Press Release: News Of The World - 40th Anniversary Edition

Alternate version are valuable only if they are original, generated in the collective process of creation years ago.
If Jimbo "the tech guy" made this mixes in 2017, then their value is limited to pure curiosity.

Another example by King Crimson on how to do it right.

https://burningshed.com/store/kingcrimson/king-crimson-boxsets/king-crimson_sailors-tales_boxset

Far too many comments to go through, but my thoughts:

1. I predicted the 1982 material in a dream. Dunno what thread.
2. A GOOD smattering of rarities and those alternate versions will be interesting, even if they aren't for multiple listens.
3. Live SOTS? Wasn't that 'worth the price' alone?
4. BBC material and FF - if it wasn't included we'd probably be angry too
5. some track times on the raw disc are intriguing!
6. The doc being an hour long - if it was released in 1977 it would probably have been less than that. We know there's a lot of raw material but that doc making innit? If they include all the stuff we've seen, great. If they don't, then I'm sure someone here will add it all in.
7. Full Houston: We've all got it - perhaps it WILL come out (as we've seen with QP do before with shows they've reviewed for released) but the included material serves it's purpose within the release so fair enough. Versions of non album material wouldn't serve the release.
8. The price: I'm sure we'll all get hold of it at something satisfactory.

there's an extra detail on amazon.it, almost all tracks of disc 4 have been remastered in 2017

Disco: 1
1. We Will Rock You (Remastered 2017)
2. We Are The Champions (Remastered 2017)
3. Sheer Heart Attack (Remastered 2017)
4. All Dead, All Dead (Remastered 2017)
5. Spread Your Wings (Remastered 2017)
6. Fight From The Inside (Remastered 2017)
7. Get Down, Make Love (Remastered 2017)
8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (Remastered 2017)
9. Who Needs You (Remastered 2017)
10. It's Late (Remastered 2017)
11. My Melancholy Blues (Remastered 2017)

Disco: 2
1. We Will Rock You (Remastered 2011)
2. We Are The Champions (Remastered 2011)
3. Sheer Heart Attack (Remastered 2011)
4. All Dead, All Dead (Remastered 2011)
5. Spread Your Wings (Remastered 2011)
6. Fight From The Inside (Remastered 2011)
7. Get Down, Make Love (Remastered 2011)
8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (Remastered 2011)
9. Who Needs You (Remastered 2011)
10. It's Late (Remastered 2011)
11. My Melancholy Blues (Remastered 2011)

Disco: 3
1. We Will Rock You (Alternative Version)
2. We Are The Champions (Alternative Version)
3. Sheer Heart Attack (Original Rough Mix)
4. All Dead, All Dead (Original Rough Mix)
5. Spread Your Wings (Alternative Take)
6. Fight From The Inside (Demo Vocal Version)
7. Get Down, Make Love (Early Take)
8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (Live In The USA / 1977)
9. Who Needs You (Acoustic Take)
10. It's Late (Alternative Version)
11. My Melancholy Blues (Original Rough Mix)

Disco: 4
1. Feelings, Feelings (Take 10 / July 1977 / Remastered 2017)
2. We Will Rock You (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio / With DJ Chatter)
3. We Will Rock You (Fast) (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio / With DJ Chatter / 2017 Version)
4. Spread Your Wings (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio / With DJ Chatter / 2017 Version)
5. It's Late (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio / With DJ Chatter / 2017 Version)
6. My Melancholy Blues (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio / With DJ Chatter)
7. We Will Rock You (Remastered 2017 / Backing Track)
8. We Are The Champions (Remastered 2017 / Backing Track)
9. Spread Your Wings (Remastered 2017 / Instrumental)
10. Fight From The Inside (Remastered 2017 / Instrumental)
11. Get Down, Make Love (Remastered 2017 / Instrumental)
12. It's Late (Remastered 2011 / USA Radio Edit, 1978)
13. Sheer Heart Attack (Remastered 2017 / Live In Paris, 1979)
14. We Will Rock You (Remastered 2017 / Live In Tokyo, 1982)
15. My Melancholy Blues (Remastered 2017 / Live In Houston, Texas / 1977)
16. Get Down, Make Love (Remastered 2017 / Live At The Montreal Forum / November 1981)
17. Spread Your Wings (Remastered 2017 / Live On European Tour / 1979)
18. We Will Rock You (Remastered 2017 / Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982)
19. We Are The Champions (Remastered 2017 / Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982)

Disco: 5
1. Queen: The American Dream
2. Menu / Queen: The American Dream / Main Menu
3. Menu / Queen: The American Dream / Loop Menu
4. Menu / Queen: The American Dream / Chapter Menu 1
5. Menu / Queen: The American Dream / Chapter Menu 2
6. Menu / Queen: The American Dream / Subtitle Menu

Interesting, so "It's Late" Single Version was remastered in 2011? I guess it was a serious contender for the Bonus EP then :)

It probably just means they adjusted the volume so all the tracks on that CD are of similar volume. Remastering can mean virtually anything and it's sometimes used to make it seem like the product offers something new.

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

It probably just means they adjusted the volume so all the tracks on that CD are of similar volume. Remastering can mean virtually anything and it's sometimes used to make it seem like the product offers something new.[/QUOTE]

It is very unlikely that QPL is trying to sell us something old as something new :-)

So, you are probably right ;-)

[QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b]

Interesting, so "It's Late" Single Version was remastered in 2011? I guess it was a serious contender for the Bonus EP then :)[/QUOTE]
More likely they just used the 2011 remastered album track and chopped it for this box set. It was only promo copies for radio stations that were the shorter edit, the US single release was full length at 6:26. It's a lame choice for a bonus track any way you look at it.

1997 - Köln. Queen Rocks Press Conference

Reporter: The songs you've chosen exist in different versions.. on American records or even on bootlegs. But you've chosen the regular ones, the ones we all know. Are you saving the rare ones up for a kind of Queen anthology maybe?

Brian: Well, you mean the remixes and stuff.. we honestly think that the originals are better. Yeah, they were meant to be all the original recordings. Cause I think if I buy a compilation album.. and then you get some kind of a different remix, I feel cheated. I would rather give people what they know that the songs sounded like.

Roger: We feel that the original versions.. are the definitive versions. And the way the songs were conceived in the first place. So I think if you chose one they're the best versions to have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an59jUVbGOo

Looks great footage.... but no digital restoration?? colour allignment, vertical lines etc??

Chief Mouse...please apply for a job at these amateurs

[QUOTE] [b]Queenman!! wrote:[/b]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an59jUVbGOo

Looks great footage.... but no digital restoration?? colour allignment, vertical lines etc??

Chief Mouse...please apply for a job at these amateurs
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Those bits of footage look gorgeous! I hope one day we can see Houston in that quality

Brian and Roger totally misunderstanding the question.

Trailer is 1080p, are they trying to wind us up even more?

I love the teaser but the reality that we'll get an NTSC (most likely) DVD with blended fields is just depressing. This awesome footage does not deserve it.