Over at Shiddobbbeee, someone posts that there will be nothing extar on any of these re-releases. Grrrrrrrrrrr! 

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The remastering of Emotional Rescue took a little longer than expected because when the Audio Engineers went into the vaults and initially reopened the ER master tapes they caught a massive contact high.

It probably has little bitty versions of the original postcards from Exile.

didnt the last go round of remastered editions of Exile come with postcards??

I'm pretty sure it did



also... isnt "Collector's Edition" just another way of saying "Duplicate Copy For Idiot's Only" ?

I got the new issue of IORR magazine today. It reprints what is presumably a newspaper/magazine article from some months ago (the source isn't credited) , which is the first time I've read anything specific about the terms of the Stones' Universal contract, even though it's still a bit vague.

The deal was for £7.5 million (which was probably close to $15 million at the time, although with the way sterling has plummeted in the last few months, thats now about $11 million).

The band - as we know - control all of it's catalogue from 1971 onwards. It is estimated this catalogue generates £1.5 million a year, "although Universal believes it can do better". ("Shine A Light", which Universal released as a one-off deal a year ago, sold 750,000 worldwide although presumably that figure is slightly out of date now). The record company indicated it "will release all the band's classic albums individually".

The band is signing on to Universal for "around five years". Disturbingly, there's no mention in the article about them being expected to release new material. So, it appears that the deal is primarily centred around reissues - presumably new releases are 'optional extras' in the way that live albums were with the Virgin contract. The statement that the band issued, somewhat ironically perhaps, was that "Universal are forward thinking, creative and hands-on music people".

As we can see, the studio albums are being reissued throughout 2009. Presumably the live albums will follow that (and maybe reissues of the compilations). Which makes you wonder what else Universal have planned for the remaining 3 or so years of the contract.


Universal also controls the Stones' 60's output in Britain, as they own the Decca label, so the deal unifies the band's entire recorded collection. In the US, that catalogue is however still controlled by ABKCO.

There will be a limited edition collector's box



The case will be able when the first 4 reissues are released, and will hold all 14 of the albums which are being reissued this year.

Not sure what the numbers are worldwide, but the slipcases are limited to 10,000 for Europe.

Thanks to Yazid from Universal (France) and Michael (Dizzydutchman) for the info

gimmekeef wrote on Mar 28^th, 2009 at 12:08pm:



PT Barnum calling.............

I, like everyone should be, am extremely curious what this special Exile edition will entail??

Gazza points out he can't see only one re-issue, being Exile, getting extra material while the others do not. I see his point. It would certainly lessen any enticement of buying the others.


Hmmm, ...maybe a Nazi Swastika replica from the heating vents?



Ian

Awesome...

Gazza wrote on Mar 27^th, 2009 at 3:13pm:


so theoretically Universal could release a box set spanning their entire career, could this be released anywhere in the world except the US?

Mr. Sex Drugs Rock n Roll wrote on Apr 4^th, 2009 at 9:38pm:



It would appear to be that way, yes