RonB: "yea... problems that shouldn't have happened in the first place :)"
I can't really argue with that :)
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Has anyone ever compared the sound quality between the original Hollywood 1991 SHA CD (with the error) and the later "fixed" Hollywood CD? Because the music on the entire CD was probably reprocessed somewhere along the line....
RonB posted the KQ comparison and I preferred the latter one.
Peace,
Adam.
Peace,
Adam.
That's a good point, goinback. I've sorta wondered if there were any differences between those. I imagined that the faulty songs were remastered again individually and edited into the digital master but who knows?
The funny thing about the Hollywood errors is that the biggest ones.. on SHA and NOTW were remastered by Kevin Metcalfe, who seems to be Queen's own in-house masterer. He's also responsible for the lovely Fat Bottomed Girls glitch in the '94 remaster and 'Rocks'.
So Hollywood really isn't to blame, other than for not catching them. Even the alternate version of 'I Want It All' is merely the result of having the wrong 'Miracle' master.
The Classic Queen/Greatest Hits compilations still make them seem like idiots though :-P
'Greatest Hits' should have been the original U.S. version from '81 with 3 bonus tracks to make it a 17-track.. "Tie Your Mother Down", "It's Late", "Need Your Loving Tonight". And a big sticker on the front indicating that it contained 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from the hit film Wayne's World!'
And 'Greatest Hits II' with a few replacements made.. 'Body Language' in place of 'Under Pressure' since that had already been on G.H. here. And something replaced with 'Princes Of The Universe' which could have been used to promote the disc. It was gaining some popularity for being used for the Highlander TV show which had just started. With a big sticker on the front saying 'Includes "Princes of the Universe", the theme from the new hit series "Highlander" plus 16 more Queen classics!'
But I kinda went off-topic there.
The funny thing about the Hollywood errors is that the biggest ones.. on SHA and NOTW were remastered by Kevin Metcalfe, who seems to be Queen's own in-house masterer. He's also responsible for the lovely Fat Bottomed Girls glitch in the '94 remaster and 'Rocks'.
So Hollywood really isn't to blame, other than for not catching them. Even the alternate version of 'I Want It All' is merely the result of having the wrong 'Miracle' master.
The Classic Queen/Greatest Hits compilations still make them seem like idiots though :-P
'Greatest Hits' should have been the original U.S. version from '81 with 3 bonus tracks to make it a 17-track.. "Tie Your Mother Down", "It's Late", "Need Your Loving Tonight". And a big sticker on the front indicating that it contained 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from the hit film Wayne's World!'
And 'Greatest Hits II' with a few replacements made.. 'Body Language' in place of 'Under Pressure' since that had already been on G.H. here. And something replaced with 'Princes Of The Universe' which could have been used to promote the disc. It was gaining some popularity for being used for the Highlander TV show which had just started. With a big sticker on the front saying 'Includes "Princes of the Universe", the theme from the new hit series "Highlander" plus 16 more Queen classics!'
But I kinda went off-topic there.