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Post by airpodsmax on Sept 11, 2024 12:14:00 GMT
I first saw the news on the r/queen subreddit, safe to say my heart skipped a beat when i saw the live disc. (Not counting the rainbow tracks) what do you mean?
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Post by mallyorsomething on Sept 11, 2024 12:18:47 GMT
I first saw the news on the r/queen subreddit, safe to say my heart skipped a beat when i saw the live disc. (Not counting the rainbow tracks) what do you mean? Im saying i was incredibly surprised and did not expect that to be included at all, i genuinely thought it would just be only recycled stuff all over again.
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Post by georg on Sept 11, 2024 12:37:16 GMT
Playing devil’s advocate: are we SURE that Polar Bear comes from the debut album sessions? They WERE limited in time to “off hours”, so maybe what we have here is all they were able to record? Maybe it’s from the Queen II sessions. Or maybe I’m moving the goalposts considerably…
I think the pros outweigh the cons considerably here. The remixed album (hopefully with better drums), Mad the Swine in its rightful place, the sessions disc (with a Mad the Swine outtake!), See What a Fool De Lane Lea version, backing tracks/instrumentals disc, and four bonus live tracks are worth it alone for me. I don’t care about the BBC sessions, or the hodgepodge of Rainbow tracks, and would’ve preferred the entire Imperial gig. C’est la vie.
As for the price – it always starts off exorbitant on Amazon and drops down as time goes on. I would hope that would be the case here, too.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Sept 11, 2024 12:39:46 GMT
Of course, the fact that they've only released a live version of Hangman doesn't necessarily mean they don't have the studio version - it could just mean they didn't want to release it.
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Post by manymilesaway on Sept 11, 2024 12:43:09 GMT
Of course, the fact that they've only released a live version of Hangman doesn't necessarily mean they don't have the studio version - it could just mean they didn't want to release it. I straight up just think QPL doesn't have it, if it does exist.
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Post by manymilesaway on Sept 11, 2024 12:43:57 GMT
Playing devil’s advocate: are we SURE that Polar Bear comes from the debut album sessions? They WERE limited in time to “off hours”, so maybe what we have here is all they were able to record? Maybe it’s from the Queen II sessions. Or maybe I’m moving the goalposts considerably… I think the pros outweigh the cons considerably here. The remixed album (hopefully with better drums), Mad the Swine in its rightful place, the sessions disc (with a Mad the Swine outtake!), See What a Fool De Lane Lea version, backing tracks/instrumentals disc, and four bonus live tracks are worth it alone for me. I don’t care about the BBC sessions, or the hodgepodge of Rainbow tracks, and would’ve preferred the entire Imperial gig. C’est la vie. As for the price – it always starts off exorbitant on Amazon and drops down as time goes on. I would hope that would be the case here, too. Yeah, I pretty much agree word-for-word.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Sept 11, 2024 12:45:54 GMT
Of course, the fact that they've only released a live version of Hangman doesn't necessarily mean they don't have the studio version - it could just mean they didn't want to release it. I straight up just think QPL doesn't have it, if it does exist. That's quite possible too. We may never know for certain.
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Post by airpodsmax on Sept 11, 2024 12:45:56 GMT
Of course, the fact that they've only released a live version of Hangman doesn't necessarily mean they don't have the studio version - it could just mean they didn't want to release it. Maybe they decided to leave the track for Sony ;-)
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Post by Wilki Amieva on Sept 11, 2024 12:51:54 GMT
Playing devil’s advocate: are we SURE that Polar Bear comes from the debut album sessions? They WERE limited in time to “off hours”, so maybe what we have here is all they were able to record? Maybe it’s from the Queen II sessions. Or maybe I’m moving the goalposts considerably… I think the pros outweigh the cons considerably here. The remixed album (hopefully with better drums), Mad the Swine in its rightful place, the sessions disc (with a Mad the Swine outtake!), See What a Fool De Lane Lea version, backing tracks/instrumentals disc, and four bonus live tracks are worth it alone for me. I don’t care about the BBC sessions, or the hodgepodge of Rainbow tracks, and would’ve preferred the entire Imperial gig. C’est la vie. As for the price – it always starts off exorbitant on Amazon and drops down as time goes on. I would hope that would be the case here, too. You got it right!
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Post by manymilesaway on Sept 11, 2024 12:52:05 GMT
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Post by Wilki Amieva on Sept 11, 2024 12:53:58 GMT
Of course, the fact that they've only released a live version of Hangman doesn't necessarily mean they don't have the studio version - it could just mean they didn't want to release it. The actual book clearly states that a studio version doesn't exist. That said, I guess that a rehearsal or a 'live in studio' version wouldn't be considered a 'proper' studio version (an attempt to a backing track plus overdubs).
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Post by georg on Sept 11, 2024 12:59:06 GMT
Of course, the fact that they've only released a live version of Hangman doesn't necessarily mean they don't have the studio version - it could just mean they didn't want to release it. I straight up just think QPL doesn't have it, if it does exist. It might also come from another album session… we found out recently from the Sotheby’s auction that Hangman was considered for Sheer Heart Attack. Whether it was recorded or not is a different story. Again, I’m playing devil’s advocate and moving goalposts, but it seems that the provenance of things aren’t always what they seem (e.g. for years we thought Silver Salmon came from the debut album sessions, when it was actually from 1977; I Go Crazy was at least partly recorded in December ‘82; etc etc etc).
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Post by Lord Fickle on Sept 11, 2024 13:04:36 GMT
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