Arista are part of Sony BMG (in the same way Cleveland International was) so they own the recordings :o) But Arista have a little more of a say in the matter.
As for Paul, I'm taking a very educated evaluation of the situation and coming up with the most logical conclusion.
Yes, there MAY be something different on there, but it won't be anything 'new'.
I really can't understand why it is so hard for you to understand that?
You'd think that someone working in the business would have a lil more of an idea whats going on that someone who doesn't lol.
But we'll see what happens eh?
I think we'll get a re-formated version of Bat Out of Hell with some new songs and the order of the songs mixed. With this a live dvd from the 'Just Having Fun Tour' and bonus material from a live 'Storytellers' show.
Hows that sound
As for the post above, if you look close you will notice different cat numbers. This is due to the 98 release being by Virgin/Emi and the 03 release by Sony BMG. The reason for this is mentioned in another post.
As for modern girl, it was still under Sony at the time, but Sony didn't start stamping the arista titles until the late 80's.
Sony now fire all their Meat albums out cheap.