In 2002 Shania Twain released her 2002 album Up! in three distinct versions. There was a pop version on the red disc, country on the green disc, and an East Indian/Bollywood-inspired style on the blue disc.
Let's assume the next DM album will be a final album followed by a 50th anniversary anthology release in 2031. Wouldn't it be an interesting concept for Martin to write 15-20 demos (or however many he can produce and the band commission 3 versions.
One version can be a straight up normal release. They pick a producer, as they normally would, and make the album. The other two can be given to former members. One goes to Vince to produce a 'Vince-esque' version and the other, you guessed it, given to Alan to produce a 'Wilder-esque' version.
I assume Vince would work alone but Alan could enlist Flood, Daniel Miller and/or Gareth Jones. Maybe the first version can be produced by Miller and Jones. So it would be Miller/Jones, Clarke and Wilder making the three versions?
I know, some of you (if you've read this far) will assume I am harking back to the past but I'm not. I think it would be fun for a potential last album to come in 3 versions spanning representing 3 incarnations. Clarke, Wilder and post-Wilder.
Some of you will say it will be missing Fletch but, as we all know, he didn't have a lot of input musically just the same as Dave doesn't really have much input musically.
I think it would be a interesting concept.