John Mellencamp won’t have to worry about negotiating a record contract for the rest of his life. Republic Records has signed him to an unprecedented “lifetime” contract.
Mellencamp has done some bouncing around between labels over the length of his career, recording for Mercury (1976’s Chestnut Street Incident, 1987’s Lonesome Jubilee through 1996’s Mr. Happy-Go-Lucky), Riva (1978’s A Biography through 1985’s Scarecrow), Columbia (1998’s John Mellencamp through 2003’s Trouble No More), Universal Republic (2007’s Freedom’s Road), Hear Music (2008’s Live, Death, Love and Freedom) and Rounder (2010’s No Better Than This).
Republic co-founder and chief executive Monte Lipman said “Not only has he served as an ambassador of social consciousness in America, but he has also provided the soundtrack of a generation. We’re thrilled to be working with John Mellencamp as part of this historic deal.”
Up first will be the album Plain Spoken, his 22nd studio album, which is being called “a stunningly elegant and soul-searching gem.” A release date has not been set.
Also coming on July 8 is Trouble No More: Live at Town Hall from Mercury/UME.
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