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Thread started 10/18/02 2:30am

kelfog

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Black Album: Official vs. Bootleg Version

Looking for some help...trying to understand the difference between the trax on the official WB release of the Black Album (1994) and what is on a bootleg of it (circa 1988).

Does anyone have both the official and a boot of the Black Album to know if they came from the same source? Sorry if this has been asked before but the search function seems to be still down for maintenance...

Thanks!
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Reply #1 posted 10/18/02 2:56am

thebumpsquad

The Official Released Black Album:
Le Grind
Cindy C
Dead On It
When 2 R In Love
Bob George
Superfunkycalifragisexy
2 Nigs United 4 West Compton
Rockhard In A Funky Place


Unofficial:
The same tracks as above with
In All My Dreams
Old Friends 4 Sale.

I think there are LOTS of different versions of the unofficial release tho-all on diff labels, and under the name of diff artists.
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Reply #2 posted 10/18/02 3:39am

squirrelgrease

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If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot.
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Reply #3 posted 10/18/02 9:43am

BorisFishpaw

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Most of the bootlegs have the same tracks.
Sometimes with a few extra outtakes tagged
on the end.

A common fault with a lot of bootlegs was
that they missed out the fade-back bit at
the end of 'Rockhard In A Funky Place' and
some of them play just a little bit too
fast, and of course sound quality varies.
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Reply #4 posted 10/18/02 12:53pm

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I have a bootleg copy of it where the first 4 songs are on Track 1 and the last 4 songs are on Track 2. It has a lot of official logos like yes and the Paisley Park Logo and the sound quality is pretty good, but as with any other bootleg copy, it became a waste when the REAL official release came out in '94.
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