Friday, May 13, 2011

I am a record collector. No doubt about it. I am crazy about singles. Those little vinyl records that were manufactured usually to support or promote the larger vinyl record called an album. The choice of songs to put out as a single always fascinates me. The record company usually has a large influence in this decision. Sometimes the choices are very strange indeed. I have made mention already about the third single taken from the Split Enz album "Conflicting Emotions". Their final album "See ya round" also produced a baffling decision by those invloved. The first single "I walk away" was a no brainer. Excellent choice. The collector in me would have loved to see a few releases of that single, in different coloured sleeves (red/black, green/black to go with the excellent black and white sleeve that appeared in the shops). The second single released was "One mouth is fed" from side one of the album. As already mentioned as well, this was Neil Finn's side of the record. Neil's ballad "Voices", which brings side one to an end is a much more rousing song, and would have made a far better single. "One mouth" sank without trace, and with it any chance of a third single emerging, or the album appearing in any overseas market besides Canada. The Canadians had always loved the music of Split Enz, and they released the album in a special grey cover instead of the usual orange one. Nice touch! Anyway, due in part to poor marketing of the songs, another chance for Split Enz to make some serious inroads into the international sales charts went begging yet again.

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