with a cue from how they did live licks and ABB and flashpoint:
first there will be a live cd (ABB live cd) with 3-4 REALLy good songs. there will be no 'rarities' and most of it will be culled from free shows or already broadcast. 2-3 songs from ABB will be the only songs that haven't been released live before. it will be released as if it is going to be the only release.
then, 3 months later there will be a 1 disc dvd (ABB live dvd), most likely chosen from RIO with a bonus track of 1 song from the press conference at julliard.
then will come ABB Deluxe live 2 cd set. it will have 75% of the stuff from the original ABB live disc, plus some safe choices from rio, plus....sway, as tears go by, back of my hand, love is strong, and infamy.....but not the best versions of them from the tour.
finally will come the limited edition ABB deluxe live 2 dvd set, 75% of which will have already been available or broadcast. the remaining 25% will be the best stuff which should have been on the first and only release. (think 2000 light years being left off Flashpoint but on the maxi-single, or Under the Radar being on ABB deluxe but not on the original AB
. bonus material will include all 3 of the songs from the press conference, mick and keith warming up and joking before they did the super bowl, a short interview voiced over the best version of Back of my Hand, a 10 minute mini-documentary on pre- and post-Rio show, and including different band-member camera options during......JJF(!!!!!).
noone will be told ahead of time that there will be any releases available later, like ABB and ABB deluxe, and four flicks and live licks.
since i would only get 1, i guess i'll have to wait 6 damn months after the initial live release to see what really gets released and which one is worth getting after their marketing dept. is finished playing their games. and i WILL get one, but i will not get several. and right after i do, they'll probably release the "1 year anniversary ABB live deluxe classic series SACD cd" which will have live versions of 8(!) songs from ABB, no warhorses, nighttime, and 3+ stellar performances of lesser-payed stuff, rendered in non-antiseptic mix with distorted guitars up front, which should have been the original release anyways! argggh!