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Posted by Audiori J on 08-29-2006 at08:05:

New 77's album

A thread for ideas, news and questions about the new 77s album.

Posted by JR88 on 08-29-2006 at09:56:

here's a cover concept and album name

The Seventy-Sevens "Blackboard"

of course this pic is not that good looking but it's an idea Smile

Posted by Marti on 08-29-2006 at11:56:

That looks like the cover to Tribute #2.

Posted by HULK on 08-29-2006 at16:22:

HULK LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW KICK ASS 77S CD

Posted by .evangeline. on 08-29-2006 at16:29:

Ideas? i thought it was already recorded?

Posted by HULK on 08-29-2006 at16:37:

THAT WHAT HULK THOUGHT TOO. HULK IDEA IS 77S WRITE SONG ABOUT HULK. IT WOULD HAVE SMASHING, AND MORE SMASHING AND... ON SECOND THOUGHT MAYBE HULK SONG SHOULD BE SAVED FOR NEXT LOST DOGS ALBUM.

Posted by .evangeline. on 08-29-2006 at16:41:

Tongue!

The 77s are a much better match for Hulk.

Posted by Fred Huggins on 08-29-2006 at18:54:

Not to try and complicate the project but hidden tracks or extra media on the disc can be a great surprise! I enjoyed Lovely Man and Tall Trees. Also, a special edition, "numbered" release is exciting for fans, like the alternate cover of It's For You (which I don't have but saw on Michael's website - LOL!).

I'd also love to see a few extra knick-knacks available if possible. I'd like to get my boys a few t-shirts or stickers, promoting the new album. Perhaps these could be a "special edition" item.

Is Michael's upcoming solo release going to be similar to his Say Your Prayers? Just wondering. That is a beautiful album.

Posted by JohnL on 08-29-2006 at19:07:

quote:

Originally posted by Fred Huggins
Not to try and complicate the project but hidden tracks or extra media on the disc can be a great surprise! I enjoyed Lovely Man and Tall Trees. Also, a special edition, "numbered" release is exciting for fans, like the alternate cover of It's For You (which I don't have but saw on Michael's website - LOL!).

I'd also love to see a few extra knick-knacks available if possible. I'd like to get my boys a few t-shirts or stickers, promoting the new album. Perhaps these could be a "special edition" item.

Is Michael's upcoming solo release going to be similar to his Say Your Prayers? Just wondering. That is a beautiful album.

I'll second that. The more extras, the better... Big Grin

Posted by Ron E on 08-29-2006 at19:30:

quote:

Originally posted by JohnL

quote:

I'll second that. The more extras, the better... Big Grin

and free too, guys, don't forget free.

Posted by MarkyMark77 on 08-30-2006 at07:53:

Idea #1

As for the new album...I don't care what it is. I'll buy it. I'll like it. Just pack it with as much music as you can....

Just like I posted on the Lost Dogs board, a greatest hits/best of package would be great. Especially since they've never had one. Not necessarily for the serious fan, but for stores and festivals to introduce people to the band. And also, like I said on the LD board, a B-sides/rareties disc would be cool. Maybe someone could make a list of what would be on a rareties disc.

GREATEST HITS:
Mercy, Mercy
MT
Blue Sky
A Different Kind of Light
Nowhere Else
The Lust, The Flesh...
Kites Without Strings
Someone New
For Crying Out Loud
Can't Get Over It
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Do It For Love
This Is The Way Love Is
Rocks In Your Head
Mr. Magoo
Related

Picking a greatest hits would not be picking a best of (and vice versa), but you want to pick anything that was a single or a video or got some airplay. This is so that people who aren't familiar with the band might find something they know and buy it.

But, I also had a friend of mine who knew Mike Roe because of "Come and Gone", which I thought was really weird. I thought "More Miserable..." was more of an underground release. Did it get nat'l distribution? Anyway, so that proves that it's hard to pick what people might know, I guess.

Posted by Fred Huggins on 08-30-2006 at09:48:

Come and Gone is one of my favorites but I would have considered that one underground as well. Guess you never know what people will like or remember. I've purchased some greatest hits albums that are missing some of the artists' greatest work in my opinion.

Posted by JohnL on 08-30-2006 at11:25:

RE: Idea #1

quote:

Originally posted by MarkyMark77
As for the new album...I don't care what it is. I'll buy it. I'll like it. Just pack it with as much music as you can....

Just like I posted on the Lost Dogs board, a greatest hits/best of package would be great. Especially since they've never had one. Not necessarily for the serious fan, but for stores and festivals to introduce people to the band. And also, like I said on the LD board, a B-sides/rareties disc would be cool. Maybe someone could make a list of what would be on a rareties disc.

GREATEST HITS:
Mercy, Mercy
MT
Blue Sky
A Different Kind of Light
Nowhere Else
The Lust, The Flesh...
Kites Without Strings
Someone New
For Crying Out Loud
Can't Get Over It
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Do It For Love
This Is The Way Love Is
Rocks In Your Head
Mr. Magoo
Related

Picking a greatest hits would not be picking a best of (and vice versa), but you want to pick anything that was a single or a video or got some airplay. This is so that people who aren't familiar with the band might find something they know and buy it.

But, I also had a friend of mine who knew Mike Roe because of "Come and Gone", which I thought was really weird. I thought "More Miserable..." was more of an underground release. Did it get nat'l distribution? Anyway, so that proves that it's hard to pick what people might know, I guess.

I would rather have a disc of rarities than a greatest hits disk. They could call it "Sticks and Stones 2" or "More Sticks and Stones".

Posted by MarkyMark77 on 09-02-2006 at18:18:

Please understand that a greatest hits would be for introducing people the the 7's.

A rareties disc would be great. And, there would be no studio cost, just production. Or an official release of the C-Stone 2006 performance, perhaps????

Posted by runtmc2jc on 11-09-2006 at07:13:

greatest hits

I guess it's pretty easy to see what's my favorite 77's album is.

here my list:

MT
Nowhere Else
Thie is the Way Love Is
Don't This Way
You Walked in the Room
The Loop
God Sends Quails
Love Without Dreams
Do it for Love
The Lust, The Flesh...
Pearls Before Swine
Bottom Line
Caught in an Unguarded Moment
I Can't Get Over It
What Was in That Letter
Frames Without Photographs

Posted by dennis on 11-28-2006 at13:54:

quote:

Originally posted by HULK
HULK LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW KICK ASS 77S CD

Me too!

Posted by MarkyMark77 on 12-04-2006 at11:48:

New info...

Any new info on this disc or a possible track list?

Posted by snowblind on 12-04-2006 at12:19:

Everytime I see this thread pop up on the MB, I get all excited, but it just always seems to be somebody (like me) that's just asking what's up... Frown

I know that Mike has been on the road a lot lately with the Dogs, so I'm sure that not much has happened in the last couple of months...

Posted by Doctor Love on 12-07-2006 at02:01:

relax

All the music is done and I'm doing lead vocals now -- got about four or five of the ten or twelve (I can't remember how many) done, then onto background vocals and then the mix.

Should be done in time for the Spring tour (!) The 'track list' has already been posted elsewhere on the blackboard, but we may add one or more songs done raw and acoustic-like....