Janet / Mariah / Madonna digital reissues

Lately a lot of catalogue maxi singles for Mariah
Carey and Janet Jackson have been issued as downloads
on Qobuz (and other venues), and a handful of Madonna.

The Madonna "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me" digital
maxis have added in the radio-only edits, such as the
Alternate Single Mix of "Rescue Me." All of Janet's
"Rhythm Nation"-era Japanese Maxis are available to
download on Qobuz, and so is the European-only maxi of
"Escapade" with the Hippiapolis mixes.

Mariah is the queen of all these reissues... they're
putting basically every mix of every Mariah Carey song
on her digital catalogue maxi singles, which all say
"Mariah 30" on them in honor of the 30th anniversary
of her first album.

Haven't bought any of them but thought I would bring
them to everyone's attention.

I've loved finally having digital versions of remixes only available on vinyl before, and a few that were altogether previously unreleased.

While I'd prefer CD reissues, Mariah's campaign for the nineties material last year was great. The standard bearer. Her golden era was done justice in the lead up to her autobiography, published last fall.

However, since these resumed in 2021, more recent digital releases for the singles from her later albums have been lacking. Entire singles, non-LP songs and whole sets of remixes have gone missing. Still, there's a lot there to listen to.

I believe aside from just one remix of "Because Of Love", Janet and Madonna's vault singles have been comprised of stuff already available on CD, some from promos and imports.

There's still a lot missing, but it's certainly better than it used to be and nice for those who don't own or otherwise have access to them.

Yikes!! That's some serious cash.

It's a shame that some of Mariah's singles were removed
from streaming sites. It should be cataloged with
folders so the site isn't bogged down with remixes when
many are looking for the album version. I heard one
site wasn't thrilled about offering alternates as it
would cause much confusion especially if not organized
properly.

Michaeldila wrote: Stupid question....are the new digital reissues remastered? Or are they just ripped from cd?

I've been wondering that myself. I think I'll buy
"Someday," as there are three dub versions I don't have
that were only released on vinyl back in the day. I'll
let you know what I find.