egret
I got mine on Ebay for about $200. I thought it was an indulgence, but it turned out to be a necessity -- I liked it so much more than I expected to. Definitely worth it.
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Benn
I bought it on the day it came out here in the uK and to be honest, I have to say that I was disappointed by the content.
YES - the package is stunning - high quality paper stock and a beautiful slip case to house it in.
BUT, what do you have in there that is completely new?
Out of the 10 CD's:
Mr Bad Guy
Barcelona
The FM Collection
The Singles
The Collaborations
The Solo Videos
All the above were widely available the first three already on CD, and the second two on either vinyl, CD singles or VHS video.
The Instrumentals
Piano pieces played by someone not connected in any way with Queen / Freddie
The Mr Bad Guy Sessions
The Barcelona Sessions
Lots of interesting stuff ont here, but a hell of a lot of repetition and, something that Greg Brooks would never fully answer, a lot of material that just appears to be the same mix of the released track, but with an instrument or two just taken out or Freddie's vocal mixed out - all to create the illusion that it's something unheard......
The David Wigg Interviews
Nothing new and / or enlightening at all.
So, on the whole, I'd have to rate it at best as a 6 out of 10, simply for the packaging and the fact that much of the material was available on CD for either the first time or in a more convenient place.
To be hinest, you'd be better off paying someone $100 for them to copy the discs for you......
YES - the package is stunning - high quality paper stock and a beautiful slip case to house it in.
BUT, what do you have in there that is completely new?
Out of the 10 CD's:
Mr Bad Guy
Barcelona
The FM Collection
The Singles
The Collaborations
The Solo Videos
All the above were widely available the first three already on CD, and the second two on either vinyl, CD singles or VHS video.
The Instrumentals
Piano pieces played by someone not connected in any way with Queen / Freddie
The Mr Bad Guy Sessions
The Barcelona Sessions
Lots of interesting stuff ont here, but a hell of a lot of repetition and, something that Greg Brooks would never fully answer, a lot of material that just appears to be the same mix of the released track, but with an instrument or two just taken out or Freddie's vocal mixed out - all to create the illusion that it's something unheard......
The David Wigg Interviews
Nothing new and / or enlightening at all.
So, on the whole, I'd have to rate it at best as a 6 out of 10, simply for the packaging and the fact that much of the material was available on CD for either the first time or in a more convenient place.
To be hinest, you'd be better off paying someone $100 for them to copy the discs for you......
davidwmk
I was lucky to have received a copy as a christmas pressie. my book within the package is somewhat unusal in that it has duplicated pages of some of the photos, with some of the other sections missing - is this rare or does anyone else have a similar misprint?
david
david
egret
Benn is right about the significant amount of duplication of things already released. But that's true of many Queen Productions releases.
Pim Derks
"The Instrumentals
Piano pieces played by someone not connected in any way with Queen / Freddie"
The Instrumentals disc isn't played by someone else, it's just the original tracks with the vocals muted. You must've mistaken this disc for the Thierry Lang instrumentals on the Untold Story DVD.
Piano pieces played by someone not connected in any way with Queen / Freddie"
The Instrumentals disc isn't played by someone else, it's just the original tracks with the vocals muted. You must've mistaken this disc for the Thierry Lang instrumentals on the Untold Story DVD.
Melancholy Blues
i was in the cd shop looking at all the fancy boxsets, thinking how unfair it is that they NEVER have any queen stuff, then i look up and its freddie!!!
needless to say i bought it and love it
needless to say i bought it and love it
wstüssyb
I just have the 3 cd one...I'm interested in Queen, not the solo stuff really.
About the only songs I like are the famous ones.
About the only songs I like are the famous ones.
Penetration_Guru
"Mr Bad Guy
Barcelona
The FM Collection
The Singles
The Collaborations
The Solo Videos
All the above were widely available the first three already on CD, and the second two on either vinyl, CD singles or VHS video.
The Instrumentals
Piano pieces played by someone not connected in any way with Queen / Freddie
The Mr Bad Guy Sessions
The Barcelona Sessions
Lots of interesting stuff ont here, but a hell of a lot of repetition and, something that Greg Brooks would never fully answer, a lot of material that just appears to be the same mix of the released track, but with an instrument or two just taken out or Freddie's vocal mixed out - all to create the illusion that it's something unheard......"
Hang on - you're missing the point. Yes, most material was available, but at a price.
Nefore the box set came out, this would have been the cost of just *some* of that material -
Great Pretender video single - £50
The Freddie Mercury Video EP - £40
Mr Bad Guy CD (14 tracks) - £100
Stop All The Fighting(Extended Version) - £25 (only available on IWBTLY 7" double pack)
She Blows Hot And Cold - £10 (only on the MiH single)
In My Defence - £10 (only available on Time soundtrack)
Should I continue or can we consider the point made?
Barcelona
The FM Collection
The Singles
The Collaborations
The Solo Videos
All the above were widely available the first three already on CD, and the second two on either vinyl, CD singles or VHS video.
The Instrumentals
Piano pieces played by someone not connected in any way with Queen / Freddie
The Mr Bad Guy Sessions
The Barcelona Sessions
Lots of interesting stuff ont here, but a hell of a lot of repetition and, something that Greg Brooks would never fully answer, a lot of material that just appears to be the same mix of the released track, but with an instrument or two just taken out or Freddie's vocal mixed out - all to create the illusion that it's something unheard......"
Hang on - you're missing the point. Yes, most material was available, but at a price.
Nefore the box set came out, this would have been the cost of just *some* of that material -
Great Pretender video single - £50
The Freddie Mercury Video EP - £40
Mr Bad Guy CD (14 tracks) - £100
Stop All The Fighting(Extended Version) - £25 (only available on IWBTLY 7" double pack)
She Blows Hot And Cold - £10 (only on the MiH single)
In My Defence - £10 (only available on Time soundtrack)
Should I continue or can we consider the point made?
Saint Jiub
I did not want or need 1/3 of the box set:
The Freddie Mercury Album, Mr Bad Guy, Barcelona, or the Interview disk.
But buying something twice or more is an honored Queen fan tradition.
It was still worth buying the FM box set though.
The Freddie Mercury Album, Mr Bad Guy, Barcelona, or the Interview disk.
But buying something twice or more is an honored Queen fan tradition.
It was still worth buying the FM box set though.
Fairy
I sure have it!!! Couldn't resist though it was expensive. I bought it in a CD store here in Italy, no trouble finding it, but it was just when it was released.
What I loved the most were the instrumentals and the songs by Freddie I had never heard: demoes, studio sessions, etc.
What I found a bit disappointing is that they included the solo albums which I'd guess most people willing to buy a box set would already own (thus increasing its cost)... But maybe this is a wrong assumption.
Fairy
What I loved the most were the instrumentals and the songs by Freddie I had never heard: demoes, studio sessions, etc.
What I found a bit disappointing is that they included the solo albums which I'd guess most people willing to buy a box set would already own (thus increasing its cost)... But maybe this is a wrong assumption.
Fairy
Guy
I bought the collection a year ago. It's really only for people who like Freddie's solo material, or else it can disappoint (I wasn't).
maxpower
i bought in on the day of release & went overdrawn.. in hindsight i should have got two & kept one sealed.... ah well
Benn
Penetration Guru, re:
>Hang on - you're missing the point. Yes, most material was available, but at a price.
I'm not - as you will see.......
>Nefore the box set came out, this would have been the cost of just *some* of that material -
To some, maybe, but not all........
>Great Pretender video single - £50
>The Freddie Mercury Video EP - £40
>Mr Bad Guy CD (14 tracks) - £100
>Stop All The Fighting(Extended Version) - £25 (only available on IWBTLY 7" double pack)
>She Blows Hot And Cold - £10 (only on the MiH single)
>In My Defence - £10 (only available on Time soundtrack)
If you were a dilligent enough collector *for long enough* you would already have bought this material WHEN IT WAS RELEASED, therefore, you wouldn't have spent nearly as much as you suggest. You could ALSO have COPIED the material from someone friendly enough to allow you access to their collection - therefore only spending the equivalent of 1 x 90 minute cassette......
>Should I continue or can we consider the point made?
If you like, but can we also consider that you were just trying to be right when in fact, you didn't really think it through......
>Hang on - you're missing the point. Yes, most material was available, but at a price.
I'm not - as you will see.......
>Nefore the box set came out, this would have been the cost of just *some* of that material -
To some, maybe, but not all........
>Great Pretender video single - £50
>The Freddie Mercury Video EP - £40
>Mr Bad Guy CD (14 tracks) - £100
>Stop All The Fighting(Extended Version) - £25 (only available on IWBTLY 7" double pack)
>She Blows Hot And Cold - £10 (only on the MiH single)
>In My Defence - £10 (only available on Time soundtrack)
If you were a dilligent enough collector *for long enough* you would already have bought this material WHEN IT WAS RELEASED, therefore, you wouldn't have spent nearly as much as you suggest. You could ALSO have COPIED the material from someone friendly enough to allow you access to their collection - therefore only spending the equivalent of 1 x 90 minute cassette......
>Should I continue or can we consider the point made?
If you like, but can we also consider that you were just trying to be right when in fact, you didn't really think it through......
YourValentine
The Guru is right: when the Solo Box was released, most of the Freddie material was out of print and very expensive.
I think the Freddie box is great. Sure, there are some tracks still missing and the essay about Freddie is stupid and full of mistakes and typing errors. But for once you have a product that was done in honour of the artist and not to make a quick profit. The whole presentation of the box, the high quality paper, the nice picture discs and the overall completeness of the recordings make a very fitting anthology of Freddie's solo work. It's not even very expensive considering the number of discs, the package and the number of printed and sold copies.
I think the Freddie box is great. Sure, there are some tracks still missing and the essay about Freddie is stupid and full of mistakes and typing errors. But for once you have a product that was done in honour of the artist and not to make a quick profit. The whole presentation of the box, the high quality paper, the nice picture discs and the overall completeness of the recordings make a very fitting anthology of Freddie's solo work. It's not even very expensive considering the number of discs, the package and the number of printed and sold copies.
INXS
I got it a couple of years ago, just went in to the store and didn't even look at the price, was quite expensive but then again, I was going to buy it anyway!