I got mine from Ebay too. It was $180 including shipping. Love it! My best purchase so far. Barcelona session and Untold story are my favorites.
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Bought mine the day it was released in Holland. Costed me 450 guilders (€200) at the time. Quite a lot of money..but really worth it!
What a great boxset!!
What a great boxset!!
Yes I have it. I paid 99.00 dollars for it when it was first released. And it definitely was worth every penny.
More, according to Lisa's insurance assessor - isn't he due again? He's a funny guy...
I have wanted the complete 10 CD 2 DVD 120 page book for some time now.
I am dying to see & hear the Interviews with Freddie disc,
as well as the Untold Story disc,
as well as all of the alternates, demos, works in progress, basic & scratch take tracks, etc.
1) Not available in USA (just the crap WAY edited 3 CD set) or in NTSC whatever it's called.
2) I can't afford $120 some dollars..least not right now.
One day hopefully...
I am dying to see & hear the Interviews with Freddie disc,
as well as the Untold Story disc,
as well as all of the alternates, demos, works in progress, basic & scratch take tracks, etc.
1) Not available in USA (just the crap WAY edited 3 CD set) or in NTSC whatever it's called.
2) I can't afford $120 some dollars..least not right now.
One day hopefully...
I got mine when it was first released and I think I paid around $120 for it. I could have gotten less but I bought it off of QOL, so I could get the special stamp to go along with it. lol
Well I sort of started to collect money to buy it on the Queen convention. But I'v started to doubt. I'm not that fan of Freddie's solo carreer so.
I got my box set on the day it was released in a multi media store in Germany. I payed 90 Euro for it which was incredibly cheap. I just watched the untold story again yesterday it always brings tears to my eyes. Just too touching. I love the box since it finally gave us the chance to see the evolution of the various stages of songs. barcelona sessions are just fabulous and so is...
I could go on for hours. Can't wait for the Queen box sets.
I could go on for hours. Can't wait for the Queen box sets.
I own the box and the "Guide me Home" single which includes the trailer of "The Untold Story". Don't know what a paid for them... Around the 180,- euro I think. But it's a masterpiece, it's worth it.
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.
Can't wait for the Queen box sets.
Indeed can't wait, cause you can't wait on things wich will never come.
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......
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
Benn is right about the significant amount of duplication of things already released. But that's true of many Queen Productions releases.
"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.