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Yes I can safely say that these two are in the box....obviously.
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Simon Brown
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[b]GT wrote: [/b]
Yes I can safely say that these two are in the box....obviously.[/QUOTE]
Obviously? That's a shame if you're indicating then that UK hit singles (the Greatest Hits type singles) get precedence over the slightly rarer things. Of the 7 possible AKOM singles, I'd much rather see Pain Is So Close to Pleasure and One Year Of Love over A Kind Of Magic and Who Wants To Live Forever. WWTLF in particular is a fantastic song, but I could really live without another copy of it.
Ah well, there's more than enough in these sets to keep my interest, but it seems like a missed opportunity in this regard.
[b]GT wrote: [/b]
Yes I can safely say that these two are in the box....obviously.[/QUOTE]
Obviously? That's a shame if you're indicating then that UK hit singles (the Greatest Hits type singles) get precedence over the slightly rarer things. Of the 7 possible AKOM singles, I'd much rather see Pain Is So Close to Pleasure and One Year Of Love over A Kind Of Magic and Who Wants To Live Forever. WWTLF in particular is a fantastic song, but I could really live without another copy of it.
Ah well, there's more than enough in these sets to keep my interest, but it seems like a missed opportunity in this regard.
GT
If I say that both [i]ONE YEAR OF LOVE[/i] and [i]PAIN IS SO CLOSE TO PLEASURE[/i] were hit singles (top 40) somewhere, then you know what I mean.
DragonOnMyBack
And if I am not mistaken Princes of the Universe hit number 32 in Austrailia as well.
GT, Are the final two boxes going to follow the first 2 and have 13 discs each?
If so, and given that I think you mentioned previously the sets would run up to No-one but you / Under Pressure (Rah). I'm not sure how all the remaining Top 40 singles can fit into 2 boxes of 13 discs..
By my calculations there are at least the following top 40 singles still remaining :
1) It's A hard Liffe
2) Hammer To Fall
3) Thank God It's Christmas
4) One Vision
5) A Kind Of Magic
6) Friends Will Be Friends
7) Who Wants To Live Forever
8) I Want It All
9) Breakthru
10) The Invisible Man
11) Scandal
12) The Miracle
13) Innuendo
14) I'm Going Slightly Mad
15) Headlong
16) The Show Must Go On
17) Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives
18) Heaven For Everyone
19) A Winter's Tale
20) Too Much Love Will Kill You
21) Let Me Live
22) You Don't Fool Me
23) No One But You
24) Under Pressure (Rah)
Using the above based on UK chart positions thats 24 discs, leaving only 2 for the following:
Princes Of The Universe (#32 in Australia)
Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (#26 in Holland)
One Year Of Love (#29 in Spain)
Unless of course at least one of the last two boxes is going to contain more than 13 discs.
There are also other singles that could qualify, such as the Five Live single with George Michael depending on how strict the rules are about other artists appearing / whether they are classes are re-issues of earlier releases etc
GT, Are the final two boxes going to follow the first 2 and have 13 discs each?
If so, and given that I think you mentioned previously the sets would run up to No-one but you / Under Pressure (Rah). I'm not sure how all the remaining Top 40 singles can fit into 2 boxes of 13 discs..
By my calculations there are at least the following top 40 singles still remaining :
1) It's A hard Liffe
2) Hammer To Fall
3) Thank God It's Christmas
4) One Vision
5) A Kind Of Magic
6) Friends Will Be Friends
7) Who Wants To Live Forever
8) I Want It All
9) Breakthru
10) The Invisible Man
11) Scandal
12) The Miracle
13) Innuendo
14) I'm Going Slightly Mad
15) Headlong
16) The Show Must Go On
17) Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives
18) Heaven For Everyone
19) A Winter's Tale
20) Too Much Love Will Kill You
21) Let Me Live
22) You Don't Fool Me
23) No One But You
24) Under Pressure (Rah)
Using the above based on UK chart positions thats 24 discs, leaving only 2 for the following:
Princes Of The Universe (#32 in Australia)
Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (#26 in Holland)
One Year Of Love (#29 in Spain)
Unless of course at least one of the last two boxes is going to contain more than 13 discs.
There are also other singles that could qualify, such as the Five Live single with George Michael depending on how strict the rules are about other artists appearing / whether they are classes are re-issues of earlier releases etc
GT
We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts.
[b]Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia?
[/b]Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time.
[b]Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia?
[/b]Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time.
4 x Vision
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[b]GT wrote: [/b]
We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts.
[b]Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia?
[/b]Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time.[/QUOTE]
Where did it get to when released in Holland as a single when GHIII album came out?
Princes Of The Universe - Holland Parlophone 7243 8 88368 0 7
I found it while cleaning out a chest of drawers... can't remember for the life of me when or where I got it from originally lol
[b]GT wrote: [/b]
We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts.
[b]Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia?
[/b]Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time.[/QUOTE]
Where did it get to when released in Holland as a single when GHIII album came out?
Princes Of The Universe - Holland Parlophone 7243 8 88368 0 7
I found it while cleaning out a chest of drawers... can't remember for the life of me when or where I got it from originally lol
4 x Vision
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[b]Van Basten 9 wrote: [/b]
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[b]GT wrote: [/b]
We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts.
[b]Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia?
[/b]Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time.
[/QUOTE]
Where did it get to when released in Holland as a single when GHIII album came out?
Princes Of The Universe - Holland Parlophone 7243 8 88368 0 7
I found it while cleaning out a chest of drawers... can't remember for the life of me when or where I got it from originally lol
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Sorry... can't sleep... answered my own question... got to 46 (6 weeks) :
http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Princes+Of+The+Universe&cat=s
[b]Van Basten 9 wrote: [/b]
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[b]GT wrote: [/b]
We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts.
[b]Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia?
[/b]Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time.
[/QUOTE]
Where did it get to when released in Holland as a single when GHIII album came out?
Princes Of The Universe - Holland Parlophone 7243 8 88368 0 7
I found it while cleaning out a chest of drawers... can't remember for the life of me when or where I got it from originally lol
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Sorry... can't sleep... answered my own question... got to 46 (6 weeks) :
http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Princes+Of+The+Universe&cat=s
4 x Vision
Anyone able to get this book... that'd possibly tell you if POTU made top 40 or not...
http://wapedia.mobi/en/David_Kent_(historian)#4.
http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=javascript%3Aparent.parent.self.location.href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.austchartbook.com.au%2Fbook1970-1992.htm%22&sig=ALEbrzmR2m8Ae4EGh2yLUromMevKlUJ-Aw
http://wapedia.mobi/en/David_Kent_(historian)#4.
http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=javascript%3Aparent.parent.self.location.href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.austchartbook.com.au%2Fbook1970-1992.htm%22&sig=ALEbrzmR2m8Ae4EGh2yLUromMevKlUJ-Aw
JeroenG
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[b]DragonOnMyBack wrote: [/b]
By my calculations there are at least the following top 40 singles still remaining :
1) It's A hard Liffe
2) Hammer To Fall
3) Thank God It's Christmas
4) One Vision
5) A Kind Of Magic
6) Friends Will Be Friends
7) Who Wants To Live Forever
8) I Want It All
9) Breakthru
10) The Invisible Man
11) Scandal
12) The Miracle
13) Innuendo
14) I'm Going Slightly Mad
15) Headlong
16) The Show Must Go On
17) Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives
18) Heaven For Everyone
19) A Winter's Tale
20) Too Much Love Will Kill You
21) Let Me Live
22) You Don't Fool Me
23) No One But You
24) Under Pressure (Rah)
Using the above based on UK chart positions thats 24 discs, leaving only 2 for the following:
Princes Of The Universe (#32 in Australia)
Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (#26 in Holland)
One Year Of Love (#29 in Spain)
[/QUOTE]
If I remember well, the reissue We will rock you/We are the champions from 1992 was a big hit in the Netherlands too. Or actually it wasn't a reissue, because officially it was a live-single taken from the 'Live at Wembley 86' album, but on the radio most of the time track 3 and 4 of the single were played, which are the original studio versions.
edit: I checked Wikipedia and it says there reaching the charts number 12. Don't know if that number is correct but it definately was a big hit.
Also the 1994 reissue of 'We are the champions' was a small hit (no. 32 according to Wikipedia). Again, don't know if this number is correct but it wás a hit.
[b]DragonOnMyBack wrote: [/b]
By my calculations there are at least the following top 40 singles still remaining :
1) It's A hard Liffe
2) Hammer To Fall
3) Thank God It's Christmas
4) One Vision
5) A Kind Of Magic
6) Friends Will Be Friends
7) Who Wants To Live Forever
8) I Want It All
9) Breakthru
10) The Invisible Man
11) Scandal
12) The Miracle
13) Innuendo
14) I'm Going Slightly Mad
15) Headlong
16) The Show Must Go On
17) Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives
18) Heaven For Everyone
19) A Winter's Tale
20) Too Much Love Will Kill You
21) Let Me Live
22) You Don't Fool Me
23) No One But You
24) Under Pressure (Rah)
Using the above based on UK chart positions thats 24 discs, leaving only 2 for the following:
Princes Of The Universe (#32 in Australia)
Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (#26 in Holland)
One Year Of Love (#29 in Spain)
[/QUOTE]
If I remember well, the reissue We will rock you/We are the champions from 1992 was a big hit in the Netherlands too. Or actually it wasn't a reissue, because officially it was a live-single taken from the 'Live at Wembley 86' album, but on the radio most of the time track 3 and 4 of the single were played, which are the original studio versions.
edit: I checked Wikipedia and it says there reaching the charts number 12. Don't know if that number is correct but it definately was a big hit.
Also the 1994 reissue of 'We are the champions' was a small hit (no. 32 according to Wikipedia). Again, don't know if this number is correct but it wás a hit.
cmsdrums
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[b]JeroenG wrote: [/b]
If I remember well, the reissue We will rock you/We are the champions from 1992 was a big hit in the Netherlands too. Or actually it wasn't a reissue, because officially it was a live-single taken from the 'Live at Wembley 86' album, but on the radio most of the time track 3 and 4 of the single were played, which are the original studio versions.
edit: I checked Wikipedia and it says there reaching the charts number 12. Don't know if that number is correct but it definately was a big hit.
Also the 1994 reissue of 'We are the champions' was a small hit (no. 32 according to Wikipedia). Again, don't know if this number is correct but it wás a hit.
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Good point - I have previously posted somewhere on here about these releases from Live At Wembley, and as to whether they qualify for the box sets. On this data they definitely do (Love of My Life is included and that was a live single).
It's slightly strange that GT says that they don't want to release too much info about tracklistings, but surely by the very nature of the sets containing only top 40 singles we already know the exact contents! (bar one or two doubtfuls which from the sound of it even those putting together the boxes haven't really even found out about yet!!)
[b]JeroenG wrote: [/b]
If I remember well, the reissue We will rock you/We are the champions from 1992 was a big hit in the Netherlands too. Or actually it wasn't a reissue, because officially it was a live-single taken from the 'Live at Wembley 86' album, but on the radio most of the time track 3 and 4 of the single were played, which are the original studio versions.
edit: I checked Wikipedia and it says there reaching the charts number 12. Don't know if that number is correct but it definately was a big hit.
Also the 1994 reissue of 'We are the champions' was a small hit (no. 32 according to Wikipedia). Again, don't know if this number is correct but it wás a hit.
[/QUOTE]
Good point - I have previously posted somewhere on here about these releases from Live At Wembley, and as to whether they qualify for the box sets. On this data they definitely do (Love of My Life is included and that was a live single).
It's slightly strange that GT says that they don't want to release too much info about tracklistings, but surely by the very nature of the sets containing only top 40 singles we already know the exact contents! (bar one or two doubtfuls which from the sound of it even those putting together the boxes haven't really even found out about yet!!)
Micrówave
[QUOTE]It's slightly strange that GT says that they don't want to release too much info about tracklistings, [/QUOTE]
That's because they're taking the "LOST" approach... making it up as they go.
They realize as they get closer to the end of these, they're not going to sell as much. Volume IV will not sell half as much as Volume I, so someone needs to figure out how to equalize that out. Probably, some unreleased stuff will end up on IV, just to get the sales.
That's because they're taking the "LOST" approach... making it up as they go.
They realize as they get closer to the end of these, they're not going to sell as much. Volume IV will not sell half as much as Volume I, so someone needs to figure out how to equalize that out. Probably, some unreleased stuff will end up on IV, just to get the sales.
Simon Brown
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[b]GT wrote: [/b]
We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts.
[b]Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia?
[/b]Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time.[/QUOTE]
Clearly I can take no credit for this, as Van Basten 9 has done all the work, but it seems as confirmed as it's likely to be -
[url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=28035]http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=28035[/url]
[b]GT wrote: [/b]
We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts.
[b]Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia?
[/b]Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time.[/QUOTE]
Clearly I can take no credit for this, as Van Basten 9 has done all the work, but it seems as confirmed as it's likely to be -
[url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=28035]http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=28035[/url]
DragonOnMyBack
That seems quite good info, in that whoever found it is very specific about the dates and positions, seems to know all the details so unlikely to be guess work.
After posting my list earlier and seeing GT's comment I took the liberty of doing a search myself but could only come up with a wikipedia entry which is not always reliable. During the search I learnt about the Kent Charts and and found that they copies for 86/87 in the Library of Victoria. The Library website has a section that allows you to ask questions relating to the content of the Library so I sent them a message asking the question of when and what position it got to in the charts according to the Kent documents they have. Not sure if I will get an answer but it says they will get back to me within 10 days with some sort of response. If I get anything that can co-oberate the link above I will post it here. But getting hold of the Kent book should also answer the question, Kent was considered the official Australian chart in 1986/87. The charts are now handled by another company.
After posting my list earlier and seeing GT's comment I took the liberty of doing a search myself but could only come up with a wikipedia entry which is not always reliable. During the search I learnt about the Kent Charts and and found that they copies for 86/87 in the Library of Victoria. The Library website has a section that allows you to ask questions relating to the content of the Library so I sent them a message asking the question of when and what position it got to in the charts according to the Kent documents they have. Not sure if I will get an answer but it says they will get back to me within 10 days with some sort of response. If I get anything that can co-oberate the link above I will post it here. But getting hold of the Kent book should also answer the question, Kent was considered the official Australian chart in 1986/87. The charts are now handled by another company.
DragonOnMyBack
GT, In terms of proof - what sort of evidence do you need to have enough weight to argue that it should be included in the boxsets?
I've asked the guy who posted the chart placings under the forum link above if he can provide a scan of the chart or at least a reference to the source of his information.
I've also asked the researcher at the State Library of Victoria if they can send me a scan of the chart / their source - assuming they can comfirm that it reached the Top 40.
I've asked the guy who posted the chart placings under the forum link above if he can provide a scan of the chart or at least a reference to the source of his information.
I've also asked the researcher at the State Library of Victoria if they can send me a scan of the chart / their source - assuming they can comfirm that it reached the Top 40.
JeroenG
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[b]JeroenG wrote: [/b]
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[b]DragonOnMyBack wrote: [/b]
By my calculations there are at least the following top 40 singles still remaining :
1) It's A hard Liffe
2) Hammer To Fall
3) Thank God It's Christmas
4) One Vision
5) A Kind Of Magic
6) Friends Will Be Friends
7) Who Wants To Live Forever
8) I Want It All
9) Breakthru
10) The Invisible Man
11) Scandal
12) The Miracle
13) Innuendo
14) I'm Going Slightly Mad
15) Headlong
16) The Show Must Go On
17) Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives
18) Heaven For Everyone
19) A Winter's Tale
20) Too Much Love Will Kill You
21) Let Me Live
22) You Don't Fool Me
23) No One But You
24) Under Pressure (Rah)
Using the above based on UK chart positions thats 24 discs, leaving only 2 for the following:
Princes Of The Universe (#32 in Australia)
Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (#26 in Holland)
One Year Of Love (#29 in Spain)
[/QUOTE]
If I remember well, the reissue We will rock you/We are the champions from 1992 was a big hit in the Netherlands too. Or actually it wasn't a reissue, because officially it was a live-single taken from the 'Live at Wembley 86' album, but on the radio most of the time track 3 and 4 of the single were played, which are the original studio versions.
edit: I checked Wikipedia and it says there reaching the charts number 12. Don't know if that number is correct but it definately was a big hit.
Also the 1994 reissue of 'We are the champions' was a small hit (no. 32 according to Wikipedia). Again, don't know if this number is correct but it wás a hit.
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Want to add the 1992-reissue of Who Wants To Live Forever to this too. It went no.7 in the Netherlands, according to Wikipedia. Again, not sure about the position but again it WAS a hit.
[b]JeroenG wrote: [/b]
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[b]DragonOnMyBack wrote: [/b]
By my calculations there are at least the following top 40 singles still remaining :
1) It's A hard Liffe
2) Hammer To Fall
3) Thank God It's Christmas
4) One Vision
5) A Kind Of Magic
6) Friends Will Be Friends
7) Who Wants To Live Forever
8) I Want It All
9) Breakthru
10) The Invisible Man
11) Scandal
12) The Miracle
13) Innuendo
14) I'm Going Slightly Mad
15) Headlong
16) The Show Must Go On
17) Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives
18) Heaven For Everyone
19) A Winter's Tale
20) Too Much Love Will Kill You
21) Let Me Live
22) You Don't Fool Me
23) No One But You
24) Under Pressure (Rah)
Using the above based on UK chart positions thats 24 discs, leaving only 2 for the following:
Princes Of The Universe (#32 in Australia)
Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (#26 in Holland)
One Year Of Love (#29 in Spain)
[/QUOTE]
If I remember well, the reissue We will rock you/We are the champions from 1992 was a big hit in the Netherlands too. Or actually it wasn't a reissue, because officially it was a live-single taken from the 'Live at Wembley 86' album, but on the radio most of the time track 3 and 4 of the single were played, which are the original studio versions.
edit: I checked Wikipedia and it says there reaching the charts number 12. Don't know if that number is correct but it definately was a big hit.
Also the 1994 reissue of 'We are the champions' was a small hit (no. 32 according to Wikipedia). Again, don't know if this number is correct but it wás a hit.
[/QUOTE]
Want to add the 1992-reissue of Who Wants To Live Forever to this too. It went no.7 in the Netherlands, according to Wikipedia. Again, not sure about the position but again it WAS a hit.