Roxette’s albums to be re-mastered and re-released
Bookmark or ShareTWITTER - Per Gessle has announced in one of his tweets at Twitter that Roxette's albums will be re-released this fall. The albums will be remastered and will come with additional bonus tracks such as B-sides and demos. The booklets will also be re-designed. Release dates are not known yet.
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53 comments
alexandru. said on April 22, 2009 05:56:
Please no more Best OFF. I will not buy anymore.
Ivanych said on April 22, 2009 06:00:
It has always been your choice to buy them or not.
Being a collector, I’ll get all of the items.
Sascha said on April 22, 2009 07:08:
Looking forward to the new versions! Don’t know if I’ll buy them all or only the extra tracks (digitally) but it’s nice to have more attractive versions available. And this may lay the ground for Roxette’s return a few months later..!
tevensso (moderator) said on April 22, 2009 07:14:
Hmm, nowhere in the article I can find info about new “Best Of”...
abysmo said on April 22, 2009 07:22:
And what about 7 studio albums (POP, LS, J, T, CBB, HAND, RS) Luxury Super Box Set with one 100 pages book-let consist of all booklets in every album current design, but with new look, bonus talking about album making and about songs, more pics, including pics from studio, tour, video making... And all albums in 5.1 DD or DTS surround. The Complete Roxette Album Collection. And with price not more than 100€.
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RobS said on April 22, 2009 07:54:
Yay!!
I just hope they don’t compress the hell out of them that’s all.
And hopefully there will be some bonuses that we haven’t come across before. But i’ve got this strange feeling it might be the demo’s/b-sides we all know and love.
@abysmo, we can only dream :-)
PolicarpoAroca said on April 22, 2009 08:31:
I was hoping for this for several years. Nice to hear at least!!! I will buy all of them!!! Look Sharp with Sharp Sound!! Cool!!
Sascha said on April 22, 2009 08:48:
Videos of TV appearances would make a great bonus! And karaoke versions. ;-p
pwbbounce (moderator) said on April 22, 2009 09:21:
I think this is great - ’paving the way’ for possible new material next year. Put all their old albums back out there, and then release something new next year.
Roxette-atic said on April 22, 2009 09:22:
Great!! I esp. need updated versions of Look Sharp- Crash Boom Bang. I have been waiting for these re-releases. And yea.... These are not “Greatest Hits” and no one is forced to buy them...
rox-kuryliw said on April 22, 2009 09:32:
About bloody time. My Look sharp album sounds Horrid ! ! Quality of sound not the songs lol
Adde said on April 22, 2009 09:39:
This is great news, lets hope there will be alot of nice demos and song that did not ended up on the albums, and as said above lets hops that this is a sign for new material next year.
tevensso (moderator) said on April 22, 2009 10:32:
Like RobS says, let’s hope they don’t remove all the dynamic...
Jud (moderator) said on April 22, 2009 11:16:
I’m glad for this, I see I am not the only one with “used” CDs. I just hope it is worth the money and the sound is GOOD and the bonuses too.
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unreal said on April 22, 2009 12:49:
hi!. It is nice !!. My CBB CD was damage so I took the chance , to buy it again , while I was in Sweden in 2007, I got it at a supermarket with discount :P.
I hope they would have done this remastering thing instead of the roxbox, in fact I was expecting for this at that moment.
Sadly , we don´t know anything yet, but the expectations to get them at a fair price are less than positive when you live in Argentina.
I hope they will be realised here in my country , but fully ...
Not as when the did the pop / ballads hits. We only got regular CD´s not the double CD edition.
rossyrox said on April 22, 2009 15:13:
I will buy them all but I am 100% sure they will not sound as good as the LP versions :)
ncurran said on April 22, 2009 15:47:
Certainly the older albums could do with some remastering, so if it is done well they will be worth buying. Not too bothered about the extras really in this case, as I’m not that interested in per’s demos (unless of course they are completely unheard songs), and we will have heard all of the b-sides. Not really a release to get excited about, but probably worth buying
Roxette-atic said on April 22, 2009 15:59:
Well im excited because I want esp the songs in look sharp and joyride with better sound. The non-singles. And it will be haeven if the re-released albums are somthing like the re-release of TWATG: with ALL demos and stuff.
AURYTE said on April 22, 2009 16:58:
As Neil said, I doubt that these re-releases will contain material unheard to fans. But nontheless, I’m looking forward to it :)
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CoyRoy said on April 22, 2009 17:01:
Please God - let them re-release Dance Passion on CD for a change!! That would be great - or they could at least include the remixes on the POP cd?? Nice idea?
Well, I’m in heaven about these releases. Wonder if it will be in a box-set like Marie’s album collection? And I hope it will reach South Africa too.
This is GREAT news!! Thanx Roxette!!
(I hope the booklets will have some pictures we haven’t seen before!!)
ChrisWilliams said on April 22, 2009 17:20:
F a n t a s t i c !
Re-releasing any artist’s back catalogue gets them back onto the shelves in the music stores, and I’m quite hopeful that Look Sharp! and Joyride might sell a few copies.
Eventually, it might be worth EMI’s efforts to release a Deluxe Edition of Look Sharp!, featuring a DVD and an extended booklet.
Kerstin said on April 22, 2009 19:02:
Pimp my Rox *laugh*
Will this pimping include all Rox cds or only the oldest ones? Any infos about that yet?
Lissie said on April 22, 2009 19:27:
Uhm, wasn’t DP released on CD? I have it on CD, bought in a totally normal recordstore in Sweden, several years ago...
Ketil said on April 22, 2009 19:27:
This is really good news. Hopefully we’ll get a lot of never released demos as we did with TWATG.
tevensso (moderator) said on April 22, 2009 19:58:
The Dance Passion CD is a German bootleg.
Kiwein1 said on April 22, 2009 21:36:
BTW: Are they still with EMI? Or did they renew the contract? Thought it lasted until 2006! Hmmm...
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TheRain1981 said on April 22, 2009 21:44:
About time! Finally! I’ve been waiting for Roxette remasters for years now. I was hoping that they would have started rolling out at the end of 2006 or early 2007 with their 20th anniversary. Then when ’The World According To Gessle’ got reissued, remastered, and expanded last year I had a feeling that the Roxette catalogue could be next!
Hopefully these reissues/remasters will be available as 2-CD sets, featuring demo versions of the songs and single b-sides like ’The World According To Gessle’ reissue. It will be interesting to see what and what is not included. Now is the perfect chance to include the rare radio and single mixes that have never been available on CD commercially.
’Pearls Of Passion’ could be released as a double CD set with ’Dance Passion’ (which would make it’s CD debut after all these years!) And what about the 7” version of ’Soul Deep’ on CD at last? Of course the original bonus tracks on the ’97 remaster could be nice as well.
’Look Sharp!’ is an album that could really benefit from an expanded, remastered treatment. The sound could use a major upgrade. I’m curious if Roxette and company will bother to include remixes on this release. If so, which ones? I think that the U.S. remixes and single mixes should be included at the very least. For example: “The Look [Power Radio Mix]”, “Dressed For Success [U.S. Look Sharp! Mix]”, “Dangerous [7” Version]”, and “Listen To Your Heart [U.S. Remix]”. The latter track was even used in the ’89 promo video! Let’s not forget the “Listen To Your Heart [U.S. Remix - AC Version]” either! What about the long, lost “Listen To Your Heart [Orchestral Version]”? Now that’s something that I would flip over to have on CD. So much good material out there that has yet to make a commercial CD release. Hopefully, these versions are kept in mind when putting this release together.
’Joyride’ could see an interesting reissue. Again, it has to be 2 discs! Will we get remixes? “Joyride [Magicfriend Remix]”? “Joyride [U.S. Remix]”? “Joyride [U.S. Remix - AC Version]”? Spending My Time [U.S. AC Mix]”? “The Big L. [The Bigger, The Better Mix]”, “The Big L. [U.S. Remix]”? “Church Of Your Heart [U.S. AC Mix]”? Where do we draw the line? Or, will we not see any of these mixes? I’m hope that we do!
As for ’Tourism’, I would love to see how this could play out. “Fingertips ’93” is a must! It would fit perfectly at the end of the disc. As for a second disc, demo versions of the studio songs would work just fine here. Then there’s tracks like ’2 Cinnamon Street’ and perhaps additional recordings (hotel rooms, studio, and live) that were never released from this era? Could be fun!
’Crash! Boom! Bang!’ would benefit from a disc of demos hugely. I love some of the demo versions like “Sleeping In My Car [Stockholm Demo]” and “Run To You [Demo]”, the latter demo with vocals by Per! Will we see “Fireworks [Jesus Jones Remix]” on there? Maybe a couple of live tracks? Unreleased cuts?
Then there’s ’Have A Nice Day’, my personal favorite. Lots of goodies from this era that already made the ’RoxBox’. I imagine that we’ll get a full bonus disc of demos in addition to the studio outtakes and b-sides. Now can we finally get “I Was So Lucky [The Golden Blow]” (originally slated as a ’Real Sugar’ single b-side) if it really exists?! Please?! :) Maybe “Crush On You” remixes, too? :p
’Room Service’ could really benefit from a new mix, in my opinion. I’ve always thought that the album sounded a bit flat and dull (at least on some tracks), especially after the lush production on ’Have A Nice Day’. Maybe it’s just me? Anyhow, the Shooting Star Treaments of “Real Sugar” and “Milk And Toast And Honey” would be nice treats! I would love to hear demo versions of the songs as well. Let’s not forget the rare “Entering Your Heart [Extended Version]” either!
Anyhow, those are just a few ideas off the top of my head. I think that the only way that this reissue campaign is going to work is if each album is reissued and remastered as 2-CD deluxe editions. I will not hold out for 5.1 mixes of the albums (although that would be brilliant) because it’s probably too costly for them to revisit the multi-tracks and create new surround sound mixes. It would be great for Roxette and company to get ideas from the fans on these reissues as to see what they want included. Also, now would be an idea time to expand the Roxette video collection to a 2-DVD set (and not try to squeeze and compress them on 1 disc!), this time including remastered video promos from the original masters re-synced with digitally remastered audio. But, I suppose that’s asking for a bit too much now.
Regardless, I’m looking forward to the remastered sound, demos, and b-sides! I can’t wait! :)
Jud (moderator) said on April 22, 2009 05:15:
why not, my Look Sharp and Joyride CDs may need to be replaced. I actually looked the other day in Amazon to see how much they would cost to buy them again, sooo I’ll wait until Autumn for the new releases then :))
But I still hope for some more stuff.. new stuff :)
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