Hello Freddy,
We are writing to let you in on a little secret. This isn't a normal eWeb Newsletter – this is a special private email just to those of you who have pre-ordered our next album.
So let us start with a heart-felt "Thank you!" for pre-ordering "Happiness Is The Road". It means a lot to us that you were willing to give us your money so far in advance of receiving the album and – more importantly – that you put your faith in us. The pre-order concept has become such an integral part of our business: it allows us the creative freedom to make the albums that we want to make without any outside pressure from record companies, also to OWN our music (which is still rather rare these days) AND - crucially - to continue making NEW music.
None of this would be possible without you.
As you read this, your special Deluxe Edition is being manufactured. It's a beautiful thing. It’s also a big project – you’re going to be getting two 96-page full-colour hard-bound books, stored in a separate outer case.
The printers, CD manufacturers, and teams of packers expect to have these bundled up and ready to post by the beginning of October (but we’ll announce it officially on the website when we have more information). In short, though, you’re just one step away from holding it in your hands!
Sadly, though, as soon as the album is released to the outside world it will inevitably be leaked onto the internet in some form – as has happened with our last few albums. We are sure you will agree this hurts us as a business and threatens our very livelihood. So, in what is probably a world-wide first, we have decided to take direct control of this situation.
By joining forces with a company called Music Glue we have decided to update the old “beat the bootleggers” approach and leak the album ourselves - but with a twist. Music Glue are able to add a little gizmo to the music files that allows us to 'talk' to the people that are downloading it through file-sharing networks. If existing fans are downloading our music for free, or new fans are discovering our music through file-sharing, at least we will be able to point them in the right direction if they want to buy THE REAL THING from us.
To make sure our special ‘gizmo’ files are the ONLY ones available on the internet, we need to flood file-sharing networks with the special Music Glue versions before anyone anywhere in the world has a copy. And this includes you. As much as we respect your RIGHT to be the first to hear the new music, we do hope you’ll understand why we’ve put all this in place in a rather quiet and secretive manner... We've all agonized over this decision but it couldn’t be done in any other way. The fact is that if WE hadn't leaked it, someone else would have.
Now, we do not condone file-sharing as it directly impacts our ability to continue making new albums (as well as the thousands of other artists out there); but because you put your loyalty and faith in us by pre-ordering, we feel that the least we can do is let you know about our plan - and provide you with this even-more-secret link to download the album if you want to have a listen now: www.musicglue.com/marillion

Between you and me, we would advise you against listening to this lower-than-CD-quality version as it may ruin your enjoyment of your first PROPER listen to "Happiness Is The Road".
We like to push the boundaries, try new things, and see where they'll take us. This is just another in a long line of 'internet firsts' for Marillion. But you already know all this - you're "family" - you've pre-ordered the album.
Happiness ain't at the end of the road
HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD
H, Ian, Pete, Mark and Steve
PS - Thank you for reading this. Sorry it's so long! We hope you understand.

Kingsnake schreef:
WIlde even het volgende melden.

Ik zit de afgelopen we(e)k(en) mijn digitale Marillion (en family) archief te ordenen.
Ik kwam er achter dat ik tot nu 127 (verschillende) digitale albums van Marillion heb.

Waarbij dubbelceedees voor twee tellen. Al heb ik in veel gevallen een dubbelalbum naar een enkele plaat gereduceerd, met name de live-albums, dat luistert lekker door.

Nu nog eens verder zien, of ook daadwerkelijk al mijn ceedees op de harde schiijf staan. Helaas nog geen mogelijkheid om mijn tientallen elpees te digitaliseren.

Running On Empty schreef:


En nu maar hopen dat je PC niet crasht ......

Misterfool schreef:
. Marillion is wel degelijk beïnvloed door genesis. Beluister supper's ready en grendel eens na elkaar.

Misterfool schreef:
Marillion is trouwens wel degelijk beïnvloed door genesis.

Misterfool schreef:
beïnvloed zijn is nooit mis zolang je er maar eerlijk over bent

vigil schreef:
Marillion is overigens niet echt beinvloed door Genesis hoor. Natuurlijk lijkt het er wel (gedeeltelijk) op maar Fish was vooral door Pink Floyd (met name The Wall) en VanderGraaf Generator / Peter Hamill beinvloed. The Lamb was in de tijd de enige plaat van Genesis in zijn platencollectie.

MuadDib schreef:

Fish was maar 1/5e deel van Marillion. Dat Fish Genesis niet als invloed noemt betekent niet dat de rest dat ook niet doet. En volgens mij had Fish op muzikaal gebied een stuk minder invloed dan bv. Steve Rothery.

Stijn_Slayer schreef:
....... en ook minder dan wat zou volgen met Hogarth.

Stijn_Slayer schreef:
Die met Hogarth dus......

Running On Empty schreef:

Hogarth? Nooit van gehoord ....

Running On Empty schreef:
Is er een latere periode ??

Running On Empty schreef:

Zegt me allemaal niets.