Well, well, well...it looks as if after all these years someone IS doing exactly what I said that the music industry should do.
I think AC/DC were the first recording artist to release a music home video in 1980 called "Let There Be Rock". Then the early artists that I know about that re-released their catelog on c.d./d.v.d. the way I said the music industry should do were R.E.M. and The Talking Heads.
Now it looks like a certain Mr. Young is the first to impliment it Blu-Ray discs the way I have been saying would be so mindblowing. Yet everyone here said that the idea was crap. Maybe it will fail...but I dought it.
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I don't know about you, but I certainly didn't get the impression that he was releasing twenty albums on a single disc... That is what you have been suggesting, , isn't it?
To get back to the actual release, how do you suppose it differs from the multimedia cd-roms that were available in the early 90's? (Apart from being on a different disc format)
To get back to the actual release, how do you suppose it differs from the multimedia cd-roms that were available in the early 90's? (Apart from being on a different disc format)
Thanks for...um...somewhat paying attention! Not exactly...I was not ever suggesting that all of 20 l.p.s should be on one disc. Even though people were desperately trying to tell me and accuse me of being persistant of that idea. Alas...I have been saying since day one that it would be great for artists to add a certain amount of unreleased tracks on A Blu-Ray disc for EACH studio l.p. I would definitely say it is entirely concievable that I have not communicated very well either so there you go.
SO my point being that I thought that each studio l.p. should be released as an individual Blu-Ray disc...15 Queen studio l.p.s would equal 15 Blu-Ray discs. My point being was to do basically what Brian May had suggested four years ago or so with them being their own c.d./d.v.d. combos. That being for each release to have unreleased songs, demos, outtakes, instrumentals, alternative versions of songs, what I call "short films" and other people call "music videos" for all that were and have been related to the l.p. and all their versions, old interviews from the time period and any since then pertaining to the project/songs/what have you, new interviews (for example the Eagle Entertianment release "The Making Of "A Night At The Opera", and whatever documentary on the project, and 5.1.
I was trying to get discussions as to what people thought should be on each disc but most everytime I had been TOTALLY dismissed and the discussion got nowhere. Alas.
I think people were turned off of the idea that all the stuff I suggested be on each disc would not be in their own box set. Meaning they would have to buy all 15 studio l.p.s again to get the unreleased and rare features.
I still think a box set or box sets could be done. I was hoping in the same vein as "The Freddie Mercury Solo Collection" both in physical size and with maybe as many discs in it as possible but maybe there would need to be three box sets with what would be 5 Blu-Ray discs in each. I still think they could each be the physical size of the Freddie Mecury box set from the year 2000 in an oversized hardback book in a hard slipcase. I swear I use that as the standard for the best packaging of any type of box set EVER!! Only the past few months has anyone else released anything else in that size that I know about.
SO my point being that I thought that each studio l.p. should be released as an individual Blu-Ray disc...15 Queen studio l.p.s would equal 15 Blu-Ray discs. My point being was to do basically what Brian May had suggested four years ago or so with them being their own c.d./d.v.d. combos. That being for each release to have unreleased songs, demos, outtakes, instrumentals, alternative versions of songs, what I call "short films" and other people call "music videos" for all that were and have been related to the l.p. and all their versions, old interviews from the time period and any since then pertaining to the project/songs/what have you, new interviews (for example the Eagle Entertianment release "The Making Of "A Night At The Opera", and whatever documentary on the project, and 5.1.
I was trying to get discussions as to what people thought should be on each disc but most everytime I had been TOTALLY dismissed and the discussion got nowhere. Alas.
I think people were turned off of the idea that all the stuff I suggested be on each disc would not be in their own box set. Meaning they would have to buy all 15 studio l.p.s again to get the unreleased and rare features.
I still think a box set or box sets could be done. I was hoping in the same vein as "The Freddie Mercury Solo Collection" both in physical size and with maybe as many discs in it as possible but maybe there would need to be three box sets with what would be 5 Blu-Ray discs in each. I still think they could each be the physical size of the Freddie Mecury box set from the year 2000 in an oversized hardback book in a hard slipcase. I swear I use that as the standard for the best packaging of any type of box set EVER!! Only the past few months has anyone else released anything else in that size that I know about.
Phew! I was scared he wasn't going to release it on DVD! I've been waiting for this stuff, and would be quite pissed if I had to miss out on it because I didn't have a Blu-Ray player.
Neil rocks.
Neil rocks.
I thought you meant Will Young!
I like the concept, but I also think, if it were possible and Queen went for the idea, that each Blu Ray release should contain a live show from the tours to support each album - Im sure if they actually collected together all the live footage believed to be out there, along with all the stuff in the archives most of the albums could have a live how attached, creating a fantastic document of where the band were up to at that stage in their career.
It'll never happen though!
It'll never happen though!
Personally I think it would be good to keep the studio recordings seperate from the live recordings. I think what would be a good idea was to have live audio recordings with some of the concert films on their own releases. Such as "Live At Wembley" could be the concert film with all of the bonus features, the audio portion, and then another audio concert or more concerts from that tour that does NOT have a film to accompany it.
Blu-ray rocks!!!
All of these suggestions are great. However, with the advances in technology, what's to say that there won't be a "better" medium along in the very near future?
If, as is likely, QPL have been waiting for simply the best medium on which to present Queen's rarities, then surely they will now be looking for whatever is next and "better" than Blu-Ray.
Ideally, for me, each of the individual Queen studio releases would be augmented with relevant edits, re-mixes, rehearsals, out-takes and demos. This would give the fan base the opportunity to buy whichever studio sets most attracts them For me that would be everything up until 1983; I'd then buy the remainder as and when I could be bothered or the mood took me. Bundling everything together is a bit presumptuous in terms of assuming that everyone likes everything the band did.
Similar for live releases - these would, ideally, be kept separate from ANY studio recordings as they are never wholly representative of the albums they toured to promote. Bundling live shows together to perpresent either a tour (Earls Court & Houston to represent 1977) or (at a stretch) a venue (Hammy Odeon 75 & 79) would be the ideal. The Who recently offered a live compilation to subscribers of their newly-launched website which is laudable, but ultimately leads to questions about meandering sound quality, song selection, repetativeness and, ultimately, "we want more!". For me, it's just a missed opportunity and I'd hope that Queen don't follow along this road.
As ever though, we enter another year STILL waiting for any kind of official news regarding the archive releases that have been promised for so long.
I doubt that this year will be any different from any before.
Come January 2009, we'll still be asking the same questions.
If, as is likely, QPL have been waiting for simply the best medium on which to present Queen's rarities, then surely they will now be looking for whatever is next and "better" than Blu-Ray.
Ideally, for me, each of the individual Queen studio releases would be augmented with relevant edits, re-mixes, rehearsals, out-takes and demos. This would give the fan base the opportunity to buy whichever studio sets most attracts them For me that would be everything up until 1983; I'd then buy the remainder as and when I could be bothered or the mood took me. Bundling everything together is a bit presumptuous in terms of assuming that everyone likes everything the band did.
Similar for live releases - these would, ideally, be kept separate from ANY studio recordings as they are never wholly representative of the albums they toured to promote. Bundling live shows together to perpresent either a tour (Earls Court & Houston to represent 1977) or (at a stretch) a venue (Hammy Odeon 75 & 79) would be the ideal. The Who recently offered a live compilation to subscribers of their newly-launched website which is laudable, but ultimately leads to questions about meandering sound quality, song selection, repetativeness and, ultimately, "we want more!". For me, it's just a missed opportunity and I'd hope that Queen don't follow along this road.
As ever though, we enter another year STILL waiting for any kind of official news regarding the archive releases that have been promised for so long.
I doubt that this year will be any different from any before.
Come January 2009, we'll still be asking the same questions.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Benn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
If, as is likely, QPL have been waiting for simply the best medium on which to present Queen's rarities, then surely they will now be looking for whatever is next and "better" than Blu-Ray.[/QUOTE]
I find that hard to believe to be honest. Queen Productions can barely master making a DVD let alone a Blu-ray disc.
I can't see an replacement for Blu-ray coming along anytime soon either. Most people don't even have an HD television yet, so it's premature to start talking about a replacement for Blu-ray.
Personally I don't see a need to issue Queen concerts or what not on Blu-ray unless they were filmed in HD. DVD would do just fine.
If, as is likely, QPL have been waiting for simply the best medium on which to present Queen's rarities, then surely they will now be looking for whatever is next and "better" than Blu-Ray.[/QUOTE]
I find that hard to believe to be honest. Queen Productions can barely master making a DVD let alone a Blu-ray disc.
I can't see an replacement for Blu-ray coming along anytime soon either. Most people don't even have an HD television yet, so it's premature to start talking about a replacement for Blu-ray.
Personally I don't see a need to issue Queen concerts or what not on Blu-ray unless they were filmed in HD. DVD would do just fine.
Erm... i gues he hasn't heard of SACD and DVD-Audio and what happened to them.
Er, I guess you all haven't heard that Blu-Ray is the next official format worldwide? There is nothing else on the horizen. This has been in the works for years. Whatever! One can lay the evidence out only so much!
AlexRocks, re:
>>Whatever! One can lay the evidence out only so much!
Forgive me, but what "evidence" have you laid out?
>>Whatever! One can lay the evidence out only so much!
Forgive me, but what "evidence" have you laid out?
That the electronics industry worldwide are deciding overwelmingly that the next format for film to replace d.v.d.s is Blu-Ray. I have no idea if the music industry will adopt it next BUT I have said that it would be not only most logical since the music industry is not doing well but I have now given an example of one major recording artist that is apparently doing just this thing. I also have mentioned recording artists that have done what I mentioned using c.d./d.v.d. combo packages before doing such a thing on a Blu-Ray music format. Thanks for asking.
Dude, they (Music industry) ain't using BluRay for anything. They can't afford to keep making mistakes. And if the perfectly good DVD-A and SACD format hasn't worked out, I certainly don't see BluRay getting used anytime soon.
DVD-A, for me, is still the format they should've embraced more.
Adam.
DVD-A, for me, is still the format they should've embraced more.
Adam.