REISSUE OF GH1 & GH2

Soundfreak wrote: It's a question of philosophy - what do you want to hear.

Do you want to hear, how the records sounded in those days  - due to limitations of technical equipment in those days?

Or do you want to hear, how the band  r e a l l y sounded, when they performed in the studio?

Think of all those artists from the days of the grammophone era. They never ever sounded that tinny and scratchy, when they recorded their songs. And I would love to hear artists like maybe the Commedian Harmonists how they really sounded - not their technically unsatisfying records.

I know how the Queen albums sounded. I don't need that reproduced on cd...;-)

I agree.  I'm sure that, at the very least, Queen and Queen II (and probably Sheer Heat Attack and maybe drums on ANATO too) didn't sound as the band would have envisaged them.  Once they got to ADATR I think they had mastered their craft, and their experience from then on, along with the technology of more multiple track recording gave them them the sound that they were looking for on subsequent albums (thought God knows what they were thinking of with Jazz!!)

Those early albums however don't truly reppresent what the band wanted them to sound like, and how much more alive the songs could have become with a greater knowledge, and more time, on the mixing/production side.

Whilst the actual performances don't need changing in any way, and possibly the mix levels of the individual instruments is pretty much ok, the actual sonic representation of the intruments themselves could be so greatly enhanced with today's mixing facilities, and make the songs truly sparkle.  An example would be that just by upgrading the drums either by remixing, or even adding sampled drum sounds to Roger's actual beats, would be a huge upgrade from the current 'cardboard boxes' that currnently imitate his drums on the debut album.

Adding drums samples... re-recording drum sounds....

Ah, no thanks.

I'll take the "cardboard box" sound over someone fiddling with how they think they should sound and second guessing what they think Queen may have wanted from the sound 40 years ago.

Just give me a nice flat transfer from the analogue masters with as little fiddling as possible along with a proper vinyl release to save me tracking down multiple copies of first press vinyl to find a good one.

Then I'll be happy. For a little while!

Just give me a nice flat transfer from the analogue masters with as little fiddling as possible along with a proper vinyl release to save me tracking down multiple copies of first press vinyl to find a good one.

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You got that stuff already, buy the Hollywood CD, there you even have the 40Hz hum on "Keep yourself alive"....

Resampling things is definitely not what restoring should be. But it's pointless to come up with another flat transfer from an analogue master, that was done in 1973 for vinyl with all it's limitations...

Regardless of the reduncancy..............take into account this.............if you take rights to a company or a product, you are goint to stamp your name on it to get the bang for your buck.

Thus...........so long EMI or Hollywood disks in your store.  The new company's logo and product will be on the shelves.

Makes sense.  How many Elektra cds were on the shelves during the '90s?

Excited about 'new' hits disks?   Of course not.

Just a short note to tell you that the Japanese releases of both GHs, to be issued on January 11, 2011, will include bonus tracks (as well as some kind of sticker with the 40 logo). GH1 will include Teo Torriatte, while GH2 will be adding I Was Born To Love You.

How will "Greatest Hits II" have any room for more music to be added, eh?

My guess is that Japanese ones will be on the SHM format, do they not have a higher capacity than "regular" CDs?

WTF, adding a 1996 hit to a 1991 album? What will be next, adding Bohemian Rhapsody onto Sheer Heart Attack to make that album sell more? :D

Hmmm...I will have to think about that a bit.    Initially I would agree with you on that...I'm not sure what to think yet...something in this case like that song probably if anything should be released on "Greatest Hits III".     Let me think about that for a while...

So, as I have done further reading on the re-issues, am I reading it right that these WILL NOT be re-released in the United States?!  While we are in the age of technology, I want CD's to purchase...and not where I have to go to eBay to purchase from the UK.  Please say these albums will be re-released in the States.

They won't be released in the US.

But, they'll most likely be rubbish anyway so I wouldn't be too bothered.

I've been thinking of that myself. Probably they will use the real single version of WWTLF.

Maybe not Wilki, they used the GH2 edit of WWTLF and remastered it for Absolute Greatest.