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My Japanese Mini LP Replica's just arrived! My Japanese Mini LP Replica's just arrived!
I have to say, I am VERY IMPRESSED! I haven't seen anything like them before. Someone has put alot of effort into these, they are almost flawless! The detail is great, all the original inserts and artwork, stickers and lyric sheets. Love how they reproduced everything! A few comments: Most include a plastic sheet inside the insert sleeves, they used to use them to protect the vinyl. Nice touch. Lovesexy and Sign O The Times include stickers (heart etc). Loved how Sign O The Times is split onto 2 CDs like the original vinyl was. I wish they did the same for 1999. The back of 1999 has the original vinyl (Side 1, 2, 3 & 4) but 1999 is on 1 CD but includes 2 insert sleeves, a bit disappointing they didn't split it like they did with SOTT. All the original vinyl labels included, very nice. I always loved the Purple Rain flower art and its nice to see it on a CD. Even Around The World and Parade are gatefold. Love it! All in all I am very pleased with this somewhat expensive purchase but glad I made it! Now to see how they sound.. Time for some SOTT comparisons... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Other than the 1999 on a single disc, the only thing they screwed up is no "Boy and Balloon" sticker on ATWIAD. | |
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emesem said: Other than the 1999 on a single disc, the only thing they screwed up is no "Boy and Balloon" sticker on ATWIAD.
Yes I agree. I actually have a Boy and Balloon unstuck sticker. It was a clear sticker, very cool. I have a sticker on my Parade LP too, they could have added one there and also the poster inside sticker on Purple Rain as well if they wanted to go all the way. Maybe they lost the art for the sticker? Maybe it was too expensive to reproduce? I have never seen the SOTT postcard before. Did they come with the LP? Its not in mine. I love how they even recreated the Warner plain inner sleeve. Such great eye for detail! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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They seem to be very beautifully repackaged. Bravo to the Japanese.
I'm a tad confused. Are newer US pressings of Sign O The Times on a single CD, and that's why the mention of the SHM SOTT being two discs? If so, I'm out of the loop. I've only seen SOTT as a double CD set, but with either a double-thick jewel-case, two individual jewel-cases packaged together, or a single thickness 2-CD jewel-case. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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squirrelgrease said: They seem to be very beautifully repackaged. Bravo to the Japanese.
I'm a tad confused. Are newer US pressings of Sign O The Times on a single CD, and that's why the mention of the SHM SOTT being two discs? If so, I'm out of the loop. I've only seen SOTT as a double CD set, but with either a double-thick jewel-case, two individual jewel-cases packaged together, or a single thickness 2-CD jewel-case. that's all I've ever seen, in all of those combinations. never as a single disc. i think even as long as CD's CAN be these days, it's still too long for all CD players/drives to read reliably toward the end of the disc. | |
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squirrelgrease said: They seem to be very beautifully repackaged. Bravo to the Japanese.
I'm a tad confused. Are newer US pressings of Sign O The Times on a single CD, and that's why the mention of the SHM SOTT being two discs? If so, I'm out of the loop. I've only seen SOTT as a double CD set, but with either a double-thick jewel-case, two individual jewel-cases packaged together, or a single thickness 2-CD jewel-case. Yes you are right, SOTT is normally a 2CD set. I guess I was just excited to see how they replicated the set just like it was a double LP. Each CD is in its own paper sleeve exactly like the LP set. Not like the normal CD that is double slimline. It would have been nice for them to do the same for the 1999 and split is like the records were also. I still have my original 1999 CD and it omitted DMSR so it could fit on the CD. I had to buy the soundtrack to Risky Business to get DMSR on CD. Warner later ammended the 1999 to include DMSR when CD technology allowed 80 mins... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Wait I should have said... I stand corrected  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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errant said: squirrelgrease said: They seem to be very beautifully repackaged. Bravo to the Japanese.
I'm a tad confused. Are newer US pressings of Sign O The Times on a single CD, and that's why the mention of the SHM SOTT being two discs? If so, I'm out of the loop. I've only seen SOTT as a double CD set, but with either a double-thick jewel-case, two individual jewel-cases packaged together, or a single thickness 2-CD jewel-case. that's all I've ever seen, in all of those combinations. never as a single disc. i think even as long as CD's CAN be these days, it's still too long for all CD players/drives to read reliably toward the end of the disc. That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure if clocked in close to 80 minutes or not. I've never actually tried to put SOTT on a single disc. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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funkylust said: squirrelgrease said: They seem to be very beautifully repackaged. Bravo to the Japanese.
I'm a tad confused. Are newer US pressings of Sign O The Times on a single CD, and that's why the mention of the SHM SOTT being two discs? If so, I'm out of the loop. I've only seen SOTT as a double CD set, but with either a double-thick jewel-case, two individual jewel-cases packaged together, or a single thickness 2-CD jewel-case. Yes you are right, SOTT is normally a 2CD set. I guess I was just excited to see how they replicated the set just like it was a double LP. Each CD is in its own paper sleeve exactly like the LP set. Not like the normal CD that is double slimline. It would have been nice for them to do the same for the 1999 and split is like the records were also. I still have my original 1999 CD and it omitted DMSR so it could fit on the CD. I had to buy the soundtrack to Risky Business to get DMSR on CD. Warner later ammended the 1999 to include DMSR when CD technology allowed 80 mins... Same here. 
Am I nuts, or does DMSR on the Risky Business CD sound a bit better than on the 1999 disc? If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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squirrelgrease said: errant said: that's all I've ever seen, in all of those combinations. never as a single disc. i think even as long as CD's CAN be these days, it's still too long for all CD players/drives to read reliably toward the end of the disc. That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure if clocked in close to 80 minutes or not. I've never actually tried to put SOTT on a single disc. i have. it works fine. for some reason, CD-R's at 80 minutes work better on all players/burners/drives better than official pressings of albums. | |
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squirrelgrease said: funkylust said: Yes you are right, SOTT is normally a 2CD set. I guess I was just excited to see how they replicated the set just like it was a double LP. Each CD is in its own paper sleeve exactly like the LP set. Not like the normal CD that is double slimline. It would have been nice for them to do the same for the 1999 and split is like the records were also. I still have my original 1999 CD and it omitted DMSR so it could fit on the CD. I had to buy the soundtrack to Risky Business to get DMSR on CD. Warner later ammended the 1999 to include DMSR when CD technology allowed 80 mins... Same here.
Am I nuts, or does DMSR on the Risky Business CD sound a bit better than on the 1999 disc? I think both.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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funkylust said: squirrelgrease said: Same here.
Am I nuts, or does DMSR on the Risky Business CD sound a bit better than on the 1999 disc? I think both. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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I just wanted to comment here because I just received my Mini-LPs as well.
I purchased 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O' The Times. I will receive the Prince album later this week hopefully. As everyone has mentioned the packaging and artwork looks fantastic! Every detail seems to have been taken care of. After ripping all the CDs into my computer in .wav format and comparing to the original ones it is clear that these CDs have been tweaked (and for the better I must add). They are clearly louder, more detailed and not as "flat" as the old CDs were. They have not been noticeably maximised or compressed so the sound difference might not be as obvious as when comparing originals to the tracks on the Ultimate Prince CD. However I noticed one thing that proves that either this has a different source used for mastering, the transfer has less errors or it has had some noise filtering. In the second half of D.M.S.R. on the normal 1999 CD, especially noticeable in the percussion solo, there are some clicks or some types of noises in the right channel every time there's a kick drum hit... on the new mastering those clicks are gone! The percussion bit has never sounded cleaner - at least not on CD.  [Edited 8/4/09 10:10am] | |
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purplehippieonthe1 said: I just wanted to comment here because I just received my Mini-LPs as well.
I purchased 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O' The Times. I will receive the Prince album later this week hopefully. As everyone has mentioned the packaging and artwork looks fantastic! Every detail seems to have been taken care of. After ripping all the CDs into my computer in .wav format and comparing to the original ones it is clear that these CDs have been tweaked (and for the better I must add). They are clearly louder, more detailed and not as "flat" as the old CDs were. They have not been noticeably maximised or compressed so the sound difference might not be as obvious as when comparing originals to the tracks on the Ultimate Prince CD. However I noticed one thing that proves that either this has a different source used for mastering, the transfer has less errors or it has had some noise filtering. In the second half of D.M.S.R. on the normal 1999 CD, especially noticeable in the percussion solo, there are some clicks or some types of noises in the right channel every time there's a kick drum hit... on the new mastering those clicks are gone! The percussion bit has never sounded cleaner - at least not on CD.
[Edited 8/4/09 10:10am] Cool. Thanks for the detailed review. It was helpful. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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I bought SOTT, can´t wait for it to arrive. Problem is, if it´s as good as you are saying, I´ll have to spend a little fortune buying the rest.. | |
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what site did u order from? thaCONcept | |
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thaCONcept said: what site did u order from?
I don´t remember but there were several links in a previous thread | |
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I got mine too.
Too cool. Too cute. | |
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thaCONcept said: what site did u order from?
This place has them: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/...key=147611 If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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squirrelgrease said: thaCONcept said: what site did u order from?
This place has them: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/...key=147611 I ordered mine from Amazon.co.jp If you look on the top right, there is an option to change it to English. Very fast and they emailed me when it was delivered to confirm. Very good.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Mine just arrived
THESE ARE FABULOUS - most favorite purchase in probably 15 years....prince where ore your freakin anniversary editions with alternate photography, extended versions, outtakes etc - get with the program!!!! | |
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