News Of The World 40th Anniversary Box Set - ITS OFFICIAL!

All we can do is hope they truly get this box right!

But even if the documentary is all we get it'd be better than the ANATO release from 2005 :-) :-)

My box would include:
- NOTW the album
- cd with outtakes
- 1 audio concert with all the NOTW songs played live in 1977 (and more available for download would be even better!)
- the documentary
- champions shoot concert on blu-ray
- houston on blu-ray
- a big Frank replica

[QUOTE] [b]Biggus Dickus wrote:[/b]

Away with Houston 1977 and unreleased tracks etc. Us true fans want replica of the snow used in both WWRY and SYW music videos.[/QUOTE]

This is the best post I've read on this site in a fucking decade.

YAY!!! This is tremendous news !!!!

Replica of Freddie's gloves and glasses used in the video. The beverage with Freddie cheered himself up on the SYW video shoot.... ahh one can dream on what they will add to the anniversary box set!

There is NO confirmation of Houston 77' yet, am i right? or i missed something?

Until there is no press release confirming the Houston Gig i won't get the minimum excitement out of this announce. Sorry QPR but you earned it.

[QUOTE] [b]fr1986 wrote:[/b]

There is NO confirmation of Houston 77' yet, am i right? or i missed something?

Until there is no press release confirming the Houston Gig i won't get the minimum excitement out of this announce. Sorry QPR but you earned it.

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Yeah yes you're right .

[QUOTE] [b]Anton3283 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]fr1986 wrote:[/b]

There is NO confirmation of Houston 77' yet, am i right? or i missed something?

Until there is no press release confirming the Houston Gig i won't get the minimum excitement out of this announce. Sorry QPR but you earned it.

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Yeah yes you're right .[/QUOTE]I disagree. The documentary is reason enough for a cheer.

This is going to be better than just the remastered album with a bonus disc with videos for the songs on the album (like A night at the opera 30 years release).

Like so many other QP press/news items let's hope the news of this doesn't actually eclipse the product it's self!

Also will it get a worldwide release or will it only be available to Himalyan mountain villages on Betamax tape, in keeping with last years Japan only release.

Fact is: if Houston were to be included, were it not the logical thing to screen that Houston '77 concert at the FM party?

Also, giving is more than 1 new "item" in one box would be so unheard of for QPL ;-)

Lets get ready for a 30 minutes version of houston 77 (from a complete show we all have seen), plus 10 minutes of the WATC VIDEO concert (from a much longer tape they will let us know that there is), plus 3 outtakes (from a much bigger set of NOTW outtakes archive).

[QUOTE] [b]CM wrote:[/b]

Lets get ready for a 30 minutes version of houston 77 (from a complete show we all have seen), plus 10 minutes of the WATC VIDEO concert (from a much longer tape they will let us know that there is), plus 3 outtakes (from a much bigger set of NOTW outtakes archive).

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lol. Sounds about right.

Knowing, as we all know, QPL´s approach to this type of product, and bearing in mind Rainbow was the oasis in the desert, I think we could expect something like:

- The Album
- Bob Harris Documentary (here´s hope for blu-ray)
- And an extra disc with mostly recycled stuff: the NOTW BBC sessions, Feelings Feelings, the odd instrumental, a few tracks from Houston ´77 and maybe another NOTW live track from a show of the 80´s (typically out of context).

Considering the Bob Harris footage is, a priori, very exciting stuff, the effort (sic) of including as well the complete Houston show (audio+video) and some studio material (demos etc etc) in this boxset is, right now, inconceivable to me.

If it's just the album and doc DVD - great, but I have a feeling there will be a lot more.

I also fear they might leave bits out we know exist, making it more frustrating.

GOD SPEED QPL DON'T LET US DOWN

I think that we will not have houston, becouse if there will be houston, the most normal thing is that they premiered on that freddie party, not the documentary...

Considering there are hours and hours and hours of the Bob Harris footage, I hope it doesn't get edited down to something like 15-30 mins.

Bob Harris documentary footage? Really? Oh dear, I really fucking hope so!