What can we expect on the RE-ISSUES?

Why?

Bob Ludwig remasters, an audio commentary for each album, improved art plus 75 bonus tracks in the whole catalogue seems a good deal to me for what is essentially meant to be a replacement of the current CDs. And all this in the first year? Way to go, Island Records!

Only 5 per cd??? Why? :(

Oh well.... let's go back to Genesis and their discography on DTS

Approx. 5 extra tracks per bonus CD in the DELUXE Editions, yes. Fair enough.

5 bonus tracks per album is Ok for a 'mere reissue' of Queen's catalog.
Still, that's a lot of wasted space on those bonus CDs.

Most of Queen's albums are under 45 minutes long, which means that these extra tracks could actually fit on disc one.

Maybe one of the bonus tracks will be a 20+ minute audio commentary by Brian and Roger to make up for the extra space?

For completists' sake, I hope the extra tracks include the B sides, a couple of demos and/or every extended 12" version. This sounds more like 8 or 10 bonus tracks... but 5??

I won't worry. No matter what they include there, there's no way every fan is pleased :).

75 bonus tracks @ 5 tracks per album = 15 CDs 75 tracks @ approx 11 tracks per CD   =   7 CDs How much do you think one album would cost ? Maybe we could gather 15 trusted people to each buy one album and then ..............

What can we expect on the RE-ISSUES?

I expect something like Freddie mercury box but mini box of 2 cds (and 1 dvd maybe) for each album, e.g:

Queen I

Disc 1: The album

Keep Yourself Alive
Doing All Right
Great King Rat
My Fairy King
Liar
The Night Comes Down
Modern Times Rock'n'Roll
Son And Daughter
Jesus
Seven Seas Of Rhye...

Disc 2:  Queen I: The rarities

Keep Yourself Alive (De Lane Lea Original Demo)
Doing All Right (Trident Alternative Take 1)
Great King Rat (De Lane Lea Original Demo)
Great king Rat (Alternative take 3)
My Fairy King (Freddie Solo Piano Demo)
Liar (De Lane Lea Original Demo)
The Night Comes Down (De Lane Lea Original Demo)
The Night Comes Down (Original Trident Studios Version)
Modern Times Rock'n'Roll (Rough Demo)
Son And Daughter (Out-Take Version)
Jesus (De Lane Lea Original Demo)
Jesus (Trident "Heavy" Version)
Seven Seas Of Rhye...(complete version)
Mad The Swine (original recording)
Hangman (demo)
Silver Salmon (demo)
Bonus of the bonus
Brian and Roger talking about Queen I...very IMPORTANT!!

What do I expect from the Re-issues?

Surprises ! 
Things that I can't name so far, things that I have no idea about that they might exist.
Cause that's what Queen was about in their active days. You never knew what happened next or how the next tour would look like....

Remastered and remixed versions of the Hollywood records remixes?!?

The bonus CDs on the DELUXE Editions would contain audio commentary for EACH song on the respective album PLUS the extra tracks.

To Dowens:  CHICAGO have released 18 to 21 WITH BONUS TRACKS on i-Tunes, I saw it a few weeks ago and bought the bonustracks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chicago Bonustracks:

18:
25 or 6 to 4 (alternate version)    
Will You Still Love Me (alternate version)

19:
Look Away (Single Version)
We Can Last Forever (single version)
What Kind Of Man Would I Be (single Version)

21:
Explain It to my Heart (Promo Single Version)

I think the bonustracks on 19 are the same versions that have been released on "The Best oF Chicago 40"

I hope I could help you

It's my understanding that tracks from each album will be re-recorded with Paul Rodgers on vocals. I don;t know the exact ones, but I would suggest the following for the first two albums:

---Queen---
KYA
Liar
Doin Alright
Jesus
The Night Comes Down

---Queen II---
Ogre Battle
Seven Seas of Rhye
White Queen
Loser in the End
Nevermore

I take it that last comment from Holly is a joke. A very sick, disturbing joke.

Thanks for the info about Chicago Mr. Bed Guy....I doubt I will get the extra stuff on 19.  I have no interested in hearing the singles version of those songs.  That'd a let down, for sure.