'For You' to 'Lovesexy.' PLEEEAAAASE!

Please sign on this thread!

Signed, Marrk!

Marrk said:

I do sign but mr P won't do it.

udo said:

You never know, showing him some love might change his mind!

Marrk said:

Nope. He hates his fans, AND if he remastered the old stuff, he'd edit the shit out of it....LITERALLY. That'd make things like Dirty Mind a cassingle at best. He'd resing "Sexuality" as "Spirituality" on the Controversy album, and can you imagine the political hubbub that "Ronnie Talk 2 Russia" would become? "Do Me, Baby" would become "Save Me, Jesus". There's a place for everything, but Prince remastering the old shit ain't it.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

He does have a say. Part of his parting contract w/ WB was that he has final say over anything they release. It's why songs like "Erotic City" were removed from Ultimate before it was released, and also why the original track list was chronological, but then divided up between album versions and B-sides/12"ers. He could call WB any day and say "Let's get the remasters going." But he plays dumb with it in public and says he "wonders why" no one has started to remaster those albums, as if his hands are tied because he "doesn't own Purple Rain". He might not own it, but he has some say so in things, IF he chose to exercise that. WB ain't stupid. They know a remastered set of some albums would sell well, and they'd probably put a huge marketing campaign behind it to assure sales beyond the 200,000 core fan base purchases. But he's such a brat, why bother. It'll take him dying before anything great comes of those old albums, or the Vault.

Signed, Pandurito

The Blu-Ray and DVD Prince Archives Vol. 1 1978-1988 box sets contain ten discs that span the first decade of the artist’s career.” Included in these years are previously unreleased songs, outtakes and live tracks .

Blu-ray audio is presented in ultra-high resolution 24-bit/192 kHz stereo PCM state-of-the-art master quality sound.

Audio in the DVD edition includes ten discs presented in high resolution 24-bit/96 kHz PCM audiophile-quality sound.

The CD edition is 10 discs presented in standard resolution 16-bit/44 kHz stereo PCM CD quality sound.

ernestsewell said:

Unfortunately strange but true.

peter430044 said:

And I hate that it's true. I think about Jeff Lynne, founder of ELO, who has remastered those old albums, expanded them w/ bonus tracks, and bumped the artwork up a notch.. Great sets, and not a lot on the price tag either. Hell, even the MJ expanded sets were pretty fucking amazing.

Sorry to steal this thread but I guess we have to look for non-USA-linked countries (i.e.: no MPAA/RIAA/etc-influenced (C) laws) to remaster (from old issues, sadly) and press the stuff?

udo said:

I don't think that's the kind of remastering we really desire. Having an outside entity do it would just be "make the discs louder". This would be okay... but what really is needed is for Prince to go in and not only make the CDs louder, but make sure the mix sounds perfect. Everything up to Graffiti Bridge needs that treatment.

What was the deal with that anyways?? Sign O' The Times is practically silent compared to Purple Rain, Controversy, and especially Gold (loudest disc ever? Yes.)

We're thinking that these will be remastered and released later this year in Japan.
http://prince.org/msg/7/309365

I really think fans should ban together and not give Prince anymore money unless we get some quality material. His albums are his own and whether I like them or not, is not really what i'm talking about. But paying $77 for stuff we already have is just BS. If we stopped funding his KISS wannabe merch, he would realize he needs us more than we need him. But of course, I'm talking to wall here.

honestly, all they really need is to do a new digital transfer to disc for most of them and turn them up a little, but not so much that there's clipping. and please no compression added. i'm perfectly happy with the job done on "Ultimate" and would much prefer this to anyone going in and fooling around with the mixes, or worse, Prince going in and editing all of the "Prince" out of it.

errant said:

I can't take you seriously with that avatar

PANDURITO said:

ditto

daPrettyman said:

Are those really remasters and not just reissues?

errant said:

Oh, but I agree with your words Something good is better than nothing.

I'm buying many remasters from the 60s to the 80s lately though and many things can be done right
I'd even accept new 5.1 remixes

udo said:

We're not sure. However, from the way the description is, the cd would be reissued in a new format. There is an article or 2 on the thread.

billymeade said:

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Thanks for (nearly) everybody's lack of interest. What a crap set of fans he has.

Marrk said:

Come on Marrk, of course this is what everybody would like. We have had countless threads over the years about when Prince remasters will be released. I think Prince knows by now but having said that he does not seem to like "wishlists" or "ultimatums" from us (paraphrasing the song Love there)

Don't be BLIND my FRIENDS....u all know that this desire from the FANBASE will NOT C THE LIGHT OF DAY!!



[Edited 6/5/09 1:37am]

Would be great if this happened.....doesn't seem likely though.

I don't think that Prince himself should be doing the remastering. Many of his own releases from the past 15 years have been too clipped, too loud and flat sounding. Get someone like Bernie Grundman, who mastered Prince's original vinyl LP's and did such a great job on the MJ remasters... Or get Steve Hoffman, or even Susan Rogers, to do the remastering. A bunch of clipped/distorted remasters would not be much better than what we have now... if remastering is going to be done, it should be done right.

Sign me up! I support this project.

ernestsewell said:

I have those ELO remasters and they truly are amazing.Especially the limited edition 'Out Of The Blue' CD,which even includes a cut-out spaceship,just like the original vinyl release in 1977.

Well I remember talking to Mr.Hayes before a show around 2000 and he said they were rerecording all the old albums. I bet they're all finished and Prince had no immediate intention to release them.

In 2013, 35 years after the release of for you will be when Prince regains ownership.Each album will return to him in chronological order of the original release. As far as remastered versions. I really doubt he wants WB to reap the rewards of his music remastered,because they will definitely sell. So if we do eventually see a remastering of the early stuff, I bet it won't be until it's in his ownership.

sunlite said:

rerecording? Please, keep those in the Vault.

remko said:

I agree.I won't buy any of these albums if they are re-recorded.Can you imagine how ridiculous an album like 'Dirty Mind' would sound if he re-records it and changes the lyrics? No,thank you.