Has anyone ever heard of this? It was brought to my attention last night, and it's a bit special. Basically he had a contract that he was trying to get out of with Bang Records, and after they refused to release him, he and his barely-tuned guitar went into the studio to record 30-odd intentionally bad songs to fulfil his obligation. The two below are 'Here Comes Dumb George' and 'Ringworm'. They're ridiculously bad. If anyone's interested the rest can be found elsewhere.
Van Morrison's 'Contractual Obligation' Album
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'I can tell from the look on your face... that you've got ringworm.'
very good.There's a story about Frank Zappa or Frank Black (cant remember which one) who was in a similar position. He signed a record deal for 5/6 albums - went into the studio & recorded all of then simultaneoulsy to get out of the contract. He then walked into the Management handed them the recordings & they were fuming!
He kinda fecked it up for other artists because contracts then became even more stringent, as albums were based over a period of years & were subject to evaluation & performance quality!
He kinda fecked it up for other artists because contracts then became even more stringent, as albums were based over a period of years & were subject to evaluation & performance quality!
Amazing album. I have it as part of the whole Bang recordings, so on one side you have the likes of Brown eyed girl and on the other you have this pissed off guy singing about not getting his 'Royalty Check'. The first half of it is actually rather good, when he seems genuinely cross but he runs out of steam towards the end.
About halfway through he's running low on ideas and goes from 'Blow in your nose' into 'Nose in your Blow'.
About halfway through he's running low on ideas and goes from 'Blow in your nose' into 'Nose in your Blow'.
Why not just release a greatest hits album with 1 or 2 new tracks? Many artists do that to get rid of the last album on their contract.
Exactly man!
Although, I do think that an artist should always produce the best album they can, but for the artist itself - you need a good blend of new songs to attract the attention of prospective labels & there's little point in jeopardising a potential new deal with another label, by shafting yourself!