Janet / Mariah / Madonna digital reissues
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Topic: Janet / Mariah / Madonna digital reissues
Posted By: Brian W.
Subject: Janet / Mariah / Madonna digital reissues
Date Posted: 08 February 2021 at 6:02am
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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. |
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Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 08 February 2021 at 11:15pm
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Qobuz has a lot of extended editions of 90's artists Brian. I know because as I put together each years promos etc I am finding a lot of them available for the first time digitally. Everyone from Taylor Dayne to Rick Astley and so on. Roxette has a nice digital catalogue selection, as does Ace of Base for example!
Janet's remix promos are all there now for purchase just like Brian W. said. Lots more available than 7 digital! ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: Underground Dub
Date Posted: 09 February 2021 at 10:29am
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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. |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 09 February 2021 at 11:26pm
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Don't forget about Sony/Columbia's rarities cd with
unreleased and single only titles. It was just released a few months ago and contains a live concert on the second disc. I just dropped a grand on Madonna's Japanese single box form the mid 90's. It should be at the post office tomorrow. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 10 February 2021 at 7:31am
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Yikes!! That's some serious cash. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 10 February 2021 at 3:22pm
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I think that Madonna singles box listed for between
$300-400 back in the mid 90's. I waited for a US seller as items over $700 have customs charges attached even though the buyer is already charged for state sales tax. I'm not sure of the procedure and I deal with a private, community post office out in the countryside. There's a current US seller on Ebay asking $4,750 for the box set in similar grade. I thought $1K was a good deal and I had many positive experiences with this seller who specializes in Japanese imports mostly as a "burn and turn" collector who wants the quality audio but will part with the often out of print item as long as he gets what he paid in. I've been networking with him at Amazon for about 12 years now. |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 10 February 2021 at 3:37pm
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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. |
Posted By: Michaeldila
Date Posted: 10 February 2021 at 3:43pm
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Stupid question....are the new digital reissues remastered? Or are they
just ripped from cd? |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 10 February 2021 at 4:06pm
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. |
Michaeldila wrote:Posted By: Bellenger1981
Date Posted: 10 February 2021 at 4:08pm
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Yes, they are newly remastered, as they, unfortunately,
suffer from brick-walling. ------------- Jason Bellenger Byron Center, Michigan, USA |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 10 February 2021 at 4:23pm
That's what I was afraid of. I was also going to say that they must be remastered as they are available in 24-bit. |
Posted By: Bellenger1981
Date Posted: 10 February 2021 at 4:43pm
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In fairness, by the mid '90s, much of the music was
already getting brick-walled. The earlier stuff has, unfortunately, lost its dynamics. What good is 24-bit when everything has been squashed. :( ------------- Jason Bellenger Byron Center, Michigan, USA |
Posted By: Michaeldila
Date Posted: 10 February 2021 at 7:39pm
| I was afraid of that too. But at least i will save some $$$ now.....🤪 |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 11 February 2021 at 5:03am
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wow, now i wish i hadn't sold mine back in the
2000's....$1000 dollars....wtf!! ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 11 February 2021 at 6:43am
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Bought the "Someday" digital EP, and while I don't feel
it's badly brickwalled, it's definitely got some hard limiting on it. The degree of limiting seems to vary by song. There doesn't seem to be any limiting on the Pianoapercapella at all, while the New 12" House has pretty severe limiting. I've seen worse, though. I've actually seen a lot worse. |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 11 February 2021 at 8:32pm
There's quite the market for rare Madonna fan club only, limited stuff, and even bootlegs. I did see the Japanese singles collection online with a sticker from Tower that said $199. That was a guy who was asking $4,750 but I think it could realistically go for half that. |
Posted By: BSharp
Date Posted: 12 February 2021 at 1:28pm
I lost that much on Gamestop stock a couple weeks ago. In retrospect, I'd rather have a Japanese Madonna box set. :D |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 13 February 2021 at 12:29am
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By the time you find out about a stock, you're too
late to the game. A lot of it's hype especially in short term gain stocks. These singles were all limited items that few stores carried. Many mixes were promos, imports, and/or mislabeled mixes. If you heard it, you probably wouldn't know which mix it was without a sound sample. I waited until youtube was popular to go for many of the cd singles as I had to figure out which mix I was interested in. I also quickly learned that longer isn't usually better! |
Posted By: BSharp
Date Posted: 13 February 2021 at 10:58am
Makes sense. I bought all of the 12" singles when they were current, so I've got my own favorite mix of each song. Madonna's one of the few artists whose remixes could stand on their own for being just as good as the original versions, and in some cases, better. |