With REVEAL being the next studio album in line for the 25th anniversary deluxe edition, what would you like to see included in the package options? Physical product design? What did you appreciate most about prior deluxe edition releases?
I would like to hear alternate or demos versions of songs that I donāt have already included. I have two alternate versions on the b side of the āImitation of Lifeā single. āThe Liftingā & āBeat a Drumā. I absolutely love both of them. I donāt know what other versions or demos from Reveal are out there. Original master recordings are nice to hear, I know they can be expensive.
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demos/outtakes would be cool. not really interested in live shows from this period.
a lot of reveal demos are floating around already and while they arenāt terribly interesting, theyād still be fun to have. seems such a waste for them not to dig through the vaults for these. some have been generous with unheard stuff and some have been disappointing. hard to tell what theyāre going for half the time with these reissues. not expecting reveal deluxe to be revelatory, but ATS has a chance to be if they do it properly.
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I think that the āwhat theyāre going for with these reissuesā feelings is a result of Michaelās reluctance to release demos. Iām really hoping that by the time they get to AtS heāll come to his senses (I remembering him praising the demos for this album in comparison to the album, so thereās still a chanceā¦)
āCome and Join Usā the leaked Reaveal instrumental demo has a version with lyrics, maybe a miracle will happen and weāll get to hear it in 2026ā¦
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I never got into the post-Berry releases all that much although I did buy them as they were released. I still havenāt gotten around to buying the 25th anniversary edition of Up. I bet it will consist of a remastered album and demos. Iām not into demos, so I may skip this one as well.
Re Michael potentially blocking demos, itās frustrating for sure. But as an artist myself (on a tiny speck of the scale of Michael) I know I would have to crawl in a hole and die if some of my first draft demo versions got released. Can only imagine how exposed it feels when the whole world is listening. So whilst I would love to hear these too I kinda get it in a way
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Michael always says that he looks for- and likes the - mistakes in photos that he takes. He should apply it to music and songwriting 
Peter, as usual, said it really well on the LMR song exploder episode, it was something along the lines of āI say to Michael - at this point it just history man. no one is going to remember you for the demos and if it makes a few fans happy so what the hellā¦ā
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