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Reply #330 posted 09/07/16 10:10am

KingSausage

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djThunderfunk said:



KingSausage said:


djThunderfunk said:



On the orginal printing the boy with the balloon was a square sticker adhered to the shrinkwrap rather than on the shrinkwrap itself.



Off topic from your last post, but I've been thinking about your predicament with original pressings of Lovesexy not tracking on your turntable. You mentioned before (I think) that your copy has space in between individual tracks, like most records. If so, does this mean that yours is a promo copy like mine? If that's the case, I wonder if a non-promo copy might track properly.


No, mine and the 2 others I have tried are all US commercial first pressings.

I might not have communicated properly. There is not silence between Eye No & Alphabet St., HOWEVER, by looking at the vinyl it is visually clear where to drop the needle if you want go directly to Alphabet St. Does that make sense? Sorry if I mispoke before.




Got it! It would be interesting to see if a promo copy tracked on your TT.
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Reply #331 posted 09/07/16 12:34pm

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I've opened mine. Kevin Gray did this one too.
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Reply #332 posted 09/07/16 12:41pm

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AND I'm gonna have to send it back to Amazon. There's a cluster of scratches on the first track. They didn't affect playback but it costs me nothing to exchange it.
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Reply #333 posted 09/07/16 12:47pm

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What are you guys doing with the Around The World In A Day sticker? Are you sticking it back on the front of the gatefold sleeve or storing it elsewhere?

I stuck it back onto the front of my 1985 copy back in the day, but now that I get a do-over, I'm wondering if I should leave the front cover untouched.

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Reply #334 posted 09/07/16 12:52pm

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It does sound damn good though....

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Reply #335 posted 09/07/16 12:53pm

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sexton said:

What are you guys doing with the Around The World In A Day sticker? Are you sticking it back on the front of the gatefold sleeve or storing it elsewhere?

I stuck it back onto the front of my 1985 copy back in the day, but now that I get a do-over, I'm wondering if I should leave the front cover untouched.



I'll probably stick mine on the outer sleeve I put the record in.
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Reply #336 posted 09/08/16 3:42am

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just out of morbid curiousity... Is America on the new ATWIAD still in sync with the vinyl? By which I mean, if you have the needle skip one or multiple grooves, does the beat still continue correctly? I remember being completely weirded out when my needle was miscalibrated for weight and it would barely touch the record, thereby often skipping ahead a few grooves. The result was that the song continued without a difference musically, but the lyrics simply missed whole lines. Completely weirded me out until I figured out how that could be possible.

Would love to know if this is still the case on the new pressing. It should, but I'd rather have confirmation.

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Reply #337 posted 09/08/16 3:48am

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mediumdry said:

just out of morbid curiousity... Is America on the new ATWIAD still in sync with the vinyl? By which I mean, if you have the needle skip one or multiple grooves, does the beat still continue correctly? I remember being completely weirded out when my needle was miscalibrated for weight and it would barely touch the record, thereby often skipping ahead a few grooves. The result was that the song continued without a difference musically, but the lyrics simply missed whole lines. Completely weirded me out until I figured out how that could be possible.



Would love to know if this is still the case on the new pressing. It should, but I'd rather have confirmation.



Ok, I really have no clue what you're talking about (lol) BUT this isn't a repress that would use the old stampers. It's a remaster so new stampers would be made, which means whatever you're saying may not be the case (or it may because I have no clue what you're saying lol)
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Reply #338 posted 09/08/16 11:11am

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mediumdry said:

just out of morbid curiousity... Is America on the new ATWIAD still in sync with the vinyl? By which I mean, if you have the needle skip one or multiple grooves, does the beat still continue correctly? I remember being completely weirded out when my needle was miscalibrated for weight and it would barely touch the record, thereby often skipping ahead a few grooves. The result was that the song continued without a difference musically, but the lyrics simply missed whole lines. Completely weirded me out until I figured out how that could be possible.

Would love to know if this is still the case on the new pressing. It should, but I'd rather have confirmation.


This happened to me with 2 different copies of the Lovesexy pressing.

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Reply #339 posted 09/08/16 11:42am

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namepeace said:



mediumdry said:


just out of morbid curiousity... Is America on the new ATWIAD still in sync with the vinyl? By which I mean, if you have the needle skip one or multiple grooves, does the beat still continue correctly? I remember being completely weirded out when my needle was miscalibrated for weight and it would barely touch the record, thereby often skipping ahead a few grooves. The result was that the song continued without a difference musically, but the lyrics simply missed whole lines. Completely weirded me out until I figured out how that could be possible.



Would love to know if this is still the case on the new pressing. It should, but I'd rather have confirmation.




This happened to me with 2 different copies of the Lovesexy pressing.



All of my copies of Lovesexy skipped during Eye No (they were all from Columbia House Music Club) but it was obviously just a skip/defect in the pressing.
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Reply #340 posted 09/08/16 3:35pm

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mediumdry said:

just out of morbid curiousity... Is America on the new ATWIAD still in sync with the vinyl? By which I mean, if you have the needle skip one or multiple grooves, does the beat still continue correctly? I remember being completely weirded out when my needle was miscalibrated for weight and it would barely touch the record, thereby often skipping ahead a few grooves. The result was that the song continued without a difference musically, but the lyrics simply missed whole lines. Completely weirded me out until I figured out how that could be possible.

Would love to know if this is still the case on the new pressing. It should, but I'd rather have confirmation.

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I don't even know how that's physically possible with analog mediums like vinyl, since the music and vocals are not separated in any capacity. Nor is there any buffering. All I can think is if the frequency range for P's vocals were etched in the lower depths of the grooves, and the needle was hovering above that level...but even that seems unlikely. Not doubting your experience, but there just has to be some weird illusion that made it seem the way it did.

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Reply #341 posted 09/08/16 6:32pm

namepeace

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KingSausage said:

injuredpinky said: What are the odds Parade will be pushed back? sad

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Higher than "Mountains"....lol.

[Edited 8/1/16 18:01pm]


It's out. It came out before ATWIAD.

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Reply #342 posted 09/08/16 6:33pm

namepeace

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KingSausage said:

Amazon just emailed me to say that the SOTT reissue has been pushed back to September 20. Ugh.

Yeah...me 2!!! sad sad sad wouldn't mind as much if I just knew 4 sure that they were actually going to be coming out at all!!!


It's coming in early October, as far as I know.

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Reply #343 posted 09/09/16 2:57am

antonb

Isn't Parade out today in the UK? Has anyone picked it up today from HMV?
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Reply #344 posted 09/09/16 3:40am

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pr in ce how important artist was! all stop for new deals !!!!!!!! all speak for him in all over the world he was a phenomenon we will wait for new prints of vinyl ... it's hard .....

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Reply #345 posted 09/09/16 3:47am

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there is a fever for vinyls everywhere for his records lp's lol

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Reply #346 posted 09/09/16 3:58am

antonb

Ehh? Anyhow, parade is in hmv you stores today I just picked one up
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Reply #347 posted 09/09/16 4:25am

mediumdry

injuredpinky said:

mediumdry said:

just out of morbid curiousity... Is America on the new ATWIAD still in sync with the vinyl? By which I mean, if you have the needle skip one or multiple grooves, does the beat still continue correctly? I remember being completely weirded out when my needle was miscalibrated for weight and it would barely touch the record, thereby often skipping ahead a few grooves. The result was that the song continued without a difference musically, but the lyrics simply missed whole lines. Completely weirded me out until I figured out how that could be possible.

Would love to know if this is still the case on the new pressing. It should, but I'd rather have confirmation.

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I don't even know how that's physically possible with analog mediums like vinyl, since the music and vocals are not separated in any capacity. Nor is there any buffering. All I can think is if the frequency range for P's vocals were etched in the lower depths of the grooves, and the needle was hovering above that level...but even that seems unlikely. Not doubting your experience, but there just has to be some weird illusion that made it seem the way it did.

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This is about BPM. The song America is by accident or design the exact speed that in one turn of the record (at 33 1/3 RPM) there will be 4 beats. Since the song is basically one chord, you get exactly one bar (=4 beats). So if the needle skips, it skips within the song by a multiple of 4 beats, ending up at the same spot in the bar, but in a different bar. That means that if your needle skips, it might skip a/some bars with some lyrics.

My question is if the same care was taken with the new pressings to keep the exact BPM of the song.

/offtopic this is also why I think Prince made that looooong extended version, so it would be forced to be 33rpm on the 12", as the regular 45rpm of 12"'s would not have this "feature".

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Reply #348 posted 09/09/16 5:50am

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Isn't Parade out today in the UK? Has anyone picked it up today from HMV?

Mine was just delivered from Amazon

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Reply #349 posted 09/09/16 5:54am

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mediumdry said:

injuredpinky said:

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I don't even know how that's physically possible with analog mediums like vinyl, since the music and vocals are not separated in any capacity. Nor is there any buffering. All I can think is if the frequency range for P's vocals were etched in the lower depths of the grooves, and the needle was hovering above that level...but even that seems unlikely. Not doubting your experience, but there just has to be some weird illusion that made it seem the way it did.

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This is about BPM. The song America is by accident or design the exact speed that in one turn of the record (at 33 1/3 RPM) there will be 4 beats. Since the song is basically one chord, you get exactly one bar (=4 beats). So if the needle skips, it skips within the song by a multiple of 4 beats, ending up at the same spot in the bar, but in a different bar. That means that if your needle skips, it might skip a/some bars with some lyrics.

My question is if the same care was taken with the new pressings to keep the exact BPM of the song.

/offtopic this is also why I think Prince made that looooong extended version, so it would be forced to be 33rpm on the 12", as the regular 45rpm of 12"'s would not have this "feature".

No, I don't think this a "feature". It's simply, as you said, an accident. Why would anyone want this to be a "feature" of their record, where entire passages could be skipped due to a defect and a person would not be able to tell? Nah, I'm not buying this theory.

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Reply #350 posted 09/09/16 11:59pm

ilo

smaragdatsapatori said:

pr in ce how important artist was! all stop for new deals !!!!! all speak for him in all over the world he was a phenomenon we will wait for new prints of vinyl ... it's hard .....



I copied this into Google Translate but I'm still none the wiser.
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Reply #351 posted 09/10/16 12:09am

ilo

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SuperFurryAnimal said:


"Purple Rain / Graffiti Bridge / Under the Cherry Moon (BD) (3pk) [Blu-ray]"
Estimated arrival date: October 04, 2016




Thank U. Pre-order is finally live on Amazon. 24.98 for the Blu-Ray 3 pk.



Not in the uk it isn't.
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Reply #352 posted 09/10/16 1:32am

antonb

Happy with my Parade album. Nice quality and great sound. I think these albums round this time sound better than Cds
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Reply #353 posted 09/10/16 10:54am

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AMAZON.CO.UK -------> finally a message


From: Amazon.co.uk <auto-shipping@amazon.co.uk>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 1:42 PM
To: (me)
Subject: Your Amazon.co.uk order of "Parade (Music From The..." has been dispatched



Arriving:
Wednesday, September 14 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> woot!


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Reply #354 posted 09/10/16 11:26am

mediumdry

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mediumdry said:

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This is about BPM. The song America is by accident or design the exact speed that in one turn of the record (at 33 1/3 RPM) there will be 4 beats. Since the song is basically one chord, you get exactly one bar (=4 beats). So if the needle skips, it skips within the song by a multiple of 4 beats, ending up at the same spot in the bar, but in a different bar. That means that if your needle skips, it might skip a/some bars with some lyrics.

My question is if the same care was taken with the new pressings to keep the exact BPM of the song.

/offtopic this is also why I think Prince made that looooong extended version, so it would be forced to be 33rpm on the 12", as the regular 45rpm of 12"'s would not have this "feature".

No, I don't think this a "feature". It's simply, as you said, an accident. Why would anyone want this to be a "feature" of their record, where entire passages could be skipped due to a defect and a person would not be able to tell? Nah, I'm not buying this theory.

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Have you met Prince? biggrin

There are so many easter eggs on Prince's records and, especially in this period, he was so busy with backmasking and little things. For instance, check how the song America actually starts.

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I think that it was intentional, personally. The amount of care in the small details of this album, including in artwork and the fact that the 12" mix of this song is uncharacteristically long, forcing 33RPM...

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Let's ask the engineer or the Revolution, I'm sure somebody knows..

Paisley Park is in your heart - Love Is Here!
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Reply #355 posted 09/11/16 4:38am

Guitarhero

thedance said:

AMAZON.CO.UK -------> finally a message


From: Amazon.co.uk <auto-shipping@amazon.co.uk>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 1:42 PM
To: (me)
Subject: Your Amazon.co.uk order of "Parade (Music From The..." has been dispatched



Arriving:
Wednesday, September 14 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> woot!


thumbs up!

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Reply #356 posted 09/11/16 9:30am

antonb

Been on sale in hmv since Friday.
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Reply #357 posted 09/11/16 6:39pm

apples1999

I ordered the black album on vinyl from Amazon and before it was to be shipped they sent me an email saying that they didn't have enough to fill the order. SUCKS!!!

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