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[Dr_Jones]

Still no orders up in the Netherlands'. Disappointing :/

Yeah, I've been checking my local record store, but nothing.

The cheapest seller is jpc.de still. The box set is 62 euros (including shipping costs)

[shadow]

Might call Sounds in Haarlem and see if they already know something. Usually the guy behind the counter knows his stuff perfectly!

[jeanbatman]

A spotify list by JMJarre by Sony Entertainment : https://forms.sonymusicfans.com/campaig ... tify/?ss=2

[Kanta]

25/06/2018
Via Radio Infinity

Jean-Michel Jarre celebrates 50th anniversary

Source: http://radioinfinity.ch/jean-michel-jar ... jubilaeum/

[Jote]

Some new information from SME, thanks to Lee Sainsbury

Box set - limited to 4000 copies globally, numbered

Vinyl edition - limited to 3500 copies (more might be possibly pressed depending on how the initial batch goes)

Final designs of all editions coming this Wednesday

No "live" versions (i.e. even Herbalizer and Coachella Opening are studio versions)

No tracks were lifted from existing Sony masters; all material was prepared by JMJ and his team, some had to be obviously reedited to fit the compilation, also this can possibly indicate that some tracks are reworked (quote: "Some of the tracks had to be altered to make them fit the product. Different versions were used on some of the tracks also. ")

[shadow]

Why make it limited? I understand printing it endlessly isn't a real possibility, but oply 3500/4000 worldwide? Yeah I hate that stuff...

Also I still can't order it in The Netherlands either.

No tracks were lifted from existing Sony masters; all material was prepared by JMJ and his team, some had to be obviously reedited to fit the compilation, also this can possibly indicate that some tracks are reworked (quote: "Some of the tracks had to be altered to make them fit the product. Different versions were used on some of the tracks also. ")

This would've been nice, were it not that all remasters in the past two decades have been largely straight up garbage...

Edit: Seems Sounds have it up now. €55 for the boxset and €25 for both the normal and deluxe edition. They do not have the vinyl up.

[Oxygene]

saturn.de now mentions that the Vinyl Edition supposedly includes a download card not for the 5.1 mixes, but for "We are vinyl" HQ WAV downloads. To add to the confusion...

Some information from Sony Music on this: Boxset and vinyl edition will indeed be limited.
Both contain a download code or card for 12 Songs in 5.1 PLUS the full Album as HQ WAV-file download. "We are Vinyl" is simply the provider who handles this for Sony.
Also I was told that Jean Michel has "freshly retouched" some of the tracks (which mainly means he has shortened them. It's still not clear if the music will sound any different).

[Jote]

Boxset and vinyl edition will indeed be limited.
Both contain a download code or card for 12 Songs in 5.1 PLUS the full Album as HQ WAV-file download.

Thank you very much for finding this out.

"We are Vinyl" is simply the provider who handles this for Sony.

And this is supposedly bad news, as it is owned by Sandbag, I've been told they were behind the botched downloads for Electronica boxes...

Seems Sounds have it up now. €55 for the boxset and €25 for both the normal and deluxe edition. They do not have the vinyl up.

They do now: https://www.soundshaarlem.nl/detail/381 ... _-box_set-

[shadow]

Terrific, I'll order next time I'm in Haarlem!

[Finaero]

Thanks for the inside scoops, Jote and Oxygene.

... still not convinced enough to spend 22 euros (at least) for Coachella Opening + Herbalizer only, though. Here's hoping for more samples soon.

[Jote]

Lee has also confirmed that the WAV download will be available with the Box-set edition (not just vinyl edition). Whether this is a blatant CD master (likely), a vinyl master (yes please) or "depends on edition" (doubt it) remains to be seen. Heard.

The Digipack booklet is 24 pages, jewelcase - 12 pages.

In addition:

freshly retouched versions of:

“Oxygene 2″ [5:26 vs. 7:46]
“Oxygene 8” [5:25 vs. 3:54]
“Oxygene 20 [5:31 vs. 7:59]
“Equinoxe 4” [5:32 vs. 7:04]
“Equinoxe 7” [3:36 vs. 7:48]
“Ethnicolor” [3:31 vs. 11:49]
“Last Rendez-vous” [4:09 vs. 6:03]
“Revolutions” [3:24 vs. 4:55]
“Waiting For Costeau” [3:01 vs. 46:45]
“Chronology 1” [3:54 vs. 11:01]
“Bells” [2:06 vs. 3:53]

Whether these are just length edits to fit the album remains to be seen. We can be pretty much certain that Oxygene 8 is more than just length edit, as it was actually made longer (the only one from this list though).

My speculations:

* Chrono 1 is its "second part"
* Equinoxe 4 is not the recent tour version given the track length (tour version is shorter)
* Oxygene 20 does not include the organ intro and "Oxygene VI sous la pluie"
* Revolutions does not include the intro
* Equinoxe 7 is the tour version
* Ethnicolor - Images-like edit

And I guess that's that - no new Zoolookologie.

[Dr_Jones]

Some album statistics

Deserted Palace: 0/0%
Les Granges Brulees: 2/12.5%
Oxygene: 3/50%
Equinoxe: 4/50%
Magnetic Fields: 1/20%
Concerts in China: 2
Music for Supermarkets: 1/12.5%
Zoolook: 3/42.86%
Rendez-Vous: 4/66.67%
Revolutions: 2/20% 1)
Waiting for Cousteau: 1/25%
Chronologie: 2/25%
Oxygene 7-13: 1/14.29%
Metamorphoses: 2/16.67%
Interior Music: 0/0%
Geometry of Love: 0/0%
Sessions 2000: 0/0%
Bourges: 1/25% 3)
Teo & Tea: 0/0%
Electronica 1: 2/12.5% 2)
Electronica 2: 2/11.11%
Oxygene 3: 2/28.57%
Radiophonie 9 (lol): 0/0%
Non album tracks: 6/na% 4)

1) if you consider Industrial Revolutions overture and 1-2-3 as seperated tracks
2) Automatic 1 and 2 as seperate tracks
3) Aor Bleu
4) with 4 tracks released on Essentials & Rarities, but this is a compilation album

[Kanta]

27/06/2018
Via Jean-Michel Jarre Official Website

PLANET JARRE

One planet for all (formats)

50 Years Of Music
41 Tracks curated, remastered and retouched by JMJ

A journey in four playlists: “Soundscapes”, “Themes”, “Sequences” plus “Explorations & Early Works”

Feat. four previously unreleased songs: The brand new recordings “Coachella Opening” and “Herbalizer” plus “Music for Supermarkets (Demo Excerpt)” and “AOR BLEU” from the vault plus four more rarities and longtime unavailable tracks: “La Cage”, “Erosmachine”, “Happiness is a Sad Song” and “Hypnose”.

Also feat. Jean-Michel Jarre’s freshly retouched versions of
“Oxygene 2″ [5:26 vs. 7:46]
“Oxygene 8” [5:25 vs. 3:54]
“Oxygene 20 [5:31 vs. 7:59]
“Equinoxe 4” [5:32 vs. 7:04]
“Equinoxe 7” [3:36 vs. 7:48]
“Ethnicolor” [3:31 vs. 11:49]
“Last Rendez-vous” [4:09 vs. 6:03]
“Revolutions” [3:24 vs. 4:55]
“Waiting For Costeau” [3:01 vs. 46:45]
“Chronology 1” [3:54 vs. 11:01]
“Bells” [2:06 vs. 3:53]



PLANET JARRE

Available as

Vinyl
4-LP limited Edition Vinyl Media Book feat. all 41 Tracks 4 heavy weight 180g black vinyl disc in a flip pages coffetable book format plus a download code to access the complete album as a high quality WAV-File download plus 12 tracks mixed in 5.1.
Preorder: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Jarre-V ... 40b54b7b9a

Box Set
The consecutive numbered Deluxe Fan Box feat all 41 Tracks on 2-CD Deluxe Digipack Edition plus all 41 Track on 2 cassette tapes and a download card to access the complete album as a high quality WAV-File download plus 12 tracks mixed in 5.1.
Preorder: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Jarre-J ... faa0748514

Deluxe CD
Deluxe CD feat. all 41 Track on 2 CD in a 6-page digipack including a 24 page full color booklet.
Preorder: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Jarre-D ... a71bd60f8e

Standard CD
Standard CD feat. all 41 Track on 2 CD in a jewlcase box with a 12 page full color booklet
Preorder: https://www.amazon.de/Planet-Jarre/dp/B ... d8a0c5b42b

Source: https://jeanmicheljarre.com/

[Dr_Jones]

heh, you can make a Waiting for Cousteau album cut that's not even 15 minutes long

Calypso (single edit) 2:53
Calypso 2 (single edit) 3:50
Calypso 3 (Images version) 3:42
Waiting for Cousteau (PJ release) 3:01

total playing time:
13:26

[Finaero]

Hmm, here's hoping "retouched" will indeed mean something more than just "shortened". A revitalized version of Revolutions might just cinch this one for me.