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Originally Posted by Kathleen
However I have said the same thing many times - why do giants in the industry like Jovi and Springsteen stay with the same record companies year after year? I can only speculate that they don't want the headache of doing the organizing.
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Jon started his own label in the late 80's called Jambco. He meant it as a label to sign new talents to and to give them a fair chance in the industry. Jon never discovered any talents however and the label was closed in 1994. Only 4 albums have been released on the label as far as I'm aware; Slippery, New Jersey, Keep The Faith, and a Billy Falcon album.
As for artists staying with major labels; probably money and promotion. I don't think anyone has ever told Springsteen what to record and I seriously wonder how limited Bon Jovi really is as to their creative output. Jon often uses it as an excuse as to not being able to do side projects like Lost Highway, but I can imagine Universal saying "We won't put heavy promotion on an album that's not commercially interesting". That makes sense, and would be reason for Jon to make it more of the same so that he gets the exposure he always wants for his new albums.
The Circle therefore is interesting. It was filled with songs of which Jon thought would be succesful, but they weren't. I wonder what direction he now thinks the band should head in, as they haven't made a decent pop rock album in years now. I'm positive The Circle is seen as a major failure by Jon, both commercially but artistically as well, as he measures artistic succes by how many records are being sold.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan