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The Work volumes question Hi,a question or two about The Work volumes, I've been reading a bit about them on the internet, which is the best, what is the sound quality like? Also, how did they come into existence, were the songs taken from the vault by someone, leaked onto the internet? Cheers | |
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Volumes 1 thru 3 are the best, spanning 1976 to 1991 roughly. Quality is very good and believe are just compilation of leaked vault songs, demos and remixes. | |
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If U'r new to thes sets ...
Never heard any of this stuff... And U'r a big diehard fan..... U got to have them!! / Hear them Quality varies from track to track.. But dont let that be a distraction Most are good to ex..a few may be poor Theres a lot of good stuff on them.... Most are now Outake Classics among Prince Fans Vol. 5 and up..are nothin too special...Unlike the 1st Four Vol's | |
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I don´t have that either.  [Edited 7/25/07 14:05pm] "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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I have Volumes 1-5.
The sound quality ranges mostly from "good" all the way to "above average". There are only a couple songs that I'd say are "poor". It seems of course that the later the track, the better the quality (although not always the case). A few highlights for me (in no particular order): Moonbeam Levels Play The Grand Progression Bliss Good Man Witness 4 The Prosecution (2 versions) Old Friends 4 Sale (2 versions) Empty Room Broken Mutiny Train Teacher, Teacher Rebirth Of The Flesh Neon Telephone There are a whole lot more that I love, but these are my absolute favorites. |
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Se7en said: I have Volumes 1-5.
The sound quality ranges mostly from "good" all the way to "above average". There are only a couple songs that I'd say are "poor". It seems of course that the later the track, the better the quality (although not always the case). A few highlights for me (in no particular order): Moonbeam Levels Play The Grand Progression Others Here With Us Bliss God is alive Witness 4 The Prosecution (2 versions) Old Friends 4 Sale (2 versions) Empty Room Broken Mutiny Train Teacher, Teacher Rebirth Of The Flesh Neon Telephone There are a whole lot more that I love, but these are my absolute favorites. more highlights EXTRA LOVEABLE Around the World in a day (long Version than wats on the ATWIAD album All Day All Night Desire Good Man Me Touch Myself Slave 2 the System Zannalee it goes on and on!! [Edited 7/25/07 15:13pm] | |
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moviestar08 said: Se7en said: I have Volumes 1-5.
The sound quality ranges mostly from "good" all the way to "above average". There are only a couple songs that I'd say are "poor". It seems of course that the later the track, the better the quality (although not always the case). A few highlights for me (in no particular order): Moonbeam Levels Play The Grand Progression Others Here With Us Bliss God is alive Witness 4 The Prosecution (2 versions) Old Friends 4 Sale (2 versions) Are these available to buy? Or should I not be asking that here? Empty Room Broken Mutiny Train Teacher, Teacher Rebirth Of The Flesh Neon Telephone There are a whole lot more that I love, but these are my absolute favorites. more highlights EXTRA LOVEABLE Around the World in a day (long Version than wats on the ATWIAD album All Day All Night Desire Good Man Me Touch Myself Slave 2 the System Zannalee it goes on and on!! [Edited 7/25/07 15:13pm] Stop lookin at me like that unless u wanna bite that! | |
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Open Book
Love .... Thy Will B Done All My Dreams Baby , You're A Trip Eternity Wouldn't You Love To Love Me I Can't Love You Anymore etc , etc | |
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camsmom95687 said: moviestar08 said: more highlights EXTRA LOVEABLE Around the World in a day (long Version than wats on the ATWIAD album All Day All Night Desire Good Man Me Touch Myself Slave 2 the System Zannalee it goes on and on!! [Edited 7/25/07 15:13pm] Where are these albums from? Are they bootlegs? Stop lookin at me like that unless u wanna bite that! | |
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outtakes [Edited 7/25/07 15:22pm] | |
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Dewrede said: outtakes
[Edited 7/25/07 15:22pm] Some are outtakes, some are demos, some are simply unreleased. I do think that some of the songs are considered "gems" only because they're unreleased! At this point, I would rather they not be released (as opposed to a gem being put on a dud album). Or, just release another albums of all outtakes and demos, but in chronological order. |
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camsmom95687 said: camsmom95687 said: Bootlegs? Yes. Some (very few) have made their way into the real world onto available works. Don't Talk To Strangers was featured on the Girl 6 soundtrack, Rebirth Of The Flesh was available thru NPGMC (although a censored demo). Whatever your views on bootlegs are, that is up to you. I can 100% guarantee you that if Prince made these available (at even double normal price) I would buy them. Until then, I revisit The Work and it is like a Fountain Of Youth that replenishes my love for his music. |
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Wow- thank you- I have been trying to get my collection of his work pretty complete. I have all of the official iones of course-and am always looking to see what else is out there that I can appreciate.
Se7en said: camsmom95687 said: Bootlegs? Yes. Some (very few) have made their way into the real world onto available works. Don't Talk To Strangers was featured on the Girl 6 soundtrack, Rebirth Of The Flesh was available thru NPGMC (although a censored demo). Whatever your views on bootlegs are, that is up to you. I can 100% guarantee you that if Prince made these available (at even double normal price) I would buy them. Until then, I revisit The Work and it is like a Fountain Of Youth that replenishes my love for his music. Stop lookin at me like that unless u wanna bite that! | |
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Cheers, I look forward to getting these and filling up my collection - I still have one or two more albums to get before moving onto the works though. A question though, who first compiled The Work and how did they get the unreleased tracks? | |
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Smillan said: A question though, who first compiled The Work and how did they get the unreleased tracks?
The Work parts 1 - 4 (or 1-5? I forget) were released on the now defunct 'Thunderball' bootleg label (previously known as 'Moonraker'). I think it was their last studio out-takes release, pretty much just collecting every widely circulating out-take upto that point and recycling them for 'The Work', putting them in chronological order. The rest of them are fan CD-R releases. There are thousands of bootleg CDs, sadly the market for them has pretty much all but dried up because of the internet and it's ease of use for file sharing and trading. | |
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