Why such long gaps between albums nowadays

stevieraveon
stevieraveon Posts: 413
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
It seems to me that the average span nowadays is 3 years between albums for most bands (I made this number up but seems about right to me). What's the deal? See some examples below (and don't tell me they didn't tour..except Beatles in later years)

Zeppelin released 1, 2, 3, and 4 between 1969 and 1971. Hendrix released "Are You Experienced", "Axis Bold as Love" and "Electric Ladyland" in 67, 67, and 68.

I mean look at the Beatles. From 1963 to 1970 they released 13 albums. That's almost 2 a year!

* Please Please Me (Parlophone, 1963)
* With The Beatles (Parlophone, 1963)
* A Hard Day's Night (Parlophone, 1964)
* Beatles for Sale (Parlophone, 1964)
* Help! (Parlophone, 1965)
* Rubber Soul (Parlophone, 1965)
* Revolver (Parlophone, 1966)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone, 1967)
* Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol, 1967)
* The Beatles ("The White Album") (Apple, 1968)
* Yellow Submarine (Apple, 1969)
* Abbey Road (Apple, 1969)
* Let It Be (Apple, 1970)
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    its every 3 years like always
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    In those days, rock and roll was a fad that was going to end tomorrow.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Touring=a bigger percentage of the artists' take nowadays.
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  • stevieraveon
    stevieraveon Posts: 413
    tybird wrote:
    Touring=a bigger percentage of the artists' take nowadays.

    Makes sense I guess. Why put out a bunch of albums that people are just going to download for free. Why not tour off the same album for 3 years and play the same 10 fucking songs over and over and over.
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  • Cree Nations
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    Rome wasnt built in a day, the Earth as we know it took millions of years to form........the sheer greatness of what PJ creates should be looked at likewise
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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    kings of leon are releasing albums in consecutive years.

    but yeah, the touring and the money, thats the reason
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II, Sea I+II '24
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    They have to tour a lot more if they want to make any money.
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Also the record company has so much power in what is release and what an artist should promote.

    I'm not sure how much control record companies had back in the 60's-70's. I assume not much since the Beastie Boys were able to sample near a thousand songs on Paul's Boutique- which was release 1989.
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  • stevieraveon
    stevieraveon Posts: 413
    LongRd. wrote:
    . I assume not much since the Beastie Boys were able to sample near a thousand songs on Paul's Boutique- which was release 1989.

    Yeah, that sampling is nuts. A listing of every song and the songs sampled on it: http://paulsboutique.info/songs.php

    Also
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    stevieraveon wrote:
    Makes sense I guess. Why put out a bunch of albums that people are just going to download for free. Why not tour off the same album for 3 years and play the same 10 fucking songs over and over and over.
    ....and get paid nicely for it. :D
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    Cree Nations wrote:
    Rome wasnt built in a day, the Earth as we know it took millions of years to form........the sheer greatness of what PJ creates should be looked at likewise
    ;)
    But The Beatles, Led Zep, and Hendrix are ALL better than Pearl Jam. And they released albums quickly.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    These bands were on the road all the time. And in Jimi's case, what was officially released in his lifetime is a minimal fraction of his actual recorded output. So the "bands tour nowadays, instead" argument doesn't wash.
  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    tybird wrote:
    Touring=a bigger percentage of the artists' take nowadays.


    ding ding ding. we have a winner. bands make nothing from the albums now, with all of us downloading them for free and such. they only make money from tourning, so thats what they do.

    its our fault really. the "fans".
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    the wolf wrote:
    ding ding ding. we have a winner. bands make nothing from the albums now, with all of us downloading them for free and such. they only make money from tourning, so thats what they do.

    its our fault really. the "fans".

    Not all bands are in it just for the money. Some are creative and would put out at least some material, every year or so.
  • beachdweller
    beachdweller Posts: 1,532
    they have lives and other projects, ed solo, brad, stone solo, jeff solo, matt's jazz, king x project with mike and jeff, to name a few...
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
    old albums used to have about 8-10 songs on them.

    Now mainstream/major label acts are more pressured into releasing albums that have 12-14 tracks on them.

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