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Thanks for the reply. That's not the response we're after though unfortunately! Oh well, let's hope that Christmas scenario pans out...

Thanks for that cool gif!!! I listened to "Grace" in full earlier. SO great In MY personal opinion (we're all entitled to them) this is the last album I enjoy from beginning to end. Don't get me wrong, there are PLENTY of songs from every album I enjoy after this point, it's just there's always a few songs on each album that don't gell with me for whatever reason. It's a shame Peter Henderson wasn't given a 2nd album to oversee a project from start to end - it's well documented he was virtually parachuted in to purely record the album, so couldn't really offer his opinions/advice on the material. It could have been interesting

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On a general note - Happy 40th Grace Under Pressure!!! I'll be cranking this one up later!!!

Hi, Thanks for passing this along. How recently did you message your friend for this info out of interest? Just thinking out loud about what's just been revealed...I suppose if they were aiming for a Christmas release and they started work on it literally within the next couple of weeks, it might just be ready in time...but I admit it doesn't look good. That's a shame isn't it? What's everyone else's thoughts?

Exactly, they should have released it on CD to cater for different people's listening habits. That's why I jumped when they released the 2015 remaster as a standalone CD in Japan. It's probably one of my favourite remasters to be honest

Thanks for the reply. This is where there's gaps in my knowledge, I haven't got the "Wandering the face of the Earth" book, so this is the first time there's a source out there saying that there actually is no live recordings from the Signals tour. Thanks for the info! I just think it's an indicament of the music industry that if some accountant says "this last boxset hasn't sold, it's not worth carrying on with these" that it's a shame we possibly won't get any more remasters, that's the disappointing thing to me. HOWEVER, we're running before we can walk here!!! Let's see what the 12th brings and take things from there

I think there's a couple of scenarios we're going to have to be patient about to see if there indeed will be a "Grace" 40th set: 1 - There's going to be a press release on April 12th (the 40th anniversary of the album) for a release in June or something. 2 - An October announcement for a Christmas release . I think if we get to October without hearing anything, regrettably I think the series will be done :( It's a shame if that happens, and it'll be due to lack of sales from the Signals 40th. They only had theirselves to blame with a lack of live content so that we'd all buy it...it's a vicious circle unfortunately :(

Indeed Even if it is just the 7 songs from the Signals album they performed from some date, it would make up for it. Fingers crossed we'll find out soon

Before we all get excited, I have no info, I just wanted to ask a couple of questions! :) We're getting closer to the 40th Anniversary of the release date of Grace (April 12th). Has anyone heard any info on when we might get an official confirmation of a set coming out? We're only going by hunches that they should release a set! An idea that's come to my mind recently: They're probably well aware of the backlash that was caused with having no live material from the Signals tour on that boxset, so does anyone else think they might release an ep with the hyperthetical Grace set of Signals songs performed from some date on the Signals tour to try and make up for it? Probably not, but it's good to dream!! :) :)

Let's hope so! I think using the "40th Anniversary" of an album's release has been deliberate. We're only 6 years now from Presto having that anniversary, so I think they're probably planning for everything up until Test For Echo. Whether they get there will unfortunately depend on sales as everything does unfortunately, so if we want to see them released we've got to buy them :)

Just catching up on the thread after some time away. Thanks for the info about how Magee's master sounds on vinyl. If the conversion to CD sounds as good for this as the other 40th Anniversary masters on CD, they both should be worth getting (when we get to that point!)

Hi, Sorry for the delay on this, every time I think I'm set-up to receive notifications for the forum, it let's me down with not informing me of replies!! Better late than never I suppose! Signals is one of my favourite albums, so I'd know instinctively if the album was sped up slightly. To my ears, there's no speed change. Even if there is a slight increase for arguments sake, what you're gaining from this new Magee remaster far outweighs any negatives or trepidations you might have in my honest opinion. I A/B'd the Magee master to Bob Ludwig's '97 master, and it was night and day in my opinion. Everything just seems more "laid back" and flat in Bob Ludwig's master when you're comparing them. Magee's master is definitely worth your money It is still available on CDJapan fortunately!

Hopefully Rush will be releasing all of Sean Magee's vinyl remasters on CD every time a 40th Anniversary of an album comes up. For anyone who has them, how does Sean's remasters for Presto and Roll The Bones sound out of interest? These are the two I'm most looking forward to hearing when we get to that point - only another 6 and 8 years to go ha ha!!! :) :)

Don't know if this is going to work, but for anyone curious about how the SHM-CD looks for the Signals remaster from Japan, here are a few photos I took yesterday :) Front Case with OBI https://flic.kr/p/2oGPfjP Back Case with OBI https://flic.kr/p/2oGRbHk Back Cover showing 2015 remastering credit https://flic.kr/p/2oGLc85 Full Booklet https://flic.kr/p/2oGPY9y Close-up Booklet showing 2015 remastering credit https://flic.kr/p/2oGLc8f CD Tray https://flic.kr/p/2oGLc7Z Interesting that they've virtually done a straight copy of the '97 Remasters case, even down to the three coloured hands tray!!! :) :) For anyone on the fence about getting this on import, it's MOST DEFINITELY worth it. Sean has dome another FANTASTIC job with the sound quality of this :) :) :) There's nuances I'm hearing for the first time on all of the songs, the layers seem much more defined and jump out at you more, honourable mentions for the Electric Violin work on "Loosing It", and the helicopter and rocket sounds on "Countdown". It definitely beats paying $230 to listen to it!!! Roll on the Grace Under Pressure remaster for next year!