Last week, I received a 1991 promo-cd of The Garage Project featuring Patti Russo. You can find all the details I could find on the Let the Good Times Roll page. Also, I added the lyrics to "Don't Ever Put Out the Flame" (a work in progress song she's just added to her MySpace) to the other unreleased tracks page.
And while we're on the topic of work in progress songs: Meat Loaf is in the studio recording his new album. One of the songs that might make it is Los Angeloser, witten by James Micheal (who wrote "Did I Say That?" and co-wrote "Blind as a Bat", "Couldn't Have Said It Better", "Love You Out Loud" and "Man of Steel".) I've added a temporary page for the lyrics of his demo version.
And Dans der Vampieren is still off. Total bummer.
On a final note, I'm doing some Meat Loaf related blogging at the moment on my weblog. See the link on the sidebar.
Dans der Vampieren, the the Belgian production of Tanz der Vampire scheduled for a December 2009 run in Antwerp and a February 2010 run in Ghent, has (for now) been postponed until September 2010.
Musical van Vlaanderen vzw, the producer of the musical, blames the delay on Studio100 and Stimuhl, two competing musical production companies, who appealed a yearly € 2.5 million goverment grant. Studio100 and Stimuhl say that this postponement cannot be blamed on their appeal, as they claim that Dans der Vampieren wasn't covered in the grant.
The Belgian Council of State has yet to rule on the appeal, and Tanz Belgium remains in limbo until then. It has been confirmed that tickets already bought will be refunded, and that groupreservations will be cancelled.
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Article on Broadway World
Lately, I seem to be on an online shopping spree. Lots of Dusty Springfield records, and some items related to this website. And in case you start to worry, don't. I'm not starting a Dusty website anytime soon. Here's the list of updates.
In other news, Meat Loaf is in the studio recording a new album, and provides, ahem, useful updates via Twitter. (If you like, you could also start following me, but I tweet mostly in Dutch and it's very rarely Meat Loaf/Steinman related.) The album is scheduled for sometime next year, and one of the songs which is being recorded is Los Angeloser, written by James Michael who also (co-)wrote "Did I Say That", "Couldn't Have Said it Better" and "Blind as a Bat".
Dans der Vampieren is the official title of the Belgian version of Tanz der Vampire. There are two limited runs in Antwerp (December 20, 2009-January 3, 2010) and Ghent (February 3-14). Ze zijn op komst seems to be the gateway to all official information.
As it's a national holiday in The Netherlands, I have the time for an update. In a frenzy of internet shopping (and a not particually fruitful trip to the "most impressive record fair of the world") I acquired some stuff:
On the Meat Loaf page, I also added the Chat out of Hell interview CD I have had lying around for years, and a section for the books. If anyone has a copy of Phönix aus der Hölle by Patrizia Kurz und Ralf E. Isenbarth (ISBN-10: 3927801844, ISBN-13: 978-3927801844) for me to complete that part of the collection, please get in touch. (Hey, I had to get in that link to the revamped colophon somewhere …)
As I said before, there's not a lot left for me to collect. If you don't count a 'live' version of "Blind as a Bat" that can only be found on a single that was never commercially released (and of which only one copy is known to exist), I have a hard copy of every song Meat Loaf has ever released. Dito for mr. Steinman and Pandora's Box, and my Bonnie Tyler collection is as complete as I need it to be. So what's left? Mostly odds and ends by Karla DeVito and Ellen Foley (most of her singles-like The Shuttered Palace-contain album tracks as b-sides, with Boys in the Attic being an exception as it contains a non-album track), and additional but superfluous single versions like the special half-speed mastered edition of Jim's Lost Boys and Golden Girls single. Exciting, huh?.
So the most exciting bit is probably the page for the three new tracks by Ellen, that are available from her MySpace, iTunes and the like. You can also read my thoughts about download stores on my weblog.
The mailman was kind enough to deliver a package containing 4 maxi-singles this morning, so that gives me enough content for an update. Apart from a Paradise by the Dashboard Light 12″ from 1978, they're all from 1983:
Later, I'll add a page for the "Album Sampler-Autumn '95", which contains three tracks from "Welcome to the Neighborhood".
update: It's up. Also, for those who haven't seen it yet, some handiwork.
Earlier today a single dropped in the mailbox, which reminded me of some overdue updates:
Until the next update.