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Post by akirafish on May 28, 2021 14:11:08 GMT
Don't forget there's also a deluxe version of Freddie's graphic-novel which include a colored vinyl of Never Boring, so 3 solo works for the 50th anniversary. What a team spirit!
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Post by robbybloodshed on May 28, 2021 14:28:10 GMT
Very sad. They’ve definitely been influenced by Kenny Powers..because it’s all about the dollar, dollar bills y’all.
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Post by Lord Fickle on May 28, 2021 14:32:47 GMT
Well, I guess that would be his BTTL reissue. Quite looking forward to that, so hopefully it won't be another disappointment. Absolutely, I hope it's about BTTL reissue. I'm really looking forward to that and crossing fingers that there's a couple of extras on there we haven't had previously on B-sides etc. Also interested to see (hear) what Brian has been meaning by re-visiting the tracks - you think this means EQ? my guess is probably just a few tweaks to make it sound consistent throughout. I don't think it's a bad sounding album, but some of the tracks sounded a little flat compared to others. |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on May 28, 2021 16:40:32 GMT
Absolutely, I hope it's about BTTL reissue. I'm really looking forward to that and crossing fingers that there's a couple of extras on there we haven't had previously on B-sides etc. Also interested to see (hear) what Brian has been meaning by re-visiting the tracks - you think this means EQ? my guess is probably just a few tweaks to make it sound consistent throughout. I don't think it's a bad sounding album, but some of the tracks sounded a little flat compared to others. it was Brian's cover of Rollin' Over that got me revisiting the Small Faces stuff again. a lot of work shit going on in '92 and it was good to re-discover Marriott and Lane - memories of cooler times. Marriott's voice so soulful (only other white male singer with the same soul tones being Steve Winwood) |
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Post by Sammy B. Willickers on May 28, 2021 16:52:48 GMT
Bro, I got their Greatest Hits a month or 2 ago just for them to make a Collector's Edition, and it's not even on Vinyl!! Oh, but it's in different colored cassettes. Yeah, no thanks QPL, I'll stick with the one I already have
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Post by baronlutenvank on May 28, 2021 17:09:18 GMT
Just the moment I saw the cover picture on their Instagram, my head's already filling in the details. That's how unsurprised I am now, sadly.
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Post by theblueroom on May 28, 2021 17:18:49 GMT
Surely even the casual fans must be scratching their heads at this one. They've all already got copies of Greatest Hits, why would they buy another one?
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Post by Nuppiz on May 28, 2021 17:20:39 GMT
Dammit, why did my cassette deck break down just a couple of months ago?
Seriously though, in general I don't get the appeal of new releases (or in this case, yet another reissue) on cassette. I've seen other bands doing this as well lately.
At least with vinyl vs. CD there's an argument to be made with regards to sound quality. Meanwhile cassettes will always sound worse than proper album formats (as cassettes were originally meant to record speech only, after all). It's purely a cynical cash grab aimed at collectors or "retro" enthusiastics.
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Post by georg on May 28, 2021 17:48:42 GMT
my guess is probably just a few tweaks to make it sound consistent throughout. I don't think it's a bad sounding album, but some of the tracks sounded a little flat compared to others. it was Brian's cover of Rollin' Over that got me revisiting the Small Faces stuff again. a lot of work shit going on in '92 and it was good to re-discover Marriott and Lane - memories of cooler times. Marriott's voice so soulful (only other white male singer with the same soul tones being Steve Winwood) Agree 100%. I heard Brian's cover first, and remember being disappointed hearing the Small Faces' original so many years later. (I have since come to appreciate it, and all of the Small Faces' output.) |
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Post by pimderks on May 28, 2021 18:35:54 GMT
I would've bought it if they had put it out as a 4 x 12" 45RPM set. Each disc presented in a portrait sleeve of a band member. Two/three tracks per side. Slipcase with the original group photo on it. Would look awesome.
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Post by fireplace on May 28, 2021 19:31:31 GMT
Turns out the cynics were wrong......they weren't cynical enough.
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Post by justin07 on May 28, 2021 20:13:12 GMT
Hey QPL where's the feckin' complete remastered GVH, all the videos in 5.1 surround sound? Jesus wept!
They purport to being disciples of The Beatles but QPL's output is sub-par in comparison when you look at the Beatles 1+ DVD video collection.
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Post by kosimodo on May 28, 2021 20:43:16 GMT
GH... one of the 2 queen albums missing in my collection. The other being GH2 And yes... i do have GH3  |
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Post by imthewalrus79 on May 28, 2021 20:51:13 GMT
I did some research and here are all of the major releases of this album, in it's UK track listing, that have been released over the years: 1) Original release on vinyl and cassette from 1981 2) First CD release in 1986 3) 1994 remaster (also included in the Gold Collection set with GH II) 4) A 2001 remaster as part of The Platinum Collection 5) 2004 US "We Will Rock You" release (this is the edition that included a couple of "On Fire" preview tracks and the single mix of "I'm In Love With My Car) 6) 2011 remaster (also included in the 2011 "Platinum Collection" re-release 7) 2013 Japanese SACD release 8) 2016 2 LP reissue 9) 2018 US/Canadian 2 LP release on double red vinyl 10) 2019 UK 2 LP release on double red vinyl 11) 2018/2019 2 LP re-releases as part of the Queen Collections in Italy, the UK and Japan 12) 2020 2 LP (1 red & 1 white) release in the US at Walmart 13) 2020 2 ruby red LP rerelease at Target in the US. I mean, it has to be obvious that there are not near enough copies of this album out there in the world!  The only thing that surprises me is that they didn't announce a vinyl re-release on double picture disc vinyl with one of the four band members on each side in a limited edition run of 1,981 copies. |
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Post by nico on May 28, 2021 21:51:21 GMT
I'm not sure they are cynical because I actually don't get the business rationale... Wouldn't QPL earn more money if they released more stuff this year... including "deluxe" boxsets ?
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Post by pg on May 28, 2021 22:09:41 GMT
I don't care how many times GH1 is released, although I'm not sure it's the album with the highest potential market, given every home already has 2 copies each.....
I think the press release does stretch the definition of the term "new format" though.
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Post by Sammy B. Willickers on May 28, 2021 22:17:36 GMT
I wish they made a compilation of all of the songs they released as singles that FLOPPED, or just aren't that talked about.
Have it be called 'Queen - Worst "Hits"'
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Post by fireplace on May 29, 2021 0:47:59 GMT
I'm not sure they are cynical because I actually don't get the business rationale... Wouldn't QPL earn more money if they released more stuff this year... including "deluxe" boxsets ? The cynics I was referring to are the fans. Some of them predicted there would no releases to celebrate the 50th anniversary. Others predicted an unrelated re-re-re-re-re-re-release of Greatest Hits. None of them were cynical enough to predict the even worse third option: GH to celebrate the 50th anniversary. Kind of strange and sad that the bottom has now been well and truly scraped and nothing worthwhile will ever come from QPL again..... |
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Post by theblueroom on May 29, 2021 1:53:12 GMT
6) 2011 remaster (also included in the 2011 "Platinum Collection" re-release 7) 2013 Japanese SACD release 8) 2016 2 LP reissue 9) 2018 US/Canadian 2 LP release on double red vinyl 10) 2019 UK 2 LP release on double red vinyl 11) 2018/2019 2 LP re-releases as part of the Queen Collections in Italy, the UK and Japan 12) 2020 2 LP (1 red & 1 white) release in the US at Walmart 13) 2020 2 ruby red LP rerelease at Target in the US. 8 releases of the same album in the last 10 years! |
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Post by jo on May 29, 2021 2:24:54 GMT
I guess I'll just have to hold off buying anything until next year when they put out a 40th Anniversary Box Set of Hot Space with a bonus disc of all the discussions/fights that took place in the studio during it's recording.
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Post by georg on May 29, 2021 2:26:18 GMT
I guess I'll just have to hold off buying anything until next year when they put out a 40th Anniversary Box Set of Hot Space with a bonus disc of all the discussions/fights that took place in the studio during it's recording. I would genuinely pay good money for that. |
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Post by Billblackman on May 29, 2021 2:28:27 GMT
The Innuendo Videos and BTS were never released on DVD or Blu Ray, but who cares, we get GH1...this is beyond being preposterous...
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Post by pg on May 29, 2021 6:30:06 GMT
I did some research and here are all of the major releases of this album, in it's UK track listing, that have been released over the years: 1) Original release on vinyl and cassette from 1981 2) First CD release in 1986 3) 1994 remaster (also included in the Gold Collection set with GH II) 4) A 2001 remaster as part of The Platinum Collection 5) 2004 US "We Will Rock You" release (this is the edition that included a couple of "On Fire" preview tracks and the single mix of "I'm In Love With My Car) 6) 2011 remaster (also included in the 2011 "Platinum Collection" re-release 7) 2013 Japanese SACD release 8) 2016 2 LP reissue 9) 2018 US/Canadian 2 LP release on double red vinyl 10) 2019 UK 2 LP release on double red vinyl 11) 2018/2019 2 LP re-releases as part of the Queen Collections in Italy, the UK and Japan 12) 2020 2 LP (1 red & 1 white) release in the US at Walmart 13) 2020 2 ruby red LP rerelease at Target in the US. I mean, it has to be obvious that there are not near enough copies of this album out there in the world! The only thing that surprises me is that they didn't announce a vinyl re-release on double picture disc vinyl with one of the four band members on each side in a limited edition run of 1,981 copies. 1991 - there was a double pack of GH1 and 2 in the UK. Nothing new about the content, but it was re-promoted at that point. Sometime around GH3 - Queen GH interactive CD Rom |
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Post by cmsdrums on May 29, 2021 8:45:37 GMT
The contradiction between their two common stances is incredible:
“We WON’T release individual proper deluxe versions of individual albums because the wider public won’t be interested and we don’t want to release stuff solely for hardcore fans”.....
“We WILL release limited edition, redundant format cassettes only via our website aimed purely at collectors”
Not forgetting of course of course Brian’s famous oft-repeated line of ‘we really don’t want to be known just as a ‘greatest hits’ band and we want people to know the original albums and deeper cuts’.
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Post by cmsdrums on May 29, 2021 8:51:30 GMT
Did I miss the bit in the press release where it said some/all of the proceeds of this release go to the MPT?
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Post by Lord Fickle on May 29, 2021 8:57:13 GMT
The contradiction between their two common stances is incredible: “We WON’T release individual proper deluxe versions of individual albums because the wider public won’t be interested and we don’t want to release stuff solely for hardcore fans”..... “We WILL release limited edition, redundant format cassettes only via our website aimed purely at collectors” Not forgetting of course of course Brian’s famous oft-repeated line of ‘we really don’t want to be known just as a ‘greatest hits’ band and we want people to know the original albums and deeper cuts’. They seem to forget that these "hardcore" fans have been supporting the band financially for 50 years. It's time for us to turn off the money taps for this type of regurgitated shit. |
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Post by pg on May 29, 2021 14:28:16 GMT
I agree, except they've sold 1000 limited edition sets of cassettes in 30 minutes.
You and I not giving them.money doesn't register, I'm afraid.
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Post by Lord Fickle on May 29, 2021 19:22:13 GMT
The other irony is that they won't release special editions of albums they don't think the wider public would be interested in, yet Brian is tarting up one of his own solo albums for release. Surely that would be of even less interest to the 'Greatest Hits' brigade?
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Post by saintjiub on May 29, 2021 20:04:00 GMT
The other irony is that they won't release special editions of albums they don't think the wider public would be interested in, yet Brian is tarting up one of his own solo albums for release. Surely that would be of even less interest to the 'Greatest Hits' brigade? Queen is not retired, but Brian May as a solo artist is essentially "on hiatus". Also Brian "tarting up one of his own solo albums for release" might not be viewed as "flooding the Queen market" by the record companies.
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Post by imthewalrus79 on May 30, 2021 7:26:45 GMT
6) 2011 remaster (also included in the 2011 "Platinum Collection" re-release 7) 2013 Japanese SACD release 8) 2016 2 LP reissue 9) 2018 US/Canadian 2 LP release on double red vinyl 10) 2019 UK 2 LP release on double red vinyl 11) 2018/2019 2 LP re-releases as part of the Queen Collections in Italy, the UK and Japan 12) 2020 2 LP (1 red & 1 white) release in the US at Walmart 13) 2020 2 ruby red LP rerelease at Target in the US. 8 releases of the same album in the last 10 years! And it isn't just us hardcore Queen fans that are noticing it! (Scroll down on the link to see that part of the article.) superdeluxeedition.com/news/saturday-deluxe-29-may-2021/ |
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