[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Benn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]However, the balance could be redressed by making the un-released material available as high quality downloadable files through QueenOnline, couldn't they........? That way, those that want them can have them and pay for them as they wish.......?[/QUOTE]
Brilliant.
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Now this is pointless. Who cares about Ibex? Who really wanted the Michael Jackson tracks on the box set ? Who really wants to know if the Phantom Of The Opera demos exist ? Who really thinks Freddie's last ever live performance is of any interest ?
I don't. Same goes for Queen. I don't want to hear any unreleased material from Montreux's very last sessions. I could have lived without hearing the BBC version of Nevermore, or Self Made Man, or I Guess We're Falling Out.
What I really want is compilations : GH IV maybe, or even better : a ultimate greatest hits, all the hits on one single CD. The Beatles did it, Depeche Mode and U2 are doing it. Or maybe a theme collection, a sequel to Rocks perhaps : Ballads, with Friends Will Be Friends re-released as a Dutch promo single. Now that's entertainment !
I don't. Same goes for Queen. I don't want to hear any unreleased material from Montreux's very last sessions. I could have lived without hearing the BBC version of Nevermore, or Self Made Man, or I Guess We're Falling Out.
What I really want is compilations : GH IV maybe, or even better : a ultimate greatest hits, all the hits on one single CD. The Beatles did it, Depeche Mode and U2 are doing it. Or maybe a theme collection, a sequel to Rocks perhaps : Ballads, with Friends Will Be Friends re-released as a Dutch promo single. Now that's entertainment !
Three cheers for sarcasm!
Great post.
Great post.
Thank you sir
Oh I'll second those three cheers! Making it six cheers! or would it be nine cheers? Math was ... never really my thing ... anyway, carry on.
Great post bone :D
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]YourValentine wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I think the Freddie box is a very enjoyable and well designed release. Of course there is always something left to criticise but overall it's the best release we got so far in my opinion.
However, there is completeness and although it may not have been advisable to include tracks for various reasons, it must still be allowed to discuss these left out tracks.
After all, we are not the Catholic Church and nobody can tell us ex cathedra that the discussion is over or useless.
The Queen Archivist says:
"Oh yes John, let's have minidisc home recordings on the Freddie box. Wonderful idea."
Why not? There are other home recordings on the Freddie box, namely the early Barcelona versions taped privately in Garden Lodge. If that was okay - why not more private recordings?
The Queen Archivist says:
"JSS WOULD HAVE FEATURED... TEN (yes 10) more versions of Love Kills"
Apart from the fact that two of these ten versions are videos and apart from the fact that John never suggested that all the versions he listed should have been included - on the recent LOLSOS double CD we have 6 versions of Love Kills on only 2 discs - so I do not understand why 10 versions on 10 discs would have been so unthinkable.
There were other interesting tracks listed in John Stuart's original message which were totally ignored by the Queen Archivist like for example
Freddie Mercury/Cliff Richard: Unreleased, Live –Time – London, 14 April 1988
It’s In Every One Of Us (duet) 2:30 - Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc
In My Defence (duet) - Unreleased:
It's Only Rock 'n Roll - Unreleased:
Freddie Mercury/Montserrat Caballe: Live Ku Club Ibiza, Olympia '92, 30 December 1987
Broadcast Live TVE/ 3 SAT Television.
Ensueno (Exercises In Free Love)
Montserrat Caballe Solo Version 4:01 - Barcelona: Polydor POCD 887
I would like to know why these were not included - there may be a good reason (copyright problems) but it would be nice if we were told some facts instead of getting all these personal insults.
Excellent post YV!
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However, there is completeness and although it may not have been advisable to include tracks for various reasons, it must still be allowed to discuss these left out tracks.
After all, we are not the Catholic Church and nobody can tell us ex cathedra that the discussion is over or useless.
The Queen Archivist says:
"Oh yes John, let's have minidisc home recordings on the Freddie box. Wonderful idea."
Why not? There are other home recordings on the Freddie box, namely the early Barcelona versions taped privately in Garden Lodge. If that was okay - why not more private recordings?
The Queen Archivist says:
"JSS WOULD HAVE FEATURED... TEN (yes 10) more versions of Love Kills"
Apart from the fact that two of these ten versions are videos and apart from the fact that John never suggested that all the versions he listed should have been included - on the recent LOLSOS double CD we have 6 versions of Love Kills on only 2 discs - so I do not understand why 10 versions on 10 discs would have been so unthinkable.
There were other interesting tracks listed in John Stuart's original message which were totally ignored by the Queen Archivist like for example
Freddie Mercury/Cliff Richard: Unreleased, Live –Time – London, 14 April 1988
It’s In Every One Of Us (duet) 2:30 - Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc
In My Defence (duet) - Unreleased:
It's Only Rock 'n Roll - Unreleased:
Freddie Mercury/Montserrat Caballe: Live Ku Club Ibiza, Olympia '92, 30 December 1987
Broadcast Live TVE/ 3 SAT Television.
Ensueno (Exercises In Free Love)
Montserrat Caballe Solo Version 4:01 - Barcelona: Polydor POCD 887
I would like to know why these were not included - there may be a good reason (copyright problems) but it would be nice if we were told some facts instead of getting all these personal insults.
Excellent post YV!
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