News of the World is one of my favourites and it would have been nice to have some more out takes but Queen were busy boys touring so what you hear is what you get. The bonus material on all the remasters is unremarkable and after one or two listens you will tend to forget them. A 2 or 3 CD box at budget price would have done nicely for the Bs and outtakes, no live versions from the official live releases (pure nonsense) instead of ruining the 2011s with childish sleeve notes and extra track listing on the rear artwork. I'm glad I bought the single CDs because they are definitive and that's the way they were meant to be! Queen are my favourite band and I like to remember and listen to them they way they were! Just like Elvis, the way it was!!!
Rock on all you lot of tarts!
The King Of Rhye · Member since
searched for a thread on this cus I just now am listening to the 2011 remastered version for the first time.....
My personal opinion is that the remastering is pretty darn good! I saw a few complaints about the loudness/compression thing.....yeah, I can hear that a little bit, but that seems to be the way everything is going nowadays....look up 'loudness war' on wikipedia some time...and at least it's not as bad as on Metallica's Death Magnetic or Black Sabbath's 13! Thank Rick Rubin for almost ruining 2 great albums....
I don't have an older version of NOTW on hand to directly compare, but the main differences I hear are that it's a tad clearer, and the bass guitar seems louder...or am I just crazy??
dysan · Member since
I can't believe all this was over 2 years ago :o(
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Rick wrote:[/b]
You know what SHA is lacking?
A snare drum.[/QUOTE]
The original version does have a snare drum , and it is quite prominent !
Wondr why they cut it out to the orginal version. Could have been a thing with the punk movement.
