[chris]

... but I get the feeling that they're onto something with this one.

Chris, just a gut feeling or some dramatic foreshadowing?

I'm just stirring the pot... the tone of Dana's post reads as if he actually talked to Gord, but as he hasn't responded to clarify I'm assuming that he watched or heard an interview with Gord.

[patiodweller]

New single Labour Day Weekend for sure!

[Roy-at-tth]

Are you just sayin' or do you actually know?

[chris]

Part 3 of the Hip at The Bathouse is up... and I think it answers what Dana meant, and it's why I said they're onto something... (The clip appeared briefly the other day.)

[Gangrel]

I wonder if the delay has more to do with marketing, then the actual completion of the album. It wouldn't be the first time a record company has held onto a CD to be more strategic with their releases.....

[direwolf74]

I wonder if the delay has more to do with marketing, then the actual completion of the album. It wouldn't be the first time a record company has held onto a CD to be more strategic with their releases.....

You're probably right, but I really hate it when record companies do that. Wouldn't it make more sense to get this album out before the end of the year to take advantage of the holiday shopping season? I suppose this delay means that we won't be getting the usual Canadian winter tour. It's a damn shame I tell ya.

[tth_fan]

I wonder if the delay has more to do with marketing, then the actual completion of the album. It wouldn't be the first time a record company has held onto a CD to be more strategic with their releases.....

You're probably right, but I really hate it when record companies do that. Wouldn't it make more sense to get this album out before the end of the year to take advantage of the holiday shopping season? I suppose this delay means that we won't be getting the usual Canadian winter tour. It's a damn shame I tell ya.

Well, considering we have winter through April here in Alberta, we might actually get a winter tour! :wink:

[direwolf74]

I wonder if the delay has more to do with marketing, then the actual completion of the album. It wouldn't be the first time a record company has held onto a CD to be more strategic with their releases.....

You're probably right, but I really hate it when record companies do that. Wouldn't it make more sense to get this album out before the end of the year to take advantage of the holiday shopping season? I suppose this delay means that we won't be getting the usual Canadian winter tour. It's a damn shame I tell ya.

Well, considering we have winter through April here in Alberta, we might actually get a winter tour! :wink:

Good point.

[skippy the wonder dog]

You're probably right, but I really hate it when record companies do that. Wouldn't it make more sense to get this album out before the end of the year to take advantage of the holiday shopping season?

Holiday shopping season?

People buy CDs?

[Gangrel]

As much as I love the Hip, it might be a case of wanting to have all the "hot sellers" out for Christmas, and letting the "lesser lights" come out in the spring, where they wouldn't get trampled by the likes of Britney, Simple Plan, or 50 cent...... or whoever is supposedly cool these days.

[patiodweller]

Don't the HIP have more say than the record company?

[tth_fan]

Don't the HIP have more say than the record company?

Don't the record companies pay the Hip?

[patiodweller]

There are recording contracts that give the HIP creative control

[Zenith]

There are recording contracts that give the HIP creative control

Creative control of the songs, yes, but not on when the album is released.

[trevor]

Hearing Gord say he thinks they're on to something with this one is good enough for me!

I can wait.