jjam said:

WB has the right to release them. It really doesn't matter what the source is. The bootleggers do not have the right to copy the material. Simple as that.

TrevorAyer said:

I've got a theory that wb is rush releasing these less than pristine songs to claim future publishing and ownership rights over potential estate releases in pristine quality of the same songs.. wb went out of their way to undermine many non wb prince releases ... considering prince lack of involvement in pr deluxe AND the never ending war he had with wb, a lot about pr deluxe feels ill intended ... many artists have been ripped and bankrupted by corporate music biz ... rights to music atrait up stolen ... i want to see the contract that gives wb permission to put out and profit from songs prince clearly DID NOT AGREE TO RELEASE

Since Prince is dead in many cases I'd say it's not up to him to decide anymore.

Guys I posted this last wk. . this person is well respected and not a musician.....

From an inside source:

"Once the list of titles was agreed upon, WB received permission to pull source masters from the vault. Not eq-d copies; first generation masters.

For the odd title or two for which no stereo master existed, the source material (such as it was) was repaired and mastered to improve sound quality.

The "Our Destiny/Roadhouse Garden" that will appear on the release is from the original recording, not from a bootleg source.

Without exception, WB's goal was to honor Prince's legacy to the highest degree that they could. I have never worked on a project that took greater care to offer the best they could in Prince's name."

my take:

Amazing because most of you if dorothy parker was fiinally released you would be complaining about that missing high end.

[Edited 6/22/17 12:19pm]

High quality leaks... came from inside so it makes sense that the now official tracks sound the same.

Guys this is getting insane.

Please let's enjoy the freaking music.

KeithyT said:

Mine says despatched! ETA Monday though. Boo!

Nooooooo

mediumdry said:

BoraBora said:

With "Poom Poom" and "Tick Tick Bang" in circulation, maybe not the worst but surely I heard many many many vault tracks deserving more an official release than "Velvet Kitty Cat".

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Poom Poom and the original Tick Tick Bang are top songs, as far as I'm concerned. And while I agree that Velvet Kitty Cat isn't his best, even on that disc there are Possessed and Love and Sex, so it can get a lot worse.

Did i misundertand something? or are you saying that Love and Sex and Possesive are worse than Velvet...

THE DANCE ELECTRIC

LOVE & SEX

COMPUTER BLUE (HALLWAY SPEECH)

POSSESSED

WE CAN FUCK

FATHERS SONG

... are all excellent...

I wonder what time the auto rips will be available on Amazon? Anyone know? Midnight?

214 said:

mediumdry said:.

Poom Poom and the original Tick Tick Bang are top songs, as far as I'm concerned. And while I agree that Velvet Kitty Cat isn't his best, even on that disc there are Possessed and Love and Sex, so it can get a lot worse.

Did i misundertand something? or are you saying that Love and Sex and Possesive are worse than Velvet...

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Of course I am saying that, as they are. Waste of time on the cd, but what are you going to do? Just happy I heard them, at least now we know.

KeithyT said:

Just installed the Amazon Music App and did a test download of another track. How do I get that track into my IOS Apple Music?

Drag the track onto iTunes, then sync music with your phone.

Or maybe try the Amazon music app for iOS https://itunes.apple.com/...55668?mt=8

TheEnglishGent said:

KeithyT said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Drag the track onto iTunes, then sync music with your phone.

Or maybe try the Amazon music app for iOS https://itunes.apple.com/...55668?mt=8

Cheers I think I've got there. Of course I could just play it within the Amazon app in my car over Bluetooth - I guess that's the same principle as what I do with iTunes music normally?

Yeah should be.

I just trie the Amazon music app, seems like it'll do the job. Pretty painless. Logged in with Amazon account, they sent a verification code to email, I entered that and all the music I've previously had with auto-rip was showing and available for download.

Auto rips are on Amazon now

TheEnglishGent said:

Auto rips are on Amazon now

are you in the UK it is still yesterday here it is not yet romorrow.. or it is not today i mean it is not now.. wait...

feeluupp said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

TheEnglishGent said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

are you in the UK it is still yesterday here it is not yet romorrow.. or it is not today i mean it is not now.. wait...

yep in the U.K. Gotta say I'm gonna love this. Skimmed through it before going to sleep and very happy. Will thoroughly enjoy giving this a good blast on the head phones at work tomorrow. Remaster sounds great, second disk sounds great. Not sure why anyone is moaning about anything really.

yeah, Iove it...

mediumdry said:

214 said:

Did i misundertand something? or are you saying that Love and Sex and Possesive are worse than Velvet...

.

Of course I am saying that, as they are. Waste of time on the cd, but what are you going to do? Just happy I heard them, at least now we know.

Everybody says otherwise.

TheEnglishGent said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Auto rips are on Amazon now

are you in the UK it is still yesterday here it is not yet romorrow.. or it is not today i mean it is not now.. wait...

yep in the U.K.

Gotta say I'm gonna love this. Skimmed through it before going to sleep and very happy. Will thoroughly enjoy giving this a good blast on the head phones at work tomorrow. Remaster sounds great, second disk sounds great. Not sure why anyone is moaning about anything really.

TheEnglishGent said:

feeluupp said:

Wonderful Ass from PR DELUXE and BOX O CHOCOLATES sound exactly the same...

There's either something wrong with your ears or there's something wrong with my box of chocolates. This is not the BOC track. Same version but much clearer on the PR set and I'm only listening to the amazon rips.

For my Box O Chocolates its almost the exact same, even in sound quality...

TheEnglishGent said:

feeluupp said:

Wonderful Ass from PR DELUXE and BOX O CHOCOLATES sound exactly the same...

There's either something wrong with your ears or there's something wrong with my box of chocolates. This is not the BOC track. Same version but much clearer on the PR set and I'm only listening to the amazon rips.

The PR DELUXE Wonderful Ass is about 7 seconds longer than my version on Box O' Chocolates... But the sound quality is ALMOST the same...

aalloca said:

Just got an email saying my Autorip files just unlocked. So, for anybody who's in the same boat of preordering from Amazon and waiting for the official release, it's live.