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dont know if this has been posted on here yet but its yet another top quality release taken from vinyl .......this is volume one and it seems volume 2 is coming next week......brilliant stuff....

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Awesome news! I hope they do all the 12-inch releases next and then do the same for all the associates.

i know some fans dont like the single edits but i love them....thats how i first heard a lot of his music in the 80s.....a lot of these versions are not easy to find.....great stuff....

Efan said:

Awesome news! I hope they do all the 12-inch releases next and then do the same for all the associates.

Check the Fun With Vinyl volumes 1 till 18 from the same guys.

They cover most of what you ask for.

Those sets, together with this one, are essential archive material.

vc40 said:

Efan said:

Awesome news! I hope they do all the 12-inch releases next and then do the same for all the associates.

Check the Fun With Vinyl volumes 1 till 18 from the same guys.

They cover most of what you ask for.

Those sets, together with this one, are essential archive material.

Fun With Vinyl is orgasmically good. The only thing that would make it better is if it had some of the Sheila stuff it's missing. That's what I'm really hoping for.

Somebody is putting in some serious work on this stuff.

Efan said:

The only thing that would make it better is if it had some of the Sheila stuff it's missing. That's what I'm really hoping for.

I don't know what exactly you are missing, but this set ain't bad either:

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What is the tracklisting?

Graycap23 said:

Somebody is putting in some serious work on this stuff.

prince has some truly great followers....i am sure HE doesnt think so but his legacy is getting some tender loving care that his music deserves from fans who i cant thank enough...

blackbob said:

Graycap23 said:

Somebody is putting in some serious work on this stuff.

prince has some truly great followers....i am sure HE doesnt think so but his legacy is getting some tender loving care that his music deserves from fans who i cant thank enough...

I agree. Amazing. Keep up the good work.

vc40 said:

Efan said:

The only thing that would make it better is if it had some of the Sheila stuff it's missing. That's what I'm really hoping for.

I don't know what exactly you are missing, but this set ain't bad either:

Thanks! There are two Sheila releases that I haven't seen anywhere, though: The instrumental version of Sister Fate and the longer version of Hold Me. (Admittedly, the longer version of Hold Me is only of value to seriously obsessed completists--I think it's like 10 seconds longer or something--but still...I have a crappy version of it and would love to have a nicer one.)

Efan said:

Awesome news! I hope they do all the 12-inch releases next and then do the same for all the associates.

Done it....for the most part. These are the 7" singles. Very cool stuff. I downloaded it the other day.

Efan said:

The instrumental version of Sister Fate

Anthology cd3.

Can't find Hold Me at first glanse.

ernestsewell said:

Efan said:

Awesome news! I hope they do all the 12-inch releases next and then do the same for all the associates.

Done it....for the most part. These are the 7" singles. Very cool stuff. I downloaded it the other day.

I'm out of touch. I need to get crackin'.

vc40 said:

Efan said:

The instrumental version of Sister Fate

Anthology cd3.

Can't find Hold Me at first glanse.

Thanks. I'll set the dogs out for this tonight. Appreciate it!

Don't forget this set, great stuff, it's still out there.

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dannyd5050 said:

What is the tracklisting?

Prince - The Virtual U.S. 7" Singles Box Volume 1

CD1

1978-06-07 Soft And Wet
7" (US: WBS 8619)
A. Soft And Wet (3:01)
B. So Blue (4:26)

1978-11-21 Just As Long As We're Together
7" (US: WBS 8713)
A. Just As Long As We're Together (Edit) (3:25)
B. In Love (3:38)

1979-08-24 I Wanna Be Your Lover
7" (US: WBS 49050)
A. I Wanna Be Your Lover (Edit) (2:57)
B. My Love Is Forever (4:08)

1980-01-23 Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
7" (US: WBS 49178)
A. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (3:49)
B. Baby (3:09)

1980-03-25 Still Waiting
7" (US: WBS 49226)
A. Still Waiting (Edit) (3:48)
B. Bambi (4:22)

1980-09-10 Uptown
7" (US: WBS 49559)
A. Uptown (Edit) (4:09)
B. Crazy You (2:15)

1980-11-26 Dirty Mind
7" (US: WBS 49638)
A. Dirty Mind (Edit) (3:54)
B. When We're Dancing Close And Slow (5:18)

CD2

1981-09-02 Controversy
7" (US: WBS 49808)
A. Controversy (Edit) (3:35)
B. When You Were Mine (3:44)

1982-01-06 Let's Work
7" (US: WBS 50002)
A. Let's Work (Edit) (2:56)
B. Ronnie Talk To Russia (1:48)

1982-07-16 Do Me, Baby
7" (US: 7-29942)
A. Do Me, Baby (Edit) (3:57)
B. Private Joy (4:25)

1982-09-24 1999
7" (US: 7-29896)
A. 1999 (Edit) (3:36)
B. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (3:50)

1983-02-09 Little Red Corvette
7" (US: 7-29746)
A. Little Red Corvette (Edit) (3:08)
B. All The Critics Love U In New York (Edit) (3:15)

1983-08-17 Delirious
7" (US: 7-29503)
A. Delirious (Edit) (2:38)
B. Horny Toad (2:12)

1983-11-23 Let's Pretend We're Married
7" (US: 7-29548)
A. Let's Pretend We're Married (Edit) (3:40)
B. Irresistible Bitch (4:11)

CD3

1984-05-16 When Doves Cry
7" (US: 7-29286)
A. When Doves Cry (Edit) (3:47)
B. 17 Days (3:54)

1984-07-18 Let's Go Crazy
7" (US: 7-29216)
A. Let's Go Crazy (Edit) (3:46)
B. Erotic City (Edit) (3:55)

1984-09-26 Purple Rain
7" (US: 7-29174)
A. Purple Rain (Edit) (4:02)
B. God (3:59)

1984-11-28 I Would Die 4 U
7" (US: 7-29121)
A. I Would Die 4 U (Single Version) (2:57)
B. Another Lonely Christmas (4:51)

1985-01-25 Take Me With U
7" (US: 7-29079)
A. Take Me With U (Edit) (3:42)
B. Baby I'm A Star (Edit) (2:55)

1985-05-15 Raspberry Beret
7" (US: 7-28972)
A. Raspberry Beret (3:31)
B. She's Always In My Hair (3:27)

1985-07-10 Pop Life
7" (US: 7-28998)
A. Pop Life (3:42)
B. Hello (3:23)

1985-10-02 America
7" (US: 7-28999)
A. America (3:40)
B. Girl (3:51)

CD4

1986-02-05 Kiss
7" (US: 7-28751)
A. Kiss (Single Version) (3:45)
B. Love Or Money (3:52)

1986-05-07 Mountains
7" (US: 7-28711)
A. Mountains (3:58)
B. Alexa De Paris (3:20)

1986-07-02 Anotherloverholenyohead
7" (US: 7-28620)
A. Anotherloverholenyohead (Edit) (3:23)
B. Girls & Boys (Edit) (3:27)

1987-02-18 Sign 'O' The Times
7" (US: 7-28399)
A. Sign O' The Times (Edit) (3:42)
B. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (3:21)

1987-05-06 If I Was Your Girlfriend
7" (US: 7-28334)
A. If I Was Your Girlfriend (Edit) (3:46)
B. Shockadelica (3:30)

1987-07-14 U Got The Look
7" (US: 7-28289)
A. U Got The Look (3:46)
B. Housequake (Edit) (3:24)

1987-11-03 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
7" (US: 7-28288)
A. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Fade) (3:39)
B. Hot Thing (Edit) (3:40)

Thanks squirrelgrease!

So what do you think of 7" edits? To me the only unique ones are the mixes like "Let's Go Crazy" because they try so hard to add some of the album version into a 3+minute mix especially at the beginning. Most others just fade out though. Or skip the long intros.

[Edited 8/18/10 23:47pm]

dannyd5050 said:

Thanks squirrelgrease!

So what do you think of 7" edits? To me the only valuable ones are the mixes like "Let's Go Crazy" because they try so hard to add some of the album version into a 3+minute mix especially at the beginning. Most others just fade out though. I did think that I heard a little bit different vocals at the end of "Love or $" because I'm used to the 12" version. Also the ending of "Hello" is also different from the 12" version.

I dig 'em. I do gravitate towards full versions or extended cuts, but the reason behind sets like this is to bring certain songs from Prince's catalog to the digital domain. Most of them were never released on anything other those jukebox-friendly 45s, so for many, this is a collection of rare and often forgotten versions of songs that deserve a place in our libraries. As you point out, there are little things about the edits and truncated cuts that make these singles special in their own right.

In many cases, these are the exact songs that I heard on the radio for the very first time... memories .

squirrelgrease said:

dannyd5050 said:

Thanks squirrelgrease!

So what do you think of 7" edits? To me the only valuable ones are the mixes like "Let's Go Crazy" because they try so hard to add some of the album version into a 3+minute mix especially at the beginning. Most others just fade out though. I did think that I heard a little bit different vocals at the end of "Love or $" because I'm used to the 12" version. Also the ending of "Hello" is also different from the 12" version.

I dig 'em. I do gravitate towards full versions or extended cuts, but the reason behind sets like this is to bring certain songs from Prince's catalog to the digital domain. Most of them were never released on anything other those jukebox-friendly 45s, so for many, this is a collection of rare and often forgotten versions of songs that deserve a place in our libraries. As you point out, there are little things about the edits and truncated cuts that make these singles special in their own right.

In many cases, these are the exact songs that I heard on the radio for the very first time... memories .

Yep I first heard all the 1999 and Purple Rain 45s first. Memories is right! I have a lot of these on 45 but deifinitely not all of them. I just noticed that on "Housequake" they cut out the "shit" of "bullshit"!

And to think someone actually sat behind the desk or mixer to determine what would be cut out and what would be left in for the single edits.

[Edited 8/19/10 0:03am]

High quality archival of out of print vinyl is ALWAYS a good thing!!

If the original tapes are not being remastered properly then it is up to the fans that collected the orginals to do the next best thing...

Big thanks to those responsible for this and for the other mentioned sets! Please, keep up the excellent work.