Dio Deluxe Editions on the way!

Holy Diver, The Last In Line and Sacred Heart are all being remastered and each comes with a bonus disc. Check it out here:

http://www.black-sabbath.com/2012/02/dio-deluxe-editions/

F*cking finally, I SAY!!!



Holy smurf poo Diver though..... $37.11!

Although it would be nice to have the remastered editions of these,they're too rich for my blood and the 2nd discs don't contain anything that interests me at all. I guess I'll stick with the originals.

Holy Diver will probably sound much better in the upcoming Analogue Productions Gold CD. that's the one I'm planning on buying.

Cool but I won't be getting them. I'm actually fine with my originals and the bonus material doesn't look too enticing for that much money

The early DIO CDs sounds HORRID, nowhere near as good as the original LP's did.

The audio quality is the primary thing for me, so if these are good I'll definitely pick them up.

S.D. wrote:

Holy Diver will probably sound much better in the upcoming Analogue Productions Gold CD. that's the one I'm planning on buying.

I'll be getting that as well.

And as normal US fans have to buy them as imports.

I already own all the original CD pressings released god knows when in a galaxy far far away...

The bonus material should just be released separately for those who already own all the albums. Most of it seems to be live tracks and maybe a couple of unreleased songs / demos. I don't think anyone should be asked to buy the first 3 albums all over again just to experience the bonus material which isn't really 'vital' anyway.

The 'Deluxe Editions' are generally also very expensive. No matter the band or album being re-released - I have never seen Deluxe Editions go for anything less than 18 - 19 USD (and that doesn't include postage). Again, that is very rich to ask fans to fork out that much for an album they already own just for some meager bonus tracks.

All these Deluxe Editions are imports, thus the inflated price.

S.D. wrote:

All these Deluxe Editions are imports, thus the inflated price.

When Def Leppard released their deluxe editions, they were $27.99 and the same went for Whitesnake regarding their deluxe editions. I never got Among The Living or British Steel deluxe editions, but they were also $27.99. Hell, even the Motorhead ones were priced at $27.99, so I guess I'm not getting what's going on here with the Dio ones being so much more expensive?

Meh. Not worth the prices. When those albums come on, I just turn up the volume.

This seems like something I'd jump on, but live versions/B sides never interest me too much, and why mess with perfection in terms of remastering? I'll probably buy the gold Holy Diver album, though, like SD.

Too bad about the price. I probably would have bought those eventually to get them back in my collection, especially for the UK B sides/live tracks.

I have the vinyl copies of said three releases and have one of these in regards as well as

Too many repeats on the live stuff and I have "Intermission" on vinyl as well so the deluxe editions have this reaction from me

Not really excited about these either..........

I only have Holy Diver, so I'm probably getting all three... One day...

i wont pay huge amounts like the Def Leppard ones.

chewie wrote:

Not really excited about these either..........

The only one I might investigate is Last in Line. Holy Diver I'll pick up the gold disc. As for Sacred Heart, I've always hated that record, no way I'd buy it again.

Sacred Heart is the only early Dio I don't have on CD, but I'm with S.D. on that one. I wouldn't spend that kinda coin for the sooper dooper deluxe edition. If I happen to find an "old" used copy for ten bucks or less, tho, I'd be fine with that.

Yeah, I feel no need to "Shoot Shoot" to the record store to buy that.

S.D. wrote:

Yeah, I feel no need to "Shoot Shoot" to the record store to buy that.

I love the title track though and I really dig "Fallen Angels"!

metalinmyveins wrote:

S.D. wrote:

Yeah, I feel no need to "Shoot Shoot" to the record store to buy that.

I love the title track though and I really dig "Fallen Angels"!

Shoot Shoot is probably the worst thing Dio's ever written, to be honest xP
Sacred Heart's probably the worst of the early Dio albums, too, so I wouldn't buy more than I have for it now (cassette and CD)

Shoot Shoot is terrible. Sacred Heart was a let down at the time. It's got some good tracks but really can't compare to the first two Dio albums. At least Dream Evil was a solid return to form.

This is a little more reasonable. All three albums will be under $29.00.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_19?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dio+holy+diver+deluxe&sprefix=dio+holy+diver+delu%2Caps%2C202