Okay! I know this one's 3 years old but it seems rather incomplete with only 2 responses! (?) I'm not surprised that a corprate label didn't give it's full support to it's artist. That's never surprising. What is surprising is that Gordon actually stayed with the label after 2 embarrasing "flops". (That's the general public and critics' view,not mine.) Even if it meant being without a label for a long time,I would have taken a walk! In answer to the original questions:The label released a single and made a video because at that time it was a "must" for a label to release a single (unlike today!) The video came about most likely because just about every other artist at that time was doing them (except the one's who absolutlely refused to "make a spectacle of themselves." I forget which one said that.) Maybe they thought,it worked for others,it might work for him. Another reason is,if they didn't do even that much,it would've given Gordon a clear cut reason to take legal action to be released from his WB's contract. Major labels don't like to lose in any sense. Whatever went down,"Shadows" definetly is his best '80's LP and in terms of comparison to the '70's,it shows he could've gone on to bigger things than just being a "mellow" artist. I feel he truly re-invented himself but back then,most labels just wanted a "1 trick pony!"
The fools. It's been the B! I'll catch ya on the flipside of Sundown
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