Mull this one over....

[Brother McDuff]

So let's play the evidence here for a second....Let's say we're looking at a full-out instrumental, spy soundtrack, cocktail companion album. Being that capitol is fully aware of the beasties' commercial appeal and potential......how do you think they'd approach such an album?

Even moreso, on terms of a prospective single. Would they treat it is as a novelty release with limited promotion, or still give it the heavy push that a normal super-group record would warrant?

Point blank: if this were the case, are we gonna see a nation-wide single-push, or a flash in the pan, media-driven, "matured artist" promotion, wherein they try and use this album to usher the beasties into the "elder statesmen", "respect them 'cause you should" stage of their career?

how does a label play such a wild card album from such a commercially popular band? (wild card not meaning the musical style in particular, but a full release worth of their instrumental, less marketable side)

thoughts?

[Mr Films]

who the hell knows.

look at Radiohead's Kid A.

No single, no push, no support.

Debuts at #1

Hopefully the fans will do the pushing.

[cj hood]

So let's play the evidence here for a second....Let's say we're looking at a full-out instrumental, spy soundtrack, cocktail companion album. Being that capitol is fully aware of the beasties' commercial appeal and potential......how do you think they'd approach such an album?

Even moreso, on terms of a prospective single. Would they treat it is as a novelty release with limited promotion, or still give it the heavy push that a normal super-group record would warrant?

Point blank: if this were the case, are we gonna see a nation-wide single-push, or a flash in the pan, media-driven, "matured artist" promotion, wherein they try and use this album to usher the beasties into the "elder statesmen", "respect them 'cause you should" stage of their career?

how does a label play such a wild card album from such a commercially popular band? (wild card not meaning the musical style in particular, but a full release worth of their instrumental, less marketable side)

thoughts?

good point......tt5b was only #1 for a week.....then it fell quick.....if its all instrumental, perhaps its only an ep.....with a full length album to follow........or......more than likely........it has 2 or 3 trax with vocals that'll be used as the singles....

[Kid Presentable]

It'll do alright, or badly. Flims is on point though, the fans should do the pushing. If it's worth it.

[Laver1969]

It'd be nice if Yauch would pop on to give us some insight.

He came on during Solid Gold Hits and explained the relationship with Capitol a bit. The Beasties were allowed the freedom to do AIFST because they released SGH because Capitol wanted it.

[Brother McDuff]

who the hell knows.

look at Radiohead's Kid A.

No single, no push, no support.

Debuts at #1

Hopefully the fans will do the pushing.

very good point.

good point......tt5b was only #1 for a week.....then it fell quick.....if its all instrumental, perhaps its only an ep.....with a full length album to follow........or......more than likely........it has 2 or 3 trax with vocals that'll be used as the singles....

it would make sense to do just a coupla vocal tracks, simply for single-power, not to mention a means of acquiring sufficient label support

[Miramanee]

Capitol Records no longer exists. A few weeks ago, it merged with Virgin. The artists who were signed to Capitol will be reassigned to Virgin or to what they're calling the Capitol Record Group -- which is where I think the Beastie Boys will fall. A huge percent of the staff who worked for Capitol have been given the pink slip. The people who worked with and promoted the Beastie Boys are not there anymore. And the money to promote is not there anymore either. It's hard to say how they will promote artists under the new "regime."

It's a pity about Capitol because the Beastie Boys had a sweet deal there -- one of which they probably are unaware. Many of the Capitol staff whom I know are FANS of the band and went the extra mile in their work with the band because of that. Nobody can sell you better than a fan!

With the new album, I'm guessing there will be minimum promotion on the label side and that the band's publicist will feel the burden of getting the word out. But who knows? The record biz is crazy these days. Maybe they'll put a bunch of money behind the Beastie Boys?