Hey, Queen, this is how deluxe editions should look like

Pim Derks wrote:

Those Nirvana boxes are great indeed. The vinyl 4 picture disc Nevermind looks lovely too!

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Get rid of Grandpa Beach and you will get the same probably...

Since Jim is their manager they should call themselves The Beach Boys.

And Metallica have done a 3 Disc set if you don't want all the rest of it for a decent price of £21 ish)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Master-Puppets-Remastered-Expanded-Metallica/dp/B0757JJ5ZB/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504802898&sr=8-1&keywords=Master+of+Puppets

pittrek wrote:

For example Metallica.

Kill 'Em All : https://www.metallica.com/store/music/cds/8073/kill-em-all-remastered-deluxe-box-set

Ride the Lightning : https://www.metallica.com/store/music/8074/ride-the-lightning-remastered-deluxe-box-set

Master of Puppets : https://www.metallica.com/store/music/cds/13713/master-of-puppets-remastered-deluxe-box-set

I just listened to the Kill em All set. They basically put out a lot of subpar source material. So yes - on paper, it looks magnificent... but in reality aside from the one disc of Lars vault material and the 1 disc remaster - it's just a lot of bootleg quality material crammed in a box and priced as such. oh yes - no blu ray.

I have to listen to ride the lightning - but i'm thinking it's more of the same.

now - let's put this into context with Queen - how would we feel if they included the exact same Houston source material we already have (ie. shared on the hub or on queenzone)... yup, you guessed it... we'd be just as pissed.

so if we're going to compare - don't compare with the metallica sets

no_stairway wrote:

elton john goodbye yellow brick road 40th anniversary box set

http://store.eltonjohn.com/goodbye-yellow-brick-road-super-deluxe-4cd1dvd

and don't compare with the Elton John set - which included a bunch of covers by other bands of Elton's Brick Road album + an easily obtainable BBC bootleg and old 1973 documentary in DVD (not Blu Ray)


a good example of a band going all out... Pink Floyd's Early Years box... NOW THAT IS WHAT WE WANT... but look at the price tag of that set... are we ready for it? QPL doesn't think so. And again... we should also consider the fact that the Floyd set also included easily obtainable bootleg recordings.

Doga wrote:

How can we forget this? This is an excellent release, even more, one of the easter eggs was a full album remixed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Early_Years_1965%E2%80%931972

The easter egg (Meddle & Obscured quads or 5.1 mixes) - was rumored to be an accident actually. Apparently you can only find it if you load the disc onto a pc blu ray and go through the contents of the disc. It probably was actually accidental. They may have been planning separate releases for those.

https://www.discogs.com/Jeff-Wayne-Musical-Version-Of-The-War-Of-The-Worlds-Collectors-Edition/release/2779178

This was a nice release. Not exhaustive of course, but 4 extra CDs of fascinating out takes and demos and a DVD.

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

Enough said.

Biggus Dickus wrote:

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

Enough said.

I feel blessed to be a fan of that band and lucky that Mr Fripp and the guys at DGM always wants to give the fans value for money. Looking forward to this.

dysan wrote:

https://www.discogs.com/Jeff-Wayne-Musical-Version-Of-The-War-Of-The-Worlds-Collectors-Edition/release/2779178

This was a nice release. Not exhaustive of course, but 4 extra CDs of fascinating out takes and demos and a DVD.

I bought this when it came out 12 years ago. Fantastic box and you know who compiled it? Only our very own Greg Brooks.

dysan wrote:

https://www.discogs.com/Jeff-Wayne-Musical-Version-Of-The-War-Of-The-Worlds-Collectors-Edition/release/2779178

This was a nice release. Not exhaustive of course, but 4 extra CDs of fascinating out takes and demos and a DVD.

Haha.
Also put together by Greg Brooks....

Which makes more sense that he's not in full control when it comes to Queen boxsets. I wish he was.

Dr Magus wrote:

Biggus Dickus wrote:

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

Enough said.

I feel blessed to be a fan of that band and lucky that Mr Fripp and the guys at DGM always wants to give the fans value for money. Looking forward to this.

Exactly. The KC-box costs 20€ more than the NOTW-box but you get 21 discs including remixes of the studio albums, loads of live material and Blu-Rays containing 5.1 mixes etc. I've got all the previous King Crimson box sets and they're really well done.

My point entirely! I dare say Jeff Wayne has a better handle on exactly what fans want. Some of the material on that was absolutely ridiculous considering the commercial sensibility of the WOTW brand.