They come with the same type of clear inner sleeves that were used with vinyl for years. They also include replicas of the original inner sleeves but they don't come with the discs inside those.
Almost all Queen vinyl (US) had printed lyrics on the glossy inner sleeves (Queen I, ANATO and Jazz were the exceptions). The clear plastic sleeve was with the Mobile Fidelity half-speed masters (try and find one of those now!) and some imports other than UK. What did you think of the vinyl boxset that came out in the UK? I was very impressed with that packaging!
The cassette has the full, unedited versions...thank God!
Yes, the vinyl is VERY hard to find, but please check Ebay or your local used record shop. I've seen a lot of versions from different countries (all with the edited versions like the UK LP).
I used to have an Innuendo CD from Mexico which also had the edited versions (I'm mexican and live in Mexico, btw). I had it for over 7 or 8 years and then I bought an European CD version and was shocked to hear these "new" versions (for me). Specially, Bijou, which is just over one minute long in it's edited version.
Actually, I used to like this version more than the complete track.
Now hang on a minute... Wasn't Innuendo edited on Vinyl because of the amount of bass they wanted? I remember reading very in-depth about the grooves having to be widened for the bass they wanted, which meant shortening tracks due to more space being taken up by the wider than usual grooves.
I think I read that in Record Collector. I'm definitely sure of it.
I used to have an Innuendo CD from Mexico which also had the edited versions (I'm mexican and live in Mexico, btw). I had it for over 7 or 8 years and then I bought an European CD version and was shocked to hear these "new" versions (for me). Specially, Bijou, which is just over one minute long in it's edited version.
Actually, I used to like this version more than the complete track.
Wiley
The Mexican CD was edited? How horrible! I know the Mexican vinyl was (I saw a copy on Ebay a few weeks ago and it went for $35 US dollars, good price for a sealed copy!).
I really hope we see this released on DVD-A in the near future. Bijou would sound so good in that format!
John Stuart: "The real reason for the Innuendo edits was no more than a cynical marketing tool to double sales at the expense of loyal Queen fans. Those die-hards who purchased the CD (more than likely) bought the edited album (and vice-versa) also."
WHAT. EVER. That's easy to prove, I'm sure. Happy Cynics Day. Enjoy your purchases.
On the other hand, Thanks Adam for breathing some possibility of reality into this thread.
It would be a stepfordian stretch of the imagination to belive that Queen Productions does not give Queen fans good reason to be cynical ... and John has generally proven himself as an almost always reliable source of Queen information. The editing of songs to allegedly improved bass response strikes me as a marketing scam that only Queen productions could manufacture.
You can only fit 50 minutes of audio on a vinyl record without losing quality (put on any more and you get 128 MP3), so they had to make edits. And now they're nice rarities, aren't they?
"The editing of songs to allegedly improved bass response strikes me as a marketing scam that only Queen productions could manufacture."
Record Collector reported it. Not anyone from QP. It's actually a fact and I'm not surprised you don't believe it cause it's pretty strange. But it is a very real situation.
It is possible that people adding to the threads do not read the previous posts on it? Sometimes it does seem likely. Hmmm.
Well, changing the subject: Adam, I have also read somewhere what you are referring, although if it was on Record Collector I do not recall. I know that is technically right. But I believe still that marketing was the main reason. By the way, John is known for his contribution to that magazine.
I am also very interested on that edited Mexican CD. ¿Can someone provide more data of it? I know there is also a Mexican MADE IN HEAVEN CD with the banned version of Let Me Live (also on the US advance listening cassette).
Ah Wilki, I've been dying to find that MIH cd!! Wiley know's something about it as he has it! Just to get a great MP3 (320kb) would do me. But I guess I'd treasure the cd.
