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 Marillion have updated fans with news of a pre-order for their 15th album, due for release sometime towards the end 2008. As they did with the bands last album 'Marbles', Marillion are asking fans to pre-order the album before it's been recorded to help finance the recording and promotion costs involved.
An update from the band reads:
Well, the cycle has started once again.. We're back in the Racket
Club oiling up the Marillion machine (or strange engine..) for the
erratic journey to ALBUM FIFTEEN (!) and the ideas are really flowing
now. We're here jamming and experimenting with new ideas while Mike
Hunter runs around trying to record it all and feed back his own
suggestions and enthusiasm. We're pleased to report some very
interesting music is still emerging. This should see the light of day
next Summer.. AND it will be another double album!
It's an inspired and exciting time for the five of us as artists,
but also - with our "Intact" record company hats on - a time to reflect
on the successes and failures of the last album release. We have had a
lot of feedback about the lack of a "pre-order" or any kind of special
packaging, extra material, or the popular "my name in the credits"
versions of the last album. We thought you might have got tired of the
idea, but the majority of you told us we were wrong!
So here's what we've decided to do..
You're going get what you asked for: We are planning to create an
exclusive Special Edition of Album 15 which we are making available as
a PRE-ORDER directly from us. Based on the success of the "Marbles"
pre-order, we plan to make 2 different versions available: a 'Deluxe
Campaign 2CD Edition' in super-sexy packaging with YOUR NAMES in the
album credits - this will be priced at £29.99 and only available to
pre-order; and also the Standard Release - the double album split into
Volumes 1 & 2 available separately as 'normal' 1CD-in-a-box
releases priced at £9.99 each.
When will it be released? What will be on it? Will there be extra music? When can I order? What about a tour?
Yes, you have questions, and we already have (some) answers. Just
like previous pre-orders, we have set up a page on our website to
answer all of these, and will continue to add to the list as we get
feedback from you by email and on our Forums.
What we CAN tell you, though, is that we expect the album to be
ready some time between July and September 2008 (but are not setting a
firm release date as with previous pre-orders!) with an extensive tour
to follow starting in September 2008 (more information about the tour
on the website, but the album WILL be out before the tour.)
You are able to pre-order the album NOW, and each pre-order for the
Deluxe Campaign 2CD Edition will enter you in to a variety of prize
draws - including sound check/front row passes to the Snow-where Else
tour, a visit to the Racket Club studio, gift vouchers,
meet-and-greets, MORE sound check/front row passes to the Album 15
tour, and the STAR PRIZE (wooo..!) of an all expenses paid trip to the
Marillion Weekend 2009... PLUS more as we think of them - phew!
Why do we want your money so far in advance? Many of you may be
aware that the writing sessions for "Somewhere Else" were prolific, but
there came a point where we had to decide which ideas to follow through
for the album, and which to put to one side to develop to their full
potential later on. Well, even though we do have several songs "on the
shelf" which are close to completion, we've also recently hit something
of a creative streak and have a lot of exciting new ideas that we're
developing, and these inevitably entail a few months locked away in the
studio. Once ready, we need to let people know about the album and the
tour with advertising, posters, interviews... and of course we have the
small task of manufacturing one hundred thousand albums, too.. (!)
By being part of the Album 15 Pre-Order Campaign you will once again
be acting as our "global family record company" by contributing to the
recording, manufacture and marketing of the album without us having to
resort to the inevitable headaches which happen when we get into bed
with "blokes in suits". Frankly we'd rather make this album with you.
We did it before, and it felt good. It also inspired a few other tasty
bands to "a better way of life" too..
So there you go - your pre-order is back! If you have any QUESTIONS, please, PLEASE go to www.marillion.com/preorder
(where most issues will already be addressed) before writing to us.
It'll be quicker, and you can also join the discussions on the
Marillion Online Forums if you have any outstanding queries.
As we said earlier, things are going really well in the studio and
there's much excitement here over the music we're making, so we'd
better get on with it. We'll see you very soon - perhaps on the
"Snow-where Else" tour at Christmas.. Good luck with the draw - we hope
you win a prize or two!
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