January 3: all albums get digital release by Island Records

Books, newspapers, journals etc are normally 'published', whereas cds, records etc are usually 'released'. But, we'll have to wait to see for certain.

Wilki Amieva wrote: New liner notes with unpublished photos. 2001 remasters.
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Yes, likely.

"bisher unveröffentlichtes Material" means previously unreleased sound material - definitely not some photos or new liner notes. You can trust my command of the German language with that.

Adam Baboolal wrote:

[QUOTE]First up, that Beatles comment makes me laugh :P Obviously a joke because, as anyone familiar with the Beatles back catalogue knows, they've been sitting in a pretty sorry state for 20-something years on CD. It took them far too long to release it properly.[/QUOTE]

Properly?  The new remasters are crap.  At the very most, there is a 1% difference in the sound quality from the 1988 versions.

I think the Beatles remasters are excellent. I have the Stereo box and the Mono box, they are both great. If the new Queen CDs should be such as good I would not mind if any unreleased material is on them or not.
It's obviously all a matter of taste.

YourValentine wrote: "bisher unveröffentlichtes Material" means previously unreleased sound material - definitely not some photos or new liner notes. You can trust my command of the German language with that.
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Okay, obviously something was lost in the original translation. That's a lot more promising. As long as it's not a bonus interview CD ...

If they package the whole back-catalogue in beautiful digipacks with extensive booklets (like thte Beatles did) I'd be very happy. I just hope they properly remix everything. I don't care about the original mix of the debut-album or stuff like Innuendo -  I just want it to sound as good as possible. Or maybe include the original mix and a 40th anniversary mix or something.

I doubt they'll be remixed from the multitracks. I've heard that they are being remastered by Bob Ludwig. 

Our best chance of getting a new mix of the songs is if they release DVD-Audio versions of the albums. I now only listen to that version of The Game, as the sound is so much clearer.

Fingers crossed!

I agree with YV, the new beatles remasters are really nice. Most tracks are sounding rather lush and sweet now thanks to a really in-depth testing of how to get it sounding as good as the acclaimed vinyl masterings of years gone by.

I guess it shows that some folk hear things rather differently, going by Sir GH's comment. When I compared the old 88 remasters with the newer 2009 remasters, I was rather taken aback at how they'd changed. Sometimes quite radically. It's worth remembering that George Martin was brought in for the mastering process back in 88 and he admitted he got it wrong. This was due to his age and the amount of high end he had added. Sad but true.

They will all be worth waiting for.....roll on 2011.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]GT wrote:[/QUOTENAME] They will all be worth waiting for.....roll on 2011. [/QUOTE]

Welcome back, Gary. I seriously HOPE you're right but after the single boxes I remain sceptical. But I would LOVE to be wrong

"Previously unreleased sound material" eh?  Sounds interesting...  I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of it.  Now, if Queen could just ditch Hollywood Records..

"Digital release"?
Doesn't that mean download rather than a physical copy?
I'm sorry, but unless i can have something tangible in my hands, they ain't getting my money again.

Holly2003 wrote: Books, newspapers, journals etc are normally 'published', whereas cds, records etc are usually 'released'. But, we'll have to wait to see for certain.

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Actually, in the music industry, all songs and music are published. From Wikipedia:

"A simple view, in the music industry, is that a music publisher (or publishing company) is responsible for ensuring the songwriters and composers receive payment when theircompositions are used commercially."

That was first sentence. Here's the rest of the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_publisher_(popular_music)

Hope this helps.

Surprising amount of developments in the Queen world after a pretty barren spell with the movie, the new book ("Is this the real life"which is supposed to be superb), the Freddie tribute single, the move to Universal etc.  Seems like 2011 may be a banner year for Queen.