psychodelicide said:

^^

emilio319 said:

Stop it. Please. It's not "disagreeing" to say you're completely off road. And your post is not even "a take on it". It's nonsense.

beener04 said:

Yep , exact same drum pattern. DB is just nowhere near as funky as "I Just Want To Be"
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FunkyDissCo said:

Why is it nonsense? Expand on your answer...

Fact is ....

*All of a sudden the Roadhouse Rehearsal footage became widely available all of a sudden.

*All of a sudden the video for "A Million Days" magically appears.

*All of a sudden "Box of Chocolates" appears.

*I can go online and in less than 10 seconds find a place that has hundreds of Prince concerts and bootlegs available for sale out in the open.

* Yet if you post a cover of a Prince song on youtube it gets taken down in no time.

What's so hard to believe that Prince is behind SOME of these???

I'm no "Prince FAM" (in other words, deranged Prince lunatic like some people on here) so I don't know what's up with your response. Seems like a logical explanation to some of these releases that go viral online and get a buzz going.
If you are gonna disagree at least give an intelligent response.

jayquan said:

Really???


Data Bank wow, that's an amazing Prince track, a classic. I don't know that Cameo track, it must be "seriously great" then.

emilio319 said:

Prince doesn't give away albums of unreleased music for free. Simple as. And if he had, it'd be edited, overdubbed and Starfish & Coffee/Dorothy Parker wouldn't be on there. Neither would Wonderful Ass come to that.

Prince did not leak this, someone else did, and I am grateful that they did.


*edited for dreadful spelling mistakes
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erik319 said:
Prince doesn't give away albums of unreleased music for free. Simple as. And if he had, it'd be edited, overdubbed and Starfish & Coffee/Dorothy Parker wouldn't be on there. Neither would Wonderful Ass come to that.

Prince did not leak this, someone else did, and I am grateful that they did.


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You cannot know that for sure. Again, hypothetically speaking, if he were to release it like this he wouldn't have to answer questions about it or read articles questioning "Why is he releasing this now" and "Is he releasing this now because he feels that his 80's material is better than his current material"...etc. This would be a great way to remind people of what a genius you are... Releasing music without officially releasing it. If you think that idea is far-fetched than you are being very close minded (I'm speaking to everyone). It would be very easy for him to do this if he wanted to. I have absolutely no insider knowledge or anything like that, just a hardcore music fan who is pointing out the obvious.

emilio319 said:

"Box O Chocolates" sounds really good, but it's not master release quality. Definitely not a Prince leak.

emilio319 said:

emilio319 said:
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You cannot know that for sure. Again, hypothetically speaking, if he were to release it like this he wouldn't have to answer questions about it or read articles questioning "Why is he releasing this now" and "Is he releasing this now because he feels that his 80's material is better than his current material"...etc. This would be a great way to remind people of what a genius you are... Releasing music without officially releasing it. If you think that idea is far-fetched than you are being very close minded (I'm speaking to everyone). It would be very easy for him to do this if he wanted to. I have absolutely no insider knowledge or anything like that, just a hardcore music fan who is pointing out the obvious.[/quote]

Yes, you're right. Maybe Prince leaks his own stuff to well known free labels run by fans.

Maybe he also has a vagina. You cannot know that for sure either. Again, hypothetically speaking, if he were to show his vagina, he wouldn't have to answer questions about it anymore or read articles questioning "Is Prince gay?" and "Is he boy or girl?"... etc. So this would be a great way to remind people of what a drag queen he was... If YOU think THAT idea is far-fetched thEn you are being very close minded. It would be very easy for him to do this if he wanted to. I have no insider knowledge or anything like that, just a hardcore fan who is pointing out a possibility.

So, have you ever seen his penis?

edit: see below
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databank said:

vc40 did answer the question earlier. But more specifically, Dorothy Parker and Starfish And Coffee are the same mix-downs that appear on the official vinyl, 8-track, cassette and CD releases we have had for years. The difference is, as vc40 pointed out, proprietary source tapes were used to master this digital release and to my ears, the sound is refreshingly new.

FunkyDissCo said:

Wow, nevermind. That's what I get for trying to have an intelligent conversation on here. Forgot this place is loaded with weirdos.

emilio319 said:

No. Your theory is completely devoid of logic.

squirrelgrease said:

I listened to Dorothy Parker yesterday and got lost in the bassline & snare. Just concentrate on those and the song just becomes hypnotic, it's fantastic. Doesn't do it the same with the album version.

erik319 said:

Just to clarify, you made that stuff up about the vagina, right..?



Is this the first version of Databank to be released that includes the very first bit of the song? All the one's I've had over the years have started about quarter of a second in, cutting off the very first bit.

emilio319 said:

It's understood that you did try to spark up a conversation. The problem is that you offer an opinion which is based on absolutely no facts, is completely conspiratorial and makes no sense in regard to Prince's current religious beliefs, history of turning his back on the past and complete disdain for bootlegs and unauthorized use of his music/image/Symbol etc.

squirrelgrease said:

I heard the same thing with my ears my friend...so i second what u said!

erik319 said:

Vagina?
Where?!

erik319 said:

Well, as long as there's no counter evidence, there's still room for weird theories, eh?

emilio319 said:

Someone "all of a sudden" uploaded it , you or I could do the exact same and have it live for the world to see in a couple of hours. The footage itself has been circulating widely for a LONG TIME.

emilio319 said:

Bootlegs are released on CD/download regularly, this being one of them. The "catalog" number FBG29, denotes it is not the first time this label has released something, unless you're saying Prince is behind all the others too.

The tracks on BOC aren't perfect, why would Prince clandestinely release audio tracks in low-generation quality, to known bootleggers, so they could put this out there for free. He has his own subscription based website where he could charge MONEY for putting them out there himself in perfect quality.

emilio319 said:

It's not a case of belief, there's simply no evidence, besides being entirely unlikely and illogical - I'd guess some folks here know the people behind these releases, they're fans after all.

Think about it.

NouveauDance said:

Precisely, it was the same with all the 'Prince released this on 3121 date' (which I still don't get)... Err no, people have had this stuff for years, slowly but surely it has been passed to other people and it just happened to go mainstream last week and we could all enjoy them. No Prince involvement other than originally recording them.

*edit - dodgy quoting
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billymeade said:

OK, we don't have Taco Bell in the uk so it was lost on me i'm afraid.

emilio319 said:

I can reveal to you the percentage of involvement Prince has had with these recent releases.














0%





That would mean that out of a possible 100% involvement, the actual percentage is 0. Zero means none, as in no involvement. Its like when someone could have done something, but didn't. In that case you would say "hey, he had nothing to do with that" and I would say "yes, he had zero involvement".

emilio319 said:

I can guarantee you 100% P had no involvement (other than originally recording the songs of course) in releasing these outtakes. The guys who did this are just fans like you and I, and they wanted to share these rarities with the wider fan community.

emilio319 said:

Thanks

Reverend said:

Well much respect & thanks to the people that released it and yes the artwork is awesome, I love it. Props to you Rev!!!! I love that style.