In a message dated 11/12/2002 23:22:38 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< The large chains don't even carry it. Where are the TV and print magazine pieces? Where are the posters of the album art? Is Joni not available for talk shows and the like? And the tour? I recall there was much more (and considerable) fanfare around BSN. What's happened? >> Relax folks, I'm not going to say any more horrid things about Tlog! I have one suggestion about the low profile release, which may seem a bit far fetched, but here it is: Nonesuch spent so much money on recording and packaging it that they didn't have any left to promote it. As has already been noted here, orchestras and top flight jazz musicians don't come cheap; while the packaging, which is beautiful and very lavish, must have cost a fortune. Lord knows why they wouldn't then follow through and splash out on promotion, as you would think they would have to do that in order to recoup their investment; but maybe they decided to cut their losses, either because they thought the album was too esoteric to sell, or because they didn't like it. On a far smaller scale, Caroline Trettine released an exquisite album last year (which a few other listers have heard), on a tiny label; it got a few good reviews, but generally slipped under the radar. Caroline told me earlier this year that Evensong, the label, had literally thrown the whole budget into the lovely CD booklet and on ensuring that the record sounded gorgeous - and then the silly buggers had nothing left with which to flog the record, and it quickly suffocated. Oh, and one of the most inexplicable phenomena of the year: Christine Collister's 6th solo album, of a highly respected solo career, was released a few months ago - and I have seen NOT ONE review for it anywhere, not even in Q, which has reviewed every one of her previous dozen or so albums, including the ones she made with Clive Gregson. It's bloody criminal! Azeem in London
