Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell, one of the greatest selling albums of all time, is turning 40 years old this year and Sony in the UK is re-releasing it in honor of the milestone and the musical playing there based on the record’s playlist. The singer took to Facebook yesterday and implored people not to buy it.
IN JUNE ,SONY RECORDS IN THE UK, IS TRYING TO RELEASE ANOTHER STUPID VERSION OF “BAT OUT HELL” ONLY FOR THEM TO MAKE MORE MONEY. RIDING ON THE BACK OF “BAT OF HELL ” THE MUSICAL . FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW , JIM AND I GET NO ROYALTIES FROM BAT AND NEVER HAVE, THEY ADMIT THEY HAVE SOLD 44 MILLION ( WHAT HAVE THEY REALLY SOLD WORLDWIDE we are guessing 55 to 60 million ) , JIM AND I HAVE GOTTEN , I AM SERIOUS PENNIES . THEY HAVE SCREWED ME AND JIM. SINCE 1981 . IT TOOK US ALMOST 13 YEARS JUST TO GET STATEMENTS. SO I AM ASKING ALL OF YOU TO NOT BUY THIS RECORD . TO BOYCOTT THIS RELEASE COMPLETELY . IT IS NOTHING BUT A GREEDY RECORD COMPANY , TRYING TO STEAL MONEY FROM OUR FANS . DON’T BUY THANKS MEAT AND JIM
PS . SPEND YOUR MONEY AND GO SEE A GREAT MUSICAL
“BAT OF HELL” THE MUSICAL .
Ryan Melbourne just wrote me and said some Fancy Cover , They sent the regular Bat Cover and said this was the cover was the Cover . They can’t change the cover without Jim and mines permission. Meat
Incredible that they haven’t seen a lot money from it because songs from BOOH are still be played all the time. When I was growing up Paradise in the Dashboard Light was a rite of passage song. I am sure a lot of nearly 17 year olds lost their virginity to that anthem. Just for that Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman should be paid for their Rock Opera. Or maybe they should pay all the child support that came from it. Joking!
Also, who hasn’t sped like a Bat Out of Hell on the highway while listening to the title track? I know I have and it is the perfect melody for doing that.
