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A special box set of Queen's landmark 1977 album News of the World is here, marking the 40th anniversary of the original release.

The new package includes the original album on CD, plus two further CDs of recently unearthed out-takes and rarities from the band's archives, one of which is a newly created ‘alternative’ version of the whole album – Raw Sessions.

For many Queen devotees, this Raw Sessions CD will be the most intriguing component of the new release. Mined deep from long-vaulted studio multi-track tapes, this extraordinary parallel album brings to light never-before-heard alternative versions of each of the album’s 11 tracks. Every lead vocal is different, as are most of the lead guitar parts and a great many other instrumental details. Here we experience We Are The Champions anew, with many unfamiliar vocal and instrumental elements, and for the first time at its full-recorded length rather than the edited 1977 album cut. Here also is the chance to discover peak era Freddie Mercury vocals on a track that nobody outside Queen’s inner circle has heard him sing before at all – Brian May’s All Dead, All Dead. The original album version features May himself on vocals. Roger Taylor’s Sheer Heart Attack can be heard with its original long-lost guitar intro and uncut ending. Taylor’s other song, Fight From The Inside, is more remarkable in that we hear his demo vocal worked on in his home studio in preparation for the next sessions.

Another outstanding feature of this weighty 40th anniversary box is a pure analogue re-cut of the original vinyl LP, direct from the unmastered analogue master mix tapes. There is also a rich selection of NOTW related memorabilia including three posters and a 60-page book of images, mostly previously unseen.

The package is completed with a brand new one-hour DVD documentary, Queen : The American Dream, created from backstage material filmed during Queen’s 1977 USA News of the World tour.

[tracklisting][CD1: The Original Album (Bob Ludwig 2011 Master)]
1. We Will Rock You (May) 2:01
2. We Are The Champions (Mercury) 2:59
3. Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor) 3:26
4. All Dead, All Dead (May) 3:10
5. Spread Your Wings (Deacon) 4:34
6. Fight From The Inside (Taylor) 3:03
7. Get Down, Make Love (Mercury) 3:51
8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (May) 3:06
9. Who Needs You (Deacon) 3:05
10. It’s Late (May) 6.26
11. My Melancholy Blues (Mercury) 3:29

[CD2: News Of The World – Raw Sessions]
1. We Will Rock You (Alternative Version) 2:29
2. We Are The Champions (Alternative Version) 4:33
3. Sheer Heart Attack (Original Rough Mix) 4:17
4. All Dead, All Dead (Original Rough Mix) 3:08
5. Spread Your Wings (Alternative Take) 4:56
6. Fight From The Inside (Demo Vocal Version) 3:08
7. Get Down, Make Love (Early Take) 4:02
8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (Live In The Usa, 1977) 3:49
9. Who Needs You (Acoustic Take) 2:46
10. It’s Late (Alternative Version) 6:44
11. My Melancholy Blues (Original Rough Mix) 3:36

[CD3: News Of The World – Bonus Tracks]
1. Feelings Feelings (Take 10, July 1977) 1:55
2. We Will Rock You (Bbc Session) 1:36
3. We Will Rock You (Fast) (Bbc Session) 2:52
4. Spread Your Wings (Bbc Session) 5:33
5. It’s Late (Bbc Session) 6:39
6. My Melancholy Blues (Bbc Session) 3:13
7. We Will Rock You (Backing Track) 2:03
8. We Are The Champions (Backing Track) 2:59
9. Spread Your Wings (Instrumental) 4:23
10. Fight From The Inside (Instrumental) 3:02
11. Get Down, Make Love (Instrumental) 3:49
12. It’s Late (Usa Radio Edit 1978) 3:52
13. Sheer Heart Attack (Live In Paris 1979) 3:35
14. We Will Rock You (Live In Tokyo 1982) 2:55
15. My Melancholy Blues (Live In Houston 1977) 3:48
16. Get Down, Make Love (Live In Montreal 1981) 4:35
17. Spread Your Wings (Live In Europe 1979) 5:20
18. We Will Rock You (Live At The Mk Bowl 1982) 2:08
19. We Are The Champions (Live At The Mk Bowl 1982) 3:32

[LP: The Original News of the World Album – New Pure Analogue Cut]
Side One
1. We Will Rock You (May) 2:01
2. We Are The Champions (Mercury) 2:59
3. Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor) 3:26
4. All Dead, All Dead (May) 3:10
5. Spread Your Wings (Deacon) 4:34
6. Fight From The Inside (Taylor) 3:03

Side Two
1. Get Down, Make Love (Mercury) 3:51
2. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (May) 3:06
3. Who Needs You (Deacon) 3:05
4. It’s Late (May) 6.26
5. My Melancholy Blues (Mercury) 3:29

[DVD]
Queen – The American Dream (One Hour)[/tracklisting]

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I am interested in seeing what is on this, though if the price on Amazon UK is right, I probably won't buy it. £140.99 converted to Canadian dollars is $227, For 5 discs? I don't think so.
I'm also surprised that this album was chosen as the first Super Deluxe release for Queen. If they didn't want to just start at the first album and continue chronologically, I would've thought they would go with A Night at The Opera, which I think is their most iconic LP. News of the World was the first Queen album I bought day of release (I already had the prior LPs at that time) and I saw them on this tour, so I really hope the price drops.

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There was a post on the Hoffman board saying there is a newly assembled documentary on the 1977 tour with a lot of vintage type footage, so one of the discs is likely a DVD. Sean Magee from Abbey Road was working on a stereo remix so that will likely be included. Will be interested to see what else is part of this. Probably would have to be pretty cheap to get me to bite as I'm mostly into unreleased studio tracks, and I suspect most of the unreleased stuff that will appear on this will be live songs and BBC session type stuff...but we'll see...


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It's the 40th Anniversary for this one, so that's why this is first as a Super Deluxe.

As for content, there's plenty of pro-shot footage from the tour that is long available unofficially, so they should definitely have audio/video content there.

Can't imagine much revealing per studio rarities, but who knows.

I never buy these big boxes and I won't start here, but if there's a 2 CD or 2 CD/ 1 DVD version I might.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 12:14 pm 
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Hollywood did 2-CD editions of Queen's studio catalog just a few years ago. Even then, the bonus audio tracks for this album were slim pickings.

1. Feelings, Feelings (Take 10, July 1977) 1:54
2. Spread Your Wings (BBC Session, October 1977)
3. My Melancholy Blues (BBC Session, October 1977)
4. Sheer Heart Attack (Live In Paris, February 1979)
5. We Will Rock You (Fast - Live In Tokyo, November 1982)

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Jimbo wrote:
Hollywood did 2-CD editions of Queen's studio catalog just a few years ago. Even then, the bonus audio tracks for this album were slim pickings.

1. Feelings, Feelings (Take 10, July 1977) 1:54
2. Spread Your Wings (BBC Session, October 1977)
3. My Melancholy Blues (BBC Session, October 1977)
4. Sheer Heart Attack (Live In Paris, February 1979)
5. We Will Rock You (Fast - Live In Tokyo, November 1982)


They were dubbed "bonus EPs" and were very skimpy, but did have all the b-sides.

Hopefully, a 2 CD this time would really be 2 CDs.

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This has now been officially scheduled for release on November 17th.

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A stereo remix..."Hey, the Beatles are doing it..."

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Better -- the UK pre-order price has been dropped by more than £40, down to £98.31:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0758ZN38H/?tag=imwan-21

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How crazy for Queen am I? Doing a pre-order without knowing what's in it BUT I may have been rewarded already.

Excluding VAT and + mailing it was £85.01.

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If it has a 5.1 mix then it's a must buy for me. Lord knows I have plenty of copies and 5.1 mixes of ANATO.

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Mr Fuse wrote:
5.1 Mix?


Sean Magee is doing the stereo remix and had previously posted the remixing was stereo only. However, it's always possible that he is just doing a stereo remix and a different engineer was hired to do a 5.1 mix.


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Mr Fuse wrote:
5.1 Mix?


Sean Magee is doing the stereo remix and had previously posted the remixing was stereo only. However, it's always possible that he is just doing a stereo remix and a different engineer was hired to do a 5.1 mix.


Steve Wilson please :bow:

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worth mentioning and bringing to light in this QUEEN dialogue:

even those aforementioned 2cd sets did NOT contain the original 12" remixes of songs like "Staying Power" and "Back Chat."
SHAME ON THEM!


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RackleNut wrote:
worth mentioning and bringing to light in this QUEEN dialogue:

even those aforementioned 2cd sets did NOT contain the original 12" remixes of songs like "Staying Power" and "Back Chat."
SHAME ON THEM!



Let's hope Alan that the new box corrects this. :ohyes:

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Rick A wrote:
RackleNut wrote:
worth mentioning and bringing to light in this QUEEN dialogue:

even those aforementioned 2cd sets did NOT contain the original 12" remixes of songs like "Staying Power" and "Back Chat."
SHAME ON THEM!



Let's hope Alan that the new box corrects this. :ohyes:


Those songs were on Hot Space, so I don't think so.

Also, they are abominable IMO.

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Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
Rick A wrote:
RackleNut wrote:
worth mentioning and bringing to light in this QUEEN dialogue:

even those aforementioned 2cd sets did NOT contain the original 12" remixes of songs like "Staying Power" and "Back Chat."
SHAME ON THEM!



Let's hope Alan that the new box corrects this. :ohyes:


Those songs were on Hot Space, so I don't think so.

Also, they are abominable IMO.


the ALBUM versions are on "Hot Space" (original, and subsequent reissues and/or remasters),
but the original 12" remixes have never been (to my knowledge) released on cd.
i actually really like the 12" remix version of "back chat," for the record.


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RackleNut wrote:
Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
Rick A wrote:
RackleNut wrote:
worth mentioning and bringing to light in this QUEEN dialogue:

even those aforementioned 2cd sets did NOT contain the original 12" remixes of songs like "Staying Power" and "Back Chat."
SHAME ON THEM!



Let's hope Alan that the new box corrects this. :ohyes:


Those songs were on Hot Space, so I don't think so.

Also, they are abominable IMO.


the ALBUM versions are on "Hot Space" (original, and subsequent reissues and/or remasters),
but the original 12" remixes have never been (to my knowledge) released on cd.
i actually really like the 12" remix version of "back chat," for the record.


Why would they be on News of the World?

Rick said he hoped they fixed it on the box set and I was letting him know those are from another album which I'm sure he knows but might've forgotten.

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Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
RackleNut wrote:
Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
Rick A wrote:
RackleNut wrote:
worth mentioning and bringing to light in this QUEEN dialogue:

even those aforementioned 2cd sets did NOT contain the original 12" remixes of songs like "Staying Power" and "Back Chat."
SHAME ON THEM!



Let's hope Alan that the new box corrects this. :ohyes:


Those songs were on Hot Space, so I don't think so.

Also, they are abominable IMO.


the ALBUM versions are on "Hot Space" (original, and subsequent reissues and/or remasters),
but the original 12" remixes have never been (to my knowledge) released on cd.
i actually really like the 12" remix version of "back chat," for the record.


Why would they be on News of the World?

Rick said he hoped they fixed it on the box set and I was letting him know those are from another album which I'm sure he knows but might've forgotten.


Actually I didn't know Pete when I second Alan's recommendation. I was just acting like a politician, approving a vote recommended by my staff without reading the bill. :wink:

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Rick A wrote:
Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
RackleNut wrote:
Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
Rick A wrote:
RackleNut wrote:
worth mentioning and bringing to light in this QUEEN dialogue:

even those aforementioned 2cd sets did NOT contain the original 12" remixes of songs like "Staying Power" and "Back Chat."
SHAME ON THEM!



Let's hope Alan that the new box corrects this. :ohyes:


Those songs were on Hot Space, so I don't think so.

Also, they are abominable IMO.


the ALBUM versions are on "Hot Space" (original, and subsequent reissues and/or remasters),
but the original 12" remixes have never been (to my knowledge) released on cd.
i actually really like the 12" remix version of "back chat," for the record.


Why would they be on News of the World?

Rick said he hoped they fixed it on the box set and I was letting him know those are from another album which I'm sure he knows but might've forgotten.


Actually I didn't know Pete when I second Alan's recommendation. I was just acting like a politician, approving a vote recommended by my staff without reading the bill. :wink:


i don't think either of the 12" mixes i mention should be on the News Of The World set,
i originally brought-up those two items as examples on how Queen could improve their catalog.


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