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Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber
What do you know about the due dates in her contract? She said she did it because she had free time. Why would the record company give her a due date on a album when it could not be promoted? What would be their incentive to put out a certain failure? Her previous album came out 10 years after the one before it. And that one 7 years after the before it. There didn't seem to be due dates on those but she had a tight window n which she had to release a new album and only 3 years after he previous album? You realize none of that makes sense, right?
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Do some research on record labels and the music business. Record companies release records
THAT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF PROMOTING quite often when the artist is ON THE LAST ALBUM of their contract. It happens ALL THE TIME. In addition, they will often rush the last release just to complete the artist's contract so that both parties can move forward and onto other business ventures. Warner/Reprise had no intention of making money off "24 Karat Gold". Record labels know this, artists know this, it's just how the music business works. Stevie did NOT rush to Nashville to record with session musicians that are known to work FAST and EFFICIENT and quickly record albums like an assembly line because she had "free time". If she truly had "free time", 24 Karat Gold would have been recorded at the leisurely and enjoyable pace that "In Your Dreams" was. She can say whatever she wants. In addition, she told Dave Stewart that the album needed to be recorded quickly and HE suggested Nashville session players because they can record SO QUICKLY. You can check that. A record label can put forth a due date anytime it wants to. Recording contracts ARE ALWAYS written in the favor of the labels. Thus, it makes perfect sense.