Me thinks that the purple one is behind this 'leak'.

I dig the play list.

SPOOKYGAS said:

Riiiiight.

SPOOKYGAS said:

At first i thought this was just nonsense. But i had P on the phone a minute ago and he confirmed it.

FunkyDissCo said:

Props to FBG for getting a hold of lower generation sources and releasing it for free!

FunkyDissCo said:

You're lying, I just got off the phone to him and he said that someone else leaked it. He will be leaking his song with Lance Bass entitled "Reacharound" tomorrow though.

Mong said:

You're both lying. P has been in my living room pitchin JW for hours. *wish he'd leave ALREADY!

Ok, i must be tripping somehow but i can't hear any difference in Dorothy Parker. I thought it would be the extended version but un4tunately it ain't. What's the difference???

Also with Starfish & Coffee the difference is that melodic synth in the background isn't it? I never noticed it like that in the album mix.

Except 4 that it's really cool 2 have the songs with that quality!!!

SPOOKYGAS said:

I like your pangea.

squirrelgrease said:

I still have the vinyl too. This was my very first Prince boot.

It's great to finally have "Wonderful Ass" in high quality.

SPOOKYGAS said:

Well, there's some candy 4 u after all!

Been digging this all night, fucking awesome to have these songs sounding so good!

squirrelgrease said:

Well, if that actually does end up being the case, it would kill the rumor that the tapes in the vault are rotting

Nikademus said:

zaza said:

I am so lost. I feel like everyone knows something I don't. May I ask how people knew about this release?

lol

sadly-no you can't really ask that-we jus' do

kinda shocked you been a member 6 years n still can't find this stuff

anyways.....

whoever thinks P is behind this-GIVING stuff away.....your madder than he is

The DigitalGarden review is in...

http://www.thedigitalgard...lates.html

Box Of Chocolates

1 CDR
Label: Free Boot Generation
Cat No: #FBG 029
Running Time: 47:12
Source: Studio Recordings
Quality: EX+
Released: March 2010

Outtakes / Alternate Versions / Unreleased
Various Years

I’ll come right out and say it. This is superb. Utterly superb. Just when you think there are few surprises left in the bootleg world, this appears from nowhere and takes your breath away. I don’t think I can stress enough just how good this is or how important a release it is. These are not re-hashed outtakes from other bootlegs or tweaked versions of ones we’ve all had for a while. These are completely new sources, all taken from much lower generation tapes that have lay gathering dust for years and the difference to anything that has gone before is vast, to say the least.

To hear some of my favourite outtakes in this quality, after years of making do with the muddied versions of old, quite literally leaves me grinning from ear to ear. I make no apologies for my ‘we’re not worthy’ style worshipping to Free Boot Generation. I adore this bootleg, pure and simple. You should know all the songs well by now and I doubt there are any fans or collectors who don’t. Tracks like ‘The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker’ and ‘ Starfish & Coffee’ are the original versions intended for use on the abandoned ‘Dream Factory’ project, although differences are slight, in fact the opening half of this disc lends itself heavily to those sessions. Fan favourite (and certainly one of mine) ‘Wonderful Ass’ is a joy to behold in such high quality and has been on repeat on my player for the best part of a week already.

There’s little point talking in depth about these songs. We know them well. But if I haven’t made it clear already, I guarantee that you will not have heard them sounding this good before. Ever. This is studio quality right here and the added polish from FBG has been just the right amount to bring out the best in them. I can’t fault it at all and the team deserve some high praise indeed. We’ve had some real treats already this year (and I’m sure there are many more to come) and it may only be March... BUT I will stick my neck on the line right now by saying this is already shaping up to be ‘bootleg of the year’. Stunning and essential, the bar has just been raised. Again.

-thedigitalgarden.org

Cool review

LOL I am loving it but it is getting way too much attention and that can be hazardous to this place. dig?

01 - Witness 4 the Prosecution
02 - Movie Star
03 - A Place in Heaven
04 - The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
05 - Starfish and Coffee
06 - Girl O' My Dreams
07 - Cant Stop This Feeling I Got
08 - We Can Funk
09 - Data Bank
10 - Wonderful Ass
11 - All Day All Night

*****

All those songs were already circulating in excellent sound anyway. I'm not suprised at this tracklist as, bar 'Dorothy Parker' and 'Starfish', I made exactly the same one, largely because of the available sound quality.

The 'Dream Factory' Remaster is out there for free in brilliant quality. That includes many of these tracks (as well as 'Train' and others) which IMO won't be bettered.

DJ Foefur, has amazing remastered songs such as 'Rebirth of the Flesh', 'The Sex of It', 'Extraloveable', 'Dance with the Devil' and more also.

I appreciate this release is free (which I think is fantastic) and the efforts of those who put it together, but I don't consider it the 'unprecedented' bootleg that it seems to be garnering here.

OperatingThetan said:

These songs have not been circulating in this sound quality before. The improvement to All Day All night and Wonderful Ass is massive.

They have before been circulating in very decent sound quality but not excellent sound quality.

It is a joy to hear 'Wonderful Ass' especially in it's best widely circulating quality yet

But really, we're still doing the "I think Prince put this out there" thing in this thread? Come on now!

johnart said:

"Pretty Face"
"Joy in Rempatition"
"We can fall"

These italian booleggers really were under drugs or something back in the days I know we didn't know the genuine song names back then, but how can u hear "pretty face" instead of "data bank" and "fall" instead of "funk"??!

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databank said:

Export Lover has got to be the all-time best false title ever. don't remember what I saw it on thought

Did everyone hear about a volume 2 of this boot?
I really need to hear more.

Some nice upgrades, but some cack-handed mastering and attempts to improve on the source material. I don't want to appear to be ungrateful as I'm not, but if the source isn't exacty perfect, it's no point trying to mask flaws with amateurish EQ-'ing - it only makes things sound worse. For this reason, "We Can Funk" is pretty unlistenable and I actually prefer the previously circulating lower grade version of this mix.