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Post by mercurialfreddie on Sept 18, 2024 20:00:50 GMT
Here are the credits for a new product  Half of the names are familiar or not so familiar, the rest are new. Interesting! Front cover digitally RECREATED by Brian May. There was no original material / collage / photo edit to work with in the first place ? |
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Post by antonio on Sept 18, 2024 20:09:35 GMT
 Amazon Canada has the 2CD version already for Pre-order. But... USD 51.99 for the 2CD version? Are they nuts or what? It's not even an import. They will ship directly from the Canadian warehouses. I don't get it. I hope that Amazon USA offers it (and the box) at reasonable prices. I am definitely not paying USD 51.99 for a 2CD set!
52$ ? Definitely, they´re laughing at you
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Post by Lord Fickle on Sept 18, 2024 20:14:04 GMT
I like the instrumentals but... not the vocal. And I realy hate "pitch corrected" versions of "Goin back" and "ICHM" Pith correction on stereo master 24 years ago... LOL Yup, that's definitely taking the pith. 😄 |
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Post by mattzarella on Sept 18, 2024 21:23:38 GMT
Half of the names are familiar or not so familiar, the rest are new. Interesting! Front cover digitally RECREATED by Brian May. There was no original material / collage / photo edit to work with in the first place ? I KNEW that looked really suspicious. But hey.. it is what it is. A I. QUEEN... they've long abandoned the NO SYNTHESIZERS label 😉 It's odd but that's just the way it is. No alternate photo Negatives maybe. |
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Post by davis_taylor.1984 on Sept 18, 2024 23:43:52 GMT
I believe it originates in Italy, so will be "in noochay" Yes it is! I'm italian! "In nuce" means "still in its initial state", embryonic, in embryo, in germ... So queen in their pre-queen era! |
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Post by disco_mart on Sept 19, 2024 0:16:17 GMT
Half of the names are familiar or not so familiar, the rest are new. Interesting! Front cover digitally RECREATED by Brian May. There was no original material / collage / photo edit to work with in the first place ? Interesting to see names that I thought were no longer associated with Queen such as Simon Lupton and Nick Weymouth. Is there a film coming out about "Queen" on the Beeb down the road maybe? |
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Post by manymilesaway on Sept 19, 2024 0:19:27 GMT
Interesting! Front cover digitally RECREATED by Brian May. There was no original material / collage / photo edit to work with in the first place ? I KNEW that looked really suspicious. But hey.. it is what it is. A I. QUEEN... they've long abandoned the NO SYNTHESIZERS label 😉 It's odd but that's just the way it is. No alternate photo Negatives maybe. Not true. It's a recreation of the original album cover, which was an edit of a Marquee photo. Brian recreated the edit. You can tell it's based off of the live image, because Freddie's stage outfit is more accurate on the "Queen I" 2024 version compared to the 1973 original. There's also more of Freddie's hair behind his shoulder.    I detest AI as much as the rest of you, but please let's not immediately jump to AI conclusions with no backing. |
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Post by emrabt on Sept 19, 2024 4:12:02 GMT
Recreated digitally just means they've used Photoshop software rather than a... Photo lab / artist, scissors and so on. It doesn't mean AI is used.
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Post by mattzarella on Sept 19, 2024 4:54:07 GMT
Recreated digitally just means they've used Photoshop software rather than a... Photo lab / artist, scissors and so on. It doesn't mean AI is used. Hope so. I was mainly addressing the Roger photo on the back which highlights more of his face |
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Post by emrabt on Sept 19, 2024 4:57:41 GMT
Recreated digitally just means they've used Photoshop software rather than a... Photo lab / artist, scissors and so on. It doesn't mean AI is used. Hope so. I was mainly addressing the Roger photo on the back which highlights more of his face My theory (based on nothing) is a bunch of them were taken with Brian's stereoscopic camera, so there exists two almost identical photos from slightly different angles, and the alternative ones were used as the originals are damaged / lost. I mean we already know at least one on the back was... I mean we have seen the result of queen productions messing with AI and it wasn't great. |
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Post by pg on Sept 19, 2024 7:57:40 GMT
Interesting! Front cover digitally RECREATED by Brian May. There was no original material / collage / photo edit to work with in the first place ? It could mean that the the original photos were rescanned (or even that the original negatives were scanned), and then the collage was recreated digitally. |
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Post by pg on Sept 19, 2024 8:00:46 GMT
My theory (based on nothing) is a bunch of them were taken with Brian's stereoscopic camera, so there exists two almost identical photos from slightly different angles, and the alternative ones were used as the originals are damaged / lost. I mean we already know at least one on the back was... Um, your theory is based on the assumption that having taken stereo pairs of images, those pairs were then NOT stored together...by someone so meticulous that he still has all his 1950s 7" inch singles in their original sleeves.... |
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Post by emrabt on Sept 19, 2024 8:44:10 GMT
My theory (based on nothing) is a bunch of them were taken with Brian's stereoscopic camera, so there exists two almost identical photos from slightly different angles, and the alternative ones were used as the originals are damaged / lost. I mean we already know at least one on the back was... Um, your theory is based on the assumption that having taken stereo pairs of images, those pairs were then NOT stored together...by someone so meticulous that he still has all his 1950s 7" inch singles in their original sleeves.... Well, The other one was used in the original collage, which is lost. It's the reason he doesn't have a copy of the doll of Roger drumming and had to use a Japanese print in the soapbox post, both of those were in the collage. |
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Post by pg on Sept 19, 2024 9:34:45 GMT
]Well, The other one was used in the original collage, which is lost. It's the reason he doesn't have a copy of the doll of Roger drumming and had to use a Japanese print in the soapbox post, both of those were in the collage. You're still.making many assumptions. |
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Post by emrabt on Sept 19, 2024 10:22:04 GMT
]Well, The other one was used in the original collage, which is lost. It's the reason he doesn't have a copy of the doll of Roger drumming and had to use a Japanese print in the soapbox post, both of those were in the collage. You're still.making many assumptions. Yes that's what it being based on nothing means. |
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Post by agkelly on Sept 19, 2024 13:54:29 GMT
I thought Brian was the main artist of the original Queen (1) cover. I'm sure I read somewhere years ago (possibly on his soapbox?) him explaining how he (they?) used a photo of Freddie and did this and that to it to get the effect that we see as the original cover. **EDIT: Found it, I think. brianmay.com/brians-soapbox/2009/10/more-on-the-back-cover-of-queen-i/ |
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Post by Maxi Dries on Sept 19, 2024 18:07:25 GMT
Piracy would be if it was for sale somewhere. There was never a smile cd release. Unreleased then imho. But it has stuff on it that has been released, so it's still technically a copyrights breach. Ghost of a Smile is 100% official. |
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Post by The Real Wizard on Sept 19, 2024 20:06:48 GMT
I thought Brian was the main artist of the original Queen (1) cover. I'm sure I read somewhere years ago (possibly on his soapbox?) him explaining how he (they?) used a photo of Freddie and did this and that to it to get the effect that we see as the original cover. **EDIT: Found it, I think. brianmay.com/brians-soapbox/2009/10/more-on-the-back-cover-of-queen-i/"I had no idea anybody else was that interested." Thank goodness Brian now realizes that a ton of people care. This is no doubt why their archival releases have generally gotten better over the years. |
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Post by snakecharmer on Sept 19, 2024 20:29:00 GMT
I think it would have been better to offer a CD Box set & the option to have a box set with the vinyl included if that's what you wanted . I much prefer CD'S easier to store , last longer if looked after & in my opinion sound better when played through a decent system. I have got around 10,000 CD's can you imagine storing 10,000 L.PS ? Vinyl has never been perfect with pops and crackles here and there or even skipping. I like many of you don't even own a record player so we are paying extra money to look at a vinyl copy. A choice would have been nice. Instead of that we have a box set around £180 in a time when some people are struggling to make ends meet.
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Post by airpodsmax on Sept 19, 2024 21:31:52 GMT
I wonder when the next single will come out.
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Post by snakecharmer on Sept 19, 2024 22:05:37 GMT
I have just seen the video for "The Night Comes Down" & I have to say that I think it's okay , some great images of Queen in the early day's & then the short cartoon like finish .
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Post by pg on Sept 19, 2024 22:35:49 GMT
I wonder when the next single will come out. The FIRST one isn't out yet!!  |
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Post by disco_mart on Sept 19, 2024 23:57:12 GMT
I KNEW that looked really suspicious. But hey.. it is what it is. A I. QUEEN... they've long abandoned the NO SYNTHESIZERS label 😉 It's odd but that's just the way it is. No alternate photo Negatives maybe. Not true. It's a recreation of the original album cover, which was an edit of a Marquee photo. Brian recreated the edit. You can tell it's based off of the live image, because Freddie's stage outfit is more accurate on the "Queen I" 2024 version compared to the 1973 original. There's also more of Freddie's hair behind his shoulder. I detest AI as much as the rest of you, but please let's not immediately jump to AI conclusions with no backing. Have to say I much prefer the 50 year old cover to the new one. |
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Post by billy on Sept 20, 2024 4:37:47 GMT
Interesting! Front cover digitally RECREATED by Brian May. There was no original material / collage / photo edit to work with in the first place ? Interesting to see names that I thought were no longer associated with Queen such as Simon Lupton and Nick Weymouth. Is there a film coming out about "Queen" on the Beeb down the road maybe? Nice seeing Doug Bogie, Mike Grose and Barry Mitchell mentioned. |
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Post by manymilesaway on Sept 20, 2024 5:00:53 GMT
Have to say I much prefer the 50 year old cover to the new one.  I made this edit of the Queen I album cover to bring it a little closer to the original. Deeper blacks, stronger purple and brought back the original pink text (Personally, I think the gold text kind of clashes.) It'll be the album art for my pitch correction removal album. I figured, since I'm tweaking the remix to bring back elements from the original audio, why not do the same with the album cover? |
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Post by mattzarella on Sept 20, 2024 5:21:18 GMT
I thought Brian was the main artist of the original Queen (1) cover. I'm sure I read somewhere years ago (possibly on his soapbox?) him explaining how he (they?) used a photo of Freddie and did this and that to it to get the effect that we see as the original cover. **EDIT: Found it, I think. brianmay.com/brians-soapbox/2009/10/more-on-the-back-cover-of-queen-i/Thank you for sharing that. God, I should read those Brian things more often. 😲🙃 So little time |
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Post by airpodsmax on Sept 20, 2024 7:41:38 GMT
I wonder when the next single will come out. The FIRST one isn't out yet!! 😞 |
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Post by metalmadtom on Sept 20, 2024 8:55:43 GMT
We might get some nice remastered 1973 promo videos on the YouTube channel. I'v seen some snapshots and they look lush.
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Post by pg on Sept 20, 2024 9:10:17 GMT
I made this edit of the Queen I album cover to bring it a little closer to the original. Deeper blacks, stronger purple and brought back the original pink text (Personally, I think the gold text kind of clashes.) If I was good enough to do that, I'd lose the "I" and not have a fake foil effect on the text. |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Sept 20, 2024 9:37:50 GMT
I made this edit of the Queen I album cover to bring it a little closer to the original. Deeper blacks, stronger purple and brought back the original pink text (Personally, I think the gold text kind of clashes.) If I was good enough to do that, I'd lose the "I" and not have a fake foil effect on the text. It took me years to realise those were spotlights! 😳 |
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