I think there's a lot I don't have here. Never had good luck with Cherry Red Sound quality.

I'm in the same boat. Very interested in the material, but Cherry Red is not a favorite label.

I'm surprised at you guys. Cherry Red and their imprints (including the incredible Grapefruit and Esoteric) are among my favourite reissue labels and I have a boatload of their releases in my collection.

Agreed. The recent Tony Banks (Esoteric) box set viewtopic.php?f=17&t=109770 is fantastic.

I wholeheartedly second that statement. Esoteric is the new "Rhino" and the Grapefruit label has offered some of the best comps out there.

I don't have a lot of their stuff, but I have not been impressed with what I have. The sound seems to be derived from 2nd generation tapes to me- they lack something to my ears. Having said that, over the weekend I was eyeing their Manticore reissues- in particular, their Pete Sinfield and PFM titles. So I'm not totally disqualifying them. Just not overly impressed with what I have so far.

I love Esoteric for their re-mastered sound quality. Grapefruit does use some demo's, alts in as such for their comps and it does create a very entertaining thoughtful package(s).

The only sub-label of Cherry Red that is very inconsistent to me is their "Lemon" affiliate. They at times live up to their name.

in no way is this post meant to demean or put down mick ronson, loved him in the spiders from mars and 'heaven and hull' is sublime.

but i can't figure something out and maybe you all here can help me.

mick ronson gets a box set, as does gentle giant, king crimson, nektar, camel and on and on with 'fringe" (as i call them) bands that were never ever considered mainstream in any way and have box sets, not 1 or 2 CD comps of best of's or greatest hits, 4, 5, 6 Cd box sets!

yet there are still, to this day (and linda and i have talked about this) quite a few 60's and 70's bands with legit hit singles and hit albums that do not have a decent compilation ( 1 or 2 CD's ) of their work. i say this because i know that nektar, mick ronson and the others can't possibly sell a whole hell of a lot copies of these expensive sets. sure the people here at imwan will buy them, but we are very very far from the norm. i'd bet the nest egg that if you stopped 10 people on the street and asked them who mick ronson or gentle giant is not one of them would know.

so my question is.........................why does this happen?

where are 10 - 15 song compilations for the hombres, the woolies, the balloon farm and so many others........i would think they could sell a lot more of those at $10 - $12 than a $50 - $75 box set.

thanks for reading and looking forward to your ideas

Possibly because Ronson was really big in England & that's where Cherry Red is located. Probably inexpensive licensing.

Sound wise, what immediately comes to mind is awful sound on 2 different Bow Wow Wow set, a 2 cd set & a box. I know these were reasonably well recorded; I used to have much of the material on Japanese vinyl. I don't remember having the issues with the Esoteric imprint that I've had with Cherry Red even if they do have the same owners.

Both of the pre-order links are now active:

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y4LQS4D/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Y4LQS4D/?tag=imwan-21

I'm really tired, so I may be off a track or 2 (as they changed some of the running order), but it appears if you have these 4 cd's, there's aprox 4 new tracks here:

1. Slaughter On 10th Avenue 11 track version 1997 Snapper 636551550321
2. Play Don't Worry 18 track version Snapper 1997 636551550420
3. Just Like This 12 track disc 1; + disc 2 with no track listing (this may reduce the 4; discogs has the track listing for cd #2, but I am too tired to go through it all again) Burning Airlines 1999 5018766990379
4. Showtime 12 track live set + 2nd disc with interview & 5 more live tracks Burning Airlines 503889400337

I haven't compared the original cd's (I have all titles on factory pressed cd) for sound yet, but it looks like this is for hard core fans, who probably like me have the 4 mentioned titles. If you're a new Ronson fan who wants to be a completest, it sounds like you're the target audience here.