AB-88 29.09.2016 06:56 |
link The only info available at the time of posting this is that this is a 6 cd set and is priced at £43.99 Queen's official Facebook page suggests a press release is imminent. |
Pim Derks 29.09.2016 06:59 |
Not a big boxset, but a CD-sized one with the cd's in cheap cardsleeves. Only in Queenworld. |
AB-88 29.09.2016 07:07 |
Press Release: link |
cmsdrums 29.09.2016 07:21 |
First moan......they've used up a track from Mannheim with 'God Save The Queen'?!!! |
antiden 29.09.2016 07:23 |
Second moan...... INCOMPLETE Hippodrome concert??!?!?! |
Killer_queenIII 29.09.2016 07:25 |
3rd moan: Incomplete South America concert What the hell? |
earwig 29.09.2016 07:27 |
Agreed: incomplete Golders Green is disappointing :-( |
Nitroboy 29.09.2016 07:28 |
4th moan: That hideous/boring cover. They've outdone the Queen Forever attempt! 5th moan: "All six sessions have been remastered and feature here together for the very first time." -- So the rest, including the 3rd CD, is just the same quality as what we already have??? |
Biggus Dickus 29.09.2016 07:34 |
Wow, this is bad. It's great to have three CD's of interviews and not the complete live concerts. Only Queen can make ridiculous decisions like this. |
AB-88 29.09.2016 07:36 |
CD 3, Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil. 20th March 1981 - Track 13 "Alright Alright"... ??? |
[BREAKTHRU1989] 29.09.2016 07:40 |
1 CD with 3 live shows (incomplete of course) and 3 CDs with ... interviews ???? Very disappointing ... |
. 29.09.2016 07:43 |
Radio Ca-Ca |
raucousmonster 29.09.2016 07:50 |
I'm afraid I join the moaners. Hope they've at least had the sense not to include the "atmospheric" audience applause on the NOTW session!! ;) |
Killer_queenIII 29.09.2016 07:51 |
The Kurgan wrote: Radio Ca-CaI'm guessing that was the working title. |
pittrek 29.09.2016 07:52 |
Does ca ca mean in English the same as "kaka" in my language? :-) |
Kuijpy 29.09.2016 07:57 |
hahahaahahhahahaha! Not gonna buy this crap! |
Killer_queenIII 29.09.2016 07:58 |
Pittrek: If it means crap in Czech, then yep! |
Bad Seed 29.09.2016 07:59 |
Absolutely baffling |
on my way up 29.09.2016 08:03 |
That big box is an insult to those it is aimed at. They want to make us - die-hard Queen fans - pay good money for what we already have... I'm furious. |
Kuijpy 29.09.2016 08:04 |
Who's gonna listen 70 times to an interview... I want to listen 70 times to complete LIVE shows! |
DepeX 29.09.2016 08:04 |
Oh my god, I didn't think they were so clever to put THREE fuc*ing concerts in only one release. Oh wait, they are all cut. |
Victorvil 29.09.2016 08:10 |
"See What A Fool I've Been becomes distorted in one channel part way through the song, a flaw allegedly on the BBC master tape (which may explain why it was omitted from later radio broadcasts)." Taken from Bob's excellent page, queenlive.ca. Maybe that's the reason Golders Green is incomplete |
brians wig 29.09.2016 08:13 |
I'm staggered. Not only by getting an incomplete GG (am I right in thinking it's less than what we already have), what's the point of another 2 incomplete concerts? MOTBQ is missing, which confirms they used the album version for broadcast: shame. I was hoping this was not the case, or at least a had had some tinkering done to it. Whilst I'm disappointed at the packaging (I HATE digipacks and card slip sleeves with a passion) and lack of secent sized book, I am releived to see it's half the price we were all expecting it to be - but then it ought to be if half the package is interview material we will only listen to once! They really have lost the plot. I bet GB and GT came up with a fantastic package originally and, like everything else, those in charge whittled it down to shit. The ONLY thing that will make this package worthwhile now is if the inbetween banter of the DJ's is intact. So. The BIG question is..... WHY do they think we need to buy the 2 CD set as well - what's going to be different about it? |
dave76 29.09.2016 08:27 |
Mixed feelings about this. 3 incomplete shows on 1 CD? What the hell. Okay, it is nice to now have all 6 complete BBC sessions in one package but we already had these in master quality provided by John S. Stuart years ago. Also, a lot of the interviews were shared here today. Nothing new we didn't already had. Hope for 2017 to be better since they have severall options. Earls Court and Houston, and hopefully the long overdue Bob Harris 1977 uncut documentary. But it starting to look like the band doesn't give any care about the fans from the early days who made the band where they are today. Ah well, at least we get Greatest Hits this year.... |
DepeX 29.09.2016 08:28 |
Anyway, See What a Fool I've Been is not the single song cut on the GG show. I see that Big Spender and Bama Lama Loo are missing as well. |
Viper 29.09.2016 08:33 |
Im very very unhappy...! |
tomchristie22 29.09.2016 08:35 |
Terrible artwork. I honestly see no logic in making the concerts incomplete - which consumer base do they think they're appealing to by withholding stuff they could easily include? (especially since it's a bloody 6 disc set). Good news is the sessions were apparently remastered by different engineers than QPL's resident ones, so this collection might be spared from crappy audio treatment. |
Michael Allred 29.09.2016 08:39 |
Only Queen would give fans THREE FUCKING CDS of interviews but one cd of "highlights" from three concerts fans have been clamoring for for years. Unbelievable. WTF are they thinking? I am glad the full BBC sessions are finally getting a complete and official release but this limited 6 cd package is an incredible wasted opportunity. |
zephead2112 29.09.2016 08:49 |
I'm usually quite grateful for any new Queen product but this is unbelievable. Just reading those butchered set lists makes me cringe. It's actually as though they are going *out of their way* to piss off the hardcore fans who have invested so much time and money in the band over the years. |
Viper 29.09.2016 08:50 |
What happened to march of black queen??!! |
Vocal harmony 29.09.2016 09:00 |
Viper wrote: What happened to march of black queen??!!It marched off in disgust ;) |
DepeX 29.09.2016 09:02 |
Omitted as the song was the same on the album. |
cmsdrums 29.09.2016 09:06 |
1981 gig...Dragon Attack played before Now I'm Here? Does this mean they are putting these on the cd out of running order, or is it actually just the Now I'm Here reprise version? (ie effectively just one vocal line, once round the riff and Roger's solo to end?) |
Liquid Scream 29.09.2016 09:06 |
Is the extended intro to the session 3 Ogre Battle going to be included? |
TomP63 29.09.2016 09:10 |
MoTBQ maybe the album version, but the version which was used for the Beeb was a stand alone version. So it's in its right it should have been added to this useless collection. It was broadcast, plus it is the only stand alone version I can think of. So it is Queen On Air minus one, that should be the title then? Tom |
Holly2003 29.09.2016 09:17 |
Awful. Won't be buying it. Fuck you Queen productions. |
*goodco* 29.09.2016 09:19 |
from the press release "But there is another side to Queen’s rise that has been largely overlooked. Between February 1973 and October 1977, the band recorded six radio sessions exclusively for the BBC. The twenty four recordings these landmark sessions produced include alternate versions of the debut single, unique takes of classic album tracks and even a radically reworked reimagining of one of their best known anthems that has never previously appeared on any Queen studio release." Yes....overlooked by Queen Productions only. These could have been added onto the HR remixes from the early 90s. Or, as 'promised' in ....what was it, 1999? Hell, I would have bought the 2011 rereremasters had they been included. Or paid double for the Beeb issue of '91. To think that my only official copy of the fast WWRY is from a Sun promo disc. That version could have found its way onto Greatest sH*ts III. Well....at least I can buy JUST the two disc release to make up for the OK versions ripped from youtube. So much for Golders Green. Well done yet again QP. The heads are still up their arses after all these years. |
on my way up 29.09.2016 09:29 |
link In the topic I mention here, Greg Brooks wrote: "A Queen BBC session, containing a mega rare item no-one knows exists.. including us until 2 years ago. We just paid a fan for that. " Even that is NOT included in this set. This release is utter crap. And that's me being gentle about it. |
Cruella de Vil 29.09.2016 09:31 |
Why, oh why, oh why edit the concerts?? Surely to God we have had enough of that with Live Magic and even the edited version of Live Killers released I believe in South Africa. Then, 3 CD's of interviews instead? Silly me, I was thinking that they might be clever, imaginative and original and pull out a recording of the Marquee show where they played Jesus and The Night Comes Down; a studio version of Hangman, the other studio version of The Night Comes Down that didn't make the first Album, Polar Bear, Silver Salmon....oh what the fuck. Yes all the BBC sessions will be welcome, but this other shite is bordering on insulting. |
people on streets 29.09.2016 09:41 |
Nothing wrong with the 3 LP version. I even like the artwork. The deluxe 6cd version of course is a joke. |
Day dop 29.09.2016 09:58 |
The 6 CD version looks like the same style box The CD Single Collections came in. That cover artwork is really special, huh? |
Costa86 29.09.2016 10:04 |
Hmm. I was expecting something a bit better than this. Which band sells a box set with 3 damn CDs of interviews?!? Can't say I'm too keen to spent 44 quid on 3 cut concerts... think I'll have to pass. QPL, good job, another masterpiece offering :/ |
BernieD 29.09.2016 10:43 |
At least I know what to expect as Bonus for next years' rererererererelease of Greatest Hits: Another fuc*ing interview CD. This set must be a joke and is an Insult to fans. |
*goodco* 29.09.2016 11:00 |
'See What A Fool I've Been'.....well, surely they could insert and 'fix' what needs to be fixed where needed for Golders Green. And provide from other sources to make the set list 'complete'. As to TMOTBQ: here is the stand alone from 'Deep Cuts' link Though it was not the BBC/studio version of its time, I would not have had a problem with its inclusion for this release. btw....any balloons in the deluxe set? |
The Real Wizard 29.09.2016 11:02 |
press release track listing says: Brian May ‘Freddie And Too Much Love Will Kill You’ with Simon Bates (August 1982)They're a decade off, as clarified in the write-up. Who's in charge here !? How embarrassing on so many levels. QP are completely and utterly out of touch with reality. Hardcore fans are not going to buy a product containing material that has been otherwise out there for many years (or even decades). But when you have no informed advisors who actually know what's been circulating for ages, this is what you get. Jimmy Page has made sure that every Zeppelin release has previously unseen/unheard material. Floyd, Springsteen, King Crimson ... their boxed sets all contain hours of stuff nobody has seen or heard. This, by comparison, is a complete joke. It's nice that they're finally putting out the complete BBC sessions, but squeezing three incomplete concerts onto one disc (that have long been bootlegged in complete form) is just a slap in the face of people who have supported this band both morally and with their wallets for so many years. Rainbow was a hiccup, folks. It's back to business as usual. |
Michael Allred 29.09.2016 11:04 |
on my way up wrote: link In the topic I mention here, Greg Brooks wrote: "A Queen BBC session, containing a mega rare item no-one knows exists.. including us until 2 years ago. We just paid a fan for that. " Even that is NOT included in this set. This release is utter crap. And that's me being gentle about it.Wonder what that was |
popy 29.09.2016 11:14 |
Interview? Oh, don't be ridiculous. |
on my way up 29.09.2016 11:20 |
I suggest that every Queen fan with a twitter account tweets this: Freddie mercury's words about the new Queen release aimed at die-hard fans: "Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous!" It sums up what we have here in this release nicely! After a couple of hours of anger I'm still boiling. A band of the magnitude of Queen trying to rip off their fans... This is such a disgrace. I'm deeply disappointed. I might even write an open letter to Brian. With all I have to say it may end up as an open book!! |
Benn Kempster 29.09.2016 11:26 |
I guess no one's forcing anyone to buy this, are they as the usual situation stands for anything QPL releases these days. If nothing else, then the complete BBC Sessions will be available on the 2cd set which I will get if the mixing and mastering are any good and there's no 'tweaking' involved which I highly doubt. What I WILL do is download the Deluxe set as soon as it is available on a torrent site and cherry-pick the bits that I want. How on earth have QPL seen that this is even remotely close to what constitutes 'complete' when they release incomplete (and presumably within that, edited and tweaked) versions of concerts? Another Brian may live solo and no Tutti Frutti from Mannheim which was the highlight of the evening. |
darkorian1 29.09.2016 11:26 |
Oh shit QPL, all that crap again???? |
on my way up 29.09.2016 11:31 |
Instead of pretending to offer a "deluxe" box to their fans they should have just released to the 2 disc complete BBC session version. Now they just make blatantly clear they don't give a f*** about their die-hard fans. If that's the case, just be honest about it! |
Oscar J 29.09.2016 11:33 |
Question: can they have remixed anything from the BBC Sessions? Do they have any multitracks? Or will it just be the audio we've already heard, but compressed? |
DGAA 29.09.2016 11:36 |
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*goodco* 29.09.2016 11:45 |
Quality control (thanks, Bob, I just noted the '1982' interview date...) But......I am really, really excited to finally get an official release of 'Alright Alright' !!!!!!!!! |
The Real Wizard 29.09.2016 12:08 |
Oscar J wrote: Question: can they have remixed anything from the BBC Sessions? Do they have any multitracks? Or will it just be the audio we've already heard, but compressed?Judging by the fact that they re-worked one of the session 2 tracks for the Queen II remaster in 2011, I'd say they've got at least some of the 24 track tapes lying around. But then the stuff from sessions 4 and 6 was basically what we'd heard for years prior. We'll know soon enough. |
Rick 29.09.2016 12:38 |
I wonder if Freddie is audible on the Golders Green recording. |
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 29.09.2016 12:52 |
Could it be that the initial idea was to have each butchered concert in a separate CD, "completed" by interviews, and then someone had the fantastic idea to squeeze them even further to fill one full CD with live music and to use HALF of the number the CDs in the box for interviews? OMG... I just cannot figure out how this came to be... Cheers, Ogre- |
AlbaNo1 29.09.2016 13:23 |
I don't have any cds of radio interviews in my collection. Have any been released before in their 45 year old history ? I think I may have had a tape once I've watched Queen documentaries, got some Queen books but no interview cds. And it ties in with the On Air concept Well done QPL |
moonhead79 29.09.2016 13:30 |
I need to be honest, i'll buy the 2 discs version....I gonna find the other 4 in "another way"... It's sad but i don't want to give them all that pounds!!! |
YourValentine 29.09.2016 13:46 |
Totally laughable. |
MercurialFreddie 29.09.2016 13:48 |
Michael Allred wrote:That is really interesting!on my way up wrote: link In the topic I mention here, Greg Brooks wrote: "A Queen BBC session, containing a mega rare item no-one knows exists.. including us until 2 years ago. We just paid a fan for that. " Even that is NOT included in this set. This release is utter crap. And that's me being gentle about it.Wonder what that was Aside from that, will we get any official statement regarding what treatment got the CD with tracks from the three broadcasted gigs ? |
MercurialFreddie 29.09.2016 13:50 |
Well, one thing is for sure though and we cannot say that they failed at that. It was unofficially announced that the 3rd CD will be with previously unreleased and 'rare' stuff. No matter how (and that's a big HOW btw) they presented it to us but it's there. |
GinjaNinja 29.09.2016 13:51 |
Michael Allred wrote:They're saving it for when they reissue the set on coloured vinyl.on my way up wrote: link In the topic I mention here, Greg Brooks wrote: "A Queen BBC session, containing a mega rare item no-one knows exists.. including us until 2 years ago. We just paid a fan for that. " Even that is NOT included in this set. This release is utter crap. And that's me being gentle about it.Wonder what that was |
MJDSQ 29.09.2016 14:08 |
I remember a time when we didn't have any new releases. The fact that they are going back and releasing BBC sessions at all is great. I understand that it could be much better but I think its better for us to enjoy wherever is available at this point. The 2CD and LPs are great and they could have stopped there. We can see the 6CD version as an attempt that didn't work great but so what. We staill have most of the GG performance. I will tell you that I never thought we would have GG at all. For me that's a big bonus given that we don't know the limitations that they have to release vintage recordings (e.g., recording issues such as in See what I fool ... or even copyright issues). We don't know but that fact is I have RAINBOW and most of GG and that's much much more than I could ever dream a few years ago. Its it a wasted opportunity? A bit yes, but I'll get a glass of wine, put in GG and enjoy Queen live before they even released their first album. That fact the this record exist at all is great. Not an amazing release but lets enjoy what we have. That's Queen. They rehearsing in the bathroom is better than most of the garbage we have today. Cheers :) |
kosimodo 29.09.2016 14:29 |
The radio idea as such is not that bad. Including all (?) interviews is a nice idea. Could have been on mp3, i guess. Like the cosmos rocks will it end up somewhere ar the bottom. Positiv is getting spread your wings in cd quality. All concerts that were ever aired should have been added. Complete. Yes, including live aid. |
cmsdrums 29.09.2016 14:30 |
I see that the track 'intro' on the 1981 gig is credited as a Roger composition.....anyone know exactly what this intro entails? (as I don't have that bootleg). Cheers |
dive2063 29.09.2016 14:40 |
If I remember correctly, that Intro is the same as was on Rock Montreal (thunderbolt). |
Holly2003 29.09.2016 15:09 |
They will probably charge us for the thunderbolt mp3 download. |
soxtalon 29.09.2016 15:34 |
I don't get the vitriol here. I get some fashion of disappointment. But in all honesty I think leaks and speculation always hype people up for massive disappointment. And I'm not immune. I was hoping for more also BUT let's look at this: There has been a call for an official release to the BBC sessions. So what if they had just said Queen at the BBC was being released and we got a 2 CD set of the sessions. It would have been for the most part approved. Some people would have wanted more. SO they try to create a product of greater value. Did they fall short in a strange fashion? Absolutely. But I never thought we'd get Golders Green at all so even in an only mostly complete version that's something. I truly wonder if all that was leaked was a 2 CD version. Without whispers of a 6CD version. Then this was announced - I bet it would have been better received. Yes there would still be some complaints but a big difference I would think. I'm not saying the complaints aren't valid at this point. I wanted complete Golders Green. I would much rather have had just the 3 concerts without any of the the interviews or had the interviews as a downloadable extra or whatever. BUT we should really look at it this way as well. Isn't this at least a step towards the type of release we want? It's no Rainbow, but it's better than Odeon. It's also FAR better than ANOTHER compilation like Forever or GH re-re-re-re-re-re-re-release. But I tell you it seems that we have people on our side in the QPL team who are fighting against some unknown wall to get solid material...I feel grateful for the attempts and surely don't want to discourage the effort. Imagine you have a product in your head for release and you say "We can release the BBC Sessions, and Golders Green, Morumbai, and Mannheim! And some interviews afterwards as well." Then they come back and for whatever reason they say nah - flooding the market with Magic Tour releases (:-P), and Morumbai isn't quite a performance I'm glad with and Golders Green has some issues with a few of the ending tracks I can't fix up to speed (OR WHATEVER THEIR STRANGE REASONING IS)" So then what do you do? You fight for the sessions and perhaps at least some of the concert tracks and maybe additional interviews. Now you get this response. They can't say they agree with you but they do....but do they feel like trying to fight for more positive releases or is it just not worth the effort when everyone is going to slag it off anyways... So be disappointed sure, but let's at least say this is better than many recent release.... |
bootLuca 29.09.2016 15:39 |
what great highlight... no Somebody To Love, no Rhapsody, no Champions, but I'm In Love With My Car, Hello Mary Lou and God Save The Queen in the highlights there are: 5,5 songs written by Freddie (Ogre battle, Liar, Let Me Entertain You, Love Of My Life and Crazy Little Thing and Is This The World..) 2 by Roger (Car and Magic) 0 by John 7,5 by Brian (Procession, Father To Son, Son And Daughter, We Will Rock You (Fast), Dragon Attack, Now I’m Here, Is This The World We Created and God Save The Queen) |
bootLuca 29.09.2016 15:46 |
Rick wrote: I wonder if Freddie is audible on the Golders Green recording.yes and perfectly autotuned! perfectionism! |
Nick Browning 29.09.2016 16:08 |
the most random release we've seen in a while |
Krypto_98 29.09.2016 16:36 |
They had the perfect opportunity to release in full those 3 concerts and they blew it... I can smell releases for those concerts... |
Cruella de Vil 30.09.2016 00:40 |
Perhaps the mega-rare item that nobody know about was 'Alright Alright'?. As someone else said, another Lost Opportunity and we, the Losers in the End. |
cmi 30.09.2016 01:58 |
'Alright Alright' is the vocal interaction in the middle of Now I'm Here. |
YourValentine 30.09.2016 02:23 |
soxtalon wrote: I don't get the vitriol here. I get some fashion of disappointment. But in all honesty I think leaks and speculation always hype people up for massive disappointment. And I'm not immune. I was hoping for more also BUT let's look at this: There has been a call for an official release to the BBC sessions. So what if they had just said Queen at the BBC was being released and we got a 2 CD set of the sessions. It would have been for the most part approved. Some people would have wanted more. SO they try to create a product of greater value. Did they fall short in a strange fashion? Absolutely. But I never thought we'd get Golders Green at all so even in an only mostly complete version that's something. I truly wonder if all that was leaked was a 2 CD version. Without whispers of a 6CD version. Then this was announced - I bet it would have been better received. Yes there would still be some complaints but a big difference I would think. I'm not saying the complaints aren't valid at this point. I wanted complete Golders Green. I would much rather have had just the 3 concerts without any of the the interviews or had the interviews as a downloadable extra or whatever. BUT we should really look at it this way as well. Isn't this at least a step towards the type of release we want? It's no Rainbow, but it's better than Odeon. It's also FAR better than ANOTHER compilation like Forever or GH re-re-re-re-re-re-re-release. But I tell you it seems that we have people on our side in the QPL team who are fighting against some unknown wall to get solid material...I feel grateful for the attempts and surely don't want to discourage the effort. Imagine you have a product in your head for release and you say "We can release the BBC Sessions, and Golders Green, Morumbai, and Mannheim! And some interviews afterwards as well." Then they come back and for whatever reason they say nah - flooding the market with Magic Tour releases (:-P), and Morumbai isn't quite a performance I'm glad with and Golders Green has some issues with a few of the ending tracks I can't fix up to speed (OR WHATEVER THEIR STRANGE REASONING IS)" So then what do you do? You fight for the sessions and perhaps at least some of the concert tracks and maybe additional interviews. Now you get this response. They can't say they agree with you but they do....but do they feel like trying to fight for more positive releases or is it just not worth the effort when everyone is going to slag it off anyways... So be disappointed sure, but let's at least say this is better than many recent release....I think you do not understand the reason why people are angry here. Again and again requests for more unreleased stuff have been denied claiming that the "casual customer" does not want this "imperfect" stuff, the fans have been ignored in favour of this ominous casual customer. Now there is a product which really cannot be aimed at the casual customer - it must be for the hard core fans and look what they offer. It's not for free, it will cost over 40 pounds and they expect the idiots who have bought Greatest Hits 25 times to buy old radio interviews which all fans have in their digital collection since 1995. I really wonder how much better the sound of Freddie's weather jokes might be on this official release and the 1989 interview is - of course - a re-release. The much asked for live stuff is not on this issue, just a few songs, it's a bad, bad joke. The only way to stop this charade is not buying the crap and let them give it away for free on the convention 2020 to the Adam Lambert fans. |
Viper 30.09.2016 03:00 |
Maybe they had some limitiation with the Golders Green show, with don't know. It's very unfortunately either way... But to mix this show with other two shows... What the hell was that?! |
BernieD 30.09.2016 03:16 |
On Air Limited Edition/180gr+Downl [Vinyl LP] Any idea what the DOWNLOAD track(s) could be ?? |
Wijnand 30.09.2016 03:16 |
I'm looking forward to the cd's with BBC sessions (and the vinyls of that), but also the three interview discs are for me quite interesting. Like to have that in my collection. For the cd with 3 parts of concerts... I don't like that very much... Personally, I'd rather have one complete concert, or even none at all... Or... being very optimistic.... The cd is just a preview of the 3 complete concerts which will be released on cd next year :-) |
bootLuca 30.09.2016 03:20 |
BernieD wrote: On Air Limited Edition/180gr+Downl [Vinyl LP] Any idea what the DOWNLOAD track(s) could be ??Probably the same content of vinyls in mp3 |
cmsdrums 30.09.2016 04:02 |
Wijnand wrote: I'm looking forward to the cd's with BBC sessions (and the vinyls of that), but also the three interview discs are for me quite interesting. Like to have that in my collection. For the cd with 3 parts of concerts... I don't like that very much... Personally, I'd rather have one complete concert, or even none at all... Or... being very optimistic.... The cd is just a preview of the 3 complete concerts which will be released on cd next year :-)If thye've done any proper work on the audio, I wouldn't be surprised to see maybe a couple of thes gigs being released in their entirety in the future - you know that QPL never sell us something only the once!! |
brians wig 30.09.2016 04:03 |
Jeez. £58 for a 3 vinyl set? (Amazon.co.uk) They're taking the piss and QPL wonder why sales aren't as good as they'd like and then have the afront to turn round and say we ain't getting any more 70's concert DVDs (for example) because there's no demand? Even the Led Zep deluxe vinyl sets were half this price for 3 discs. Hammy 75 2 disc vinyl is only £26. |
snelly1 30.09.2016 05:08 |
This is a real insult to long standing fans of the group to be honest...I just don't understand how they think...they're not fools. |
on my way up 30.09.2016 05:10 |
Negative comments are being removed ... My 2 reactions (my real name was mentioned, I was just being an honest man) under the press release were removed. |
pittrek 30.09.2016 06:06 |
Well they surely know how to take completely valid criticism... |
thomasquinn 32989 30.09.2016 07:09 |
Right, so the 2cd it is. Saves me a good deal of money not having to buy the box. Lost opportunity for a great box, but at least we get the full BBC sessions on a double cd that doesn't feature needless crap like interviews, so that's a definite plus. |
dysan 30.09.2016 07:43 |
Good to finally have news. The interviews really could've been used as freebies to give away as promo tools around the releases - like iTunes bonuses or something. I can appreciate the historic value of some of the older ones but FULLY agree with the general consensus that to use up disc space for them while THREE gigs have been edited down to one disc is amazing. Were these gigs edited like this for broadcast? If so, fair enough, but I don't think they were. Baffled. 2 CD set for me too. |
dysan 30.09.2016 07:46 |
'But there is another side to Queen’s rise that has been largely overlooked' 50/50 on this. Pretty sure they've been releasing the BBC material to us since 1989, then 1995 as b-sides, then 2002 as newspaper freebies, and then 2011 as bonus track content. OR we could say they've been largely overlooked because QP never released the Beeb album promised in 1995. I'm really really baffled by all this. |
pittrek 30.09.2016 08:46 |
Hey, I dared to be critical but polite to the fact that they censor negative comments. And what a surprise - my comment is gone :-) I feel SO privileged... Why do I get sudden Ghostbusters 2016 trailer flashbacks? |
on my way up 30.09.2016 09:02 |
pittrek wrote: Hey, I dared to be critical but polite to the fact that they censor negative comments. And what a surprise - my comment is gone :-) I feel SO privileged... Why do I get sudden Ghostbusters 2016 trailer flashbacks?Haha. Censorship is unworthy of everything Queen stands for (or should stand for, it's completely NOT rock 'n roll). But hey, they prove to be nothing more, nothing less than just a multinational.... It's all about the £. |
fr1986 30.09.2016 09:12 |
Hahaha! I was critical but not polite, i was very honest about my feelings, so i guess in no time my comment will be censored for ,"brutal Honesty", or. according to them for being not propper. as i wrote. I will wait until it is uploaded on MEGA or on a torrent in order to get it. |
AlbaNo1 30.09.2016 09:50 |
on my way up wrote:Queen were always a highly commercial band, albeit usually with enough artistic merit in the actual music to balance this out.pittrek wrote: Hey, I dared to be critical but polite to the fact that they censor negative comments. And what a surprise - my comment is gone :-) I feel SO privileged... Why do I get sudden Ghostbusters 2016 trailer flashbacks?Haha. Censorship is unworthy of everything Queen stands for (or should stand for, it's completely NOT rock 'n roll). But hey, they prove to be nothing more, nothing less than just a multinational.... It's all about the £. Since 1991 it's been commerce only. |
dave76 30.09.2016 10:11 |
I had a long thought about this and i've decided not to buy it. It's too dissapointing to spend money on. |
pittrek 30.09.2016 10:22 |
I am seriously considering getting the 6CD version even though I'm really dissapointed. But let's say it this way - I still didn't buy the Hammersmith Odeon box set ... |
Benn Kempster 30.09.2016 11:03 |
Now all comments have been removed.......... Funny that. |
que.123 30.09.2016 11:14 |
cmi wrote: 'Alright Alright' is the vocal interaction in the middle of Now I'm Here.^ Even this is a re-release, it was featured in the 2011 Remasters iTunes videos! Hopefully the upcoming version will be in stereo but Radio Badeirantes is mentioned in the press release and that was mono, Jovem Pan 2 FM was the stereo broadcast - I guess we will have to wait and see? I wish QPL would realize that edited material just pisses people off as fans feel that they are being short-changed e.g. a complete stereo version of Sao Paulo '81 would have been an amazing surprise and I'm sure it would have won them universal praise - instead we get butchered material hence universal condemnation! |
vince73 30.09.2016 13:16 |
A 4CD box with the six sessions, GG and anything in the fourth disc could be a more reasonable alternative to the 2CD standard release. |
popy 30.09.2016 13:21 |
Benn Kempster wrote: Now all comments have been removed.......... Funny that.Not only they deleted all comments from the On Air press release, they deleted all comments and the comment feature on all the news in the...err, news section of queenonline.com. Even those from 2009! |
brians wig 30.09.2016 15:08 |
In response to the deletion of comments on QOL I say this to QPL: If you can't stand the heat, stop releasing half-arsed packages. They maybe would have been better just releasing the 2 disc BBC Sessions and nothing else. At least there would be no complaints! |
The Real Wizard 30.09.2016 16:28 |
AlbaNo1 wrote: Queen were always a highly commercial band, albeit usually with enough artistic merit in the actual music to balance this out. Since 1991 it's been commerce only.Don't kid yourself - Queen were a brand long before 1991. Let's not forget that plenty of greatest hits compilations came out before Freddie Mercury died. And nobody in their right mind can accuse Made In Heaven as being a money grab. Love it or hate it, it was done because they wanted to make a final album for its own sake, not for the money. It just happened to be their best-selling album in the UK ! So let's not pull the wool over our eyes, somehow implying that Mercury was the commercial conscience of the band. Or do we need to pull out all the quotes of his about doing it for the money? |
AlbaNo1 30.09.2016 16:47 |
A lot of words in response. Try reading the first seven words of my comment. And then the rest. |
paulosham 30.09.2016 17:01 |
With regard to the interviews, I think that the inclusion of the Brian May interview on Guitar Greats with Alexis Korner from 1983 would have been nice. |
little foetus 30.09.2016 17:06 |
The Real Wizard wrote: Let's not forget that plenty of greatest hits compilations came out before Freddie Mercury died.A lot of compilations before 1991? Honestly, except Greatest Hits I and II, I can't think of any other. Since 1991, I don't count the numerous compilations (Queen Rocks, GH III, The Deep Cuts series, Stone Cold Classics...). |
Penetration_Guru 30.09.2016 18:18 |
Will the Tom Browne 1977 interview be the second half that wasn't included last time they claimed to be releasing it? |
splicksplack 30.09.2016 18:56 |
Nice to have all the sessions. But FO with your interview bollox. (has anyone checked if one of the interviews is the one included on the 40 years bollox book that included a faulty CD?) |
softcalavera2 30.09.2016 23:25 |
Ok...i think that if they ONLY release the BBC sessions WITHOUT interviews and NO live recordings. In this way i think that all of us will be happy with only 2 discs and no more. No will be comments like "why 3 discs with interviews?" Why 1 disc with three incomplete gigs?" Why Golders Green is incomplete?" I think that Queen should do the things COMPLETE or not do it directly. |
on my way up 01.10.2016 00:56 |
The Real Wizard wrote:They are making 1995 business decisions in 2016. Things have changed in the market but they seem completely unaware. In 2016 - in the midst of the biggest economic crisis since the 1930's and with lots of stuff available for free (youtube) - you have to give people value for money and not just sell plastic. Other bands show what to do. QPL is just the dinosaur in the pack, soon to become irrelevant in the market of archival releases (which is huge now!).AlbaNo1 wrote: Queen were always a highly commercial band, albeit usually with enough artistic merit in the actual music to balance this out. Since 1991 it's been commerce only.Don't kid yourself - Queen were a brand long before 1991. Let's not forget that plenty of greatest hits compilations came out before Freddie Mercury died. And nobody in their right mind can accuse Made In Heaven as being a money grab. Love it or hate it, it was done because they wanted to make a final album for its own sake, not for the money. It just happened to be their best-selling album in the UK ! So let's not pull the wool over our eyes, somehow implying that Mercury was the commercial conscience of the band. Or do we need to pull out all the quotes of his about doing it for the money? Freddie died in 1991. He didn't even know the internet. In no way is he responsable for the current bad decisionmaking. |
Cruella de Vil 01.10.2016 01:20 |
Re pulling off all comments about this release on the Official site, maybe Kim Jong Un is their new webmeister? At least someone got the general consensus of opinion. |
Chopin1995 01.10.2016 03:16 |
dave76 wrote: I had a long thought about this and i've decided not to buy it. It's too dissapointing to spend money on.Agree. I would buy 2CD but it's not even full sessions. |
cmi 01.10.2016 06:56 |
^ What's the problem with 2CD ? No album mix of TMOTBQ? So what...? |
TomP63 01.10.2016 07:21 |
^ What's the problem with 2CD ? No album mix of TMOTBQ? So what...? Because for the moment there is no good and valid explantion why 'they' left off MoTBQ, the same goes for the GG concert? MoTBQ was aired and was used as an BBC session, album version or not, it should be featured on the Air compilation. But that's my thought about MoTBQ, I find the omission rather peculiar. Tom |
The Real Wizard 01.10.2016 08:49 |
on my way up wrote:Yup, can't disagree with you there.The Real Wizard wrote:They are making 1995 business decisions in 2016. Things have changed in the market but they seem completely unaware. In 2016 - in the midst of the biggest economic crisis since the 1930's and with lots of stuff available for free (youtube) - you have to give people value for money and not just sell plastic. Other bands show what to do. QPL is just the dinosaur in the pack, soon to become irrelevant in the market of archival releases (which is huge now!). Freddie died in 1991. He didn't even know the internet. In no way is he responsable for the current bad decisionmaking.AlbaNo1 wrote: Queen were always a highly commercial band, albeit usually with enough artistic merit in the actual music to balance this out. Since 1991 it's been commerce only.Don't kid yourself - Queen were a brand long before 1991. Let's not forget that plenty of greatest hits compilations came out before Freddie Mercury died. And nobody in their right mind can accuse Made In Heaven as being a money grab. Love it or hate it, it was done because they wanted to make a final album for its own sake, not for the money. It just happened to be their best-selling album in the UK ! So let's not pull the wool over our eyes, somehow implying that Mercury was the commercial conscience of the band. Or do we need to pull out all the quotes of his about doing it for the money? |
AB-88 01.10.2016 13:01 |
Just noticed a significant price reduction for the 6 cd set on Amazon UK - was originally £43.99 but it's now £31.07 - a response to the criticism perhaps? QOL Store price is still the same as it was though so maybe not. |
Nitroboy 01.10.2016 14:31 |
AB-88 wrote: Just noticed a significant price reduction for the 6 cd set on Amazon UK - was originally £43.99 but it's now £31.07 - a response to the criticism perhaps? QOL Store price is still the same as it was though so maybe not. I see this as well. This price is more acceptable to me, despite the box set being half-assed. |
bucsateflon 03.10.2016 13:16 |
Great stuff, ill buy it! |
Lord Fickle 03.10.2016 17:52 |
£23.46 for the 2CD? WTF! link |
thomasquinn 32989 04.10.2016 00:29 |
Lord Fickle wrote: £23.46 for the 2CD? WTF! link Weird. At the Dutch bol.com site (to which QOL links for Dutch buyers) it's €17.99, which is about £15.70. |
brians wig 04.10.2016 03:15 |
Lord Fickle wrote: £23.46 for the 2CD? WTF! linkWhen the 6 boxset price went down, the 2CD and vinyl set prices went up! I guess Amazon are dong their usual messing about with prices until the day before. Makes you wonder how they actually ever sell any Queen content. I know I won't entertain them at their current vinyl price... |
Day dop 04.10.2016 04:08 |
AB-88 wrote: Just noticed a significant price reduction for the 6 cd set on Amazon UK - was originally £43.99 but it's now £31.07 - a response to the criticism perhaps? QOL Store price is still the same as it was though so maybe not.Not now... Price: £71.50 link |