Sinister: re: promo ideas

[Andrew Dean]

warning: major cynicism ahead. people of a nervous
disposition may want to look away.

cover versions. put decent cover versions on the b-sides of
records. 'reel around the fountain' would be ideal (twas a
real highlight when they played it in glasgow and edinburgh
all those months ago). people will buy the record for the
cover and fall in love with the original stuff - instant
fanbase.

and keep doing things the sarah records way. by which i mean
not putting lp tracks on singles. it means that everything
you buy is all new. it also means that you have to buy all
the singles as you know they won't be on the new lp. (think
of 'thriller' or something where 80% of the album later
turned up as singles - pointless. ok, b&s aren't michael
jackson but...).

10" singles are good too (although i've so many that are
just so poorly pressed...). 2 part cd singles are bad,
especially when filled up with throwaway stuff (tindersticks
anyone?). and, well, the thing that hooked me with the sarah
stuff was the little personal bits like the a4 posters and
the sleevenotes. (b&s are already doing this with the little
tales in each release, and decent covers).

and just keep the records in the shops. went looking for
another copy of '3, 6, 9...' on saturday. easy to find i
thought - chart band and all that. except woolworth's use a
different chart from everyone else. whsmiths only seemed to
stock the top 20 and virgin just had a hole where number 32
should've been. ok, it serves me right for living in such an
armpit of a place but...

andy

















>what do you all want on my new site?

a spell checker?

>i've only just finished it so any
>ideas would be apreciated i have all
>most of what i could do has allready been done by
>Andrew Dean

why bother then?
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