Peter Gabriel does some things that only Peter Gabriel does.

I'm not sure if it's such a great idea. There should be at least a certain level of quality control involved and I don't think soundboard recordings really sound like properly done live records either. With the way he currently does live shows there would be at least some editing involved (the breaks, gear malfunctioning etc.).

I really don't understand why he doesn't have a site of his own. Just because he's fucked up in the past doesn't mean that he couldn't have a simple site that has some news, a biography and some live and studio clips. It shouldn't cost more than a few thousand dollars to make and to maintain per month. The fuck is really the problem?

He can!

He just chooses not to.

frustrating!! prince is SO annoying

at montreux 09, i remember there was another band that had given their fans memory stix of the concert as they left the venue. sadly prince did not follow suit

novabrkr said:

Peter Gabriel does some things that only Peter Gabriel does.

Peter Gabriel isn't the only artist who does this.

RodeoSchro said:

He can!

He just chooses not to.

Ding ding ding!

RodeoSchro said:

Okay, Peter Gabriel does some things only Peter Gabriel and a few other artists do.

Thanks for pointing out that.

novabrkr said:

It's not that the editing would be hard to do, but somebody would have to do it anyway and it's still going to take some time. Each show would have to be checked out at least several times, I think. I understood from the original post that the CDs would be made available for puchase from the site very quickly.

Somehow I'm not very satisfied with the thought of getting raw soundboard recordings from the artists themselves. Maybe artists like Gabriel do each show with similar settings so that they can make recodings that sound "balanced" each and every time, I don't know. Prince likes to keep changing stuff on the fly.

Maybe the "soundboard" in this case refers to a different mixer that is set apart from the mixer that outputs things to the amps and the speakers around the venue. I'd be inclined to think there's someone hired to do that mix alone.

If Prince were to release official CDs after every new concert...I don't think a lot of people will buy these honestly. I think the more practical way to do this is just release 1 or preferably 2 live CDs of the entire "Welcome 2" tour.

electricberet said:

RodeoSchro said:

He can!

He just chooses not to.

OK, so why does he choose not to?

Despite rumors to the contrary, I am not Prince and therefore cannot answer that question.

He doesn't want to. It's not that hard to understannd.

Barenaked Ladies used to do that too as far back as 10 years ago. You could even buy USB sticks half an hour after the show if you wanted to hang around at the venue, or opt to download it from their website.

It was a really great memento for the evening.

it's a good idea....which is exactly why Prince would never do it

It would kill the demand for any new live bootlegs. And you know how much Prince really must love the idea that people are willing to break the law to get a recording of everything that he's done?

Emancipation89 said:

If Prince were to release official CDs after every new concert...I don't think a lot of people will buy these honestly. I think the more practical way to do this is just release 1 or preferably 2 live CDs of the entire "Welcome 2" tour.

I think a lot of people would want the individual concert CDs as souvenirs. I ordered the CD of the Peter Gabriel show I went to, even though I read a few reviews saying that it was not the best show of the tour and his voice was a little off compared to the other nights. I want the CD of the night when I was in the audience clapping and singing along when he asked us to. If Prince does Welcome 2 Texas at some point and I go to one of the shows, that's the CD I would want the most, even if it's an off night. Of course, being a collector I would probably buy all of them.

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Its a good idea and a lucrative money maker, at the end of the show if the CD is not ready give every one a token which gives them 10% off the release price and put a banner up saying "Relive your special night with Prince 4ever, don't tell your friends about the show, take them to it" that could be a video DVD of it. And yes hardcore fans will pay ramped prices for it, like $40 for a CD and $70 for a DVD set.

Not only are u putting the bootleggers out of business, you are also likely to get a top qulaity official recording (I say this as some concert bootlegs are ruined by too much bass or distant volumes). I ean honestly its one over priced tshirt less and using coupons could mean the distributors only need to make as many copies as required.

He needs to try and sell more music at his shows, as in Australia the only CD one could buy was the 3cd Hits set from 1993 and no one really wanted to pay $35 for a 20 year old CD you can get for $10 at a 2nd hand store. Maybe pushing a few copies of Ultimate, 20Ten and Lotusflow3r would have helped at least.