214 said:

rdhull said:

word up

May i take your money,what about your soul?

we can share it

Sweet! Been waiting for this to go live in the US for days now.

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I just preordered, and the first thing I did was listen to "Electric Intercourse". AWESOME. A crystal clear, vintage 80s-Prince production.

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I know a lot of people have been griping about the content of this set, but screw 'em. I'm so happy I'm delirious.

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(See what I did there?...)

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MUSIC_PRINCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The Associated Press is also reporting on the "Purple Rain" reissue.

rdhull said:

214 said:

May i take your money,what about your soul?

we can share it

No sharing, iwant it all for myself. In a serious note, idon't like Electric Intercourse in either way live or not.

http://www.startribune.com/details-of-prince-s-expanded-purple-rain-reissue-revealed-coming-june-23/420722973/

The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting on the various iterations of the "Purple Rain" reissue.

MD431Madcat said:

This is some LAME NEWBIE fucking BULLSHIT!!!!

songs i already own and a concert that i've had on vhs since the mid 80's...

Don't buy it then - keep your low quality VHS video and crappy boots and Ill be jamming to Syracuse and songs like Wonderful Ass in pristine quality

Electric Intercourse sounds amazing blasting from my car speakers. If the Purple Rain deluxe sounds this good, we're in for a real treat!

ForceofNature said:

MD431Madcat said:

This is some LAME NEWBIE fucking BULLSHIT!!!!

songs i already own and a concert that i've had on vhs since the mid 80's...

Don't buy it then - keep your low quality VHS video and crappy boots and Ill be jamming to Syracuse and songs like Wonderful Ass in pristine quality

Hahahahahahahaha!
!!!

I hope that June 7, 1984 legendary first
avenue show comes out one day.
Also the aug 3,1983 show as well.
It's amazing that both of these couldn't
be on this reissue.
I think they are more important then that
syracuse show.
I read that at the PP celebration
The last date of the PR tour was shown on film.
Oh well

KingSausage said:

Loving this track so much. However, I'm kind of more into the EP. Musically, Electric Intercourse sounds a little rudimentary, comparatively speaking. Even though I love it.

Warners should do an expanded deluxe "disc 3"
With all the outtakes they left off

On Amazon in the US, I don't see an expanded edition for pre-order... Am I right?

luvgirl said:

I pre-ordered the expanded set (3 CDs, 1 DVD) on Amazon in the US a few hours ago.

KingSausage said:

Is it because I preordered the album with MP3, so no expanded version?


Edit: I found the right one.
[Edited 4/28/17 20:01pm]

luvgirl said:

On Amazon in the US, I don't see an expanded edition for pre-order... Am I right?

Here's the link:

http://amzn.to/2pqXHIv

Identity said:

Thank you. I was totes buying the wrong one!
[Edited 4/28/17 20:31pm]

KingSausage said:

luvgirl said:

On Amazon in the US, I don't see an expanded edition for pre-order... Am I right?

I pre-ordered the expanded set (3 CDs, 1 DVD) on Amazon in the US a few hours ago.

I don't know how you did that--I can only find the 3 CD/1 DVD set on Amazon Canada or UK.

luvgirl said:

Identity said:

Here's the link:

http://amzn.to/2pqXHIv

Thank you. I was totes buying the wrong thing!

lol @ 32.98 cheaper elsewhere

purplethunder3121 said:

They have so many different ones in the US available to pre-order. I bought the one with the MP3 digital download at first, then realized it didn't come with the DVD! I'm good now though. This link has the right one. http://amzn.to/2pqXHIv
[Edited 4/28/17 21:05pm]

Question . Is the reason WB used the studio version of Electric Intercourse instead of the First Ave live version would be because WB does not have ownership of the live version ? ?

luvgirl said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I don't know how you did that--I can only find the 3 CD/1 DVD set on Amazon Canada or UK.

They have so many different ones in the US available to pre-order. I bought the one with the MP3 digital download at first, then realized it didn't come with the DVD! I'm good now though. [Edited 4/28/17 20:37pm]

I can't find the 3 CD/1 DVD version for presale on the U.S. Amazon site at all.

oliviacamron said:

Question . Is the reason WB used the studio version of Electric Intercourse instead of the First Ave live version would be because WB does not have ownership of the live version ? ?

I don't thing anyone on here knows the contractual arrangements, but I say this...If WB rights don't inclide live, then how does the 4th disc contain a live performance?

My guess is the whole PR deluxe package was agreed as whole, with PRN, in return for the masters. But if P didn't frame that in a timescale, then that explains the potential feud between WB and Universal.

purplethunder3121 said:

Try this
https://www.amazon.com/gp...&psc=1

dance4me3121 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I can't find the 3 CD/1 DVD version for presale on the U.S. Amazon site at all.

Try this https://www.amazon.com/gp...&psc=1

Thanks!

TrcikyChristopher said:

I think it has been established that there are two deals with the Universal deal under threat:

1. Warner Bros signed deal in 2014 with Prince that returned to Prince the master tapes but then gave WBR exclusive rights to release the WBR era albums. Some of the albums have specific deals such as Purple Rain (which WBR retain distribution rights to for ever). In addition this deal covered vault material recorded over that same period (clearly the purpose for such a deal would be to enable WBR to compile deluxe editions).

2. Universal Records signed a deal with the estate in Feb 2017 for distribution rights for all of Prince's post Warner albums and all of the vault material from 1996 onwards (however it appears Universal thought they were going to eventually also get access to the golden goose of the Warner years releases).

jaypotton said:

Actually Laura thought about this some more and still strongly believe THIS set is not what Prince envisaged (swearing point aside).

Pure speculation on my part (just being clear in that before someone like Bart comes along and accuses me of speculating) but Susan Rogers is on record saying Warners were taking their time with this to get it right. Well if Prince had delivered/finalised HIS version then why did they need to take time to get it right?

Also the whole delay would be explained because Prince didn't deliver to WBR what they expected or wanted from a deluxe edition. They are smart enough to know that if you want to sell something to fans again you need to give them something extra/new (although hopefully learned that you shouldn't mislead people with your press release).

Also wasn't Prince quoted back in 14 or 15 saying that Purple Rain remaster was just the album with no extras? I can imagine Prince doing that..."PR is perfect and will sell all over again so it doesn't need anything extra".

That does kind of undermine me saying I think Prince's version would have had one or two extra songs but my "evidence" for that is him performing EI live in 2014. Seems too much of a coincidence.

Back to the swearing. If Prince had relaxed his JW beliefs a bit then I can see him justifying to himself that he shouldn't mess with previous work (Darling Nikki) but that new songs he wrote didn't need to be in a similar vein?

Edit due to bloody iPad autocorrect ggrrr
[Edited 4/28/17 23:59pm]

Hi there, I am getting strong signals that Warner is definitely listening to the comments posted here and elsewhere online. They ARE 100% aware of the expectations based on previous statements. I am convinced they are working hard getting the First Avenue 1983 show up to standards for release.

Unfortunately, it won’t be in time for the announced June 23rd release, but that was the original plan.

It's not someone’s deliberate choice or fault, it's just a matter of how things are, production-wise.

I am confident to say though, that our patience will be rewarded BIG TIME, based on a sample of Let’s Go Crazy, I cranked up the volume and was amazed!

[Edited 4/29/17 6:46am]

[Posting of links to download any music or track(s) is illegal and against site rules for legal reasons. Anyone found violating the rules in any way shape or form will be dealt with accordingly - luv4u]

Sifi said:

Thank.

That makes perfect sense. I can easily imagine the CEO being slightly unaware of specific technical issues and making a statement and people lower down going "oh shit did he just say that, someone needs to tell him this vault material is in a bad condition and is going to take a LOT of work to sort out"

However, this is typical of big corporates in that they do not realise the power of social media and that treating their customers with respect and as human beings is so important. They need to make an official statement if this is true and say...

"Sorry guys our original plans were not possible given the quality of the vault materials and we didn't want to delay this release any further. We are working to get the other material we originally intended to include up to scratch and hope it will be coming in future".

Jeez they need better PR people!

Sifi said:

Hi there, I am getting strong signals that Warner is definitely listening to the comments posted here and elsewhere online. They ARE 100% aware of the expectations based on previous statements. I am convinced they are working hard getting the First Avenue 1983 show up to standards for release.

Unfortunately, it won’t be in time for the announced June 23rd release, but that was the original plan.

It's not someone’s deliberate choice or fault, it's just a matter of how things are, production-wise.

[Snip - luv4u]

Are you aware of any justifacation for the lack of "two albums of unreleased material"?

thebiscuit said:

@Sifi, is this from the First Ave performance? How did you get your hands on this? Very intimate footage. Terrific.

I bought a copy of this on VHS in Minneapolis at a record swap around 1996. It's been circulating, but this is definitely the best audio I've ever heard of it!

I spent a full day being pissed at Warner Bros. Now all is right in the world (so to speak). This sample is great!

[Edited 4/29/17 0:30am]