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I had mentioned in the Montreal tour thread that there would be a second album of PG stuff done in SMB style (ie., studio recordings of the second part of the concert), right from the mouth of the sound engineer. I've still yet to see solid indication that there will be a formal release, save for the singles, of the "and I scratch yours". It remains, to me at least, that the best opportunity for a whole collection of these would be a 2cd "deluxe" version, the first disc where there's "autoscratching" (as opposed to autotuning), where PG does PG in a SMB style, and the second disc is the collection of "And I Scratch Yours" titles collected in one official release. I just can't get my head around how else this collection would sell - frankly, the people aren't doing enough 'hits' to make for a marketable, straight ahead tribute or covers album. While I'm dreaming, let's have a companion DVD with the FABULOUS interviews collected here, released every Full Moon. Yes, it's nice they live online, but their inclusion as part of this set would do wonders. Thoughts? I'd think a few of you might be behind such a release, no?

Sounds great Sharkshark! I must agree about the Full Moon interviews as, they have been very good. They add interest to the whole process. Would love to see them as part of a DVD. Also would like a live cd, but I guess PG would wait until the next set of SMB tours are finished before producing that?

Again, I'm not sure we're ever going to get a live CD version of this tour, as the rights issues would be exorbitant (you'll note for most of the shots of the tour you either see stills, or (if video) you see him, or the audience.

Yep - fair point. I can dream.

There are plenty of classical DVDs out there with full orchestras. . . is this any different?

the issue is that the rights to use image (ie., filming them) are completely different than the rights to use the audio recording. I'm not sure how you all feel, but can you think of a way that the "And I Scratch Yours" tracks would be released on physical media in any other way? Even as a mail in, there'd need to be something more specific to draw in more than the rabid fan. This two-birds-with-one-stone approach (the &ISY tracks associated with the SMB2 stuff) would, I think, work best. But then again, PG et. al. haven't really asked my opinion yet, have they.

I keep saying there needs to be a 7-inch vinyl box set with all the PG versions of Scratch my Back on one side of each 7-inch and the other artists' covers doing the "I'll scratch Yours" thing on the other side. SOrt of like the Record Store Day exclusives. It's such a brilliant physical compliment putting those songs on such a format with the idea of "Scratch My Bacl/I'll Scratch Yours." Of course it would appeal only to the hard core collectors.

Wbatever happens, I -REALLY- hope they include the Tom Waits cover. spectacular.

Isnt it? Funny how we wait for ages to hear something new and then he just produces that. He made it look v easy! Beautiful.

Mr. Beef, THe difference is that Classical DVD's are generally performances of either older music known as Public Domain (i.e free to perform) or, if it's a new work it's done in tandem with the composer.usually one person who gets the mechanical royalty from it or a percentage every time a DVD is bought. In order for PETER to release a NB DVD he would have to pay for the rights to all of the songs to be released in a visual format or strike a percentage deal with them. He would also have to give the musicians performance royalty for appearing on the DVD, something that is totally NOT affordable for anyone who's made their fortune from pop music, where you're only paying four to five people for performance royalties. Classical DVDs featuring the LSO or the RSNO etc, can afford this because all of their money goes in to paying musicians and conductors any way.

Why doesn't he release a studio version of his music in the SMB style he performs live. I was blown away when he was here in LA. It may be more work but would bypass many of the issues mentioned and certainly have optimal recording and mixing.

Lemme guess - this is the first time you've been to this website since the LA show. PG has been currently working on just such an album and it is in the remixing/editing stage with a release date of sometime in 2012.

Hello Rraven, i thought it was planned for a 2011 release, but i wouldn't be surprised if it's out in 2012!

Unfortunately, Sammy, my doctors have me on a new painkiller. What year is this? What ever year this is, add at least one.

i was gonna say WTH!!! yea its suppose to be 2011, but ravens right we will should probably expect it by the close of this decade