Any info on The Miracle Box Set

I'm glad if there would be a complete instrumental version of the album and probably b-sides.

Hopefully HD versions of promo videos were re-edited from scratch in real HD as it was with Freddie's solo videos 3 years ago.

I actually like the instrumentals, because by this point, Freddie was playing a lot more keyboards, so it’s not like he’s going to be absent too much. But all the songs should be instrumentals, not just whatever they have laying around!

My stance has changed on this somewhat because I listened to an AI-doctored instrumental of Time To Shine and I really found myself enjoying it a lot more. There were a lot of nuances that were covered up by vocals, nuances I might have missed out on otherwise, that made me enjoy the song a lot more – and I already liked the song enough. So if that helps me appreciate The Miracle more, then I’m all for it.

On a more relevant but far more mundane note, I gave the album a spin yesterday and enjoyed it a lot more than I used to, especially Party and Khashoggis Ship, two of the biggest offenders at one time for me. It’s weird to admit after almost 30 years of familiarity with this album, but not everything needs to be so serious; these are just fun songs – a little frivolous at times, but I can’t be in a bad mood when listening to Rain Must Fall, it’s just not physically or mentally possible. I guess this is growing up, huh…?

The fact it states ‘live versions’ makes me dubious…yes, there are live versions of The Miracle tracks, but only without Freddie, and they are always very careful to avoid mixing Queen and Queen+ product.

The reference to the ‘long lost cut’ of TMLWKL is also dubious, as the version on Made In Heaven IS the exact version as recorded for The Miracle. The use of ‘cut’ as well as the general language tone is also ‘off’ for me.

However….

Apparently Greg Brooks is hinting on his Facebook page that it’s very possible real, says he can’t say anything but to ‘hang on in there’!!

Shall I call this a Pre-Review? Here's what I think about each disc:

Disc 1: I'm not expecting a Giles Martin-style remix, but it feels redundant if it's the same 2011 remaster, especially for those who may have bought the album already?
Disc 2: This should be interesting. I hope they release that demo of the title track that was used in the Cohen-Jiya Remix.
Disc 3: Wouldn't be surprised if it's just the bonus disc on the 2011 remaster. "Live Version" caught me by surprise though. It'll probably just be performances from the Tribute Concert, Return of The Champions, or Live In Ukraine.
Disc 4: I'd like to think someone in QPL thought: "Hey, remember that time we included some instrumental mixes in The eYe? Let's bring that out again". I'm excited for the backing tracks though.
Disc 5: Definitely the Queen For An Hour interview, and probably the same edit used in On Air.
Disc 6&7: On one hand: Finally! Some Queen music videos in HD! On the other hand: Finally! Some cropped and stretched Queen music videos. In HD!
Disc 8: Please refer to Disc 1.

Yes, definitely! I also wonder if we'll see any new music videos on YouTube, as I've been surprised by how many new videos Brian and Roger have released in the last while for their solo work. If All Dead All Dead can get an official music video after the New of the World box set release, who knows what we could get with The Miracle?

So, what do people genuinely think about
CD2: The Miracle Sessions & Outtakes

what's going into that one? with the CD 74min (max) playing time, I expect that we won't be seeing

♦ All God's People
♦ Dog With A Bone
♦I Guess We're Falling Out unreleased
♦ I Guess We're Falling Out (Brian)
♦ Too Much Love Will Kill You (unreleased version)
♦ Too Much Love Will Kill You (Freddie/Brian guide)

and we're much more likely to get:
The Teaser Tape: ♦ The Miracle ♦ I Want It All ♦ The Invisible Man ♦ Scandal ♦ Too Much Love Will Kill You (snippet)
and...this lot:

♦ Breakthru (drums inst)
♦ Invisible Man (early guide vocal)
♦ Invisible Man (Roger vocal)
♦ I Want It All (master inst)
♦ Khashoggi's Ship (diff lyrics demo)
♦ Party (unsegued demo)
♦ Rain Must Fall (demo version snippet)
♦ Rain Must Fall (vocal takes)

that's around 55mins.

Roger mentioned finding "Dog with a bone" a few years ago and he liked it, I think the chance of it being used is very high.

The 12 minute version of stealin' and the Hang on in there fiddly jam are also likely, mainly because they take a chunk of time.

Brian seems to be very critical of his own voice so I'm fairly sure his vocal demos won't be included.

Other than that I think you are pretty spot on.

I still can't help being skeptical, and we still have nothing official. It would be great if they were to do a disc of cobbled together outtakes, like with the NOTW box, but I'm not sure I'd want to pay nearly £200 for one interesting CD.

If they have that much decent unreleased material, would they not do a Made In Heaven II type release, rather than tagging them on as extras? I'm pretty sure a basic CD of 'new' Freddie material would vastly outsell an overpriced box set, 90% of which most fans would already own.

The other odd thing is that Brian doesn't seem to have mantioned this, whereas usually he would be dropping hints here and there about "something special" coming up. I can't believe he's so focussed on his own 'Gold Series' reissues that he's ignoring a fairly major Queen release.

I don't think that they ever try again for MIH type album, I wish they would. Brian always refer MIH as the last album.
The majority of public only cares for things that are familiar with Queen (hits), I doubt there is any interest in unreleased songs.
However, if they ever try, a great producer is needed.

Forever was a missed opportunity to give something interesting, no alternative versions and the MJ duet was a crap. Better a Queen stand alone version of TMBMTLTT.

Now Brian wants to release his solo, since it was long out of the market and his popularity is higher than 10 years ago.

That's quite the stretch, haha!

Maybe they'll bulk out the Blu Ray with the full film of Knewbworth, finally. After all, they MUST have the tapes...

I can still see it on YouTube Music. I use that since i can still upload tracks and listen