Your latest Queen buys Part 2

[Leigh Burne]

You're quite correct.

His mixes of Hammer To Fall and I Can't Live With You are quite decent too.

He also did the version of “Driven by You” that had Cozy and Neil added to it.

[Kes]

...and was involved with the original audio release of Live At Wembley 86.

[Nicki]

I would be interested in that new Silver Charm Bracelet (depending on the price of course). I like collecting charms. But why will there only be 250?
When it goes on sale, I will be at work. So no chance. The positive: I can keep my money.

[Newearthmud]

I would be interested in that new Silver Charm Bracelet (depending on the price of course). I like collecting charms. But why will there only be 250?
When it goes on sale, I will be at work. So no chance. The positive: I can keep my money.

I honestly believe they keep edition size low so they can jack the price up high.

[sbrown]

Got the picture disc version of Billy Squier's Emotions in Motion with Rog and Freddie on BVs. Never heard it before so that was something a bit different.

Few weeks ago now but I picked up something I didn't know existed. Was the Platinum Collection on CD in a boxset with a VHS of Greatest Flix 3. Bit of a curiosity that it would have all 3 CDs but only the one volume on video. Apparently it was cancelled just before release or recalled just after and they ended up giving most of them away for free at a convention. Comes in a nice box anyway.

Hang On... Greatest Flix 3?
What's on that?

On closer inspection, it wasn't Greatest Flix 3 at all! It was 'Greatest Video Hits' aka Greatest Flix 1

I don't know why I thought it was Greatest Flix 3

thanks for following up!

[sbrown]

Being the fella that constructed the basics of the original, from a very short demo, he was best placed to expand it, and I think he did just that, with a little extra help from Brian & Roger.

I'm not particularly an expert, but generally, I think the mixes that are done by either the original band members, producers or engineers that worked on the original tracks, are best placed, and best qualified, to make the best results. I know there are people here who think I'm talking shit, but invariably those are the mixes I prefer, even before I find out it was those people who did them.

When a remix is done by "someone else", I think they are too busy trying to bring their ideas to the song, and dilute what the band were trying to achieve. Just my thoughts on the issue. On the odd occasion, someone can achieve better results, but I think that becomes the exception to the rule.

There's many remixes over the years for Living On My Own, but I think the best two, are the Original Extended Mix, and the Original Extended Version, both mixed by Freddie and Mack, and released on either side of the pond, when the original single was issued. The versions by the Belgian No More Brothers team were good, but they trail behind the ones that Fred did with Mack, himself.

on that, I do very much like what Roger did with the Rah mix of Under Pressure, and the Annie Crummer version of Another One Bites The Dust.
And Brian's reworking of Love Kills.
I completely agree with your assessment that *mostly* the band and their circle do the best remixes.
(I am very fond of the Wolf Euro mix of Love Kills though, and the Malouf mix of The Great Pretender is superior to my ear)

[Kes]

On the Freddie Mercury boxset, the team that did the single mix of Living On My Own (No More Brothers) did the "Rock" mix of Love Kills, That wasn't too bad either.

[eiricd]

On the Freddie Mercury boxset, the team that did the single mix of Living On My Own (No More Brothers) did the "Rock" mix of Love Kills, That wasn't too bad either.

the rock mix is one of my favourites.

if memory serves, it was only included on the teaser disc that part of a 3 disc set prior to the big box. Bad Guy, Barcelona, and a selection of other tracks.

[MusicalProstitute]

I would be interested in that new Silver Charm Bracelet (depending on the price of course). I like collecting charms. But why will there only be 250?
When it goes on sale, I will be at work. So no chance. The positive: I can keep my money.

Oh, it's only £475.00. And then you get to collect the other charms for probably about £50.00 a piece. I think they limited it to 250 because they knew that most people would not even entertain the thought of paying that amount for something so average.

[Kes]

On the Freddie Mercury boxset, the team that did the single mix of Living On My Own (No More Brothers) did the "Rock" mix of Love Kills, That wasn't too bad either.

the rock mix is one of my favourites.

if memory serves, it was only included on the teaser disc that part of a 3 disc set prior to the big box. Bad Guy, Barcelona, and a selection of other tracks.

It is in the big box.

Disc nine: Rarities 3 track 8.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Solo_Collection