Am I really the only one who isn't happy about this at all? I've already bought the 16 Queen studio album. Why the hell do I have to buy them again in order to get the rarities?
The least they could do to add some sence to this is release the discs in DVD-audio quality + rarities in CD quality. Otherwise the whole idea with this is to get fans to buy the same albums they already have over and over again.
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VERY interesting news........I kinda like it, if only because that I am not the world's richest Queen fan, and the cost of buying of a huge box set might be difficult..........interestingly, I've done some things like this myself, with the various rare songs and versions that I have downloaded.....that is, put on one cd, the original album, plus alternate versions and whatnot.....so I was ahead of my time!!! or something like that......heh
I'd prefer the whole backcatalogue re-issued one by one as SACD (dsd stereo, dsd mc, redbook cd layers) or DVD-A (mlp stereo, mlp mc, dts), they could include outtakes rarities on each album this way also, space would not be an issue IMO.
And I'd not have to buy them as cd's again ;-)
Give me Hi-RES!
And I'd not have to buy them as cd's again ;-)
Give me Hi-RES!
John
your name will be mud - again - with the powers that be. I think they would prefer to tie all the cats in one bag and throw them from a bridge rathe than let you release them to the rest of us.
Thanks for the info though, It's likely to be a lot more intersting than a box set. Despite the huge range covered by the Beatle anthologies for example they were still tight on space and excluded a lot o stuff that is still "out there"
This might be our only chance for a true retrospecive on the Queen catalogue and as such I welcome it with an open chequebook (even if my bank manager doesn't)
Neil
your name will be mud - again - with the powers that be. I think they would prefer to tie all the cats in one bag and throw them from a bridge rathe than let you release them to the rest of us.
Thanks for the info though, It's likely to be a lot more intersting than a box set. Despite the huge range covered by the Beatle anthologies for example they were still tight on space and excluded a lot o stuff that is still "out there"
This might be our only chance for a true retrospecive on the Queen catalogue and as such I welcome it with an open chequebook (even if my bank manager doesn't)
Neil
I agree with Whisperer; I have all the origianl vinyl, CD's , 94 remasters, '98 remasters, and have started getting the new 2001 Japanese ones. If the albums are releawed on CD again, I don't really want to have to cough up to buy these, just for the rarities discs. Ideally, if it has to be in this format, the original album should be in DVDA 5.1, with the extras disc on CD. If not, then maybe they could also release all the extra discs in one 'box-set' so that we could have the choice of buying either the original+rarities double-CD pack when each one is released, or just the box-set with the rarities discs in. The only problem with this would be that the box set would have to be released after the last individual CD release, and I wouldn't want to wait 2 years to hear the rarities when I know they are already sitting on the shelves in the stores.
Oh well, as always I'm bound to buy wahtever comes out anyway!!
Chris
Oh well, as always I'm bound to buy wahtever comes out anyway!!
Chris
I think... it's a rip-off...
Fuck that- I already bought all albums once, than bought the mini-vinyls and now what- I'd have to buy all the albums yet AGAIN to get rarities...? ISN'T THAT FUCKING RIDICULOUS...? Good if they REALLY want to give us rarities, but... remember Greg saying so many times that re-releasing the old albums isn't an option...? Well........................................
I'm happy about the fact that they WILL release the rare things, but... definitely not happy about the idea behind it...
Fuck that- I already bought all albums once, than bought the mini-vinyls and now what- I'd have to buy all the albums yet AGAIN to get rarities...? ISN'T THAT FUCKING RIDICULOUS...? Good if they REALLY want to give us rarities, but... remember Greg saying so many times that re-releasing the old albums isn't an option...? Well........................................
I'm happy about the fact that they WILL release the rare things, but... definitely not happy about the idea behind it...
terrible idea...
told ya we wouldnt get a box set! grrr
told ya we wouldnt get a box set! grrr
Mixed emotions... so if I want to hear the rarities, I have to buy the whole catalogue again? That sucks. I'd agree with that if all the albums were released in DVD audio. I have many doubts about CD's - we've had so many remastered editions in the past and virtually all of them had some errors.
I don't know too. I have LPs, some CDs (without remaster), then remastered ('94) CDs, DVD-A, and now I should buy the whole catalog anew. If they do new remaster of CDs and add better booklets (as in Deep Purple or Yes remastered/anniversary series are) and give us rarities, I think it'll be OK for me. In that case I'll go for it. If not, hmmm, I will see :-)
To return to the thread which originally broke the news...
http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/forumnew/forum_topic_view.aspx?Q_FORUM_ID=1&Q_FORUM_NAME=Queen+-+Serious+Discussio&TOPIC_SUBJECT=Better+Than+A+Box+Set%3f&Q=486873&page=1
The debate is NOT about "Fleetwood Mac" or "Rumours", rather, should "Queen" follow suit with "A Night At The Opera" 30th anniversary edition - or go down the road of a ubiquitous "Beatles: Anthology" box-set?
FLEETWOOD MAC - Rumours [2CD, 2004, Expanded & Remastered]
Info: Amazon
Three decades after Rumours established itself as one of rock's most ubiquitous, overarching successes, discussing Fleetwood Mac's heady 1977 monster (18 million sold and counting) might seem pointless; one might as well deconstruct a Big Mac. But this remastered, double-disc deluxe edition succeeds by offering up a generous, compelling portrait of that overly familiar musical triumph via 18 bonus tracks that include demos, outtakes, run-throughs, and studio jams. Stripping hits like "Don't Stop," "Go Your Own Way" and "Gold Dust Woman" down to their most bare-bones form reveals the sturdy, elemental framework that tellingly lies beneath all the pop perfection. But tracks like Lindsey Buckingham's ebullient instrumental "Brushes" (the basic tracks of "Never Going Back Again") also display a musician whose focused vision is informed by accomplished playing that's anything but simple. The two brief studio jams included aren't much more than noisy, disposable fun. But other outtakes of songs that didn't make the album (Stevie Nicks's "Think About It" and "Planets of the Universe"; Buckingham's "Doesn't Anything Last") help underscore the contention of Dave DiMartino's insightful new liner notes: This was a band on the cusp of triumph literally coming apart at its emotional seams, yet one which somehow channeled that personal turmoil into nothing short of epochal musical success. -- Jerry McCulley, Amazon
Tracklist:
CD1:
1. Second Hand News
2. Dreams
3. Never Going Back Again
4. Don't Stop
5. Go Your Own Way
6. Songbird
7. Silver Springs
8. The Chain
9. You Make Loving Fun
10. I Don't Want to Know
11. Oh Daddy
12. Gold Dust Woman
CD2:
1. Second Hand News
2. Dreams
3. Brushes (Never Going Back Again)
4. Don't Stop
5. Go Your Own Way
6. Songbird
7. Silver Springs
8. You Make Loving Fun
9. Gold Dust Woman #1
10. Oh Daddy
11. Think About It
12. Never Going Back Again
13. Planets of the Universe
14. Butter Cookie (Keep Me There)
15. Gold Dust Woman
16. Doesn't Anything Last
17. Mic the Screecher
18. For Duster (The Blues)
The point here is that the price of this 2xCD set - is LITTLE more than the price of the original release.
My view is that I am NOT purchasing the old stuff again. Rather, I am buying a new rarities disc - ALONG with a second remastered version of the original for virtually free! No problem.
Also, I think it is BETTER to buy in affordable installments - rather than a one-off lump sum. (Remember, the key phrase was "pocket money" affordable). That should suit all pockets and needs.
Heaven knows, there are times that I think QP do get it wrong, and I am not slow to say so, but in balance (in my opinion), I think that they have it pretty much right this time around.
Let's hope it is sooner, rather than later this year.
http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/forumnew/forum_topic_view.aspx?Q_FORUM_ID=1&Q_FORUM_NAME=Queen+-+Serious+Discussio&TOPIC_SUBJECT=Better+Than+A+Box+Set%3f&Q=486873&page=1
The debate is NOT about "Fleetwood Mac" or "Rumours", rather, should "Queen" follow suit with "A Night At The Opera" 30th anniversary edition - or go down the road of a ubiquitous "Beatles: Anthology" box-set?
FLEETWOOD MAC - Rumours [2CD, 2004, Expanded & Remastered]
Info: Amazon
Three decades after Rumours established itself as one of rock's most ubiquitous, overarching successes, discussing Fleetwood Mac's heady 1977 monster (18 million sold and counting) might seem pointless; one might as well deconstruct a Big Mac. But this remastered, double-disc deluxe edition succeeds by offering up a generous, compelling portrait of that overly familiar musical triumph via 18 bonus tracks that include demos, outtakes, run-throughs, and studio jams. Stripping hits like "Don't Stop," "Go Your Own Way" and "Gold Dust Woman" down to their most bare-bones form reveals the sturdy, elemental framework that tellingly lies beneath all the pop perfection. But tracks like Lindsey Buckingham's ebullient instrumental "Brushes" (the basic tracks of "Never Going Back Again") also display a musician whose focused vision is informed by accomplished playing that's anything but simple. The two brief studio jams included aren't much more than noisy, disposable fun. But other outtakes of songs that didn't make the album (Stevie Nicks's "Think About It" and "Planets of the Universe"; Buckingham's "Doesn't Anything Last") help underscore the contention of Dave DiMartino's insightful new liner notes: This was a band on the cusp of triumph literally coming apart at its emotional seams, yet one which somehow channeled that personal turmoil into nothing short of epochal musical success. -- Jerry McCulley, Amazon
Tracklist:
CD1:
1. Second Hand News
2. Dreams
3. Never Going Back Again
4. Don't Stop
5. Go Your Own Way
6. Songbird
7. Silver Springs
8. The Chain
9. You Make Loving Fun
10. I Don't Want to Know
11. Oh Daddy
12. Gold Dust Woman
CD2:
1. Second Hand News
2. Dreams
3. Brushes (Never Going Back Again)
4. Don't Stop
5. Go Your Own Way
6. Songbird
7. Silver Springs
8. You Make Loving Fun
9. Gold Dust Woman #1
10. Oh Daddy
11. Think About It
12. Never Going Back Again
13. Planets of the Universe
14. Butter Cookie (Keep Me There)
15. Gold Dust Woman
16. Doesn't Anything Last
17. Mic the Screecher
18. For Duster (The Blues)
The point here is that the price of this 2xCD set - is LITTLE more than the price of the original release.
My view is that I am NOT purchasing the old stuff again. Rather, I am buying a new rarities disc - ALONG with a second remastered version of the original for virtually free! No problem.
Also, I think it is BETTER to buy in affordable installments - rather than a one-off lump sum. (Remember, the key phrase was "pocket money" affordable). That should suit all pockets and needs.
Heaven knows, there are times that I think QP do get it wrong, and I am not slow to say so, but in balance (in my opinion), I think that they have it pretty much right this time around.
Let's hope it is sooner, rather than later this year.
Great news indeed! I would rather this than a box set.
I really like the 2 disc idea like Johnny Winters 30th anniversary release of Second Winter. Disc one is the original album and outtakes and the second is a concert.
It would be nice to have some of those concert soundboard recordings out there along with the outtakes and demos.
I really like the 2 disc idea like Johnny Winters 30th anniversary release of Second Winter. Disc one is the original album and outtakes and the second is a concert.
It would be nice to have some of those concert soundboard recordings out there along with the outtakes and demos.
Also, if studio out-takes are brisk for the early albums, they could always use soundboard live recordings for bonus material? And how about 1 'finished' demo completed by Brian and Roger for each set? Though I doubt they'd have time right now.
I wonder what happens to the BBC tracks. If they are included per album that would take away a lot of space on the bonus CDs...
I just wish they would sell the soundboards to the concerts they done, they would make a nice amount from that, even if it is only Online orders. In due time I would pay for more then 200 shows, thats at least one night Roger can stay in a nice hotel and entertain a young blonde chick, in all and all, we both would win =)
Regarding the BBC tracks... well, there's only 4 per session they did, and it's likely those early albums don't have a huge amount of out-takes anyway. I'd rather have the 'best of' the out-takes on the binus disk than loads of versions of the same song.