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Roxette 20 years 2006
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Roxette-atic said on May 28, 2005 11:01:
Next year Roxette will become 20 years old. Do you think they will celebrate that in some way? The famous Rox-box maybe?? That would be cool! Damn I miss Roxette..
ally77 said on May 28, 2005 14:29:
Oh I really don’t mind another GH, I need a new coffee coaster...
Sparvogamarie said on May 28, 2005 14:38:
A new GH should be called “How many times can we repackage It Must Have Been Love”
amigone said on May 28, 2005 14:44:
What about a 20-years tour?! Like the 25th anniversity of Gyllene Tider last year... Well, we can always wish. ;)
RobS said on May 28, 2005 15:05:
Some sort of special release would be great, but its gotta be something for the fans. Remastered versions of the old albums, with a bonus disc of unreleased demo’s, mixes and vids, or something like that.
I’d even be happy with a *decent* 2 DVD release with good quality clips (not like the crap that was on AVEM) on disc1; and disc2 ReallyRoxette, making of joyride, some promo interviews from some/all of the albums, some live tracks, a picture slideshow thingy and a comprehensive discography. Or is that asking too much?!
Oh and a release of Live-ISM and Crash!Boom!Live! on DVD :-D
ChrisWilliams said on May 28, 2005 15:27:
Write out exactly what you’d want on a 2DVD release, and maybe EMI will start planning something.
ATLTK said on May 28, 2005 15:57:
I want
LS live the concert released in dvd
live ism or zurich one
cbb live a whole concert
unplugged on dvd incl the songs who wasnt broadcasted in mtbv,svt but played
hand promo interwiews
cbb interwiews
rock runt riket if something exits
and rs showcase
and rs tour
on a dvd box
Breathe8 said on May 28, 2005 17:17:
No more Greatest Hits albums or videos on DVD, please.
I would want something from these...
- new studio album
- Live concert from RS tour on DVD
- Live concert from CBB tour on DVD
- Live concert from 1989 or 1991/92 on DVD
- documentation from RS tour
- new book about Roxette
ally77 said on May 28, 2005 17:58:
A DVD box set of tours! LLS Live, Joyride Tour, C!B!B! and a RS tour! :) would suit me if they could not come up a new studio album, although I feel the 20th anniversary might bring something else not quite as happy....
Jud (moderator) said on May 28, 2005 18:11:
pack everything that’s in drawers and forgotten and just laying around.. and put it in a CD (or 2 or 3) and release it! we want RARE stuff...
chrisjankunas said on May 28, 2005 18:19:
@ Judith - like the rock demo of “stars” and the demo of “Big L” from Makin of Joyride with alternate lyrics!
Eloy said on May 28, 2005 19:54:
this is my big proposal:
march 2006: Pearls of Passion digipack. includes album bonus Dance Passion.
april 2006: LS Live DVD, Live-ism DVD, CBB Live DVD and RS DVD.
may 2006: Roxette EP 2006. includes 5 new songs.
june 2006: Marie & Per signing copies at music stores.
july 2006: ROX20! Roxette´s Anniversary Tour.
july 25: Roxette Live in Borgholm
july 26: Roxette Live in Borgholm
august 1: Roxette Live in Stockholm
august 4: Roxette Live in Halmstad
august 7: Roxette Live in Ullevi.
october 31: Party in Tylosand with concert for 500 fans. Beer free for everyone.
november 2006: Roxette The Anniversary Tour DVD. Includes concert full from Ullevi + Backstage. Includes besides cd bonus live.
I think WE ALL should start to ask for this here. If we all ask it maybe marie & per might return to sing in concert! :-) :-) :-)
ally77 said on May 28, 2005 20:43:
I got it a meet and greet for those fans who share the anniversary with a birthday of the release of Neverending Love.... July 8th 1986!!!
ermmm that would be me and Miracle Man! :) lol if only.... :)
n-Somnia said on May 28, 2005 21:55:
I like the idea of Dance Passion as a bonus CD for Pearls of Passion. Sometimes I think they should’ve done that for the ’97 release.
Breathe8 said on May 29, 2005 09:13:
Roxette plan....
- December 2005 - Live concert from RS tour, interviews, documentations from RS....
- July 2006 - Live concert from LS tour,
- November 2006 - New studio album with 4 singles from album
- April 2007 - small European tour
- 4th April Stockholm, Sweden
- 5th April Halmstad, Sweden
- 7th April Franfurkt, Germany
- 9th April Munchen, Germany
- 12th April Prague, Czech republic
- 13th April Wien, Austria
- 15th April Milano, Italy
- 18th April Barcelona, Spain
- 21st April Paris, France
- 22nd April Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 24th April London, Britain
pardek said on May 29, 2005 12:28:
- 28th: Stuttgart: Daimler-Stadium (with TV-transmission to kingsplace)
Breathe8 said on May 29, 2005 14:00:
I write yet....
- July 8th 2006 Hamlstad, Per´s hotel Tylosand Marie and Per singing to fans, 1st big fans meeting after Marie´s illness
Breathe8 said on May 29, 2005 14:11:
It would be very nice if Roxette would do a big fans meeting at Per´s hotel Tylosand. Of course with Marie and Per. Do you think Roxette will do it next year? If yes, I will be there.
LittleSpooky said on May 30, 2005 04:22:
A chance to see them live would be great. However, since there’s no plans for them to ever return to the US... I must be on CRACK.
Tiny-Tim said on May 30, 2005 06:07:
a new “Baladas en Español”
1.Almost Unreal
2.Things Will Never Be The Same
3.The Heart Shaped Sea
4. The Rain
5.Never Is a Long Time
6.Silver Blue
7.So Far Away
8.Crazy About You
9.It Will Take A Long Long Time
10.Alguien
11.Lo Siento
12.Milk And Toast And Honey
13.My World My Love My Life
14.Breath
15.It Hurts
ally77 said on May 30, 2005 13:08:
I am sure they will do something, however not sure it will be GREAT... :s
Breathe8 said on May 30, 2005 15:32:
I agree with you Ally77. My wish is a new studio album but I think that a new album won´t come out. But at least they would be come out some Live concert on DVD.
ChrisWilliams said on May 30, 2005 16:17:
If EMI were to re-release the albums, which bonus tracks would you include? Here are some ideas up to and including Crash! Boom! Bang!. Anyone want to contribute ideas for Have A Nice Day and Room Service?
- Pearls Of Passion
Pearls Of Passion
It Must Have Been Love [Christmas For The Broken-Hearted]
Turn To Me
-Look Sharp!
Silver Blue
It Must Have Been Love [From the Pretty Woman Soundtrack]
- Joyride
Come Back [Before You Leave]
How Do You Do!
Queen Of Rain
Fingertips ’93
Almost Unreal
- Crash! Boom! Bang!
June Afternoon
You Don’t Understand Me
She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
I Don’t Want To Get Hurt
Roxette-atic said on May 30, 2005 18:17:
I also think EMI should re-release all albums from Look Sharp!- Crash!Boom!Bang!; with better sound and some nice extra tracks ( demos, unreleased songs if there are any etc etc). Theres the Rox-box; all thoose albums plus one live cd from the Room Service tour. Do you like these ideas, Per?? ;)
Santi said on May 30, 2005 18:49:
I don’t know if Per likes it but I don’t. And I guess most people here who are not utterly rich won’t like it either. If they want to remaster things, ok, do it, but keep it separate from any “Box with extras” because we are more than sick and tired of having to buy the same version of It Must Have Been Love 7 times to get some extra unreleased song.
If Roxette does that, which is very unfair for people who has been following them for their whole careers, I will probably pirate the unreleased songs.
I think that releasing so many compilations shows very little respect for their followers, who happen to be also the ones who gave their money for them to buy their Ferraris...
And I agree with Ted. For releasing that, they’d better keep the chance of releasing something worth for the 25th Anniversary.
ChrisWilliams said on May 30, 2005 22:04:
Speaking for myself, I find that album re-releases aren’t necessarily meant to include loads of rarities and demos: Moreso, they should have fresh artwork and sound quality that brings them into line with the albums of today.
Here’s what Swedish company 802 did with ABBA’s albums:
http://www.802.com/projekt/files/abba_remas.asp
Here’s what I’d like EMI to do with Roxette’s material:
- June 2006:
3CD RoxBox featuring unreleased tracks, demos, interviews and popular hits. Also includes DVD consisting of 1 concert and a 20th Anniversary documentary.
- November 2007:
Original albums re-released, Look Sharp! to Room Service. Remastered, with bonus tracks in chronological order. Original artwork following a similar theme. Limited boxed edition of 5000 copies.
- February 2008:
A 2CD package containing all singles released by Roxette.
- May 2008:
DVD collection containing all videos made by the band. Remastered from original tapes, in synchronisation with 24-bit remastered sound.
- - - -
Have a moan about those ideas ;-)
shine said on May 30, 2005 23:56:
I don‘t want any rerelease from old stuff in remasterd Quality! That is booooooooooooring!!!!!
I already have all this CDs don´t want to buy it again!
I want something new, maybe a DVD with unreleased stuff, TV performances or maybe the Borgholm concert form 1989 they filmd it but never released the whole show! Why not?
Well we will see.....
Staffany said on May 31, 2005 08:21:
Only “Look Sharp!” and “Joyride” need to be remastered. It would be a nice idea. If you compare the sound of those CD albums with the most recent releases (“Have A Nice Day” and “Romm Service”) you can hear a big difference. There’s no need to reissue the latest ones (HAND & RS), because the sound of those can’t be improved even more.They are recent recordings, and the best technology was used in the recording process. A repackage of those albums would be unnecesary, just to earn money. Some bonus tracks can be included (but not those tracks already available on “Tourism”, like “Come Back (Before You Leave)” and “Silver Blue”).
The DVD collection containing all the video clips was already released in 2001 (“All Videos Ever Made And More”), and the latest videos were included on “The Ballad and Pop Hits” DVD. A new DVD would be a wrong idea, and nobody would buy it.
A double CD containing all the singles? Well, not all the singles were included on “The Ballad Hits” and “The Pop Hits”. Some were left, like “Fireworks”, “She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” or the early singles from “Pearls Of Passion”. But a new 2-CD compilation only conceived to include those songs is not a good idea. We already have “TBH” and “TPH”, we don’t need a new compilation. If you wanna listen to all the singles in chronologycal order, burn a double CD yourself, and save money.
chrisjankunas said on May 31, 2005 09:16:
Agreed with staffany! We need NEW stuff ! Or unheard old stuff lol!
japeke said on May 31, 2005 21:43:
Maybe just a new album? With a couple of gigs...
I haven’t got any wishes which go further...
ChrisWilliams said on June 1, 2005 17:51:
As I tried to explain, the reason behind re-releasing the albums wouldn’t be just a case of sound quality. It’d be to upgrade the entire Roxette catalogue, instead of it looking dated. Notably, the Joyride and Crash! Boom! Bang! album designs are pretty awful, and could really benefit from a few changes.
The box set of Marie’s albums by EMI/Capitol is a good case in point: The idea behind that set was to collect together almost everything Marie has done as a solo artist. Surely the same could be done to Roxette’s albums.
Speaking as a more recent fan, I personally found it difficult to obtain Roxette’s recordings easily, for number of reasons, mainly:
01. The album designs are dated, so CD stores aren’t generally interested in having them on their shelves knowing the young pop fans won’t take any notice of them.
02. Things like Fingertips ’93 has never been easy to get hold of, and nor will the “left overs” (She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore/I Don’t Want To Get Hurt) from the now-deleted DBU-GTTC.
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A 2CD set containing Roxette’s singles probably will be released in a few years - It’s the norm that an artist will release a “greatest hits” collection at least every 7 years - I just think a double album would be more effective that 2 separate CDs. In the UK, it’s easy to get The Ballad Hits, while The Pop Hits is generally unavailable in most shops. A double CD would rectify this.
The DVD containing the videos would follow a similiar name and design to the 2CD, just like The Ballad & Pop Hits, but with a better design and quality.
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There’s no point fooling ourselves into thinking that EMI/Capitol release stuff aimed at fans - They wouldn’t make money out of Roxette if they did. All I’m suggesting is that they do to Roxette what Universal/Polar did to ABBA: Upgrade the catalogue to a better standard, and make it easier to obtain the group’s entire collection of work.
GERMANrosario said on June 1, 2005 18:04:
no, please, another ballads in Spanish not!!!!!!, you they are forgetting something very important when they mention his desires, roxette anywhere in the world became because their songs extended the borders of Sweden, then because to prevail to fans of sudamerica, Africa, the United States, of being able to see roxette of tour again, roxette is not single for Sweden, roxette is for everybody!!!!!
PS: for next dvd they could put subtitles in Spanish
Baby-C said on June 1, 2005 22:28:
hm... my wish are just this:
A new album with new songs, and perhaps some remastered old songs as bonus “to make it sell” or whatever the reason for releasing old songs would be. And after that... a small tour.
egglattli said on June 2, 2005 00:12:
I just want to say that everytime that Roxette releases something new, call it greatest hits...new album... baladas in any lenguage... or whatever, my heart beats faster... and that is a feeling a want to keep.
Breathe8 said on June 2, 2005 06:23:
Or Greatest hits yes but only with two or three new songs. Better than nothing. I think they have a new songs from 2002 yet.
ncurran said on June 2, 2005 08:46:
I would never buy another Greatest Hits by Roxette. I dont care whether my collection is complete or not. And Chris, yes many artists do release a new GH every 7-10 years or so, but normally they have a few new albums in between.
ChrisWilliams said on June 2, 2005 13:00:
Speaking for myself (again) on this losing battle, I’d say that compilation albums are far more common than you perceive. In particular, many of the artists I like (Cyndi Lauper, Ace of Base and especially ABBA) have and continue to release compilations despite the lack of a new studio album.
This is the ideal catalogue, as far as I’m concerned:
* All the original studio albums
* a 2CD set containing all the singles
* 1 CD of the biggest hits
* 1 cheap CD
* A box set containing the rarities and oddities
You can’t have all the nice, fan-stuff without conquering the general public. There’s *no way* The Ballad Hits would have hit #11 in the UK had it only been bought by us fans!
Without EMI/Capitol taking the basic steps I’ve pointed out, there won’t be a great interest in Roxette in the future. They realise this, ’cause they’ve done almost exactly that to Marie’s solo work and Gyllene Tider’s career!
Staffany said on June 4, 2005 21:30:
ChrisWilliams:
You said Crash! Boom! Bang and Joyride designs are awful. But in my opinion you can’t change them. What would you change? The front picture? The types? You can’t. It’s part of their own identity. CBB without the black/white squares or the red/orange big letters is not CBB. They must be recognisable from the artwork.
“All I’m suggesting is that they do to Roxette what Universal/Polar did to ABBA: Upgrade the catalogue to a better standard, and make it easier to obtain the group’s entire collection of work”
ABBA case is not like Roxette’s. ABBA split up in 1982, and most of the material was unavailable for many years (the 80’s and early 90’s). All the ABBA catalogue was on vinyl, there was only a few releases on CD (and bad done). It’s sensible Universal had released everything on CD again, because it was necessary. But Roxette material is easily available nowadays, and on CD. Look on eBay or online stores. Loads of Look Sharp!, Joyride, CBB, Have A Nice Day, Room Service. Even the CD singles, with all the B-sides and remixes are widely available. ABBA’s B-sides were only released on the 7” singles and not included as bonus tracks on the first CD-albums. It’s not the same case. No need to re-release all the Roxette stuff, at least for now.
On the other hand, I’m not friend of changing the design of classic albums. I never liked what Universal did to ABBA albums. They changed the typography and placed the title in a different way. But it woulnd’t work in the Roxette albums. As i said before, other types wouldn’t fit the CBB, Joyride or HAND artworks.
“This is the ideal catalogue, as far as I’m concerned:
* All the original studio albums –> they all are more or less easy to get.
* A 2CD set containing all the singles –> the biggest singles were collected on “The Ballad Hits” and “The Pop Hits”. As there is not new material to be included, a new compilation would be pretty unneccesary and nobody would buy it.
* The DVD containing the videos would follow a similiar name and design to the 2CD –> same as above
* 1 CD of the biggest hits –> same as above
“In particular, many of the artists I like, especially ABBA, have and continue to release compilations despite the lack of a new studio album”
Yes, Universal releases almost a new compilation every year, containing always the same songs (Dancing Queen, The Name of The Game, Fernando, The Winner Takes It All, Fernando) but in different order. Some examples are “The Name Of The Game”, “The Story of ABBA”, “On And On And On”, “Master Series” and now “ABBA 18 Hits”. If you read the ABBA site forum, you’ll see all the people is tired of those repackaged of old material and begging for no more dull compilations. I’m glad it doesn’t happen to Roxette.
Roxette-atic said on June 4, 2005 22:58:
Yea, maybe we can all do without more compilations, but I would still like the albums Look Sharp!- Crash! Boom! Bang! to be remastered and re-relased!. The sound on the original albums sounds so poor nowdays..
Morrissey said on June 4, 2005 23:05:
Excellent accomplishment, that. I saw them in Atlanta in 1992 and they were brilliant!
Bibi said on June 5, 2005 09:40:
I don’t think that they will celebarte their 20th aniversary! Maybe they had released a new album or whatever if Marie hadn’t become sick!
bunny said on June 8, 2005 17:35:
plz no more greatest hits, they have too many already, new material only :P
Earth said on June 8, 2005 18:04:
I believe on a new Roxette album 2006, a new tour over the whole world and much more.
Santi said on June 8, 2005 18:06:
Seriously, why not “Roxette 25 years 2011”? By then they sure have more material and Marie is fully recovered.
25 is a really difficult to achieve number! Who celebrates 20, celebrates also 21, 22, 23... And on the other hand, people who are not “fans” won’t care if it’s next year or in 6 years, they have already lost their commercial trail as you can see by the sales of the last albums.
:D
sandyam said on June 8, 2005 18:14:
I can’t imagine that Per & Marie would let Roxette’s 20th anniversary go by silently. They must be up to something....
Shadow said on June 8, 2005 18:49:
what about a short World tour with cncerts not only in Germany and Sweden,but also in other countries like RUSSIA,for example:))))))))))
Santi said on June 8, 2005 20:27:
“Baladas en Español” was not marketed as a 10th Anniversary release...
n-Somnia said on June 8, 2005 23:07:
I’d like to see “I Want You” on an album at some point (with its B-side). It’s the only non-album single that isn’t featured on one (unless you count The Look ’95).
Santi said on June 9, 2005 12:51:
Dunno if my data match yours, but Don’t Bore Us was released in 1995, which makes it the 9th anniversary! :D
Breathe8 said on June 9, 2005 16:43:
I think it was other situacion in 1996. They did a lot of things... In 95 they were on world tour, came out Greatest Hits, in 96 Baladas en espanol so maybe they didn´t want to come out some other album.
Kathrin said on June 14, 2005 18:53:
It would be cool if they would work on a new CD and have a World Tour again!
AURYTE said on June 20, 2005 09:07:
I want something special for the 20th anniversary. And that funny DVD that lawyer has suggested would be great!!!
abysmo said on June 21, 2005 14:50:
Rox started in autumn 1985, not in 1986.
Remix album or B-Sides album.
New document (2005) about 20 years of pop legend Rox with some future plans.
New album (2006 or 2007).
Sounds like utopia. Where are you Rox? Can you hear me?...
Roxette-atic said on June 21, 2005 17:11:
Was Pop relased in 85?? Looking at my LP...no sorry..it saids 1986 on it...not autumn 85.
LaMan said on June 21, 2005 18:42:
2006 wanted: RS tour DVD
CBB live DVD
Rarities CD
Dance Passion CD
joyrider said on May 28, 2005 13:35:
maybe a new greatest hits album with songs from TBH and TPH ...