hmmm..."The Hits" had 18 hits and it came out in 1994. This new one has 33 songs, but four are new, so only 11 new songs are hits between 1994 and 2007? Hmmm...unless he's switching up the listing from what was on "The Hits"... I'm sure I'll get it, but I'm anxious to see the tracklisting.... I thought that sounded crazy too, but then I looked at his chart history and it's been all over the place since The Hits came out, particularly on the last two albums. These are the songs he's released since In Pieces that made the Top 5: "She's Every Woman" "The Beaches Of Cheyenne" "It's Midnight Cinderella" "That Ol' Wind" "In Another's Eyes" "Longneck Bottle" "Two Pina Coladas" "To Make You Feel My Love" "You Move Me" "Wrapped Up In You" "Good Ride Cowboy" 11 exactly. Could see some of those being swapped out for a lesser performing song, but still.
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Post by WamuFive on Aug 21, 2007 14:20:52 GMT -5
Well, of course, he's rich, but even rich people who have all the money in the world can get greedy and want more (it's kinda like a disease). I'm not saying that Garth is in fact greedy, but we really don't know any of these superstars. We only know what we see in the media. Well, trying to break a record I think is the better of the two inentions. If it really was about greed and earning more money, I think that would speak even worse about Garth. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt to just say he's after the record. So, I think that Garth is probably making the smartest move in covering up his intentions (if these are in fact his intentions). Sometimes, you have to tell a little lie. That may not make it morally right, but there are times in which it has to be done. I know that it wouldn't be wise to come straight with his intentions, but it doesn't mean he has to lie, either. If he can't be truthful about his decisions to the public and his fans, then maybe he should re-think his decisions. Why not release his album to i-tunes and go about the record in a more fan-friendly manner?
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 23, 2007 16:57:09 GMT -5
According to Country Aircheck, "More Than A Memory" will be digitally sent to radio at 12:01 AM this Monday morning.
Tonya Campos, APD/MD of Los Angeles' KKGO, was quoted in Country Aircheck, saying KKGO will play the song "every hour on the day of its release."
Brian Jennings (WGAR/Cleveland PD) was also quoted: "More Than A Memory could've been a career record for a rising star, but for Garth, it'll fit nicely with the rest of his hits on the compilation. This is a certain No. 1."
Clay Hunnicutt (WUBL/Atlanta PD): "It's a deep song and good that it wasn't a ditty that everyone would forget. This will stick to people's bones for a while."
Scott Borchetta (Big Machine): "The comment I'm getting is, 'Medium, power or once an hour?' The excitement level is incredible."
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Post by Jonsolo on Aug 23, 2007 19:57:51 GMT -5
So with this song coming out at the earliest time possible for a new chart week (12:01 a.m. on Monday), is Garth trying to reclaim his all-time chart debut record back from Urban? Keith passed Garth's #18 debut (with Good Ride Cowboy) last fall with his #17 debut for Once In A Lifetime. Is Garth going to make a play for sweet #16? Okay, that would strike me as being ridiculous to even contemplate right now, but I guess we'll have to look for how much fireworks come out on the Tuesday Mediabase chart. And ridiculousness has always been my safe haven...
There are going to be a lot of low audience totals in the #13 (probably I Told You So) to #20 (Josh Turner or Kenny Chesney?) range on the 9/8 chart. I guess we'll have to see how low those totals remain for the 9/15 chart, when Garth debuts.
After running my audience projection numbers for next week's 9/8 chart, I have Clay Walker at #16, with 12.5 mill. Would Garth be able to aim for a first-week audience total in that vicinity on the 9/15 chart? If stations are talking about "every hour" already, who knows. Urban's I Told You So will be going recurrent that following week, while Chesney and George's new singles would be climbing up to higher totals. But it looks like a top 20 debut could be possible if they really go crazy.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 24, 2007 17:02:28 GMT -5
I just got an email from my radio station (WKLB/Boston) saying that they'll be playing this at least every two hours on Monday from 6 am to midnight.
First day numbers for this song are gonna be absolutely huge!
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