The 2 discs combined come in at right around 84 minutes...so how would you trim the 4 minutes off? which song would you cut and why?

Sign 'O' The Times will fit on an 80 min. CD-R.

I've done it. The only thing I had to "trim off" is a few seconds of silence at the end of "Forever In My Life" and "Adore."

I downloaded goldwave, and then made an edit of Its gonna be a beautiful night. Its a prime song to make a much more powerful edit. I also trimmed bits out of SOTT (the bit between "Call him Nate", and the drum ending), IT, and Hot thing.

The extra time allowed me to add the U got the Look (Longer Look) instead of the standard version.

Would I do it all again? No. I'd overburn the whole thing without editing!

I do one of these:

use the edited version of the song "Sign O' the Times", use the edited version of I could never take the place of your man", or I out a portion of "Beautiful Night".

did u ever heard about overburn...

and there is no need 4 editing.

i normally convert the songs to wave, use a program called audacity 2 amplify the sound (a kinda home remaster)

and i burn it with nero choosing the over burn option...

result:

a remastered one cd of sot

meltwithu said:

What I did for Pseudonyms is I just used 99 minute CDrs. Check to see if your burner can burn them and how much you can put on a 99 minute CDr. My burner only lets me burn up to 94 minutes, which is plenty

take out "slow love".

I like that song !

i don't !

rudedog said:

I had no idea there was such a thing as a 99 min CDR!

When burnt as CD Audio discs do they play in standard "Hi-Fi" CD players or will they only play on PC?

Tell me more...

I have burned the complete 2 CD's into 1 normal 80 min. CD-R, no need to edit or skip songs, I didn't use a computer CD burner, just a normal SONY CD Recorder.

Anxiety said:

Anxiety said:

AMEN!

and take out ICNTTPOYM. fucking barfsville man...

Xagain said:

NOOOOO!!!! THE SUN IS GONE!!!!

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

So why was it 2 discs then?

If I had to edit four minutes though, I'd cut out some of the excess instrumental portions on the title track and cut down the overlong It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night. And yeah, we could do without Slow Love.

I'd rather extend the original album!

CD 1

Sign O' The Times
Play In The Sunshine
Housequake
Strange Relationship
Feel U Up (long stroke)
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
It
Dream Factory
Starfish And Coffee
Slow Love
Hot Thing
La, La, La, He, He, Hee (highly exposive)
Last Heart
Crucial
Rockhard In A Funky Place

CD 2

Crystal Ball
Shockadelica (extended)
U Got The Look (long look)
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Good Love
Movie Star
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
The Cross
Forever In My Life
It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
Adore

MrSquiggle said:

Because back in the late '80s, early 90's... technology was not as far advanced, as it is today. CDs couldn't hold as much information.

That and I'm sure Warners wanted to add an extra cost for an exrta disc. SOTT cost twice as much as other CDs when it was released.

you could speed the whole thing up slightly lol

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

i think the answer is much simpler, he recorded it firstly as a vinyl record not as a cd...

servantsofpuas said:

Then why wasn't 1999 released on 2 CDs? He recorded it firstly as a double vinyl record, not as a CD.

Instead it was released on one CD with DMSR omitted, then quietly re-released once technology allowed more room on a CD.

I'm sticking to my story.

Cut off Slow Love...trust me you can live without it

You wont even miss it!

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

...plus, in the 1980's a "Double Album" was a big deal. An event to be reckoned with and the extra cost was only justified on really major acts; as Prince was at the time. To trim Sign 'O' The Times to a single CD would have taken the shine off of such an event.

And why not do the same for 1999? Well, not only was the technology not there at the time to squeeze all 11 tracks on first time around, but also CDs came along after it was released so the first CD release of 1999 was a back-catalogue item, not a new release...

thekidsgirl said:

I will!

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

I think you are right.
Both items where released on vinyl first. When SOTT and 1999 where released on cd there was indeed an actual limitation of the duration of the cd.
So when you transform music to cd you try to save all.


That's why DMSR was omitted. When technology was pushed to the limits of the red? book of Philips and quality of the cd 's improved 1999 was rereleased.

SOTT was very expensive just due to the length of 81 a 82 minutes. Prince was at his peak of power at that won't and my guess is that he didn't allow a cut off version of SOTT.
[Edited 12/7/04 22:44pm]

Stripe said:

No you wont now suck it up and pretend it never existed!






j/k

misty2k said:

They should play anywhere. they play fine in my stereo at home and in my car and on my CD rom of course.

skywalker said:

Its blasphamous to edit any of those songs. Who cares whether its on one CD? I have lived with 2 discs for almost 20 years. It wouldn't be Sign o the Times with any of the songs dropped or edited.

miguelbulcao said:

Tell me more about this audacity to amplify, i always use sony soundforge waves pack platinum for mastering...