Robi wrote:Hm, no 'Aero Production' label on artwork.
Only JMJ.
I don't what it means, anyway...
It means this is a Disques Dreyfus release. Before anyone complains about Jarre doing this or not doing that in relation to this album (track selection etc), keep in mind this is a Dreyfus project supported by Jarre, not a Jarre project supported by Dreyfus.
I imagine the project came together like this:
Someone at Dreyfus looked in their archives of what Jarre material they had rights to release (it's always nice to exploit a multimillion selling artist, than some obscure jazz artist they normally work with). They found some unreleased rarities and decided to put together another compilation. Since Francis Dreyfus passed away and JMJ no longer has anyone to disagree with, Dreyfus staff approached JMJ and asked for help; "Is there anything you can contribute with?". He agreed, and they put together E&R.
Catalogue releases can be lucrative financially as they dont normally require as much production money as new albums, so it makes sense to release Best Of albums, rarities, remastered albums, box sets etc from time to time. As with previous compilations Images, Odyssey, and Aero, this new one has some added bonuses in the form of actual rare tracks, remastered catalogue tracks, and a couple of new remixes, all supervised by Jarre. It's not another boring rehash of old tracks, even though half the album are old tracks. It could have been worse - it could have been like Dreyfus' 2004 Essential.
My only worry is that if this is a gap filler, how long will the gap be? Will they see E&R as enough for 2011 and delay the next studio album until 2012? I really think JMJ should be smart and have a new studio album to sell when he's touring in the fall. He could sell thousands at the merch stands alone. He should have done that last year, IMO, when the tour was at its peak.
