Forgive me if someone has already mentioned it but I notice they appear to be selling the albums individually on black vinyl for £20... http://www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/Queen-Studio-Collection/ [/QUOTE]
Thanks! Good to know.
Will probably buy Innuendo and Made In Heaven.
Pim Derks · Member since
Such a shame they didn't include a 2 or 3 disc set with at least all the official b-sides. A sort of Complete Vision update.
cmi · Member since
They've changed the track sequence
sequence for 'Innuendo' even for 2LPs version....again...
SIDE A
1 Innuendo
2 I'm Going Slightly Mad
3 Headlong
SIDE B
1 These Are The Days Of Our Lives
2 Don't Try So Hard
3 Ride The Wild Wind
SIDE C
1 All God's People
2 I Can't Live With You
3 Delilah
SIDE D
1 The Hitman
2 Bijou
3 The Show Must Go On
The difference in running time of the tracks is 15 seconds. Is that really useful ?
BTW, I noticed reworked design for some albums:
1) 'Queen' - now it features inner sleeve with lyrics)
2) 'Queen II' - now the 'Black Side' inner sleeve is black. Hope it remains the same for 1LP individual version.
3) 'News Of The World' - No hole in the middle of inner sleeve. Now it features robot head instead.
4) Lyrics for 'Jazz' now printed on the flip side of the poster.
5) 'The Works' - new black/gold label(s) on vinyl instead of original red/gold.
5) 'Innuendo' - gatefold with not used before Grandville illustrations. Band photo now in full 12" size of inner sleeve.
6) 'Made In Heaven' - Original CD 'sunrise' artwork used instead of the original LP 'sunset' artwork. If you will look closely to the video advert you will notice the "-13-" track title on the fourth side of MIH.
The weakest thing that QPL didn't bother to produce special 'non-album tracks' compilation as it was with Complete Works set in 1985.
brians wig · Member since
It's just another wasted opportunity.
Instead of more crappy mp3 download codes, why not a download code for the albums in Hi-Res? They're out in Japan on SACD, so it's not like they'd have to do any work to create them and it would make them available to the rest of the world.
As for the coloured vinyl. They just look cheap. Why they aren't transucent vinyl I don't know. They'd look much better.
The book looks nice, though I bet you can't buy it on its own.
Right QPL. Now you've announced this and got it out of the way, can you please announce the NEXT release - the one which far more people will be interested in...
people on streets · Member since
shm-cd is not the same as super audio cd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_High_Material_CD
Why not yet available in super audio cd quality?
My guess is that if they ever will be released, those will come in some format you have to buy instead of a free download.
Like they did with The Game and A Night At The Opera.
ludwigs · Member since
I couldn't care less about this. Thankfully I have all the albums on original vinyl and don't care whether it's blue, green, yellow etc...
That price just seems, to me, another way that they can milk it all and screw so many people/fans.
Will the sound be improved??? MattC has done a great job using the tracks (not multi's) and created a massive sonic difference. Why can't Queen's people not do a similar thing with all the stuff available to them?
Nitroboy · Member since
They're claiming in the trailer that they're straight from the original master tapes... That's clearly not the case.
Also, my ears were almost blown off when the trailer started. Good job on including the trailer as a victim of the loudness war
cmsdrums · Member since
According to the press release, Innuendo contains a track called 'I Can't Live Without You'......FUCKING HELL, they can't get anything right can they?!!!
It also makes a big deal of some of the original tapes being at a wrong speed so they didn't use them....didn't bother them on the latest 'Fun In Space' release though did it?
the dude 1366 · Member since
As a wannabe audiophile Queen fan, be careful of vinyl that is not black. It's generally much noisier. The sacd's were a complete ripoff as they were mastered painfully loud. In general, early vinyl and non-remastered cd's still are better. Save your money and buy earlier press black vinyl or non-remaster cd's.
the dude 1366 · Member since
The 2011 remasters sound like complete shit. Look up "loudness wars". Do not throw away your old cds
kevin79 · Member since
I wouldn't skip buying these just because they were sourced from digital files. While, yes, The Beatles Mono vinyl reissues were done straight from the original tapes, The Beatles Stereo vinyl reissues were done from the digital files that had all the corrections and fixes done to them. But it was a higher resolution than the CD's and, more importantly, the vinyl didn't have the limiting and compression that the CD's had, giving the vinyl issues a great sound that the CD's should have had.
I'm not saying that these Queen re-issues will be the same way. But even being sourced from the digital files, there is hope.
Ale Solan · Member since
The perfect release for new "Queen" fans and Adam Lambert fans.
Barry Durex · Member since
Nothing that appeals to me.
Sorry
cmsdrums · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]the dude 1366 wrote:[/b]
As a wannabe audiophile Queen fan, be careful of vinyl that is not black. It's generally much noisier. The sacd's were a complete ripoff as they were mastered painfully loud. In general, early vinyl and non-remastered cd's still are better. Save your money and buy earlier press black vinyl or non-remaster cd's. [/QUOTE]
You're generally right about the sound quality on coloured vinyl; I wouldn't mind betting that the standalone black versions that are being sold individually will sound better than the coloured ones in the box.
MercurialFreddie · Member since
Meanwhile on Brianmay.com, under the section "on this day" (Fri 17 Jul 15)....
In 2012 - Queen announced screenings of 27 July Budapest concert, titled "Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen live In Budapest" in !!! deleted heaters !!! worldwide.
On a more serious note:
If this new turntable would be considered as a free gift for those who'll order whole lp set that would be definitely worth buying.
The first step was the tape research; locating and confirming the correct versions and best sources for all tracks. !!! Most notably, Under Pressure, plus five tracks on the ‘Innuendo’ album, were improved hugely after the discovery of better sources during this period. !!!
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"The original plan was to master everything straight from the analogue mix tapes, where available. But in fact most of those tapes, having suffered from the effects of time, were in need of some restoration. The problems encountered included speed errors, missing audio, newly developing clicks and other unwanted noise. !!! So the decision was made to create new super-high quality digital masters, using 24 bit samples and a sampling rate of 96 kHz. !!! All the restoration was then performed in the digital domain, and the vinyl was cut from these perfected files. All restoration was carried out with the lightest of touches, with a profound respect for the originals, and the resulting masters are undoubtedly the finest ever."
