just recieved a copy god ud think it was an original release...with the casing and the way the discs are printed...what an amazing collection!!!......the songs sound amazing 2 nice crisp and clear ....however bit dissapointed in some 12 inch versions...most are just added instrumentals...with no added lyrics....thought the housequake (7 min mno quake)...was a waste of bloody time....no singin at all ..however im in love with God (Instrumental)...beautiful ...what u guys think of it?

I love this collection, it really is a must have.

Some nice hard to find gems on there too.

i love it! never had heard alot of the songs until i got it! awesome collection!!

It's a godsend. What WB and Prince should have done.

Any patricular tracks that stick out 4 u guys?.....and who is this "T"?

I'm not positive, but I don't think there's anything on there that I haven't had for many years. However, I love those tracks, so I'm sure it's fabulous!

Optimus2 said:

Any patricular tracks that stick out 4 u guys?.....and who is this "T"?

I love all the Parade tracks. The Face Down remixes are good too, amd i really like the extended America.

The Gett Off Damn Near 10 Mins Mix is another highlight for me.

TheDigitalGardener said:

Optimus2 said:

Any patricular tracks that stick out 4 u guys?.....and who is this "T"?

I love all the Parade tracks. The Face Down remixes are good too, amd i really like the extended America.

The Gett Off Damn Near 10 Mins Mix is another highlight for me.

yeah ive always adored Mountains....with a passion!...Pop Life (Extended) was good 2...and love the Pope Remix...I Wish U Heaven Parts 2 and 3...But My Fave 3 are, Paisley Park, Feel U Up and God (Instrumental)

the Beautiful extended club mix always has skips in it, no matter how many times I come across this hoping that it has no errors.

errant said:

the Beautiful extended club mix always has skips in it, no matter how many times I come across this hoping that it has no errors.

yeah mine does that!!! ...im sure hes just created that track tho with audacity or sumthin grrr...shoud of had the universal love remix on there...then it wudda been perfect

Optimus2 said:

errant said:

the Beautiful extended club mix always has skips in it, no matter how many times I come across this hoping that it has no errors.

yeah mine does that!!! ...im sure hes just created that track tho with audacity or sumthin grrr...shoud of had the universal love remix on there...then it wudda been perfect

the point of the set is to have stuff on there that isn't easily (or at all) available on CD.

errant said:

Optimus2 said:

yeah mine does that!!! ...im sure hes just created that track tho with audacity or sumthin grrr...shoud of had the universal love remix on there...then it wudda been perfect

the point of the set is to have stuff on there that isn't easily (or at all) available on CD.

i know...but god, how come you dont call me, 17 days, soft and wet are on teh hits/b-sides...kapish?

Optimus2 said:

errant said:

the point of the set is to have stuff on there that isn't easily (or at all) available on CD.

i know...but god, how come you dont call me, 17 days, soft and wet are on teh hits/b-sides...kapish?

yeah, I know. and there's a lot of empty space at the end of one or two of those earlier discs as well.

errant said:

the Beautiful extended club mix always has skips in it, no matter how many times I come across this hoping that it has no errors.

Mmm, my version of that track is fine, it's my Gett Off Damn Near........ that has a skip, about 30 seconds from the end of the track, so no biggy, still slightly annoying though.

When this set came out, T charged a mint for it. He used to sell CDs for 20 bucks a pop, even multiple disc sets for 60 bucks, etc. T's material got "stolen" and used for things most notably the awesome triple threat release of Fantasia, Deposition, and Dreams. T released Preposition, a reworking of Deposition with supposedly better sounding files. I never picked that up as I had Deposition and was more than satisfied.

However, I did pick this set up years afterwards and it still stands the test of time as the best quality of these songs out there, period. The only way to improve on this stuff is to officially remaster it (assuming they get some pros to do it).

Incidentally - The copy of "Electric Intercourse" that is popularly circulating with edited vocal cues and such (it was taken from the rehearsal version) is a cleaned up, pristine copy of the track which P produced at my request. It was one of the only times he ever took requests, much less actually honored them.

Trivia.

Spinlight said:

When this set came out, T charged a mint for it. He used to sell CDs for 20 bucks a pop, even multiple disc sets for 60 bucks, etc. T's material got "stolen" and used for things most notably the awesome triple threat release of Fantasia, Deposition, and Dreams. T released Preposition, a reworking of Deposition with supposedly better sounding files. I never picked that up as I had Deposition and was more than satisfied.

However, I did pick this set up years afterwards and it still stands the test of time as the best quality of these songs out there, period. The only way to improve on this stuff is to officially remaster it (assuming they get some pros to do it).

Incidentally - The copy of "Electric Intercourse" that is popularly circulating with edited vocal cues and such (it was taken from the rehearsal version) is a cleaned up, pristine copy of the track which P produced at my request. It was one of the only times he ever took requests, much less actually honored them.

Trivia.

what r these boots? what do they consist of? unreleased albums?...neva herad of em

Optimus2 said:

Spinlight said:

When this set came out, T charged a mint for it. He used to sell CDs for 20 bucks a pop, even multiple disc sets for 60 bucks, etc. T's material got "stolen" and used for things most notably the awesome triple threat release of Fantasia, Deposition, and Dreams. T released Preposition, a reworking of Deposition with supposedly better sounding files. I never picked that up as I had Deposition and was more than satisfied.

However, I did pick this set up years afterwards and it still stands the test of time as the best quality of these songs out there, period. The only way to improve on this stuff is to officially remaster it (assuming they get some pros to do it).

Incidentally - The copy of "Electric Intercourse" that is popularly circulating with edited vocal cues and such (it was taken from the rehearsal version) is a cleaned up, pristine copy of the track which P produced at my request. It was one of the only times he ever took requests, much less actually honored them.

Trivia.

what r these boots? what do they consist of? unreleased albums?...neva herad of em

http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/ug2p/

The above site is no longer updated but is still useful.

http://thedigitalgarden.org/index.html This is the current guide to Prince boots.

[Edited 12/29/10 17:58pm]

It should be noted that T intentionally reversed the stereo channels on some of these tracks as some sort of lame "marker." As great as they may sound, I don't really approve of tampering like that.

TheDigitalGardener said:

Optimus2 said:

what r these boots? what do they consist of? unreleased albums?...neva herad of em

http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/ug2p/

thank you very much.....saved that site 2 favourites may cum in handy

jtfolden said:

It should be noted that T intentionally reversed the stereo channels on some of these tracks as some sort of lame "marker." As great as they may sound, I don't really approve of tampering like that.

hmmm what u mean? like at the begginbg of Another lonely christmas only the right speaker play 4 the first 2 seconds i noticed...he did it on purpose?

jtfolden said:

It should be noted that T intentionally reversed the stereo channels on some of these tracks as some sort of lame "marker." As great as they may sound, I don't really approve of tampering like that.

This is true. He did a lot of this stuff to a lot of tracks. I remember he even put a marker in a 30 second clip of a stereo, pristine quality segment of Computer Blue. WTF? lol.... The dude was totally fucking delusional when it came to Prince music, like most people who have stuff that isn't widely circulating.

Spinlight said:

jtfolden said:

It should be noted that T intentionally reversed the stereo channels on some of these tracks as some sort of lame "marker." As great as they may sound, I don't really approve of tampering like that.

This is true. He did a lot of this stuff to a lot of tracks. I remember he even put a marker in a 30 second clip of a stereo, pristine quality segment of Computer Blue. WTF? lol.... The dude was totally fucking delusional when it came to Prince music, like most people who have stuff that isn't widely circulating.

these people do have a very weird mentality. they didn't create it. they don't "own" it. they're just lucky or devious enough to have a tape and they just like to lord it over everyone. at one time, there was an opportunity to make money off of it. those days are long over. i really don't see the point in keeping it from the rest of the fan base, and then talking about it. it's just an ego trip. if they have it and I can't hear it, why would I personally care that they have it?

errant said:

Spinlight said:

This is true. He did a lot of this stuff to a lot of tracks. I remember he even put a marker in a 30 second clip of a stereo, pristine quality segment of Computer Blue. WTF? lol.... The dude was totally fucking delusional when it came to Prince music, like most people who have stuff that isn't widely circulating.

these people do have a very weird mentality. they didn't create it. they don't "own" it. they're just lucky or devious enough to have a tape and they just like to lord it over everyone. at one time, there was an opportunity to make money off of it. those days are long over. i really don't see the point in keeping it from the rest of the fan base, and then talking about it. it's just an ego trip. if they have it and I can't hear it, why would I personally care that they have it?

@ errant

Optimus2 said:

Any patricular tracks that stick out 4 u guys?.....and who is this "T"?

i love god!!!

errant said:

Spinlight said:

This is true. He did a lot of this stuff to a lot of tracks. I remember he even put a marker in a 30 second clip of a stereo, pristine quality segment of Computer Blue. WTF? lol.... The dude was totally fucking delusional when it came to Prince music, like most people who have stuff that isn't widely circulating.

these people do have a very weird mentality. they didn't create it. they don't "own" it. they're just lucky or devious enough to have a tape and they just like to lord it over everyone. at one time, there was an opportunity to make money off of it. those days are long over. i really don't see the point in keeping it from the rest of the fan base, and then talking about it. it's just an ego trip. if they have it and I can't hear it, why would I personally care that they have it?

Sadly, someone is still making money from this, and other releases, the OP paid quite a bit for this set.

TheDigitalGardener said:

errant said:

these people do have a very weird mentality. they didn't create it. they don't "own" it. they're just lucky or devious enough to have a tape and they just like to lord it over everyone. at one time, there was an opportunity to make money off of it. those days are long over. i really don't see the point in keeping it from the rest of the fan base, and then talking about it. it's just an ego trip. if they have it and I can't hear it, why would I personally care that they have it?

Sadly, someone is still making money from this, and other releases, the OP paid quite a bit for this set.

that's just silly.

Spinlight said:

jtfolden said:

It should be noted that T intentionally reversed the stereo channels on some of these tracks as some sort of lame "marker." As great as they may sound, I don't really approve of tampering like that.

This is true. He did a lot of this stuff to a lot of tracks. I remember he even put a marker in a 30 second clip of a stereo, pristine quality segment of Computer Blue. WTF? lol...

And Liberation put that snippet/segment on one of his releases.

purplerain14 said:

Optimus2 said:

Any patricular tracks that stick out 4 u guys?.....and who is this "T"?

i love god!!!

yeah the "instrumental" version is pretty amazing also!

errant said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Sadly, someone is still making money from this, and other releases, the OP paid quite a bit for this set.

that's just silly.

Yeah, a lot of these releases are being sold for quite high sums on ioffer, that site is crawling with them, and from what i noticed approx 90% of those being sold are cd-r's, with no artwork.

People are downloading stuff for free and making $. Even the free label stuff is being sold....crazy.

It really sticks in my throat.

However, that is another topic.

[Edited 12/29/10 18:23pm]

Really cool that people are still hearing some of this stuff (possibly) for the first time. Really sad that it's still being sold for large sums of money. It's all easily found for free, so unless you want a shiny plastic cover there really isn't a need to pay for it.