Alchemy Live - 20th Anniversary Edition

[Fletch]

My God, all this focus on an anniversary and CD dates...

I will just be SO happy to have Alchemy on Blu-Ray!!!!! ,whenever its released!

[Simon]

My God, all this focus on an anniversary and CD dates...

I will just be SO happy to have Alchemy on Blu-Ray!!!!! ,whenever its released!

I think it is quite pertinent. After all, as a fan, I want to know if it is just another way to raise money rather than giving the fans what they want. By calling it an anniversary album as opposed to a remixed re-release is going to generate more sales and with the Get Lucky fiasco of the deluxe edition it is starting to leave a bitter taste as it is something that I am sure MK cannot be too happy with.

[Fletch]

I doubt it.

A Blu Ray version of Alchemy released this year could be called anything the company wants! Anniversary? Who gives a ****?

We want great quality Alchemy concert released, great sound, best picture, who cares about dates?

Its interesting for sure, but honestly...........

[superval99]

I hope it will be on DVD as well as Blu-Ray, because I don't have Blu-Ray!   

[Pottel]

i want it all.

[Rollergirl]

and I want it now

[rudiger]

No flame, just a conversation while awaiting the official confirmation. when news arrives with the dropper all we can do is to speculate a bit 

[JeroenvG]

Guys check the product information here : http://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Dire-Straits-Live/dp/B000002L5V

[Love Expresso]

Period!

LE

[dustyvalentino]

Guys check the product information here : http://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Dire-Straits-Live/dp/B000002L5V

OK, even if the first CD release of Alchemy was 1990, it's still very stupid to have this "anniversary" edition of what was effectively a rerelease.

Sgt Pepper came out on CD in 1987. Are they going to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sgt Pepper in two years time? No. Because that would be fucking stupid.

My sincere hope is that this 20th anniversary thing is just a mistake and we are getting worked up about nothing.

[rudiger]

Period!

LE

period?   

http://www.discogs.com/Dire-Straits-Alchemy-Dire-Straits-Live/release/1998463

the date (1984) is referred to the CD release: if you check the CD Making Movies, the release date is again 1984 (for the vinyl is 1980)

http://www.discogs.com/Dire-Straits-Making-Movies/release/1201829

[Pottel]

Period!

LE

period?   

http://www.discogs.com/Dire-Straits-Alchemy-Dire-Straits-Live/release/1998463

the date (1984) is referred to the CD release: if you check the CD Making Movies, the release date is again 1984 (for the vinyl is 1980)

http://www.discogs.com/Dire-Straits-Making-Movies/release/1201829

mmm, pretty sure that the release date 1984 only refers to the original release date of the album itself and the mentioning of the cd version is not related to that.

[Simon]

Guys check the product information here : http://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Dire-Straits-Live/dp/B000002L5V

OK, even if the first CD release of Alchemy was 1990, it's still very stupid to have this "anniversary" edition of what was effectively a rerelease.

Sgt Pepper came out on CD in 1987. Are they going to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sgt Pepper in two years time? No. Because that would be fucking stupid.

My sincere hope is that this 20th anniversary thing is just a mistake and we are getting worked up about nothing.

When you say mistake Dusty how do you mean? Like it will be a 20th anniversary edition but they have got it wrong or that there won't be an anniversary edition after all? Cheers.

[Simon]

Period!

LE

period?  

http://www.discogs.com/Dire-Straits-Alchemy-Dire-Straits-Live/release/1998463

the date (1984) is referred to the CD release: if you check the CD Making Movies, the release date is again 1984 (for the vinyl is 1980)

http://www.discogs.com/Dire-Straits-Making-Movies/release/1201829

I interpret it the other way - the 1984 (the phonogram release) is when the vinyl came out - the CD released later (in UK that is). My Making Movies CD is dated 1980 - the date the vinyl came out even though it wasn't released as a CD till a few years later.

If you read further it states:
Available on double L.P.,double stereo chrome cassette, vhs & betamax stereo video cassette

Also reissued as a Re-mastered. 2 disc set


The copyright symbol states when the recording was first copyrighted and the P symbol is when it was first released in its mechanical format i.e. the vinyl album. That is all they depict - they cannot be used to determine the release date of the CD.

[Simon]

Period!

LE

period?   

http://www.discogs.com/Dire-Straits-Alchemy-Dire-Straits-Live/release/1998463

the date (1984) is referred to the CD release: if you check the CD Making Movies, the release date is again 1984 (for the vinyl is 1980)

http://www.discogs.com/Dire-Straits-Making-Movies/release/1201829

mmm, pretty sure that the release date 1984 only refers to the original release date of the album itself and the mentioning of the cd version is not related to that.

That is exactly how I see it. And as there is no definitive official evidence to suggest otherwise then we have to accept that 1990 was the date of release.