TV commercial for new greatest hits album....

[Livia]

Wow, I can't believe I'm the first one who has actually seen it and report to the Ledge - Anyway, I had heard a rumour that FM, or rather Reprise Records, was going to air an infomercial with an 800# to order the new greatest hits album. I saw it Saturday night, during a commercial break on CBS, during Maximum Exposure (whose theme that night was "Men are Stupid," but we won't go there right now - LOL).

Anyway, it's not really an infomercial, in that it's 30 minutes long or anything, it was just part of a regular commercial break, similar to the KISS and Blondie ones currently on the air. It's basically just a lot of footage that we've all seen 100 times. It does come with a limited edition lithograph, which was a pic of the band from the Rumours era, I think, not sure exactly about the pic. I was just trying to take in the whole thing...I believe the price was $28.99.

Maybe this explains why some of the retail music outlets don't have it listed...

:wavey:
Livia

[Johnny Stew]

Thanks for the info about the lithograph, Livia!

I've already pre-ordered the CD from amazon.com, but I had a feeling the TV ad would probably offer some little goody (a poster, or photo booklet, or something).

Now, i don't know whether I should cancel my pre-order or not. :confused:

Does anyone have any idea as to how long it would take to receive the CDs, if ordered thru the TV ad?



Johnny Stew

[Mattress]

If you ordered right now it would probably be shipped to you on the release date.

It's actually almost worth the extra money for the lithograph!

[estranged4life]

if you order it from a TV ad it can take a week to two weeks for delivery. The companies that advertise these cd's have to wait for their alotment of cd's to arrive which is always exactly on the official sale date...

Almost all these TV ads for new music include some type of extra (Poster,keychain,etc.) to make up for the amount of time it takes to deliver the cd's...

If you're patient I would order it just for the lithograph...Brian J.

[Jessica Leigh]

LOL!!! i just saw it for the first time... did anyone else notice how funny it looked when they showed stevie singing Landslide from the dance... but played the landslide from 1975? i totally thought i was tripping.... it looked like she was lip synching to her old records...

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Ok...I have pre-ordered from Amazon.com......any idea if this TV ad offer would ship to the UK??? Being the sucker I am I have also pre-ordered the UK edition which has a different track listing and is only 1 cd

Pip

[iamstevienicks]

so many different versions to buy :rolleyes:

*Gets out loan* (seriously)

I want that lithograph

[greatdarkwing]

I saw the commercial this morning (I actually recorded VH-1 all last night, and I saw it this morning on the video). It was very nicely done I thought...better than alot of the ones they do....

~Alex

[seteca]

I have yet to see any commercial for it in the UK.....I'm sure they will eventually show it......in 2007.....:rolleyes:

This "two versions" crap has really p**sed me off...! I mean...what the hell is the point of it?? Now I have to wait a week longer than everyone else in the USA and I have to pay international postage......:mad: :mad:

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

[Emmeline]

This "two versions" crap has really p**sed me off...! I mean...what the hell is the point of it?? Now I have to wait a week longer than everyone else in the USA and I have to pay international postage......

Ditto.

Does anyone know if the European version is enhanced as well?

Damn, I also want to have a lithograph. :mad:


~Emma~

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I have seen no mention of the 1 cd UK version being enhanced. The 2 cd USA version clearly says enhanced so I think we are going to be shafted on this one

Pip

[highpriestess53]

Originally posted by seteca
I have yet to see any commercial for it in the UK.....I'm sure they will eventually show it......in 2007.....:rolleyes:

This "two versions" crap has really p**sed me off...! I mean...what the hell is the point of it?? Now I have to wait a week longer than everyone else in the USA and I have to pay international postage......:mad: :mad:

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

I had a chat with Warner Music UK the folks who deal with the FM back catalogue....

They as yet have NO idea when the US version will be available in the UK......it could be several months. Also the reason they are not releasing the US version as the 'official' UK release is entirely driven by money. Double CD's do not sell well in the UK also the content of the US cd has FM's lesser known tracks to the UK audience. Hence the UK get a heavily edited single cd with pre 1975 material added as those tracks did very well in the UK and not the US. But the irony lies in the fact that WBR's International Office (USA) made the decision as to what The UK audience is going to listen to.

[Sorcerer386]

I watch enough television for two people...really I do. My friend even pointed that out last night when we were watching television and about every other commercial that came on I recited as it went along. But, I have yet to see the new commercial. And it makes me wonder...has anyone seen it on any other channel besides VH1? If not, I'm gonna be completely annoyed. The Rolling Stones 40 Licks (their best of) was constantly played on many channels...why does Fleetwood Mac have so much trouble promoting their stuff? The Best Of comes out in TEN days...everyone should have seen it by now even if you watch a half hour of television a day, much less me who watches much more than that.

[jwd]

I've only seen the commercial once myself, but then again I'm not too much of a tv buff.

Anyway the number I got off the tv last night(VH1) was 1-800-993-3373. I thought I wrote it down right but when I called it and asked to place an order for the Best of FM cd he said this was John Deere(tractor supply)... :o :lol: He told me that you guys keep calling us! Apparently I wasn't the only one who wrote the number down wrong...or was it listed on the commercial incorrectly?! :shrug:

Somebody help me out here...what is the correct number to order the cd? I'd go through amazon but I want to get the lithograph.

Thanks


Oh by the way, I thought the commercial was right on...very effective and cool. :)


Joe

[golddustchic]

I FINALLY saw the commercial today!! You do not even know how much trouble I've gone through to watch it. I've taped VH1 every night for a few days. And finally, today, going through my tape I saw it. I started jumping up and down:) Man I really need to get a life:laugh: Oh well. Anyway, I think the commercial is very nicely done and the lithograph sounds cool, but I already pre-ordered it on amazon. Well, there's always eBay.

[AliP]

Originally posted by golddustchic
I FINALLY saw the commercial today!! You do not even know how much trouble I've gone through to watch it. I've taped VH1 every night for a few days. And finally, today, going through my tape I saw it. I started jumping up and down:) Man I really need to get a life:laugh: Oh well. Anyway, I think the commercial is very nicely done and the lithograph sounds cool, but I already pre-ordered it on amazon. Well, there's always eBay.


Hi,
Do you happen to know the number? I recorded VH1 all night and it wasn't on. All I really need is the number though. Thanks!

[golddustchic]

Yup, I have the number.

It's 1-800-993-3773

:wavey:

[seteca]

Originally posted by highpriestess53


I had a chat with Warner Music UK the folks who deal with the FM back catalogue....

They as yet have NO idea when the US version will be available in the UK......it could be several months. Also the reason they are not releasing the US version as the 'official' UK release is entirely driven by money. Double CD's do not sell well in the UK also the content of the US cd has FM's lesser known tracks to the UK audience. Hence the UK get a heavily edited single cd with pre 1975 material added as those tracks did very well in the UK and not the US. But the irony lies in the fact that WBR's International Office (USA) made the decision as to what The UK audience is going to listen to.

One word:

Idiots.:rolleyes:

Thanks a lot for the info. Louise. :)

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

[Johnny Stew]

Another thing that doesn't make sense to me about the UK edition... 'Behind The Mask' was a #1 album there, and not a single song was used for this 'Greatest Hits' set.

If they're trying to go for the songs that were the most familiar to UK audiences (especially younger fans), you'd think they would have included at least one of the 'Mask' tracks.


I have a fairly good understanding of how music biz people tend to think (with an off-kilter logic, that's driven by a strong sense of greed), but even within their *own* version of logic, they still manage to do some pretty baffling things sometimes.
:confused:


Johnny Stew

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally posted by iamstevienicks
so many different versions to buy :rolleyes:

*Gets out loan* (seriously)

I want that lithograph

They don't ship internationally...i emailed them :(

Pip

[estranged4life]

flipping through the channels and just saw the TV ad on Cartoon Network, But the phone number was different than the one I saw posted on here earlier...And the ad was through a company called (I could be wrong on the name because I had to flip my picture-in-picture on this system....) OnlyHitsNow.com, And it also included the lithograph...Kinda of a long commercial though, Longer than most of the ads I usually see for new music releases....Brian J.

[DownOnRodeo]

I just realised - we in Australia got the weird 88 GH with 'Oh Diane' and w/out Over My Head. That means they probably view the Oz demographic like they do the Brits. If they don't realease the non-deranged 'new GH' album...

GRAGHGH!!:shocked: :shrug: :mad:

[estranged4life]

the site showed on the ad I saw is http://www.onlyhitmusic.com/ not OnlyHitsNow.com...Brian J.

[Livia]

On the Travel Channel. I hit "record" after only a couple seconds into it. I jotted down the "new" 800 number, it's at home. I'll get it when I go home for lunch and post it later.

:wavey:
Livia

[rhiannon1119]

I STILL haven't seen this commercial yet... and go crazy looking for it every time I watch TV.

:) Michelle

[Barbara]

I saw it on MSNBC at 3 a.m. one night.
Barbara

[Livia]

800-636-9955. I ordered mine yesterday, the total including shipping is $29.93. They also have express shipping for an additional $2.00. I didn't go for that, I'm not in THAT big of a hurry to get an album containing songs I've had for years. Geez, you'd think they could have given us a "little" something new. Guess we'll have to watch it on our computers via the "enhancement." :p

Livia

[Johnny Stew]

Thanks to Brian (estranged4life) mentioning that he saw the commercial on the Cartoon Network, I've now finally seen it!

I've been taping about 4 hours of VH1 every night since last Tuesday, and haven't managed to catch the commercial even once... so, because of Brian's comment, I decided to tape Cartoon Network last night instead, and I had the commercial within 15 minutes!

I thought it was very well put together... and FAR more interesting than the Rolling Stones ad that's been playing (and playing and playing).
And I was really pleased to see some VERY old footage looking crystal clear and vibrant.

There were clips from just about every video Fleetwood Mac has ever done, but I didn't notice anything from the "Seven Wonders" video (there wasn't anything from the "Everywhere" video either... but that's no big surprise!).
They even included a brief clip from the "Save Me" video (the horses running thru water), that neat semi-animated scene of Mick drumming a moving skyline, from the "In The Back Of My Mind" video, and quite a few clips from "Skies The Limit."

Anyway, it was really cool, and I'm glad I finally got to see it... thanks Brian! :D


Johnny Stew

[seteca]

Well I saw the Burger King ad. FIVE TIMES today!!!:nod:

So THERE!!!:D

:rolleyes:

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

[melacine]

Hi,

Well after taping the Cartoon Network all Sunday night, I finally got a copy of the commercial. It's just a commercial but if anyone wants it, I'll be happy to make a copy if you send me a videotape and postage. It dosn't even mention the lithograph until the very end and dosn't show a picture of it. The price is $24.98 plus shipping and here's the phone number and address listed:
Best of Fleetwood Mac
PO Box 629
Dept. FM 002
Holmes, PA 19043
1-800-909-1144

Here's my email address if anyone's interested in a copy: [email protected] Please put the word video or Fleetwood Mac in the subject line cuz I have my Hotmail filters turned on high and I won't get it otherwise.
Thanks!
Shel :D

[golddustsara]

Originally posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon


They don't ship internationally...i emailed them :(

Pip

Nobody shipps to the UK, I just tried another website......... Booohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarah

[Livia]

It dosn't even mention the lithograph until the very end and dosn't show a picture of it.

They do show the lithograph pic - at least that was my interpretation of it. Right when the announcer says, "order now and receive this limited edition lithograph...," they show a black and white pic of the band from the Tusk era. It's that one with Stevie either kneeling or sitting down on the right-hand side, very frizzy hair, everyone else is standing. They show the pic for a second, and then it "minimizes" to the upper left corner of the screen when they put up the ordering info. They also mention that it's only 8 1/2" x 11."

:wavey:
Livia

[wondergirl9847]

AAHHH!!! THAT IS MY FAVE PHOTO OF FM!!!! I have to buy another CD and get this frickin lithograph...which btw, WTH is a lithograph anyways..thicker than a photo or what?????? LEMME KNOW!!!!! I am gonna go call that number soon!!!!!!