| Walter B. 22.04.2009 04:31 |
Disc [1] 1.Love of my life (live) 2.Now I'm here (live) Disc [2] 1.Crazy little thing called love 2.We will rock you (live) Disc [3] 1.Save me 2.Let me entertain you (live) Disc [4] 1.Play the game 2.A human body Disc [5] 1.Another one bites the dust 2.Dragon attack Disc [6] 1.Flash 2.Football fight Disc [7] 1.Under pressure 2.Soul brother Disc [8] 1.Body language 2.Life is real Disc [9] 1.Las palabras de amor 2.Cool cat Disc [10] 1.Calling All Girls 2.Put out the fire Disc [11] 1.Back chat 2.Staying power Disc [12] 1.Radio GaGa 2.I go crazy Disc [13] 1.I want to break free 2.Machines releasedate 15-06-2009 EAN: 5099996549728 |
| pootle50 22.04.2009 04:58 |
This is REALLY good news. There are NO sign of the 12" mixes, so hopefully they'll either be in boxset number 4 or they'll do a proper double CD release. Hmmm. I know which will be the more expensive option, so I think they'll go for boxset 4 :( |
| pittrek 22.04.2009 05:23 |
pootle50 wrote: This is REALLY good news. There are NO sign of the 12" mixes, so hopefully they'll either be in boxset number 4 or they'll do a proper double CD release. Hmmm. I know which will be the more expensive option, so I think they'll go for boxset 4 :( There will be NO 12" mixes or instrumentals or whatever released. Never. The plan is to release direct copies of the original 7" LPs. |
| inu-liger 22.04.2009 05:35 |
pittrek wrote:pootle50 wrote: This is REALLY good news. There are NO sign of the 12" mixes, so hopefully they'll either be in boxset number 4 or they'll do a proper double CD release. Hmmm. I know which will be the more expensive option, so I think they'll go for boxset 4 :(There will be NO 12" mixes or instrumentals or whatever released. Never. The plan is to release direct copies of the original 7" LPs. You mean singles, right? :-P |
| cmi 22.04.2009 07:00 |
If the sleeve is genuine, this set ends with I Want To Break Free single (not with It's A Hard LIfe). Also we have Calling All Girls US single in addition! Thank God Top 40 rule is not working anymore. |
| dave76 22.04.2009 09:51 |
Although we have all the stuff it's great to "finally" have A Human Body and Soul Brother in CD quality |
| Erin 22.04.2009 10:46 |
dave76 wrote: Although we have all the stuff it's great to "finally" have A Human Body and Soul Brother in CD quality Soul Brother was already available in CD quality, though, on the UK 3" cd single and the US Heaven For Everyone cd single. ;-) |
| GT 22.04.2009 11:42 |
This 2nd box of 13 CD singles still partakes in the Top 40 rule, and will right up to the 4th Box. So that is why we have Calling All Girls in this box....because it was top 30 in Canada. If we hadn't of kept to the top 40 rule then we have already missed out on the likes of Mustapha, It's Late and Jealousy, to name a few. So the 4th box will go up to and include the final Queen singles that were released and made the top 40 anywhere in the world......there will be no 12" versions, Extended or Instrumentals at all in this series. This is not what this project is about. It is about all the original Queen singles that made the top 40 anywhere in the world (based on the 7" vinyl format)......that was the criteria on this one. |
| pittrek 22.04.2009 13:22 |
inu-liger wrote:pittrek wrote:You mean singles, right? :-Ppootle50 wrote: This is REALLY good news. There are NO sign of the 12" mixes, so hopefully they'll either be in boxset number 4 or they'll do a proper double CD release. Hmmm. I know which will be the more expensive option, so I think they'll go for boxset 4 :(There will be NO 12" mixes or instrumentals or whatever released. Never. The plan is to release direct copies of the original 7" LPs. Sure :-) |
| Walter B. 22.04.2009 13:28 |
GT wrote: This 2nd box of 13 CD singles still partakes in the Top 40 rule, and will right up to the 4th Box. So that is why we have Calling All Girls in this box....because it was top 30 in Canada. If we hadn't of kept to the top 40 rule then we have already missed out on the likes of Mustapha, It's Late and Jealousy, to name a few. So the 4th box will go up to and include the final Queen singles that were released and made the top 40 anywhere in the world......there will be no 12" versions, Extended or Instrumentals at all in this series. This is not what this project is about. It is about all the original Queen singles that made the top 40 anywhere in the world (based on the 7" vinyl format)......that was the criteria on this one.So the tracklisting that I posted is not correct then? I did not include Calling All Girls. |
| GT 22.04.2009 13:33 |
Thats right Walter.......thats the plain black cover one with white lettering you see on the red box. Based on the original USA 7" single cover. The 3rd box will begin with It's A Hard Life. |
| Walter B. 22.04.2009 13:42 |
Thanks Gary. I have edited my post. I have removed It's A Hard Life and replaced it with Calling All Girls/Put out the fire. |
| cmsdrums 22.04.2009 15:38 |
GT wrote:
It is about all the original Queen singles that made the top 40 anywhere in the world (based on the 7" vinyl format)......that was the criteria on this one.
Were all of the singles from Made In Heaven released on 7" vinyl (I can't recall at the mo), and therefore will not be excluded from box 4 on this basis? Were the live releases of WWRY/Champions and Who Wants To Live Forever from Wembley that came out on CD single in (I think) Holland or Germany or France ever released on anything other than CD single? Cheers ps - why the new user ID Greg?!? |
| Walter B. 22.04.2009 15:58 |
The only 7" vinyl singles from the Made In Heaven album that were given a commercial release were Too Much Love Will Kill You and Let Me Live. TMLWKY came out as a pink coloured 7". Let Me Live is a 7" picture disc. The live releases of WWRY/Champions from Wembley and Who Wants To Live Forever were also released as cassette singles and 7" vinyls. WWRY/WATC was released in Italy as a 12". PS: GT and Greg are two different persons by the way. |
| JeroenG 22.04.2009 16:22 |
In that case I am looking forward to box 3 (?) too, as the single remix of 'Pain is so close to pleasure' went no 26 in the Netherlands, so it should be present in the box. |
| Josh Henson 22.04.2009 16:28 |
I haven't looked yet, but,...why is AOBTD paired w/ Dragon Attack? Last time I checked AOBTD charted #1 here in the USA and had Don't Try Suicide as the b-side. So shouldn't this be the b side then? |
| Bohardy 22.04.2009 16:30 |
cmsdrums wrote: ps - why the new user ID Greg?!? GT is Gary Taylor, who helps Greg out a lot, and has done masses of work on this and other recent Queen projects. They may sing from the same hymnsheet, but they are two different people. |
| DragonOnMyBack 22.04.2009 16:47 |
I guess the reason is they have based AOBTD on the more common UK release. The UK release meets the Top 40 rule, but agreed it charted higher in other countries, so might have been better going for a non UK format. |
| Joseph_007 22.04.2009 17:02 |
tanks for good news....!!! |
| Bo Rhap 22.04.2009 18:44 |
Hadrian wrote: I haven't looked yet, but,...why is AOBTD paired w/ Dragon Attack? Last time I checked AOBTD charted #1 here in the USA and had Don't Try Suicide as the b-side. So shouldn't this be the b side then? AOBTD/DA was the uk release |
| Collecting Queen 22.04.2009 18:52 |
Thanks Walter. I think this time the box is a little more worthy just for Soul Brother, Human Body and I Go Crazy...not many but it's something |
| onevsion 22.04.2009 18:54 |
Another shitty Queen product wich I won't buy. Well done guys. You rock! |
| GT 23.04.2009 04:02 |
I guess the reason is they have based AOBTD on the more common UK release. The UK release meets the Top 40 rule, but agreed it charted higher in other countries, so might have been better going for a non UK format. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks guys, this is a good topic. If we had of gone for the US release then we would of had no picture sleeve to use. We didn't want to go for the Japan release as we already have two in this box already, and it's supposed to reflect an international feel. In the end we didn't go for the UK release either..........so we used the release from Mexico. |
| DragonOnMyBack 23.04.2009 04:36 |
Gary, one other question. Did Under Pressure / Soul Brother get a different picture sleeve and chart within the top 40 anywhere else in the world apart from the UK? The reason I ask is judging from the photo earlier in the thread it looks like we have 2 covers in this set. that are almost completely black with minimal writing etc. It would have been nice to get a rarer cover for Under Pressure than, what looks like, the UK one. Especially given the cover of Calling All Girls which is obviously the only real option for that single. I guess there was the Japan Snowdon photo sleeve (not sure if it charted top 40), but then again reading your previous post maybe that woudl mean too many Japanese versions in the box again. |
| GT 23.04.2009 04:52 |
Good point, and this was addressed. So again we never went for the UK issue and if you look carefully (though it's not a very good pic), you will see it's the Spanish release. The nice thing about these spanish speaking countries (inc Mexico) is that they usually had the spanish spelling of the song on the front cover.....and that makes it more interesting to use as the covers for these box sets. |
| pootle50 23.04.2009 11:42 |
pittrek wrote:pootle50 wrote: This is REALLY good news. There are NO sign of the 12" mixes, so hopefully they'll either be in boxset number 4 or they'll do a proper double CD release. Hmmm. I know which will be the more expensive option, so I think they'll go for boxset 4 :(There will be NO 12" mixes or instrumentals or whatever released. Never. The plan is to release direct copies of the original 7" LPs. Aha! I didn't know that. So this 4 box-set release is an even more watered down verison of the originally proposed/planned boxset of 10CDs than I realised. Well. I won't be buying any then. Good job Queen Productions limited them to only 10,000 copies isn't it. I'd rather (and I am) spend my money on ebay obtaining the original vinyls. |
| cmsdrums 23.04.2009 16:08 |
Bohardy wrote:cmsdrums wrote: ps - why the new user ID Greg?!?GT is Gary Taylor, who helps Greg out a lot, and has done masses of work on this and other recent Queen projects. They may sing from the same hymnsheet, but they are two different people. Whoops - apologies to Gary - and Greg! |
| Collecting Queen 23.04.2009 16:28 |
GT wrote: Good point, and this was addressed. So again we never went for the UK issue and if you look carefully (though it's not a very good pic), you will see it's the Spanish release. The nice thing about these spanish speaking countries (inc Mexico) is that they usually had the spanish spelling of the song on the front cover.....and that makes it more interesting to use as the covers for these box sets. You are absolutely right GT, it's the Spanish release. As spaniard I would had prefered the mega rare picture sleeve for the you are my best friend spanish single (in vol 1), I even don't have it! This under pressure cover is a little more interesting than the UK version but unfortunately there are no big differences between them, mainly the subtitle "bajo presion" |
| Micrówave 23.04.2009 18:39 |
I'm very skeptical of this "GT" dude. Maybe he could ask us for information, start pointless rants, brainwash, call us names, and never really deliver anything. Only then could he truly help out Greg Brooks. |
| Josh Henson 23.04.2009 19:09 |
Bo Rhap wrote:Hadrian wrote: I haven't looked yet, but,...why is AOBTD paired w/ Dragon Attack? Last time I checked AOBTD charted #1 here in the USA and had Don't Try Suicide as the b-side. So shouldn't this be the b side then?AOBTD/DA was the uk release I understand that, but it charted at #1 in the USA and #7 (?) in UK, so it seems to me that they should have used the USA pairing, even though DA is better than Suicide. |
| GT 24.04.2009 04:51 |
But then if we had of gone for the USA paring we wouldn't of had a picture sleeve for it.....and like I said we didn't want another Jap sleeve. |
| DragonOnMyBack 24.04.2009 09:16 |
Gary, Is there going to be any sort of booklet with box 2. I know that was discussed here after the release of Box 1 and think Greg mentioned something might be done. Did it happen? Personally if there is to be a booklet now I would prefer to see a single booklet covering all the singles in all the boxes, included as a sort of bonus item in box 4 rather than 3 boxes with booklets and 1 without. Either way do you have any news? |
| GT 24.04.2009 10:17 |
Hopefully something will happen to cover all boxes, but there certainly wont be a booklet in box 2. Nothing has been decided yet to cover the whole series, but we live in hope.....just to complete a really nice series of CDs (and that's my opinion). |
| Micrówave 24.04.2009 17:49 |
Yes, and that would really fit into the QPL gameplan. We would HAVE to buy another box set just to get what we wanted in the first one. Genius. I'm surprised QPL haven't picked you up yet. |
| Maxïmo Razzamatazz 25.04.2009 07:12 |
So this set's got the 7inch mix of Back Chat on it? Was that one ever released on CD before? |
| JeroenG 25.04.2009 08:19 |
Maxïmo Razzamatazz wrote: So this set's got the 7inch mix of Back Chat on it? Was that one ever released on CD before? Was thinking about that too, would be nice to have the 7inch mix on CD for the first time (although I think it was on the GVH II dvd with the video if I'm right?) |
| GT 29.04.2009 02:39 |
Yes, the 7" remix of Back Chat will be in the box.......as was said at the beginning.....this series is based on the original vinyl versions that were put out on the 7" format. And yes this is the first time that this remix will have been out on official audio CD. |
| GT 29.04.2009 12:35 |
And todays press release: QUEEN: THE SINGLES COLLECTION, Volume 2 More of the Queen Singles You Always Wanted Release date: June 15, 2009 The second volume of Queen’s massively impressive Singles Collection CD series is set for release by EMI on June 15. Aimed to make available and replicate in faithful detail every one of Queen’s singles to have made the upper reaches of the charts anywhere in the world, the collection was launched last December with a set covering the band’s career from the early years 1973 – 1979. This latest Volume 2 box set covers the subsequent period of mid 1979 – 1984 with 13 singles drawn from the albums Live Killers (79), The Game (80), Flash Gordon (80), Hot Space (82) and The Works (84). The subsequent volumes will follow the band’s singles through to the final Queen studio album, Made In Heaven from 1995. While focusing primarily on the band’s complete UK singles output, the importance of the series is amplified by the inclusion on many singles only released abroad as well as rare non-album B-sides, live tracks, and some seldom-heard alternative mixes. This is a collection made up of the singles in their true original form, delivering every top 40 Queen single heard on the radio anywhere across the world. This collection highlights one of the most adventurous periods in Queen’s history which saw the band constantly reaching out into new territory, both as studio musicians and live performers. Considering the band was seldom away from touring it is remarkable they were able to achieve such an output of new recorded work. In the five year period these singles cover the band toured Europe three times, Japan three times, the USA twice and even managed to break open the Latin America countries with a series of logic and – some would say – sense-defying stadium concerts which Queen would later return to for the 1985 historic Rock in Rio concerts. Recording wise, Queen released their first totally live album, Live Killers, strayed from the rock path to create some classic pop singles – Another One Bites the Dust, Radio Ga Ga and I Want to Break Free, flirted with dance music with Hot Space, made an all-time classic track with David Bowie, and brilliantly crossed the boundary into films soundtracks with the Flash Gordon album, something they would do even more successfully several years on with the Highlander soundtrack, released as the A Kind of Magic album. Queen Singles Collection Volume 2 – Tracks: Kicking off with Queen’s first ever live single, Love Of My Life (from the first live album Live Killers), this much loved Freddie Mercury composition is a significant departure from the original studio version recorded for A Night At The Opera four years earlier. Although not a big hit in the UK or Europe, it was a huge No. 1 in the South American territories, and so features in this set, in a recreation of the rarely seen Japanese sleeve. Another Freddie song, and yet another musical departure – this time a rockabilly foray – Crazy Little Thing Called Love would become the band’s first No. 1 single in the USA. It reached the same position in several other territories too, as would the album on which it later appeared, The Game (1980). Brian May’s ballad Save Me, Freddie’s Play The Game, with its non-album Roger Taylor B-side A Human Body (this boxed set being its CD debut), and the next American No.1, John Deacon’s Another One Bites The Dust, continued a string of singles from the band’s most successful album up to that point, and got the 80s off to a promising start. Queen’s first venture into film, with the soundtrack to Flash Gordon produced the single Flash, known in some parts of the world as Flash’s Theme (AKA Flash), and here it is presented in another beautiful sleeve produced for Japan. Another first would find the band recording with another musical artist, David Bowie, for the No 1 single Under Pressure in 1981, a true collaboration emerging from a studio jam session in Montreux. This single also featured a little known non-album B-side, in Soul Brother (written and performed by Queen). Freddie’s funky Body Language and Brian’s South American tour inspired Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) were the next singles, followed by Roger’s first ever ‘A’ side single Calling All Girls –from the Hot Space album. Released only in America, Australasia and Canada, it would make the top 40 in the latter country only. John Deacon’s Back Chat, released in the summer of 1982, was the very first Queen remixed single. Queen took the following year off in terms of single releases, and touring, but 1984 began with the band back on top form with the Taylor penned Radio Ga Ga reaching No 1 in 19 countries and giving Roger his first international hit. A heavy rock number from Brian, I Go Crazy, was the B-side, and yet another track not featured on an album, in this case The Works. Another remix was created for John’s massive international hit I Want To Break Free, and came in four different picture sleeves for the 7” in the UK. For this set we selected the European sleeve. And so the mighty Queen machine rolled on, with this second set of singles providing another truly grandiose and varied musical journey in the band’s singles history. Packaged in lift off top box, the 13 CD singles feature a selection of authentically reproduced cover artwork from around the world. Released by EMI June 15, 2009. Track listing: CD Single 1 1. LOVE OF MY LIFE (Live) (Mercury) 2. NOW I’M HERE (Live) (May) CD Single 2 1. CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE (Mercury) 2. WE WILL ROCK YOU (Live) (May) CD Single 3 1. SAVE ME (May) 2. LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU (Live) (Mercury) CD Single 4 1. PLAY THE GAME (Mercury) 2. A HUMAN BODY (Taylor) CD Single 5 1. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST (Deacon) 2. DRAGON ATTACK (May) CD Single 6 1. FLASH’ THEME (May) 2. FOOTBALL FIGHT (Mercury) CD Single 7 1. UNDER PRESSURE (Queen / Bowie) 2. SOUL BROTHER (Queen) CD Single 8 1. BODY LANGUAGE (Mercury) 2. LIFE IS REAL (Mercury) CD Single 9 1. LAS PALABRAS DE AMOR (The Words Of Love) (May) 2. COOL CAT (Deacon / Mercury) CD Single 10 1. CALLING ALL GIRLS (Taylor) 2. PUT OUT THE FIRE (May) CD Single 11 1. BACK CHAT (Deacon) 2. STAYING POWER (Mercury) CD Single 12 1. RADIO GA GA (Taylor) 2. I GO CRAZY (May) CD Single 13 1. I WANT TO BREAK FREE (Deacon) 2. MACHINES (or Back To Humans) (May / Taylor) - Audio Supervised by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae, Kris Fredriksson and Martin Lau. Re-mastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road. - Compiled with the help of Greg Brooks and Gary Taylor. Design by Richard Gray. All sleeves courtesy of the Brian May archive. |
| Negative Creep 29.04.2009 13:27 |
GT wrote: The second volume of Queen’s massively impressive Singles Collection CD series is set for release by EMI on June 15. Massively impressive? Massively pedestrian more like. How in any fucking way can this series be described as "massively impressive" and by whom?! At the end of the day it's just a box of re-issue CD singles in cheap card sleeves. WOW. |
| Daz85 29.04.2009 14:30 |
In the press release it says the singles boxes will take us up to Made In Heaven.. but what about No-One But You and the Under Pressure (rah mix) singles after it? |
| pittrek 29.04.2009 15:30 |
Negative Creep wrote:GT wrote: The second volume of Queen’s massively impressive Singles Collection CD series is set for release by EMI on June 15.Massively impressive? Massively pedestrian more like. How in any fucking way can this series be described as "massively impressive" and by whom?! At the end of the day it's just a box of re-issue CD singles in cheap card sleeves. WOW. Actually I really start thinking about buying this one |
| Walter B. 29.04.2009 15:36 |
GT wrote:
And todays press release:
QUEEN: THE SINGLES COLLECTION, Volume 2
More of the Queen Singles You Always Wanted
Release date: June 15, 2009
[...]
Queen’s first venture into film, with the soundtrack to Flash Gordon produced the single Flash, known in some parts of the world as Flash’s Theme (AKA Flash), and here it is presented in another beautiful sleeve produced for Japan.
Gary: isn't the sleeve used on the box the sleeve for the USA single? The Japanese sleeve for the Flash single looks similar, but it is different. |
| Vali 29.04.2009 19:23 |
Darren Robins wrote: .. but what about No-One But You (...) I agree that would be a nice touch |
| GT 30.04.2009 08:18 |
In the press release it says the singles boxes will take us up to Made In Heaven.. but what about No-One But You and the Under Pressure (rah mix) singles after it? The actual wording about this was in the context of listing all the studio albums....so you will see that the singles do carry on after Made In Heaven. |
| GT 30.04.2009 08:28 |
Gary: isn't the sleeve used on the box the sleeve for the USA single? The Japanese sleeve for the Flash single looks similar, but it is different. Thanks Walter.....this was spotted and has been addressed and hopefully the press release will be changed to Flash being from the USA and not Japan. |
| Penetration_Guru 30.04.2009 16:23 |
While I understand the desire not to use too many Japanese sleeves, perhaps the solution given the lack of choice for UP & CAG would have been for one of them to be Japanese, and to drop one of the others (which could be replaced more easily by something from elsewhere. |
| *goodco* 04.05.2009 14:39 |
link b-1 How do I get my hands on 'Calling All The Girls', 'Put The Fire Out', and 'Machined'? Are these new tracks? Just like 'Yoeu'r My Best Friend' on the Singles 1 Collection....are they new? Proofreader in the house? Or two? ( I missed the 'Girls' error when posting on another board) btw..........."3" might not be so bad for those who want the AKOM nonalbum B sides, the terrific 'Miracle' nonalbum B sides (other than the title track), along with 'Lost Opportunity' and the 'It's A Beautiful Day' edit. For this collection,.....maybe someone will send me 'A Human Body' ........I burned it from the 'Complete Works', and have it on a Roger compilation, but why it was not included as a bonus on the cd issue of 'The Game' is beyond me. Hell..........I'd have dished out money for this 'collection' just to get the soundtrack version of 'The Hero' in a nice and clean CD release, (why that wasn't on the movie CD as a bonus is beyond me also).....but............oh, well...................guess I get to save some money joe+susan+dancing doggie+ |
| Big D 13.05.2009 06:16 |
Didn't Need Your Loving also make the Canadian Top 40? |
| cmsdrums 13.05.2009 15:45 |
Big D wrote: Didn't Need Your Loving also make the Canadian Top 40? From what I can find online, it reached 44 in the US, but didn't chart anywhere else. Its bizarre that they were the biggest band in the world at that point, and on the back of Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Another One Bites The Dust (plus The Game LP), that this really good track just didn't do anything as a single. Same thing goes for Spread Your Wings after WWRY/Champions/NOTW - poor John - that must be a confidence shaker after two of your best songs get single releases and 'flop'. (relatively speaking) |
| silver_salmon 27.05.2009 11:46 |
When we can hear the preview of this one?. Vol 1 were available one month before the launch |
| Walter B. 27.05.2009 12:58 |
http://queensinglesbox.com |
| Simon Brown 27.05.2009 15:54 |
Walter B. wrote: http://queensinglesbox.com Nice. I'm looking forward to vol 2 so much that I went and got Vol 1 to tide me over. Hmm. On the website clicking on the Las Parablas cover produces some odd results. |
| Simon Brown 27.05.2009 16:21 |
cmsdrums wrote:Big D wrote: Didn't Need Your Loving also make the Canadian Top 40?From what I can find online, it reached 44 in the US, but didn't chart anywhere else. Its bizarre that they were the biggest band in the world at that point, and on the back of Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Another One Bites The Dust (plus The Game LP), that this really good track just didn't do anything as a single. Same thing goes for Spread Your Wings after WWRY/Champions/NOTW - poor John - that must be a confidence shaker after two of your best songs get single releases and 'flop'. (relatively speaking) 36 in Canada according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_discography#Singles backed with Rock It for those who are curious, but not curious enough to click :) |
| silver_salmon 27.05.2009 17:12 |
Walter B. wrote: http://queensinglesbox.com Thanks Walter!!! better impossible. |
| GT 29.05.2009 02:36 |
Prior to the release of the first box set of CD singles, we tried to get every singles chart position all over the world. The UK and USA charts are easily available as they have kept a good record of chart statistics since the 1950's, but other countries around the world hadn't kept records or never had charts to compile information from anyway. So we could never establish from anyone if certain singles did indeed reach the top 40.....if they had one of course. This is what happened to NEED YOUR LOVING TONIGHT, although it is said it hit the top 40 in Canada, nobody could verify this not even the record company. No doubt in a years time somebody will come on here and say that MUSTAPHA did indeed reach the top 40 in say Yugoslavia.....and that LIAR was a huge top 10 hit on.........Mars! |
| cmsdrums 29.05.2009 07:38 |
GT wrote: Prior to the release of the first box set of CD singles, we tried to get every singles chart position all over the world. The UK and USA charts are easily available as they have kept a good record of chart statistics since the 1950's, but other countries around the world hadn't kept records or never had charts to compile information from anyway. So we could never establish from anyone if certain singles did indeed reach the top 40.....if they had one of course. This is what happened to NEED YOUR LOVING TONIGHT, although it is said it hit the top 40 in Canada, nobody could verify this not even the record company. No doubt in a years time somebody will come on here and say that MUSTAPHA did indeed reach the top 40 in say Yugoslavia.....and that LIAR was a huge top 10 hit on.........Mars! I understand the difficulties in obtaining bone fide genuinely 100% accurate data, but in such an example as Need Your LOving Tonight, if there were some sources saying it didn't reach top 40 and some sources saying it did, why not include it anyway?? It's a great song that would be heard for the first time by most of the casual buyers the set is aimed at, and it gives Queen another wordwide top 40 single for their stats which cannot be argued against by anyone cos there is no official chart to deny such a claim?!!? |
| 4 x Vision 29.05.2009 08:40 |
Simon Brown wrote:cmsdrums wrote:36 in Canada according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_discography#Singles backed with Rock It for those who are curious, but not curious enough to click :)Big D wrote: Didn't Need Your Loving also make the Canadian Top 40?From what I can find online, it reached 44 in the US, but didn't chart anywhere else. Its bizarre that they were the biggest band in the world at that point, and on the back of Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Another One Bites The Dust (plus The Game LP), that this really good track just didn't do anything as a single. Same thing goes for Spread Your Wings after WWRY/Champions/NOTW - poor John - that must be a confidence shaker after two of your best songs get single releases and 'flop'. (relatively speaking) "poor john"... as you mentioned... i think he got his fair share of success through AOBTD... so prob wasn't that bothered. They all had their flops. |
| Simon Brown 29.05.2009 08:58 |
Hey Gary, another thank you for these releases. I love cd singles - always have loved the format, and having the cool artwork on these slips is great. My fave so far is Fat Bottomed Girls. Great cover. Very much looking forward to the Calling All Girls single in the next box, as well as finally getting one of my fave RT songs in A Human Body on CD. |
| 4 x Vision 29.05.2009 14:00 |
Having heard the samples on the link given, i actually think I will after all buy these box sets. I think the fury which came after the first set was released on the QZ boards actually coerced me into not buying into it... but to be honest, if the samples are anything to go buy... they actually seem pretty well remastered... and that's only going by the samples given. |
| ITSM 29.05.2009 21:40 |
Do you think the Thank God It's Christmas single will be in the single box 3 ? (I would like that). along with It's a Hard Life... |
| GT 30.05.2009 09:48 |
Yes I can safely say that these two are in the box....obviously. |
| Simon Brown 31.05.2009 21:04 |
GT wrote: Yes I can safely say that these two are in the box....obviously. Obviously? That's a shame if you're indicating then that UK hit singles (the Greatest Hits type singles) get precedence over the slightly rarer things. Of the 7 possible AKOM singles, I'd much rather see Pain Is So Close to Pleasure and One Year Of Love over A Kind Of Magic and Who Wants To Live Forever. WWTLF in particular is a fantastic song, but I could really live without another copy of it. Ah well, there's more than enough in these sets to keep my interest, but it seems like a missed opportunity in this regard. |
| GT 01.06.2009 09:13 |
If I say that both ONE YEAR OF LOVE and PAIN IS SO CLOSE TO PLEASURE were hit singles (top 40) somewhere, then you know what I mean. |
| DragonOnMyBack 01.06.2009 10:19 |
And if I am not mistaken Princes of the Universe hit number 32 in Austrailia as well. GT, Are the final two boxes going to follow the first 2 and have 13 discs each? If so, and given that I think you mentioned previously the sets would run up to No-one but you / Under Pressure (Rah). I'm not sure how all the remaining Top 40 singles can fit into 2 boxes of 13 discs.. By my calculations there are at least the following top 40 singles still remaining : 1) It's A hard Liffe 2) Hammer To Fall 3) Thank God It's Christmas 4) One Vision 5) A Kind Of Magic 6) Friends Will Be Friends 7) Who Wants To Live Forever 8) I Want It All 9) Breakthru 10) The Invisible Man 11) Scandal 12) The Miracle 13) Innuendo 14) I'm Going Slightly Mad 15) Headlong 16) The Show Must Go On 17) Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives 18) Heaven For Everyone 19) A Winter's Tale 20) Too Much Love Will Kill You 21) Let Me Live 22) You Don't Fool Me 23) No One But You 24) Under Pressure (Rah) Using the above based on UK chart positions thats 24 discs, leaving only 2 for the following: Princes Of The Universe (#32 in Australia) Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (#26 in Holland) One Year Of Love (#29 in Spain) Unless of course at least one of the last two boxes is going to contain more than 13 discs. There are also other singles that could qualify, such as the Five Live single with George Michael depending on how strict the rules are about other artists appearing / whether they are classes are re-issues of earlier releases etc |
| GT 01.06.2009 12:53 |
We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts. Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia? Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time. |
| 4 x Vision 01.06.2009 20:49 |
GT wrote: We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts. Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia? Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time. Where did it get to when released in Holland as a single when GHIII album came out? Princes Of The Universe - Holland Parlophone 7243 8 88368 0 7 I found it while cleaning out a chest of drawers... can't remember for the life of me when or where I got it from originally lol |
| 4 x Vision 01.06.2009 21:52 |
Van Basten 9 wrote:GT wrote: We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts. Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia? Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time.Where did it get to when released in Holland as a single when GHIII album came out? Princes Of The Universe - Holland Parlophone 7243 8 88368 0 7 I found it while cleaning out a chest of drawers... can't remember for the life of me when or where I got it from originally lol Sorry... can't sleep... answered my own question... got to 46 (6 weeks) : link |
| 4 x Vision 01.06.2009 21:59 |
Anyone able to get this book... that'd possibly tell you if POTU made top 40 or not... link. link |
| JeroenG 02.06.2009 08:29 |
DragonOnMyBack wrote: By my calculations there are at least the following top 40 singles still remaining : 1) It's A hard Liffe 2) Hammer To Fall 3) Thank God It's Christmas 4) One Vision 5) A Kind Of Magic 6) Friends Will Be Friends 7) Who Wants To Live Forever 8) I Want It All 9) Breakthru 10) The Invisible Man 11) Scandal 12) The Miracle 13) Innuendo 14) I'm Going Slightly Mad 15) Headlong 16) The Show Must Go On 17) Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives 18) Heaven For Everyone 19) A Winter's Tale 20) Too Much Love Will Kill You 21) Let Me Live 22) You Don't Fool Me 23) No One But You 24) Under Pressure (Rah) Using the above based on UK chart positions thats 24 discs, leaving only 2 for the following: Princes Of The Universe (#32 in Australia) Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (#26 in Holland) One Year Of Love (#29 in Spain) If I remember well, the reissue We will rock you/We are the champions from 1992 was a big hit in the Netherlands too. Or actually it wasn't a reissue, because officially it was a live-single taken from the 'Live at Wembley 86' album, but on the radio most of the time track 3 and 4 of the single were played, which are the original studio versions. edit: I checked Wikipedia and it says there reaching the charts number 12. Don't know if that number is correct but it definately was a big hit. Also the 1994 reissue of 'We are the champions' was a small hit (no. 32 according to Wikipedia). Again, don't know if this number is correct but it wás a hit. |
| cmsdrums 02.06.2009 12:24 |
JeroenG wrote: If I remember well, the reissue We will rock you/We are the champions from 1992 was a big hit in the Netherlands too. Or actually it wasn't a reissue, because officially it was a live-single taken from the 'Live at Wembley 86' album, but on the radio most of the time track 3 and 4 of the single were played, which are the original studio versions. edit: I checked Wikipedia and it says there reaching the charts number 12. Don't know if that number is correct but it definately was a big hit. Also the 1994 reissue of 'We are the champions' was a small hit (no. 32 according to Wikipedia). Again, don't know if this number is correct but it wás a hit. Good point - I have previously posted somewhere on here about these releases from Live At Wembley, and as to whether they qualify for the box sets. On this data they definitely do (Love of My Life is included and that was a live single). It's slightly strange that GT says that they don't want to release too much info about tracklistings, but surely by the very nature of the sets containing only top 40 singles we already know the exact contents! (bar one or two doubtfuls which from the sound of it even those putting together the boxes haven't really even found out about yet!!) |
| Micrówave 02.06.2009 13:09 |
It's slightly strange that GT says that they don't want to release too much info about tracklistings, That's because they're taking the "LOST" approach... making it up as they go. They realize as they get closer to the end of these, they're not going to sell as much. Volume IV will not sell half as much as Volume I, so someone needs to figure out how to equalize that out. Probably, some unreleased stuff will end up on IV, just to get the sales. |
| Simon Brown 04.06.2009 07:40 |
GT wrote: We have had no confirmation that PRINCES did in fact reach number 32 in their charts. Can anybody on here confirm or send me proof that this did indeed reach the Top 40 in Australia? Excuse me if I don't give too much away regarding the track listing of the final two boxes as we are still working on these and don't want every single detail to be released before it's due time. Clearly I can take no credit for this, as Van Basten 9 has done all the work, but it seems as confirmed as it's likely to be - http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=28035 |
| DragonOnMyBack 04.06.2009 11:05 |
That seems quite good info, in that whoever found it is very specific about the dates and positions, seems to know all the details so unlikely to be guess work. After posting my list earlier and seeing GT's comment I took the liberty of doing a search myself but could only come up with a wikipedia entry which is not always reliable. During the search I learnt about the Kent Charts and and found that they copies for 86/87 in the Library of Victoria. The Library website has a section that allows you to ask questions relating to the content of the Library so I sent them a message asking the question of when and what position it got to in the charts according to the Kent documents they have. Not sure if I will get an answer but it says they will get back to me within 10 days with some sort of response. If I get anything that can co-oberate the link above I will post it here. But getting hold of the Kent book should also answer the question, Kent was considered the official Australian chart in 1986/87. The charts are now handled by another company. |
| DragonOnMyBack 04.06.2009 11:51 |
GT, In terms of proof - what sort of evidence do you need to have enough weight to argue that it should be included in the boxsets? I've asked the guy who posted the chart placings under the forum link above if he can provide a scan of the chart or at least a reference to the source of his information. I've also asked the researcher at the State Library of Victoria if they can send me a scan of the chart / their source - assuming they can comfirm that it reached the Top 40. |
| JeroenG 04.06.2009 14:22 |
JeroenG wrote:DragonOnMyBack wrote: By my calculations there are at least the following top 40 singles still remaining : 1) It's A hard Liffe 2) Hammer To Fall 3) Thank God It's Christmas 4) One Vision 5) A Kind Of Magic 6) Friends Will Be Friends 7) Who Wants To Live Forever 8) I Want It All 9) Breakthru 10) The Invisible Man 11) Scandal 12) The Miracle 13) Innuendo 14) I'm Going Slightly Mad 15) Headlong 16) The Show Must Go On 17) Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives 18) Heaven For Everyone 19) A Winter's Tale 20) Too Much Love Will Kill You 21) Let Me Live 22) You Don't Fool Me 23) No One But You 24) Under Pressure (Rah) Using the above based on UK chart positions thats 24 discs, leaving only 2 for the following: Princes Of The Universe (#32 in Australia) Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (#26 in Holland) One Year Of Love (#29 in Spain)If I remember well, the reissue We will rock you/We are the champions from 1992 was a big hit in the Netherlands too. Or actually it wasn't a reissue, because officially it was a live-single taken from the 'Live at Wembley 86' album, but on the radio most of the time track 3 and 4 of the single were played, which are the original studio versions. edit: I checked Wikipedia and it says there reaching the charts number 12. Don't know if that number is correct but it definately was a big hit. Also the 1994 reissue of 'We are the champions' was a small hit (no. 32 according to Wikipedia). Again, don't know if this number is correct but it wás a hit. Want to add the 1992-reissue of Who Wants To Live Forever to this too. It went no.7 in the Netherlands, according to Wikipedia. Again, not sure about the position but again it WAS a hit. |
| GT 06.06.2009 12:13 |
Thanks guys, this is all good info and I'll reply to each query. Want to add the 1992-reissue of Who Wants To Live Forever to this too. It went no.7 in the Netherlands, according to Wikipedia. Again, not sure about the position but again it WAS a hit. We are not including ANY of the re-issue singles in these box sets at all if they have already been released, even though this one was quite a big hit and a completely different issue to the 1986 singles. |
| GT 06.06.2009 12:30 |
Thanks very much Dragon, You said about the PRINCES info I was after: GT, In terms of proof - what sort of evidence do you need to have enough weight to argue that it should be included in the boxsets? I've asked the guy who posted the chart placings under the forum link above if he can provide a scan of the chart or at least a reference to the source of his information. I've also asked the researcher at the State Library of Victoria if they can send me a scan of the chart / their source - assuming they can comfirm that it reached the Top 40. That was just the info we have been after and wish we had the same genuine info for all the releases that we don't have chart placing's for. We'll do our best to include this on box 3, but the end decision is with the band. |
| 4 x Vision 06.06.2009 15:08 |
GT wrote: Thanks very much Dragon, You said about the PRINCES info I was after: GT, In terms of proof - what sort of evidence do you need to have enough weight to argue that it should be included in the boxsets? I've asked the guy who posted the chart placings under the forum link above if he can provide a scan of the chart or at least a reference to the source of his information. I've also asked the researcher at the State Library of Victoria if they can send me a scan of the chart / their source - assuming they can comfirm that it reached the Top 40. That was just the info we have been after and wish we had the same genuine info for all the releases that we don't have chart placing's for. We'll do our best to include this on box 3, but the end decision is with the band. Ha Ha... yeah.. thanks dragon for spending hours of dead ends and dead links finding out about the Kent Report and subsequently that Australian chart forum. Nice work ha ha. PAT MY BACK Nah, i just want that song included in the set. VB9 |
| DragonOnMyBack 08.06.2009 05:23 |
Yes, VB9. I agree you should be the one credited with finding the answer, as it was your post on the australian chart forum that got the answer we were looking for I just did a few google searches and sent an email to a librarian. Anyway, like yourself I just wanted to try and give it the best chance of being included in box set. |
| DragonOnMyBack 10.06.2009 04:48 |
GT, VB9, I got a respopnse from the guy at the State Library of Victoria today. He confirmed the same information that VB9 got from the guy on the australian charts forum. Ie. that it got to number 32. In fact he confirmed it from both the Kent Report and the Australian version of Rolling Stone Magazine. The Librarians full response is below : I am a librarian from the State Library of Victoria, and I am responding to your question relating to the Australian chart position of the Queen single entitled 'Princes of the universe'. According to page 243 of the Australian chart book (1970-1992), compiled by David Kent... link ...which sources it's information from the Kent Report, the single did indeed hit a high-point of number 32, and sat in the charts for 10 weeks after being released on 18 August, 1986. I was also able to back up this position in the October issue of the Australian 'Rolling Stone'. I hope that this satisfies your query. Sincerely, John Stevens Librarian Arts Team The above info along with my original question can also be viewed on their website under this link : link Hopefully this along with VB9's info can help convince everyone that it should be included in singles box 3. |
| cmsdrums 14.06.2009 12:54 |
Question for GT: any more news on whether the WWRY/WATC live single from Live at Wembley did reach top 40 anywhere, and will therefore feature?? Cheers |
| bitesthedust 14.06.2009 15:08 |
Erin wrote:dave76 wrote: Although we have all the stuff it's great to "finally" have A Human Body and Soul Brother in CD qualitySoul Brother was already available in CD quality, though, on the UK 3" cd single and the US Heaven For Everyone cd single. ;-) I bought the US Heaven For Everyone cd single just for Soul Brother! |
| JeroenG 15.06.2009 12:39 |
cmsdrums wrote: Question for GT: any more news on whether the WWRY/WATC live single from Live at Wembley did reach top 40 anywhere, and will therefore feature?? Cheers It did reach no 12 , if I'm right, in the Netherlands. See my earlier post. |
| DragonOnMyBack 16.06.2009 02:44 |
JeroenG wrote:cmsdrums wrote: Question for GT: any more news on whether the WWRY/WATC live single from Live at Wembley did reach top 40 anywhere, and will therefore feature?? CheersIt did reach no 12 , if I'm right, in the Netherlands. See my earlier post. I guess this would be classed as a re-issue though - see GT's earlier post. |
| cmsdrums 16.06.2009 07:58 |
DragonOnMyBack wrote:JeroenG wrote:I guess this would be classed as a re-issue though - see GT's earlier post.cmsdrums wrote: Question for GT: any more news on whether the WWRY/WATC live single from Live at Wembley did reach top 40 anywhere, and will therefore feature?? CheersIt did reach no 12 , if I'm right, in the Netherlands. See my earlier post. Definitely shouldn't count as a reissue (in my opinion) - these were standalone, first time live versions of these tracks, released as singles to promote an album. The reissue debate I believe relates to studio tracks (ie WWRY/WATC/WWTLF) where those exact studio versions had been released studio versions had been released before,but just with different packaging. Would be interesting to get an 'official' view from GT please? Cheers |
| DragonOnMyBack 18.06.2009 06:06 |
Ah ok, I suppose your right, this particular case is no different to the LOML single. I guess GT does not want to give too much away in order to keep a few small surprises back, given that the majority of the boxes content is very easily guessable. I only hope that there is room in the boxes for all of these. Personally I would rather get all the alternate (non-UK) AKOM singles with intresting covers, than the WWRY/WATC live single if there is not room for all of them. But that's just my preference. I think Volume 3 has the most potential of all the boxes in terms of interesting sleeves when you consider what options are available out there for the singles released between end of 84 and 89. |
| GT 03.07.2009 02:39 |
Just thought I would add a photo of the reverse sleeves for the CD singles as I know there are some people out there who would like to see them. Not a good photo, but you can see what they look like. |
| GT 03.07.2009 02:53 |
Question for GT: any more news on whether the WWRY/WATC live single from Live at Wembley did reach top 40 anywhere, and will therefore feature?? Cheers Thanks guys (cmsdrums / Dragon) for the questions. It looks like that the ONLY single not to make the box sets will be the live single of 'WATC / WWRY', it just won't fit into the fourth box at all. Yes this was a legitimate single, the only one released from the 'Live At Wembley '86' album issued in Europe in 1992. It did reach number 12 in the charts in Holland...BUT...there is just no room for it. |
| cmsdrums 03.07.2009 07:14 |
GT wrote:
Question for GT:
any more news on whether the WWRY/WATC live single from Live at Wembley did reach top 40 anywhere, and will therefore feature??
Cheers
Thanks guys (cmsdrums / Dragon) for the questions.
...BUT...there is just no room for it.
Ermmm - make the box a little bit bigger?!?! This does unfortunately make it seem as if bad planning has been present since the inception here - my mind sees the conversation between archivists, band and QPL along the lines of:- "Right, we'll have four box sets, all exactly the same size, each one taking, lets say, at 13 CDs" "OK matey, I'll go and get the outer boxes all made up now well in advance so that we can just fill em up and ship em out when the labels are printed on" "Great idea" Several months later..... "Ermmm, we've actually done some research now and it seems that there should be 14 singles in the next one" "Shit, but I've already made the boxes up - 40,000 of the little fuckers" "Oh arse - never mind, the general public that this is aimed at won't care if it doesn't actually carry every worldwide top 40 single that the whole marketing angle sold it as" [img=/images/smiley/msn/teeth_smile.gif][/img] |
| Serry... 03.07.2009 12:18 |
I swear to buy all their future box sets up to Singles Collection XXXIV if they'll ban to use Las Palabras De Amor cover by any human. It is as awful as Freddie's photo from The Game. |
| sbrown 22.07.2009 09:38 |
Serry... wrote: I swear to buy all their future box sets up to Singles Collection XXXIV if they'll ban to use Las Palabras De Amor cover by any human. It is as awful as Freddie's photo from The Game. Do you mean you don't like the artwork of the baby, or that you don't want anyone to record a cover of the song? |
| sbrown 22.07.2009 09:42 |
I put together a compilation of live tracks today, and the quality of Stone Cold Crazy from the single "The Miracle" is absolutely abysmal. Very much looking forward to that one getting a polish in the next boxset. BTW, if Gary is still around, throw my vote in for the hologram cover to be recreated. |
| Wilki Amieva 25.07.2009 09:56 |
...But now featuring Paul Rodgers!? |
| Negative Creep 25.07.2009 10:55 |
sbrown wrote: the quality of Stone Cold Crazy from the single "The Miracle" is absolutely abysmal. Very much looking forward to that one getting a polish in the next boxset. They'll still be using the same mono mix - so don't expect any major difference. |