| GT 08.11.2010 06:07 |
QUEEN JOIN UNIVERSAL MUSIC AS BAND’S HISTORIC MILESTONE NEARS Island Records prepares 40th anniversary remasters of the quartet’s extraordinary catalogue LONDON, November 8, 2010 – Queen and Universal Music Group have signed an exclusive, long-term agreement on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking group’s formation, in 1971. With worldwide album sales of more than 170 million, No. 1 albums, singles and DVDs the world over, inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, over 700 concerts performed in every corner of the world including their historic appearance at Live Aid, and a Guinness Book of World Records award for the most successful UK album chart act in history, Queen represent one of the most remarkable, compelling stories in popular culture. Their music milestones include “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “We Are The Champions,” “We Will Rock You,” “Radio Ga Ga,” and “Another One Bites The Dust.” The new agreement with Universal Music covers the world outside North America, and the music of Queen will appear through Island Records from January 1, 2011. Thus, the band joins some of the greatest names in popular music under the palm tree of the legendary label’s iconic logo. Brian May of Queen said, “We are very excited, after all this time, to be embarking on a new phase of our career – with a new record company – with new ideas, and new dreams.” Universal Music Group (UMG) co-CEO Lucian Grainge said: “Queen rewrote the rock & roll rule book 40 years ago, and you can count at least three generations of artists who are under their influence. So now we’re under their influence at Universal Music, and looking forward to writing chapters together for the new rule book.” UMG International COO Max Hole commented, “A band of Queen’s stature, and a catalogue with such appeal, present an immense opportunity for a new creative approach. We aim to apply fresh thinking and innovation to the marketing and promotion of this great body of work. Ted Cockle, Darcus Beese and their team at Island Records are the perfect match, and everyone can’t wait to get started.” During the course of the anniversary year, Island will remaster and repackage, with additional content, each of Queen’s 15 studio albums. The first five will be made available in March: “Queen,” “Queen II,” “Sheer Heart Attack,” “A Night At The Opera” and “A Day At The Races.” After four decades, the collective work of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon continues to resonate around the globe, inspiring a host of diverse artists from Lady Gaga (who took her name from Queen’s “Radio Ga Ga”), Axl Rose and Katy Perry through to Dave Grohl. Two decades after the death of their phenomenal and flamboyant singer, Freddie Mercury remains an icon beyond measure. The 40th anniversary celebrations begin with a major Queen exhibition in London, “Stormtroopers in Stilettos,” opening in late February. This will be followed by a BBC-TV documentary and the production of a major Hollywood film about the band, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury. Acclaimed script writer Peter Morgan (“The Queen,” “Frost/Nixon”) is working on the project, which is being produced by GK Films, Robert de Niro’s Tribeca Productions and Queen Films. |
| Rick 08.11.2010 06:08 |
Pff, I'm getting sick and tired of this band. |
| GT 08.11.2010 06:09 |
And here's the new 40th Anniversary Logo. |
| Jam Monkey 08.11.2010 06:37 |
Thanks GT. Can you shed any light on what kind of addtional material we can expect? Demos/remixes/live etc? Having all these albums already it would be great if the die hard fans were given a really good reason to buy these releases. Great to see some real Queen activity though! |
| Vali 08.11.2010 06:56 |
Thanks Gary, looks promising! and I agree with Jam above ... could it be possible to, at least, know if the bonus content on the albums will be something we've never heard or seen before? I'm not requesting detailed info, just a generic one that maybe could be enough for many of us .... many tks |
| scprof 08.11.2010 07:02 |
It would be good if they re-released all the albums as double albums with the 2nd disc full of live & remix versions of the original album songs along with any none album B-sides, although I can't see that happening as usual. If not, why should I buy any of the albums. |
| GT 08.11.2010 07:20 |
Sorry, no final decisions have been made yet, but when the details emerge then we can discuss. |
| Queenman!! 08.11.2010 07:24 |
Would it be: Queen absolute greatest magical hits? With ofcourse 5 euro discount to the we will rock you musical when ordering at least one T-shirt at Queenonline. Including the chance to buy a luxe edition with a never heard demo of Greg Brooks saying "Property of Queen Productions' in French and German. And the not to be missed competition to win a hair of Freddie's mustache that he shaved off during the videoshoot of the Great Pretender. Only for 50 dollars. The first 10 buyers will get the brand new album of Ol Beach for just 30 dollar and a trip to Knebworth park to remind Queen has been there in 1986. Conclusion: Judge yourself. I'm done with it. Do I sound like a Negative Creep? :-) |
| GT 08.11.2010 07:36 |
2011 – QUEEN 40 – Major Exhibition, Hollywood Film, BBC Documentary, Back Catalogue re-release to celebrate 40th Anniversary 2011 sees one of the most talented, glamorous and influential bands in musical history, QUEEN, celebrate the 40th anniversary of their formation in 1971. With over 170 million global album sales, 18 Number One Albums, 10 Number One DVD’s, 700 concerts performed in every corner of the world including their historic appearance at Live Aid, Seven Ivor Novello Awards, inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame and a Guinness Book of Records award for the most successful UK album chart artist ever, the Queen story is one of the most remarkable in modern British culture. 40 years after Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon formed Queen and the band became the epitome of rock n roll swagger and excess Queen continues to rule globally. The 40th Anniversary year kicks off with a major exhibition, ‘Stormtroopers in Stilettos’ – a comprehensive look at the early part of Queen’s career, from before the band’s formation when various members were dreaming of success while studying astrophysics or running stalls next to Biba in Kensington Market, right up to their spectacular free gig for over 250,000 fans in Hyde Park in 1976. Taking place in Trumans Brewery in the heart of London’s East End the exhibition opens on February 25th running through to March 12th, and will cover the group’s first five albums from the first half of the 1970’s. The exhibition will aim to take visitors to the heart of Queen by combining interactive audio and visual environments with historic and never-before-seen memorabilia; themed rooms and music all created from the bands personal archive will come together to create an exciting, entertaining and engaging insight into the foundation and rise of the global super group Queen became. Newly signed to legendary label Island Records and to coincide with the exhibition, the first five albums that Queen released – “Queen”, “Queen II”, “Sheer Heart Attack”, “A Night At The Opera” and “A Day At The Races – will be re-mastered and re-packaged into special deluxe album formats. From the pure raw rock of “Queen” through to the majestic anthems on “A Day At The Races”, the first five albums highlight the diverse talent, musical ambition and already global success of a band made up of some of the best songwriters, musicians and performers of all time. The remainder of the band’s incredible catalogue will be released during 2011.Subsequent to the exhibition there will be a major BBC TV Documentary featuring a rare interview with Roger Taylor and Brian May and many other surprises and releases to come through the rest of the year. 2011 will see filming begin of a major Hollywood movie about Queen, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury. Acclaimed script writer Peter Morgan (“The Queen”,” Frost/Nixon” ) is working on the project, which is being produced by GK Films, Robert de Niro’s Tribeca Productions and Queen Films.After four decades, the collective work of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon continues to resonate around the globe, inspiring a host of diverse artists from Lady Gaga (who took her name from Queen’s “Radio Ga Ga”), Axl Rose and Katy Perry through to Dave Grohl. Twenty years after the death of their phenomenal and flamboyant singer, Freddie Mercury remains an icon beyond measure. Look out for further exciting Queen 40 announcements in 2011. |
| queen79luca 08.11.2010 07:53 |
IT SEEMS THE SAME STUFFS..AGAIN AND AGAIN... I DON T WANT TO DREAM ABOUT NEW SONGS OR SPECIAL EXTRA MATERIAL..I WILL BE DISAPPOINTED...AS ALREADY HAPPENED A LOT OF TIME IN THE PAST. |
| VB94 08.11.2010 07:55 |
The first five albums that Queen released – “Queen”, “Queen II”, “Sheer Heart Attack”, “A Night At The Opera” and “A Day At The Races – will be re-mastered and re-packaged into special deluxe album formats. Sounds promising.... |
| Vali 08.11.2010 07:57 |
GT wrote: Newly signed to legendary label Island Records and to coincide with the exhibition, the first five albums that Queen released – “Queen”, “Queen II”, “Sheer Heart Attack”, “A Night At The Opera” and “A Day At The Races – will be re-mastered and re-packaged into special deluxe album formats. / / / / / / / / Given the treatment Universal gives to its deluxe catalogue, I'd say .... there's still hope for us, fellow Queen fans. Time will tell ... |
| Queenman!! 08.11.2010 08:00 |
VB94 wrote: The first five albums that Queen released – “Queen”, “Queen II”, “Sheer Heart Attack”, “A Night At The Opera” and “A Day At The Races – will be re-mastered and re-packaged into special deluxe album formats. Sounds promising.... And what do you expect? Remaster doesn't mean they take the old mastertapes transfer them again with the latest digital equipment and release them! Just the old source and mix them again. So nothing new really. The final mix is the final mix. We can all play with the treble or bass buttons on our receivers. |
| GT 08.11.2010 08:18 |
Hey Queenman, I thought you were done with this! Your negativity is a real drain on this forum and on anything the band release or do, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to think this. Will you ever be happy with what comes out, or is that your natural personality anyway? |
| pittrek 08.11.2010 09:06 |
Hm... the special deluxe format comment sounds very interesting ... |
| Russian Headlong 08.11.2010 09:41 |
Brilliant business from the band. They signed to Hollywood Records just before Freddie died and they released the back catalogue with some good, some not so good remixes. Then there were the Japanese card reissues now Universal are releasing the back catalogue yet again. Why? All hardcore fans already have the albums. There must be enough for a Freddie era ep surely. Dog with a Bone, Feelings, News of the World era BBC versions, Hangman, Silver Salmon, See What a Fool I've been for starters. If they want more Freddie vocals I would suggest re recording heavy rock versions of Love Kills, She Blows Hot and Cold. |
| Queenman!! 08.11.2010 09:47 |
GT wrote: Hey Queenman, I thought you were done with this! Your negativity is a real drain on this forum and on anything the band release or do, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to think this. Will you ever be happy with what comes out, or is that your natural personality anyway? No... f'irst of all I'm not a negative person at all. I'm only done with these remasters and re-re-re release and promises of Greg Brooks with his list of rareties (a.k.a the carrot dangler tread) etc. These topics make me curious, but when reading I feel very quick that it may turn in the same short route of moneymaking to QP. See the replies of other user on this tread and you know what I mean. C'mon: Classic Queen, Absolute greatest etc. Basically I lost my trust and faith a bit in the management of Queen. Sure.... we are all glad with releases as the Wembley DVD, Greteast Video Hits 2 DVD. I must admit that But compared in the various topics about releases between Queen and other great Bands, QP fail . Therefore I hope the new label will give them new paths to explore and regain the credit they deserve. |
| gregorsamsa 08.11.2010 10:09 |
Will we get collector mugs? |
| Marknow 08.11.2010 10:47 |
gregorsamsa wrote: Will we get collector mugs? ____________________________________________________________________ NO, we are collector mugs. (sorry couldn't resist) |
| Band Forever 08.11.2010 11:02 |
All the 70's album could use a decent re-master. If Universal replicate the sound produced on Queen Live at Montreal then I think the fans will be in for a treat. If its a repeat of that thin drum sound often found on albums like Jazz and Live Killers forget you might as well forget this project in its infancy if we are going to get the same old dated mono output. Nice phat Stereo sound please with loud guitars, crisp drums, and groovy bass not least the golden velvet tones of Mr Fredstar himself. Innuendo could use a decent remix too, tone is nice but instrumentation is so quiet and seems distant. Dedicated Queen Fan |
| pittrek 08.11.2010 11:19 |
I think that only Jazz and Innuendo need a proper remaster, I'm satisfied with the sound of the other albums |
| Markman38 08.11.2010 11:44 |
Well given the fact that it took The Beatles over 25 years to release their Anthology and The Who also about 30 years to release bonus tracks, we can only hope now that finaly there is something new under the sun. I would love to have a Queen 1 with Silver Salmon, Mad the Swine, Hangman, Polar Bear etc and Queen 2 with live recordings. You would think that Greg has had enough time to prepare everything. But we have to wait and to protect myself I just don't hope for anything. |
| cmsdrums 08.11.2010 11:54 |
I'm excited at the prospect, but worried about the reality (based on previous form). however, trying to be 'up' and supportive of GT's early active involvement in pushing this here: A major BBC documentary? Excellent A major exhibiton in London? Great Deluxe edition albums with unreleased tracks? Excellent More to come in 2011? Bring it on! I wonder if any heed has been paid to Deep Purple reissuing one of their classic albums recently with the original version (remastered), plus an additional remix of the whole album by one of the best rock producers/mixers (Kevin Shirley)? Whilst the mix on most albums is actually as perfect as you can get, the first two albums at least deserve a remix (NOT remaster) to give them proper drum sounds and bring out anything buried in the original versions. |
| mooghead 08.11.2010 12:28 |
"GT wrote: Hey Queenman, I thought you were done with this! Your negativity is a real drain on this forum and on anything the band release or do, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to think this. Will you ever be happy with what comes out, or is that your natural personality anyway?" He's just sick of being shafted, as everyone else should be... but people will lap up the same stuff again and again which is why they release the same stuff again and again. Clever business at the end of the day I suppose. |
| brians wig 08.11.2010 12:50 |
I'm dreaming of surround sound mixes on the 2nd disc. I hope they don't put "live versions of the tracks on as that would be dull and "cheap". |
| greaserkat 08.11.2010 13:22 |
Havent they sold over 300 million albums worldwide? |
| Kniggit 08.11.2010 13:28 |
I'm hoping that they will release the christmas concert from 75 as a bonus part of a night at the opera. This might explain why they have not released it yet. Sort of like Springsteen did with the darkness album just now. But this is of course just wishful thinking. It would be great though, if they did something like this to their re-release of the albums. Kniggit |
| AlexRocks 08.11.2010 15:50 |
O.k. Wow. First off they have SIXTEEN studio l.p.s Secondly Greaserkat just because someone says something does not make it so. Neither The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson or whoever can or do back-up or explain their music sales. |
| the dude 1366 08.11.2010 19:38 |
Be careful what you ask for. Remasters are basically making the music louder. it sounds impressive at first, but ear fatigue happens qwuick. Remasters are the biggest rip off. i learned the hard way. Only a few remasters are actually any good. Google and you tube "loudness war" and you will see what i mean. Just turn up the old CD's to hear funny things like bass. |
| neokaden 08.11.2010 20:34 |
and something to post about the "crazy" tour? |
| Queenman!! 09.11.2010 01:42 |
The Dude wrote: Be careful what you ask for. Remasters are basically making the music louder. it sounds impressive at first, but ear fatigue happens qwuick. Remasters are the biggest rip off. i learned the hard way. Only a few remasters are actually any good. Google and you tube "loudness war" and you will see what i mean. Just turn up the old CD's to hear funny things like bass. True... that's what I meant. It's just trickery and looks interessting when saying to the main public an album is remastered. But let me be possitive.... time will tell. |
| Holly2003 09.11.2010 03:14 |
Is there any way to de-1980s the sound on The Works and AKOM? Maybe add real strings, real drum sounds etc. And maybe put some fire back into the Red Special? I'm only half-joking about this. No doubt Queen got lazy and greedy in the 80s, not wanting to pay royalties to real musicians when a computer could create an approximation of that sound. But god does it sound dated and cheesy. I'd love to see a reworked version of some 1980s songs but no doubt Brian in particular thinks of them as works of art that can't be touched. Same goes for Queen 1 and Jazz, which Brian seems to think are historical documents which shouldn't be 'tampered' with. |
| GinjaNinja 09.11.2010 11:30 |
AlexRocks wrote: O.k. Wow. First off they have SIXTEEN studio l.p.s Secondly Greaserkat just because someone says something does not make it so. Neither The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson or whoever can or do back-up or explain their music sales. Excuse me but what is the sixteenth LP? Unless you're counting Live Killers as a studio LP (which, to be fair could be half right!) or The Cosmos Rocks then I don't know what you are referring to. |
| philip storey 09.11.2010 11:50 |
Deacy must be looking foward to next years royalties cheques with relish !!!!!!!!!!!! |
| joesilvey 09.11.2010 13:25 |
@GT... any confirmation on who is doing the remastering for these re-issues? Thought i'd read that Brian thought AG was the best their stuff had ever sounded, and perhaps someone else saying that Bob Ludwig was tapped to remaster new 2011 albums. Now, dynamic range on CDs is a subjective thing... I've said before, I like the punchy / compressed sound of AG... but I love the utterly uncompressed spacious mix in the MFSL Queen releases. It's not just about loudness. I'm actually a big fan of remastered 80s or 90s cds that bring the bass and drum presence forward. But these things can also bury the vocal at times. Am I the only one concerned about the overall sonic results of these reissues if Bob Ludwig does them in the same way he did AG? Especially if he's remastering the unreleased tracks this way... I have to say I'll be holding onto my bootleg versions if the ONLY official way to hear the BBC sessions, De Lane Lea, etc. is in squashed and pumped up form... |
| Simon Brown 09.11.2010 15:28 |
I like the new logo, and I'm cautiously excited about this news! I assume the press releases will start about 4 weeks before the releases happen, so we should have something to talk about in Feb! |
| Benn 09.11.2010 15:47 |
Let's face it - Universal aren't stupid. They know that the game's up as far as on-going interest in Queen is concerned; Cosmos Rocks wasa commercial disaster in terms of numbers sold in the key US and UK markets and with the way that Brian is increasingly marginalising himself with regard to his musical profile these days, they know that this is kind of a last-ditch attempt at being able to realistically re-issue Queen's catalogue with a market available at which to aim it. With a bit of luck, QPL are playing ball where access to material is concerned. Chances are; they're holding back. As far as I'm concerned, I'll buy any deluxe re-issue (so long as it doesn't contain a "making-of" DVD) up to and including Hot Space. |
| AlexRocks 09.11.2010 16:09 |
Um...yes. "The Cosmos Rocks" is the sixteenth studio l.p. ...and one of their best. |
| GinjaNinja 09.11.2010 16:51 |
AlexRocks wrote: Um...yes. "The Cosmos Rocks" is the sixteenth studio l.p. ...and one of their best. Ah I see, thanks for clearing that up. While not strictly a Queen album, it is still a rather good one (in my opinion). I doubt it is being re-issued as it is only a couple of years old, and is in no need of remastering. I doubt they'd have much bonus content for it either! |
| Holly2003 09.11.2010 17:12 |
AlexRocks wrote: Um...yes. "The Cosmos Rocks" is the sixteenth studio l.p. ...and one of their best. ======================================================================================== So it's up there with Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, and News of the World? Err... okay. |
| AlexRocks 09.11.2010 20:22 |
Yes it is Holly2003! |
| Pim Derks 10.11.2010 00:52 |
On one hand I hope/think/can't believe that Universal would just remaster the albums and repackage them. Queen are not the Beatles. Yes, they are/were are big band - but the general public will not buy any of the Queen albums if they can just get Hits 1 + Hits 2 for a bargain price I think. I'd be interested to see how many copies were sold of the 30th anniversary ANATO 2-disc set. But somehow I can't believe that Queen Productions will suddenly give up the goods and release 'new' material. I wouldn't be surprised if the albums include only the b-sides/single versions which are already remastered for the singles collection sets. And to be honest - I'd be pretty excited already about a repackaged and hopefully remixed Queen II with See What A Fool added on as a bonustrack, a nice thick booklet with quotes/information/pictures from that era and a beautiful digipack. I can't even imagine how I would react if tracklists leak out in 3 months with demos/alternate versions/takes/instrumentals! :) |
| Michael Allred 10.11.2010 02:56 |
What truly sucks is, IF (and that's a big ass if) these re-releases are truly deluxe (b-sides, demos, etc etc) they're not getting a US release since fucking Hollywood Records is still their American label so I'll have to fork out import dollars for these damn things. |
| Benn 10.11.2010 04:12 |
In all honesty though, Michael, do you really believe there to be that level of interest in the band in the US any longer? |
| cmsdrums 10.11.2010 06:46 |
Michael Allred wrote: What truly sucks is, IF (and that's a big ass if) these re-releases are truly deluxe (b-sides, demos, etc etc) they're not getting a US release since fucking Hollywood Records is still their American label so I'll have to fork out import dollars for these damn things. Tb be fair thought, we had to fork out to import all the lovely Hollywood records stuff from 1991 onwards!!! I'm sure that once the Hollywood deal expires (anyone know when??) QPL will have held some rare material back so that they have some leverage to get the best new deal with whoever wants the rights to their North American catalogue. We (Europe) will then have to shell out the dosh again to get those re-releases! It all seems to go round in circles!! |
| Planetgurl 10.11.2010 10:16 |
Re: exhibition. At last we might get to see more of the "hundreds of hours of footage" shot by Whistle Test on the NOTW US tour.......... |
| Planetgurl 10.11.2010 10:18 |
Planetgurl wrote: Re: exhibition. At last we might get to see more of the "hundreds of hours of footage" shot by Whistle Test on the NOTW US tour.......... Oh dear, no of course not - it's only going to be up to Hyde Park in '76.......................... |
| brians wig 10.11.2010 13:15 |
Pim Derks wrote: And to be honest - I'd be pretty excited already about a repackaged and hopefully remixed Queen II with See What A Fool added on as a bonustrack, a nice thick booklet with quotes/information/pictures from that era and a beautiful digipack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digipack? They can shove digipacks up their.... God how I HATE digipacks |
| Michael Allred 11.11.2010 03:30 |
Benn wrote: In all honesty though, Michael, do you really believe there to be that level of interest in the band in the US any longer? The interest, or potential FOR interest, is there, it just has to be carefully marketed which, as we have seen dozens of times before, Hollywood Records is woefully incapable of doing. I would suggest that the feature film will cause a spike in attention for the band in the States and they'll need something for people to buy. |
| Bad Seed 11.11.2010 05:40 |
Its on Brian's site that the first 2 releases will be Greatest Hits 1+2 ffs! |
| Simon Brown 11.11.2010 20:33 |
GinjaNinja wrote: AlexRocks wrote: Um...yes. "The Cosmos Rocks" is the sixteenth studio l.p. ...and one of their best. Ah I see, thanks for clearing that up. While not strictly a Queen album, it is still a rather good one (in my opinion). I doubt it is being re-issued as it is only a couple of years old, and is in no need of remastering. I doubt they'd have much bonus content for it either! Actually, there's heaps of bonus content that I'd be keen to hear although admittedly it's mostly live stuff that hasn't been released on cd. STUDIO stuff - Runaway Take Love (as far as they got in the studio anyway). whatever else Paul meant when he said they had too many songs. LIVE stuff - Take Love Las Palabras De Amor Voodoo Time To Shine Warboys We Believe Surf's Up Red House Rock and Roll Fantasy The Stealer Under Pressure Dragon Attack maybe Long Away, although it was very brief in Europe and I haven't heard the Yokohama version. maybe I Was Born To Love You from the "other" night, if Rog didn't stuff the words up :) |
| Simon Brown 11.11.2010 21:21 |
brians wig wrote: I'm dreaming of surround sound mixes on the 2nd disc. I hope they don't put "live versions of the tracks on as that would be dull and "cheap". Oh, really? I'm really hoping for some more live stuff of some of the rarer tracks as well as the studio work. There are plenty of tracks not represented on the current live releases. I'm really hoping they quietly have a live "Sleeping On The Sidewalk" hidden away. |
| Toozeup 12.11.2010 14:01 |
Since it'll be the 25th Anniversary of the Budapest Concert, Whats the chances We'll see a Remastered Blu-Ray Release of the show. Brian stated a couple of years ago that they were working on it. |
| QueenFan76 12.11.2010 16:10 |
For the first time since the late 1980s, Queen's catalogue will have the same distributor worldwide, as their US home, Hollywood Records, is currently distributed by Universal (for a time in the late 1980s, Queen was on EMI-owned Capitol Records in the US). This is one thing I saw in a press release, so maybe the USA will get the deluxe editions. I'd like disc one: the album and any non album b-sides from the singles from that album. Disc 2 can be unreleased songs, demo's and live versions. I'd shell out the money one last time, but ultimately I'd like a Box set instead of re-releases... |
| chromant 13.11.2010 04:56 |
We can only hope that QP will not screw things up again, and we will get something similar to the U2/Cure deluxe editions....but you know Brian and Roger....they'll think that any repackage, remix and what not is better than any unreleased song... Was it for me I'd do, first, a proper, DEFINITIVE, album box, like the Beatles mono, that in particular, because the mono one has perfect reproductions of the original LPs link so, no other "crap"...classy and good album editions.... and then a "regular" deluxe edition, with, again a filological, nicely done inclusion of all the original remixes, edits, b-sides and outtakes...and no 5.1, surround or wahtever mixes....was the Sistine Chapel intended for 3D view? No... When they recorded and mixed News Of The World where they thinking "I wonder what it would be like to hear this passage on the fourth speaker..."? Again, no... Or everybody say "Innuendo sounds flat etc..." well that's how they wanted it to sound in 1991, so I don't see what it has to be remastered or remixed. What I'd like to hear would be "The best sonic representation of the sound of that particular year" not some modern day remix South Park got it right, in "The China Problem" episode...you don't have to screw with what has been done... link Just to warm my heart (or to get more pissed off at Queen releases) I regurarly check Deep Purple.net ...where other than nicely, and I should add lovingly, done remasters, there's the archivist Simon Robinson, who ask fans for advice about future releases, where no-one is angry and everybody partecipate in the "construction" of the remasters and compilations...case in point...right now they're discussing about the release of the BBC sessions...and everybody give thier suggestions...and Simon kindly answers...no one gets "Shut UP, I can't tell you what's in the archives, I'm not the one who decides, I'm the archivist, I'm the only one to know what is true..." and things like that.... ...Brian and Roger...or whoever has the final say on the releases, think the same way as Alan Douglas (the old Hendrix estate manager), i.e. "I don't care what people think, I'm gonna do it my way...it's the Greatest Hits that sells well? Well I'm gonna release another Greatest Hits. Younger fans think that doing a collaboration with Britney or 5ive is cool? We'll give them that..." ....patiently waiting for "Greatest Hits Volume - Another One" |
| Cyberbod 15.05.2011 10:07 |
How about some new HI DEF rereleases. Like DVD Audio or SACD. |
| Soundfreak 15.05.2011 12:05 |
Quote: How about some new HI DEF rereleases. Like DVD Audio or SACD. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Both formats are dead and there is no new format in sight, that could become successful. In a world, where people watch youtube and listen to mp3 or even music from cellphone-speakers there is no industry investing in formats for minorities....although it's sad. |
| Erik Viking 16.05.2011 02:28 |
link GH and GH2 released as HD sound files |