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"Purple Rain" remaster coming in June 2017, including two albums of unreleased material and two concert films Original thread: http://prince.org/msg/7/438560 (which seems to have auto-locked) . Initinal reporting: . http://pitchfork.com/news...g-in-june/ . http://www.factmag.com/20...ease-info/ . http://www.rollingstone.c...ic-w466431 . https://consequenceofsoun...n-reissue/ . http://www.billboard.com/...urple-rain . ... and hundreds more articles. . The set was originally announced for 9 June 2017. However, in recent days there have been some rumors that it has been delayed to 16 June. . No firm details have been announced WRT the contents other than "two albums of unreleased material and two concert films", though (as per tradition) there is an ongoing thread about a "leaked tracklist" -- it's fake, see update below. Chances are Warners will announce more details around the one year commemoration of Prince's death on 21 April. . UPDATE (19 April): Actual tracklist has leaked; discuss it here: http://prince.org/msg/7/441220 . Note that details about the "two concert movies" are still unconfirmed, though one of them is apparently the 30 March 1985 one from Syracuse. . [Edited 4/20/17 11:37am] © Bart Van Hemelen
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Good news - thank you Bart. | |
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Thanks for the info. " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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So no new info ![]() | |
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What's that? Something's burning on the stove. Must be the pasta. Must be the pasta, it's June. | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Wow, 2 Albums of Unreleased Material! | |
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. That's record label talk, which tends to mean "unreleased (on this particular format)" or even worse. 4Ever was hyped with the announcement that for a bunch of its tracks it would be the "first time on CD" which turned out to be... less than correct. © Bart Van Hemelen
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I agree with your tempered expectations. We'll see what we get. "..free to change your mind" | |
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Thanks for the warning, I better calm down. | |
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You are probably right, but I seem to remember that the publicity for 4Ever did say 'previously unreleased on CD", whereas this time they just said previously unreleased. | |
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I thought there was New news ![]() I will take my place, In the great below | |
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Nope. Still no news ga-news, which is not good ga-news... | |
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Can't wait. I hope it's all they say it is and more. If not, I'm still buying it. | |
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I would argue we haven't received Syracuse yet. Sure, it was released on crappy home video many many years ago but I've never seen a great cleaned up copy of that show - it always looked dark and muddy (maybe the source material looks that bad!) but I'd be happy with a cleaned up version of Syracuse on DVD or SD Blu Ray.
Also the WB press release chose its words carefully when describing the 2 live shows being released - the wording suggests they won't necessarily be PR live shows.
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Thank God, yipee yay "Free URself, B the best that U can B, 3rd Apartment from the Sun, nothing left to fear" Prince Rogers Nelson - Forever in my Life - | |
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Right about now,Warners should release a single to get people really excited....create some pre-release hype for this project.They could have taken the extended version of "Computer Blue",put it on purple vinyl and sell it next weekend for Record Store Day.They need to be creative and aggressive with this project! | |
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this was clever. | |
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My little finger tells me there will be more than a week of delay...
Another proof that Prince never gave them anything in 2014. | |
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mrmaxwell said:
I would argue we haven't received Syracuse yet. Sure, it was released on crappy home video many many years ago but I've never seen a great cleaned up copy of that show - it always looked dark and muddy (maybe the source material looks that bad!) but I'd be happy with a cleaned up version of Syracuse on DVD or SD Blu Ray.
Also the WB press release chose its words carefully when describing the 2 live shows being released - the wording suggests they won't necessarily be PR live shows.
They likely recorded Syracuse on BetaCam Sp which holds 340 lines of resolution quality compared to the maximum 250 lines of resolution that VHS can hold... so a DVD sourced from the original BetaCam tapes will look much better than the VHS. Now god forbid if they can't find the original BetaCam tapes and they transfer a VHS copy to DVD. I'd be satisfied with a quality that is similar to the live videos on the Blu-Ray of Purple Rain. [Edited 4/15/17 9:35am] | |
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Wouldn't tomorrow be the perfect day to announce the tracklist? It's Easter Monday, the beginning of the celebration week, close to the anniversary but not the actual date, and the release is just a few weeks away... | |
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Official news at last. | |
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TrivialPursuit said:
To be fair, from now on everything is going to be 'using his death'. I read Elisa's post today about how she doesn't want to get involved in the celebrations and tributes because he wouldn't have appreciated them and, while I respect her opinion (and admire her for her principles), with Prince gone and no instructions about what to do with his legacy it's all going to be things that he probably wouldn't approve of. But it's either that or it's all over... | |
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Disappointment is around the corner.....in few days all will be clear....don't expect a good news! | |
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and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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