Michael Jackson has Thriller 25 coming out soon and it just occurred to me, shit, 1999 is hitting that anniversary too!

So, why isn't 1999 remastered? With bonus tracks? And a DVD? And awesome packaging?

I guess we're "lucky" that we even have a version with "D.M.S.R." on it?

http://img106.imageshack....ollju7.swf

Maybe something to start thinking about for Purple Rain 25.

wiki says October 27, 1982

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...28album%29

Yeah and Thriller came out in December 1982, Thriller 25 drops February 2008 - that wasn't my point either.

Cinnie said:

It's already been remastered! Oh, wait...that was the new master.
[Edited 12/2/07 21:34pm]

Cinnie said:

Wait, theres a version without DMSR? I couldn't imagine my life without dance music sex and romance!!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

CoolTarik1 said:

yeah, CDs couldn't hold as many minutes of music in the 80s so "D.M.S.R." was removed when it was first issued. you'll see it like that at used music stores.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

he should be ashamed for that mess! comparing it to a real remastered song or album. that aint gettin' it,princey poo!

Well, it should have got the reissue treatment in...ummmm I don't know, call me crazy but maybe the fucking year it was named after !!. I mean, how much of a no brainer was that ???

mynameisnotsusan said:

And that year came and went. Let's just start campaigning for Purple Rain 25 NOW.

A 25 year re-release could help another generation, come on the boat..

Too bad Prince isn't celebrating this milestone with a deluxe 2-CD special edition with bonus tracks,rare photos,new essay,new packaging and most important,remastered sound

A 25th Anniversary edition with the remastered album on one disc and another disc of unreleased tracks from that era would be really great. Prince will never do it though. Too bad Warner Bros. doesn't own his unreased tracks. Maybe they could release them just to piss him off.

Cinnie said:

Yeah... the copy I found at FYE on 7/7/07, brand new, has DMSR.

and I don't even like the song.
Call me an uncaring wretch.
But that's just how it is.

haha... it'd save me skipping time if my copy didn't have that song on it at all. And I actually got a few other versions of it floating around my harddrive.
[Edited 12/3/07 7:48am]

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

That's hilarious! Then the first edition CD is for you.

SoulAlive said:

Yes! Yes. All of the above!!!!

vainandy said:

Prince should re-release it with outtakes from that album and or year, all polished and clear.

So 1999 just made 25 years? I must have the remastered version because DMSR is on it. I got the last/only copy!

Prince should let them [the bloody remasters] be released!

Even U2 finally released the remastered The Joshua Tree in 3 editions!

"...remastering directed by The Edge..."


I can imagine how the Prince remasters would sound like with such a direction... "Remastering directed, remixed, rearranged and re-cleaned by the most high - Jehova."


Okay, that wasn't funny.
[Edited 12/4/07 0:18am]

My dream re-release (trying to be somewhat realistic):

1999: 25th Anniversary Edition [Warner Bros/NPG]

CD1: The complete album, remastered and uncensored (keep your hands off it Prince! )

CD2: Bonus tracks and more
-Irresistible Bitch
-How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
-Horny Toad
-Little Red Corvette (Dance Mix)
-1999 (The New Master)
-Moonbeam Levels*
-Delirious (Extended Version)*
-Plus video files for all the promo videos and a live excerpt!

*previously unreleased

- Extensive liner notes by someone close to Prince at the time (Dez, Wendy & Lisa, Bobby Z), with a catchy title like "Party At The Apocolypse"

- Original Artwork, complete with the pics from the inner sleave of the original LP.

- Only make 199,999 copies of the thing, with each one assigned a production number to give it some real value!

- A re-release of What Time Is It? and Vanity 6 (also remastered) to coincide with the release.


[Edited 12/4/07 0:25am]

toejam said:

I don't want to see that again on any release!

^I was waiting for someone to say that

didn't mj already release a 20th anniversary edition with bonus tracks and interviews, at least prince don't make the fans pay new money for old rope ( aprt from 1999:the new master that is)

Cheek said:

yeah it was

Patrick1985 said:

mmmm Patrick

u got dat new rope, yamsayin?