Errors / Issues on 'The Lot' (First Edition)

cmi wrote:

^ Absolutely the same.

Damn and it has not been reported as an error on Page 1 so it probably hasn't been corrected.
Unless the Nude Mix is really the 2011 Version..

My box arrived yesterday - based on the booklet, I have received the corrected one. Strangely though the plain cardboard box theat the set was protected in has a bar code sticketr on it which is date marked 5 December; has the corrected version been available since then but taken two weeks to get from universal to Amazon?!?


My first thought when listening to Fun On Earth is that if 'Quality Street' was one of the better tracks to make the final choice of tracks, how bad must the cast-offs be?!!! I am admittedly only halfway through my first listen to FOE, but so far I;m pretty disappointed that Roger seems to have forsaken a good tune/melody on a few songs, and replaced this with his often favoured low pitched, almost spoken/whispered vocal delivery (a Bowie-eque imitation??)

Sorry to sound so negative, but it's not doing anything for me as yet.....but looking forward to going through all the other remasted stuff.

The actual box itself is a nice set - as others have stated, bigger than expected, but well packaged and looks nice as a 'coffee table' type collection.

Ron wrote:
Damn and it has not been reported as an error on Page 1 so it probably hasn't been corrected.
Unless the Nude Mix is really the 2011 Version..

UPDATE:

See this thread link:
http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1365743/what-a-bloody-mess.aspx

Mine arrived to so will go through and re-listen to those old albums.... it's been a long time...

cmsdrums wrote:
Sorry to sound so negative, but it's not doing anything for me as yet.....but looking forward to going through all the other remasted stuff.

Give it some time :) I thought it was just meh in the beginning as well, but really like it now.

Lately I am trying to not give an opinion about new music until I've listened to it at least a few times. I think it would be very boring if new music would hit us in the face instantly. Also, music that sounds good from day 1 tends to be forgotten or boring after a while.

^ It's a grower.

Still not mentioned in here: on the first edition all tracks on Happiness? are stand-alone.

^ They are indeed.
It is already mentioned on page 6 of this thread by JereonG.

^ This is not really an error or an issue, but rather an intentional 'improvement'.
As such it was not listed in post #1.

Apparently my replacement box is also on its way to me since last week. Was away on holiday, so haven't received anything yet.

Arrived today....its a beautiful thing.

However. Just had a quick whizz through the CDs at work on the PC.

Solo Singles Disc 2. The text reads all the stuff from Solo Singles Disc 2 - yet plays the tracks from Disc 2. :(

Fun On Earth Extra Tracks text is 'unknown' for both.

Do you reckon they'll replace Roger Solo Singles Disc 2???

Ignore that...it meant to read...

Solo Singles Disc 2. The text reads all the stuff from Solo Singles Disc 1 - yet plays the tracks from Disc 2. :(

Fun On Earth Extra Tracks text is 'unknown' for both.

Do you reckon they'll replace Roger Solo Singles Disc 2???

^ Do you have the 'corrected' box set?

I got my corrected box through today and I have already noticed an error on Blue Rock. Track 1 is cut a little short (10 secs) and this extra 10 seconds are on track 2 "New Dark Ages"

Can't remember from the original pressing if it was suppost to be like this?

^ Since there is no gap between the tracks I don't think there is too much to complain about.
I'll list it in post #1 anyway, as a similar index marker error is already listed for track 3 of Happiness.
As Happiness was not 'corrected', I don't think this one would have been either.
Well spotted though.