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Post by Walter B. on Nov 15, 2023 10:36:40 GMT
Rough translation from www.universal-music.co.jp/queen/news/2023-11-15-2/: This special album to commemorate the visit to Japan will include the top songs from the aggregate results of the "Vote for your favorite Queen live track!" solicitation on Universal Music's special website from November 15 (Wednesday) ~ November 30 (Thursday), 2023 (the number of songs to be included is undecided). Fans can vote for their favorite live recordings from the six live albums below. Based on the number of votes, the live album "Kizuna" will be compiled. The number of songs on the album "Kizuna" is as of yet unknown. "Kizuna" means: the enduring bonds between people—close relationships forged through mutual trust and support. - Live Killers - Live Magic - Live at Wembley Stadium - On Fire - Live at the Bowl - Live at the Rainbow '74 - A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975. CD release date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 UICY-80362 LP release date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 UIJY-75261/2 (2LP / 180g) [Limited to 2,000 copies]. Also re-released on January 31: The Miracle - UICY-16196/7 (SHM-CD) Live Killers - UICY-80363/4 (SHM-CD) Live Magic - UICY-80365 (SHM-CD) Queen Live at Wembley Stadium - UICY-80366/7 (SHM-CD) On Fire - Live at the Bowl - UICY-80368/9 (SHM-CD) Live at the Rainbow '74 - UICY-80370/1 (SHM-CD) A Night at the Odeon - Hammersmith 1975 - UICY-80372 (SHM-CD) Greatest Hits in Japan - UIJY-75260 (1LP) |
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Post by mercurialfreddie on Nov 15, 2023 14:36:37 GMT
Hmmm....... Does it mean that both Live Killers and Live Magic will be remastered for the SHM format?
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Post by pg on Nov 15, 2023 19:56:02 GMT
That's a very short lead time for a vinyl pressing... I guess they have the slot booked, just need to provide a master to press from.
It would be entertaining if the album was 6 pre-recorded intro tapes, 6 vocal extravaganzas, and 6 tapes of GSTQ.
Sort of a BBC box set homage..
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Post by newearthmud on Nov 15, 2023 20:04:38 GMT
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Post by deathtoming on Nov 15, 2023 23:35:10 GMT
Hmmm....... Does it mean that both Live Killers and Live Magic will be remastered for the SHM format? According to the product pages, both Live Killers and Live Magic will have the 2001 remastering, and all of the live re-releases will be in cardboard sleeves (The Miracle will be in a jewel case). |
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Post by Brian's Wig on Nov 16, 2023 16:07:58 GMT
That's a very short lead time for a vinyl pressing... I guess they have the slot booked, just need to provide a master to press from. It would be entertaining if the album was 6 pre-recorded intro tapes, 6 vocal extravaganzas, and 6 tapes of GSTQ. Sort of a BBC box set homage.. Japan will have their own plants. They won't be relying on Poland! |
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Post by ncc1701q on Nov 16, 2023 16:13:04 GMT
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Post by Brian's Wig on Nov 16, 2023 16:24:28 GMT
FFS. Wish I'd seen this thread yesterday. |
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Post by newearthmud on Nov 17, 2023 9:32:53 GMT
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Post by jeroeng on Nov 17, 2023 18:24:59 GMT
When I tried ordering 10 minutes ago, there was again one copy left, so I ordered that one.... I guess I was just lucky. Now it's sold out again. So it can help to check now&then if new copies become available, it seems. |
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Post by pg on Nov 17, 2023 19:59:16 GMT
Sounds like they're pressing them to order!
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Post by deathtoming on Dec 2, 2023 16:44:24 GMT
With the upcoming "Kizuna" release in January, fans in Japan could choose from songs on Rainbow, Odeon, Killers, Bowl, Live Magic, and Wembley to include on this compilation of live songs. And each one of those recordings will be reissued in SHM-CD format in January.
The only major live releases that were not available in this voting process (and hence also will not be reissued in January) were Hungarian Rhapsody and Montreal. There's some speculation tied to the IMAX announcement about the Montreal show in another thread, but what could be some reasons why these two particular releases were withheld from the voting and reissues? I think Hungarian Rhapsody only packaged CDs with DVDs or Blu-Rays, so that could be an explanation, but Montreal did have standalone CD releases.
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Post by Walter B. on Dec 27, 2023 14:36:59 GMT
Universal website JapanThe following 16 songs were selected by fans in Japan for the album "Kizuna", so the tracklist is: 1. Somebody to Love (On Fire) 2. '39 (Live Killers) 3. Don't Stop Me Now (Live Killers) 4. Bohemian Rhapsody (Live at Wembley) 5. Spread Your Wings (Live Killers) 6. Radio Ga Ga (Live at Wembley) 7. We Will Rock You (Live Killers) 8. We Are the Champions (Live at Wembley) 9. Killer Queen (Live Killers) 10. One Vision (Live at Wembley) 11. Love of My Life (Live Killers) 12. Hammer to Fall (Live at Wembley) 13. Staying Power (On Fire) 14. A Kind of Magic (Live at Wembley) 15. Friends Will Be Friends (Live at Wembley) 16. Save Me (On Fire) A total of 150 songs from Queen's past six live albums released by Queen were selected from Queen fans living in Japan to vote for two songs, and the version with the most votes is recorded for different versions of the same song. The final vote count was 6,886. The top 20 of the popularity poll are as follows. 1. Somebody to Love (On Fire) 2. '39 (Live Killers) 3. Don't Stop Me Now (Live Killers) 4. Bohemian Rhapsody (Live at Wembley) 5. Spread Your Wings (Live Killers) 6. Radio Ga Ga (Live at Wembley) 7. We Will Rock You (Live Killers) 8. Bohemian Rhapsody (Live Killers) 9. We Are the Champions (Live at Wembley) 10. Killer Queen (Live Killers) 11. One Vision (Live at Wembley) 12. Love of My Life (Live Killers) 13. Love of My Life (Live at Wembley) 14. Hammer to Fall (Live at Wembley) 15. Staying Power (On Fire) 16. We Will Rock You – Fast (Live Killers) 17. A Kind of Magic (Live at Wembley) 18. Friends Will Be Friends (Live at Wembley) 19. We Will Rock You (Live at Wembley) 20. Save Me (On Fire)
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Post by deathtoming on Dec 27, 2023 17:42:08 GMT
Here's the album art for Kizuna:  Inside, there will be "outtakes" from the photos used for the Live Killers album cover. I think there are three unused photos already out there... I wonder if we'll see more? |
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Post by Dimitris on Dec 28, 2023 15:32:23 GMT
With the upcoming "Kizuna" release in January, fans in Japan could choose from songs on Rainbow, Odeon, Killers, Bowl, Live Magic, and Wembley to include on this compilation of live songs. And each one of those recordings will be reissued in SHM-CD format in January. The only major live releases that were not available in this voting process (and hence also will not be reissued in January) were Hungarian Rhapsody and Montreal. There's some speculation tied to the IMAX announcement about the Montreal show in another thread, but what could be some reasons why these two particular releases were withheld from the voting and reissues? I think Hungarian Rhapsody only packaged CDs with DVDs or Blu-Rays, so that could be an explanation, but Montreal did have standalone CD releases. On fire and Montreal had been released on vinyl in 2004 and 2007. The on fire lps sleeves are not good quality more like printed paper... while rock montreal are on a box with great quality. Both were at reasonable price at their released date. Now their prices are very high. I wonder why Japanese fans didn't choose songs from Rainbow and Hammersmith. It seems like they ingnore their love for Queen II and Sheer heart attack albums , both very successful there with huge back catalogue sales. It seems their choices based on the big japanese tours of 79 and 82 while some live versions can bbe compare with 1985 the works tour also successful in Japan. |
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Post by Walter B. on Jan 12, 2024 6:18:25 GMT
www.universal-music.co.jp/queen/news/2024-01-12/Notice of discontinuation of "Kizuna" 2LP (UIJY-75261/2) The analog record (UIJY-75261/2) of Queen's commemorative edition "KIZUNA", which was scheduled to be released on January 31st, will be temporarily discontinued due to production reasons. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to those who have made reservations. The new release date will be announced on this site / SNS as soon as it is confirmed. In addition, the CD (UICY-80362) of "Kizuna" will be released on January 31st as scheduled.
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Post by mow955 on Jan 12, 2024 10:08:49 GMT
www.universal-music.co.jp/queen/news/2024-01-12/Notice of discontinuation of "Kizuna" 2LP (UIJY-75261/2) The analog record (UIJY-75261/2) of Queen's commemorative edition "KIZUNA", which was scheduled to be released on January 31st, will be temporarily discontinued due to production reasons. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to those who have made reservations. The new release date will be announced on this site / SNS as soon as it is confirmed. In addition, the CD (UICY-80362) of "Kizuna" will be released on January 31st as scheduled. Thanks for the heads up about this. I’ve had no notice from CDJapan about it being postponed. Guess I will in due time. Now the tricky decision. Do I can cancel the CD and hope that doesn’t go OOP, or pay twice for the extortionate postage? |
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Post by bittertears on Jan 12, 2024 11:58:55 GMT
CDJapan have updated the product page to say 'cancelled' rather than delayed or putting in a placeholder date. If it has been delayed rather than cancelled, I hope they retain the pre-order and post it out whenever as it took a bit of luck to get my pre-order in before they sold out.
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Post by macduff77 on Jan 12, 2024 17:49:45 GMT
Hmmm, I ordered my LP from Tower Records via Worldshipping. Guess I’ll expect a cancellation notice soon.
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Post by FG on Jan 13, 2024 16:33:22 GMT
Got a cancellation mail for the LP from HMV Japan today, it was an outright cancellation not postponed.
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Post by newearthmud on Jan 16, 2024 12:14:33 GMT
I got a cancellation notice from CD Japan this morning.
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Post by macduff77 on Jan 16, 2024 12:36:50 GMT
Yup, same here. Got the cancellation from Tower Records.
That’s too bad. Always thought it was a quick turn around to get the vinyl produced and shipped out. Oh well.
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Post by pg on Jan 16, 2024 16:36:25 GMT
That's a very short lead time for a vinyl pressing... Ancient saying - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day" |
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Post by eiricd on Jan 21, 2024 14:05:48 GMT
a bummer for anyone who made the pre-order :/
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Post by newearthmud on Feb 5, 2024 13:11:45 GMT
I've had another order cancelled. This time the seller sent me a copy of a notification saying the entire release has been postponed...
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Post by macduff77 on Feb 5, 2024 16:14:09 GMT
Has anyone heard the SHM version of Live Killers? Any good? Live Killers - UICY-80363/4 (SHM-CD) |
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Post by macduff77 on Feb 9, 2024 19:18:35 GMT
Listening to the Kizuna CD right now. Not bad. Basically cuts from the 3 live albums. I'm surprised nothing was voted from Rainbow or Hammersmith (or even Live Magic over Wembley).
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Post by CQI on Feb 12, 2024 20:23:27 GMT
Got my CD + ltd poster today.
The Japanese packaging is unbeatalbe, no way. Every time I can't help but thinking they spend so much to protect their items. And the cost are always more than reasonable 10€!!!). Standing ovation.
This B2 size poster is the biggest ever received (50×71cm), and of course only from Jap releases. The print quality is good but the paper is not that thick as one could expect for a poster with that dimension.
Of course the CD features a nice classic OBI.
There are two booklets: one pressed in b&w with Japanese text and the full colour version with english text, two double page pics (Works Tour by Denis O'Regan and Live Killers by Koh Hasebe). The LK one looks like the one used for Live Killers album sleeve to me. There is also a third picture from 1979 on page 2, not credited (!).
The full Japanese booklet seems having also a couple of "words" in addition, dated 2023/6 and 2023/12 signed "MASA ITO" and by another name in Jap texting.
There are two pages of "thanks for supporting" from Queen reporting some of the names of fans who voted this playlist.
According to the liner notes the remasters of these recording are dated as 2004 (Bowl), 2001 (Killers) and 2011 (Wembley, even though the release mentioned before the lyrics reports 2003).
Classic jewel case CD container, all transparent.
There is no fade between the tracks. The 'Killer Queen' ending has a quite abrubt fade out due to the segue in Bicycle Race on Live Killers album. So, basicly every track sound like stand alone, except the unseparable pair Wwry / Watc.
As orhers have already questioned here, I can't really understand why and how among almost 7000 Japanese fans have not voted for any song from Rainbow '74 or Hammersmith '75... apart Live Magic (out of their catalogue for years now) where A Kind Of Magic would have sounded way better than Wembley.
P.S.: always loving the Japanese releases.
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Post by imthewalrus79 on Feb 16, 2024 7:35:45 GMT
I just got the compilation and the mini-LP's. CQI already gave a nice review of the compilation, I thought I'd share some thoughts on the mini-LP's.
Overall, the outer and inner sleeves of all the releases look as beautiful as you would expect.
Both Live Killers and Live Magic have inner and outer sleeves and OBI's that perfectly mimic the original LP releases. And while Live Magic keeps that up down to the disc art looking like the original LP's, Live Killers disc art mimics the more recent DeAgostini vinyl releases where, instead of of the photos of the individual band members (one for each side), disc one contains a red tinted image of the cover while disc two's is green tinted.
The Bowl, Rainbow and Hammersmith releases all do a great job at replicating the covers and labels from the original UK releases. It looks like the OBI's for these three releases mimic the original Japanese CD releases.
Then there's Wembley. Like the 2004 mini-LP releases, this cover mimics the Hollywood Records CD re-release from 2003. However, while the 2004 mini-LP release made an mini-LP version of the Hollywood CD's standard jewel case artwork, this new release has a different rear cover that mimics the more recent DeAgostini vinyl release, which is basically the same rear cover as Live Magic with the Wembley tracklisting. But, while the DeAgostini vinyl release has a plain label with a black background with the album's logo at the top and tracklisiting for the side under the hole, the CD's artwork again resembles the Hollywood 2003 CD release. The OBI strip does mimic the OBI strip on the original Japan CD release from 1992. And, like 2004, I'm left wondering why this title didn't mimic the original 1992 vinyl release.
Sound-wise, these are all older masters. So, I'm sure almost everyone here has heard them.
Definitely worth picking up if you don't have them or like the mini-LP look. But, especially in the case of Live Killers, if you're looking for the closest authenticity to the original LP's, you might want to search for the 2008 release. It might not be SHM-CD. But it's a great reprint of the 2004 edition, but with an OBI strip that looks like the original Japan LP release. And it uses the same master that the 2024 release uses.
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