There's a release date for Australia in July on Universal - I just spoke to a rep there this morning. Possibly the reactions to the early promos were not promising. They seemed to place a lot of weight on feedback which doesn't happen often here. I love his old stuff but the sampler is as I say underwhelming...
> The Album that was supposed to drop June of 2004 and then pushed back > until May 3rd of this year and then pushed back again until June 14th > and then again until June 21st,,, May NEVER Drop. As of now it is on > hold with no release date. The label apparently thinks it will not make > any money and decided to shelve it. But what's shady about it is that > MOTOWN has not made a comment on it and still are allowing pre-orders to > be made on their site as well as their major distributors site even > though they have no plans of releasing it yet. Stevie Wonder is back in > the studio RE_Working,,whatever that means,,, the album. > > Stevie Wonder also hasn't said much but was on The Tom Joyner Morning > Show and slipped up and said that he's in the studio "WORKING" on the > album. Being that it's a comedy show, they were joking about how one can > still work on an album that is due in less than two weeks. Out of > respect they sort of let it go. Recently a small story on the whole > controversy has finally been posted on Stevie's Site. > > http://www.stevie-wonder.com/news.html > > Ja'Maul Redmond > 1100 S. Tryon St. Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28203 > t: 704.343.9900 f:704.343.9999 www.perkinswill.com > > Perkins+Will. Ideas + buildings that honor the broader goals of society > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anya K Stang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:42 AM > To: Jason Brunton > Cc: D1; 313 > Subject: Re: (313) Stevie Wonder ? > > It's on Motown. > http://www.stevie-wonder.com/albums.html > http://www.motown.com > Haven't yet heard it but will do at some point. > Always had a very soft spot for Stevie Wonder. > > On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at 09:21 Europe/London, Jason Brunton wrote: > >> I'm a fairly recent convert to Stevie Wonder so I'd be interested in >> hearing it- do you know what label its on? >> >> cheers >> >> Jason >> >> >> On 24 May 2005, at 01:06, D1 wrote: >> >>> Anyone heard his new album yet ? >>> Or anyone interested? >>> Eamonn / D1 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >
