ANNOUNCE: Roger Taylor - My Country I & II (fixed tape slippage)

Roger Taylor - My Country I & II

Remastered as 2013 version, but this time with the tape slippage fixed.

(I know some people think this is official, maybe it is. But I think they should have fixed the slippage in the corrected Box. That's why I'm uploading this.)

Cheers.

Who fixed it, and how?

Wondered how long it would take some enterprising person to do this.
Sorry, but regardless of the no sharing official material rule here, I'm all for this one being allowed.

So. Fun In Space next then please!

^ Me too, for two reasons:

1 - the "official" version is wonky. This is not an exact copy.
2 - It offers a service to those who have the "official" version but have inferior product. The bigwigs took the bucks but didn't deliver the goods. In effect, this torrent is a compliment to the official set.

That said, there are some grey areas created by what I'm saying - notably, there are some who may download without having the official product.

I personally won't be downloading the "fix" until I have the set. That's my word, and I hope that others will take the same POV. Anyways, what good is one track from a full album when you don't have the rest? It's not as if its a rarity, so would be useless having it (IMO).

If it were the full set, we'd have an issue :)

I'd like to extend that to things such as the Cyberbarn gig, that were not made available to retailers. AFAIK, that was only a fan-club release (don't quote me and correct me if I'm wrong), in limited numbers. There would be no loss of revenue from having it uploaded. I know it's still official and rules are rules, but IMHO there should be a bit of leeway. Stuff like 7" edits, long deleted and unobtainable tracks (the elusive Bo Rhap edit, for example) or edits exclusive to a particular territory should (just my opinion) be excluded from the rule too, as it wouldn't equal loss of revenue.

If, for any reason, these items became freely available, then we could put them in the "no-go" area.

Josh told me the OVER ALL speed on My country I & II was corrected, and that the '96 remaster in fact runs fast.
The 'slippage' was a result of the current 'condition' of the master.
I notice the duration on this 'fix' puts it at 6:48 (from 6:58)

^ Any comments face-it-alone?

RE the official stuff, what's the difference between uploading something like this and the tracks that end up on the remixes forum? All of that comes from official material....

This is an official release.

Official and copyrighted seem to be two different things. If we're talking copyright, then same could be said for the live recordings and the demos that go around freely. RE FIA getting back to you, I feel your pain: something that seems to be rife in QZ these days is an OP saying something and then never coming back to address the response they get. It's happened to me twice in the last fortnight on the collecting forum, with people offering an item for sale and then not answering the questions you have for them. Crazy!!

Any comments face-it-alone?

Technically the bootlegs should be just as illegal, since the songs themselves are licensed and published, just not that particular performance of them. But the reality is, most artists aren't upset by audience tapes et all. They just look the other way, since this kind of activity is engaged in by their most loyal fans, after all. Not a dime is being lost.

If the corrected version of the box set still didn't fix this track and there is no "legit" fix to download, there should be nothing wrong with this being available. It's not like this single song would discourage sales of the entire box.

When the cat's away the mice will play. Someone could upload the entire Queen discography on here and it probably wouldn't get taken down. This forum hasn't seen any kind of moderation in ages.

^ You have to draw the line somewhere though.

Back to the 'fix', is it at the correct speed?
If not, it isn't exactly a fix is it?
Like I said before, I only know what Josh told me.

^ No, no lines: copyright is copyright, regardless of whether it got an official release. Differing opinions aside, it didn't answer the question - what's the difference between sharing this "fix" and a fan made remix? Not arguing with you big fella, just want to know :)

^ The policy on here 'used' to be no sharing of official releases.
That policy is quite fair and pretty easy to understand.
That's where the ''line'' was.
The fan made remixes are not official releases.
I didn't share this fixed track or comment on it being official.
I only asked who fixed it, how, and if it was at the correct speed.