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

[QUOTE] [b]conundrumme wrote:[/b]

The backing track for MMB Houston Live is definitely crisper! [/QUOTE]


No its not, they have just compressed it and remastered it louder, if you reduce the volume its sounds worse than The Miracle single version :(

Making my way through the alternate takes. I honestly cannot believe how good Spread Your Wings is. Just an absolute joy to listen to these different versions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phtt6T8mxgU

I love the acoustic take of Who needs you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIT_S_l_iIQ

Love the raw sessions, but I doubt there's anything raw about them. Especially stuff like Fight From The Inside sounds like it's just Roger low-fi home demo vocal copied and pasted into the backing track.

[QUOTE] [b]Pim Derks wrote:[/b]
Love the raw sessions, but I doubt there's anything raw about them. Especially stuff like Fight From The Inside sounds like it's just Roger low-fi home demo vocal copied and pasted into the backing track.[/QUOTE]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the discrepancy in the audio fidelity on that one.

Well as it was pointed out in the Freddie's Birthday Q&A thread here on Queenzone, if they would be really really generous and feel like releasing outtakes, demos etc (yes, it's an utopian idea, I know!) then we would end with a whole CD comprising of SYW takes.
They prefer to make a Frankensteined versions and copy and paste (even studio banter) then to give as a good look into how the album was made.

Although I enjoy the new takes and whatnot, the term "raw" is totally misleading in this release. Why couldn't they use another name?

They have obviously been polished, and are far from "raw", but I'd rather have them like this then some shit sounding demo that you'd only listen to once.

They have obviously been polished, and are far from "raw", but I'd rather have them like this then some shit sounding demo that you'd only listen to once.

They have obviously been polished, and are far from "raw", but I'd rather have them like this then some shit sounding demo that you'd only listen to once.

They have obviously been polished, and are far from "raw", but I'd rather have them like this then some shit sounding demo that you'd only listen to once.

They have obviously been polished, and are far from "raw", but I'd rather have them like this then some shit sounding demo that you'd only listen to once.

They have obviously been polished, and are far from "raw", but I'd rather have them like this then some shit sounding demo that you'd only listen to once.

They have obviously been polished, and are far from "raw", but I'd rather have them like this then some shit sounding demo that you'd only listen to once.

They have obviously been polished, and are far from "raw", but I'd rather have them like this then some shit sounding demo that you'd only listen to once.