The Miracle Collector’s Edition - All Discussion

I mean, for the NOTW 40th anniversary documentary, they edited Freddie’s vocal during the 2nd pre chorus as his voice broke a bit @54:09.

So they surely must have the multitracks available.



-Chin

On Bob's Soundboard File, this has been discussed. 

It doesn't make sense that they'd make a new mix with overdubs and keep it mono. They also completely replaced the WATC interlude to fix 1 piano mistake, rather than just taking the piano track.

On said thread, there's a lot more in-depth analysis on the topic, but the general consensus is that that overdub was simply just AI isolation, copy pasted from the other pre-chorus. I highly suggest you take a look at that to further understand what I mean.

So, we write off all HD videos except IWIA?

I wonder why Doro wouldn’t be willing to supply masters of the music video‘s, Is the relationship that bad?

Yeah, because to me it's worth paying for it now at list price instead of possibly significantly more a few months later after thinking about it constantly and scouring eBay and Discogs for a deal. Yup, never done that before.

I decided to go with the 2 CD version from Queen On-Line at $16.99. Even with postage to the US, I save $7 versus buying "locally" from Amazon.com at $29.99.  The only downside for me is I won't receive it until December (and hopefully before 2024).

Since buying the Queen Rainbow and the Roger Taylor The Lot box sets eight years or so ago for reasonable prices, I have become miserly and unwilling to spend "big money" on the later fluff filled box sets. My sentimentality for Queen faded long ago.

It indeed is

Wasn't it discussed that 'Water' could be an alternative title to the 'River of Words' demo?

Yeah, but the 1991 interviews weren't complete interviews...but it's quite strange they don't acknowledge the 1991 interviews. Not the first time QPL would be wrong on something.

By the way, I knew that they're wouldn't be BTS of The Miracle or The Invisible Man...we'll get the same sh....that we got on GVH2.

Some of the songs from the box set were played at the fan club convention today.

A friend who is there singled out the original take of IWIA. “We weren’t told what it was, had no clue until the vocals came in”. Also said Breakthru with real drums was nice but didn’t hear them say if they were from 1988 or added recently.

I watched over and over... I can't believe they went for AI upscaling. I'd never expect to see it on an official release of any artist. It's ok to see it on a fan upgrade and such, but come on, I can't get past those "plastic" faces and double lines (edges). I'm glad the box set is out finally and looking forward for the new gems it might hold, as everyone already combed over, but the AI uspcaling, to me, is just the same as blunt autotuning. There are better ways to do these things. I wonder who gets to decide those major decisions and how people get a job at QPL. I really do. I feel better artists and more skilfull people might fill those shoes.

Scandal is one of my alltime favourites, both the song and the video, they are all simply fantastic there and the song blew me out of water when I was a kid. Still can't get enough of it. Still trying to decypher that line that comes after "yes, you're breaking my heart again". I was really looking forward to see a proper video restoration. I read above that the original tapes aren't available. OK. Get the best you have and give it to some video wizard (we all know a few names capable enough, here on forum alone) and make a proper HD version. AI upscaling sucks...

The Miracle as never heard before. Sourced from a master tape from March 1989, the Long Lost Cut reinstates ‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’ as it was originally intended, in the exact position on Side One allotted in 1989, nestled between ‘I Want It All’ and ‘The Invisible Man’.

I've lost track a bit on the TMLWKY issue. Is it or is it not a different version to the version on MIH? The above seems to suggest it's just been put back in the right place "as it was originally intended", but that doesn't imply it's a different version to the one we know.

By all accounts, the version on MIH is the version that was meant to appear on The Miracle. So where is there any indication that the box set version will be different?

No, and apparently, yes.

But that got scrapped out from the list so why would they be putting this out next month but not putting it out on DVD/BR? Could be something else? A great idea if true though...