Dave Mustaine has posted the following update in the forum at www.megadeth.com:
"Droogies!
Ok! Risk is officially in the can and we are already a good way into Cryptic Writings. What a rush to hear these songs again! I am leaving now to do some personal stuff, but will be back later tonight to put 'HCWT' to bed. BTW, 'FFF' is fooking Rad!
My assistant Bo Gardner deserves a huge round of applause as well as Acryl and Dave McRobb. They are amassing tons of photos, quotes, and ‘Lord knows what else?’, as well as trying to ‘improve’ the artwork for CW and Risk.
What he and Acryl have come up with so far is a major improvement over the current Risk cover, and was actually one of the last ditch effort ideas I put on the table before settling on what was used for the final release. This was eventually used inside the record. And even if this IS what I use for the reissue, it will be an improvement over what is there now.
NEWS FLASH: I am working on a surprise for us all, except me of course, that is fully badass. If I can make this happen, I am sure you’ll be impressed. But it has to happen before the re-releases. And it is not the flipping reunion!
We have nine more days of mixing left to do 10 CW songs, one unnamed, unfinished cover song from the RIP line up, and the MD.45 record. I have sung the forementioned cover song, 1 ½ of the songs on ‘The Craving’ and still have many more to go until Jeff gets back here on the 5th of April. We also have four more days of the new record to go, from the 5th-8th until we start mixing that one.
MSGD!"
"Droogies!
Ok! Risk is officially in the can and we are already a good way into Cryptic Writings. What a rush to hear these songs again! I am leaving now to do some personal stuff, but will be back later tonight to put 'HCWT' to bed. BTW, 'FFF' is fooking Rad!
My assistant Bo Gardner deserves a huge round of applause as well as Acryl and Dave McRobb. They are amassing tons of photos, quotes, and ‘Lord knows what else?’, as well as trying to ‘improve’ the artwork for CW and Risk.
What he and Acryl have come up with so far is a major improvement over the current Risk cover, and was actually one of the last ditch effort ideas I put on the table before settling on what was used for the final release. This was eventually used inside the record. And even if this IS what I use for the reissue, it will be an improvement over what is there now.
NEWS FLASH: I am working on a surprise for us all, except me of course, that is fully badass. If I can make this happen, I am sure you’ll be impressed. But it has to happen before the re-releases. And it is not the flipping reunion!
We have nine more days of mixing left to do 10 CW songs, one unnamed, unfinished cover song from the RIP line up, and the MD.45 record. I have sung the forementioned cover song, 1 ½ of the songs on ‘The Craving’ and still have many more to go until Jeff gets back here on the 5th of April. We also have four more days of the new record to go, from the 5th-8th until we start mixing that one.
MSGD!"