2024 Queen Release Rumour Mill

I like it. Something like that would be my wish. But I would add the Mad The Swine version to the vinyl version of the album reissue in the version it could have been released in if someone didn't like something.

more likely, you'll get all 4 minutes of KYA and Liar from Rio 85 (although that is technically, part of the 84 Works tour)

Greg Brooks posted something on his Facebook about 3 weeks ago but deleted the post. He said something like The most exciting Queen project yet. I'm pretty sure it'll be Queen I box set.

Maybe with IA. The De Lane Lea acetate (with stereo mixes) is -aledgedly- the only surviving thing of that era.

One important thing everyone is forgetting is the "T SHIRT". Come on everyone it's not a proper box set without one😂

Hoping for all this in the Queen I box set:

Original mix (existing Ludwig remaster is fine)
New stereo mix (but not as radical as, for example, Hollywood Records Liar remix)
Instrumental mix
Dolby Atmos mix (although probably streaming only like Revolver)

Couldn’t care less for existing live tracks already available. I guess some bootlegs restored and remastered would be welcome. Also, unlikely to have any video content.

A nice book in the box set with previously unseen photos would be nice.

*prays to the god of quality box sets*

Thin Lizzy have already released original, alternative takes or remixes. Now adding some outtakes and unrelrased concerts, that's for big fans.

In cases like that, I understand Queen releases, they aim to the causal Queen listener or fan not big fans.
A remix could appeal to a average buyer, but an outrake or half finished demo not.

We do already have a thread on the upcoming Thin Lizzy release, but I agree with the comments here that hard core Queen fans would cherish something similar.

Thin Lizzy's recent Live and Dangerous 8 disc box, with the remastered L&D album, plus 7 discs of the complete shows that made up the original release, is a perfect example of what a Live Killers box could look like, and I'm sure fans would love it.

I too agree that a re-release of Queen I and/or any other of their albums should cater to their hardcore fans. In that case I believe out takes and demos should be included as long as the quality of the tracks isn't too rough. A previously uncirculating live album would be okay for inclusion but I would prefer video or film footage of the same, again if the quality isn't too compromised.

Ted

Cassettes in early seventies sound like SciFi to me. But indeed I'd like to hear that bootleg.

I can't get over my astonishment. Queen's latest release has been a special box set of "The Miracle", which includes a CD with never-before-heard recordings and, in addition, 6 never-before-released songs. However, I read people asking "when Queen is going to release something worthwhile?".

This is something you read on the forums over and over again. In the last 10 years, Queen has released albums such as "Rainbow", "Hammersmith Odeon", "Forever", "News of the world box" or "The miracle box". Many people use this music as if it were disposable Kleenex. I have no doubt that when the "Queen I" box set is published, THE NEXT DAY it will be said in this forum. "I didn't like it", "What is the next release going to be", "Let's hope the next release is the good one, not like the previous ones". The quality of the product doesn't matter because for some people, it will never be good enough.

Some of you are still waiting for Queen to release a collection of unreleased songs that Queen has kept in a safe. Guys, wake up and realize the reality. None of the boxes are going to be better than "The Miracle" or "News of the world." That collection of unreleased songs that you are waiting for does not exist because they have never been recorded.

The "News of the world" and "The miracle" boxes are true gems. I don't understand how so much complaining is possible. I really don't understand it.

First, "We want it all, We want it now"! Secondly, The Bigger, the better in everything ;-)
Your lack of understanding makes me think that you are from the generation of new fans who came after concerts of Queen with Lambert or Paul Rodgers.
I think many will disagree with you that the News of the World and The Miracle box sets are real gems because they were incomplete in one way or another.
For example: NOTW box set: Where is the 1977 Houston concert? If I'm not mistaken, the audio soundcheck from the 1975 Hammersmith Odeon(Now I'm Here)added in this box, despite the fact that these are different years.
Yeah, the Raw Sessions were great, but the rest of the material could have been made more interesting. Somehow made it into this box set. This could justify the price, and attract more buyers and fewer complaints about the fact that it is not a complete set again.
As for the Miracle Box Set: Here I agree with you more that it is a real gem, but again, the claims are quite justified.
For example, the choice of Face it Alone as a single to advertise a box set, given that the song itself was deprived of some important and interesting moments. We have all heard the demo version of this song many times and imagined that it would come out more or less in this version, but what released is what released.
Therefore, our complaints are completely justified, since we vote with our money.
Yes, after the release of Queen I box set we will continue to complain, especially if the release does not live up to our expectations.

2022 'The Miracle' box set was better than 2017 'News Of The Word' box set.
Let's hope 2024(?) 'Queen' box set will be better than 2022 'The Miracle' box set.

My little quibble with The Miracle boxset was that the vocals on Water sound smoothed over, which I HATE.  Same complaint for the Starfleet rerelease, ugh.  Broke my damn heart.  As a newer fan though, I'd say it's a relatively good time to be a Queen fan since it seems like there was a long stretch of nothing until about ten or so years ago.