From: indigo@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Adam Schneider)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Upcoming Indigo Girls album
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:24:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: darkstar.32284


I just got this off the Indigo Girls mailing list, and I thought I'd post it
  for any IG fans out there in r.m.f. land...
I didn't write this...someone at Wellesley wrote the first part and Epic
  records wrote the fact sheet, so don't mail me for more information, cuz this
  is all the info I have....

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ok ok.  this time it is real.  the fact sheet is out, the details are clear
and the label cannot move it again wihtout serious embarassment.  indigo
girls new album willbe out on may 12.  period.  and for your reading pleasure,
i will typew in the fact sheet (please excuse typos).  

first, i will talk about the album cover.  it is a photograph, though i'm
not sure if it is color or black and white.  my guess is color.  looking
at the cover, emily is on the left.  she looks like she has a lot of make
up on.  her hands are crossed on her chest, open.  there is some sort of 
design painted on her hands.  she has a very serious expression on her
face.  amy is standing behind emily on the right side of the picture.  her
hands are behind her head and she is looking from the side.  her face has some
sort of detail painted on it.  the album title is written twcie and encircles
amy's head.  it looks really cool, IMHO.

and now for the fact sheet....

OVERVIEW
	Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have taken their own personal, singular,
insightful and diverse songwriting styles and melded them with their equally
diverse vocal styles and musicianship.  Combine that wiht a constant passion
for performing and touring and the Indigo Girls emerge as a vibrant leading
voice for musical alternatices in this decade.
	In three and a half short years since siging wiht Epic, they have
expanded their regional following into a national appeal, headlining 
hundreds of concerts before tens of thousands.  This audience consistently
continues to grow.  Tour statistics show that they have built a ticket selling
(sellout) rate of nearly 90% at every show over these same Epic Years!  These
shows prove that hit songs and albums are not made only on the radio, as
witnessed by the number of fans singing _every_ lyric along wiht Amy and Emily.
Teh Indigo Girls have sold over 2 million a,lbums already for Epic.
	The critical response has been mandated by widespread media support. 
Album reviews, concert reviews, and features have been a major factor in thte
continuing word-of-mouth that has so stringly established the Indigo Girls.
Now, with 4 Grammy nominatiosn, 1 Grammy, and countless other critics polls,
the repsect and acclaim for their music is undeniable.

RITES OF PASSAGE
	The title can be read elliptically in the cassette and CD package as
"Rites of Passage" or as "Passage of Rites", presenting an intriguing irony
into the next phase of life and careers.  AMy and Emily have added their own
new dimensions in this musical step.  Veteran English producer Peter Collins
might seem unliekly given his successful past productions (Queensryche,
Alice Cooper, and Rush).  However, the flawless integration of a wide variety
of musicians, known and lesser known, has brought a new level of texture and
harmony to tthis album.  The guests range from Sara Lee from the B-52's,
Lisa Germano from John Mellencamp's band, the Roches, Jackson Browne, David
Crosby, Atlanta's most noted band The Ellen James Society, to Talvinde Singh,
Martin McCarrick and Budgie from Siouxsie and the Banshees, plus session
elites the likes of Jerry Morotta and Kenny Aronoff on percussion and drums,
Edgar Meyers in bass, and Jai WInding on piano.

TOURING
	The first phase of the U.S. tour will cover mid-May and June, wiht a 
secind major second leg to cover August and September.  A November/December
third phase will follow European and other international appearances.

SONG LIST
Love WIll Come To You
Gallileo
Let It Be Me
Jonas and Ezekial
Airplane
Virgina Woolf
Ghost
Chickenman
Joking
Nashville
Cedar Tree
Three Hits
Romeo and Juliet
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ther is more, but it is basicall shop talk about promotion an dthe like.
he only part that you all would want to know is the ad campaign whcih
will feature a full page ad in billbaord and asmaller ads in local enter-
tainment papers and such as well as some ads in option, spin, utne reader,
musician, sassy, motehr jones, and alternaticve press (no dates given on
thses).  AND there is also an 800 number that ANYONE can call fro info on
the album, a couple fo brief statements from AMy and Emily and clips of 
a couple of the songs (for which teh sound quality is sort of bad).  the line
already works...i tried it today.  the number is 1-800-554-EPIC.

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Grrrr...and I was really looking forward to an April 21 release date.
Oh well.

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Adam Schneider     indigo@ucscb.ucsc.edu     U.C. Santa Cruz     (408) 457-2172
             "Your actions will follow you full circle 'round..."
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