I'm listening to the June 7, 1984 Soundboard that recently surfaced. I cannot believe my ears. I am stunned that a recording of this stellar quality has finally seen the light of day. This is the kind of recording that I expected Prince to release when I paid for membership in the NPGMC years ago. If you haven't already tracked this down, you must. Whoever was working the boards that night knew exactly how to make the Revolution shine. The mix is tremendous. UNBELEIVABLE.

thetruefunksoldierebay said:

I'm listening to the June 7, 1984 Soundboard that recently surfaced. I cannot believe my ears. I am stunned that a recording of this stellar quality has finally seen the light of day. This is the kind of recording that I expected Prince to release when I paid for membership in the NPGMC years ago. If you haven't already tracked this down, you must. Whoever was working the boards that night knew exactly how to make the Revolution shine. The mix is tremendous. UNBELEIVABLE.

I must have clicked the wrong emoticon box, as I obviously meant to put a HUGE smiley on that last post!

yes fantastic indeed and that's an understatement

It's the NEW "Small Club" and a new standard by which all others should be compared.The Montreux 2009 soundboard is fairly amazing as far as sound quality goes as well...but THIS is just miraculous as far as historical value and the fact that we get "Roadhouse Garden" is the icing on the cake ! All I can think about every time I throw this on is how much I absolutely LOVE the rendition of "Noon Rendezvous" on here....Good GAWD !!!!

"Spanish Castle Magic" from Montreaux is one of those goosebump moments. Unbelievable energy.

If this is 4DF088 what r 4DF086 & 4DF087???

(The last one I heard of was Vedi Vini Vici which is 84-85)

& unless I'm a total dummy there is no torrent of it, is there, only the usual "FLAC-that-takes-six-hours" download? (Please mods note that I ain't asking WHERE, only IF).

you must have a shitty connection if it takes that long

databank said:

If this is 4DF088 what r 4DF086 & 4DF087???

(The last one I heard of was Vedi Vini Vici which is 84-85)

4DF 86-87 is Wembley Arena 3.3.95, it's a 2disc release.

4DF 84-85 is First Avenue '86, not Vendi, Vini Vici. First Avenue '86 is a different source for that show and quality is far, far superior to that of VVV.

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databank said:

& unless I'm a total dummy there is no torrent of it, is there, only the usual "FLAC-that-takes-six-hours" download? (Please mods note that I ain't asking WHERE, only IF).

There is a torrent of the '84 Birthday Soundboard, but it is in FLAC.

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TheDigitalGardener said:

databank said:

& unless I'm a total dummy there is no torrent of it, is there, only the usual "FLAC-that-takes-six-hours" download? (Please mods note that I ain't asking WHERE, only IF).

There is a torrent of the '84 Birthday Soundboard, but it is in FLAC.

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Thanks, I'll find it Flac is ok in torrents cuz it can b downloaded in several times, direct links in Flac r a hassle 4 me with my slow connection ^^

TheDigitalGardener said:

databank said:

If this is 4DF088 what r 4DF086 & 4DF087???

(The last one I heard of was Vedi Vini Vici which is 84-85)

4DF 86-87 is Wembley Arena 3.3.95, it's a 2disc release.

4DF 84-85 is First Avenue '86, not Vendi, Vini Vici. First Avenue '86 is a different source for that show and quality is far, far superior to that of VVV.

[Edited 8/26/11 8:44am]

Yeah I knew, I just call it VVV out of nostalgia (I'd have loved it if they'd kept the original title).

Thanks 4 the info regarding Wembley I c it's an audience recording and I usually hate these, particularly when they're from large avenues, so I guess I'll pass on this one

databank said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

4DF 86-87 is Wembley Arena 3.3.95, it's a 2disc release.

4DF 84-85 is First Avenue '86, not Vendi, Vini Vici. First Avenue '86 is a different source for that show and quality is far, far superior to that of VVV.

[Edited 8/26/11 8:44am]

Thanks 4 the info regarding Wembley I c it's an audience recording and I usually hate these, particularly when they're from large avenues, so I guess I'll pass on this one

Well, it is a good audience recording, not fantastic, but good all the same, and a great Gold era show.

Was it not you who recently download the entire 4DF catalogue? If it was you, then it would be a shame to exclude this one from your collection.

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TheDigitalGardener said:

databank said:

& unless I'm a total dummy there is no torrent of it, is there, only the usual "FLAC-that-takes-six-hours" download? (Please mods note that I ain't asking WHERE, only IF).

There is a torrent of the '84 Birthday Soundboard, but it is in FLAC.

[Edited 8/26/11 8:49am]

Yeah databank just download flac to mp3 or mp4 ...i use winamp..pretty easy and fast. Takes about a minute or two to turn them into Wav's at the very least.

paisleypark4 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

There is a torrent of the '84 Birthday Soundboard, but it is in FLAC.

[Edited 8/26/11 8:49am]

Yeah databank just download flac to mp3 or mp4 ...i use winamp..pretty easy and fast. Takes about a minute or two to turn them into Wav's at the very least.

Or to avoid converting to WAV first, then to mp3 and all that faff, convert flac direct to mp3 using this freebie http://www.dvdvideosoft.c...verter.htm

or just burn flac to cd instead of converting it to shitty inferior mp3

i don't understand you people

Dewrede said:

or just burn flac to cd instead of converting it to shitty inferior mp3

i don't understand you people

Exactly. I keep my downloads in flac and just play them from my external HD's, I don't even bother burning to cd anymore.

It's shameful that some people are still keeping stuff in mp3, or -EVEN WORSE- looking for ways of converting precious flacs into pure rubbish.

The last thing I hoped I could read is people complaining about putting torrents in flac.

databank said:

Yeah I knew, I just call it VVV out of nostalgia (I'd have loved it if they'd kept the original title).

They couldn't have 'kept' the title because it was not a reworking or a tweak of that boot. It was a totally new uncirculating source. Go ask Sabotage how much they liked it...

There was no need to maintain such a stupid title.

vitriol said:

databank said:

Yeah I knew, I just call it VVV out of nostalgia (I'd have loved it if they'd kept the original title).

They couldn't have 'kept' the title because it was not a reworking or a tweak of that boot. It was a totally new uncirculating source. Go ask Sabotage how much they liked it...

There was no need to maintain such a stupid title.

Sabotaged for their City Lights "remastered."

TheDigitalGardener said:

vitriol said:

They couldn't have 'kept' the title because it was not a reworking or a tweak of that boot. It was a totally new uncirculating source. Go ask Sabotage how much they liked it...

There was no need to maintain such a stupid title.

Sabotaged for their City Lights "remastered."

LMAO!

^Hence the 'Some more light for the city' slogan.

The guys perfectly knew THAT was going to happen...

vitriol said:

It's shameful that some people are still keeping stuff in mp3, or -EVEN WORSE- looking for ways of converting precious flacs into pure rubbish.

The last thing I hoped I could read is people complaining about putting torrents in flac.

First, I prefer FLAC. So not arguing that point.

2nd, I convert to mp3... for my fucking iPod that doesn't play FLAC. Most mp3 players don't play FLAC. Therefore, many of us convert to mp3 "rubbish" for our portable players. I do have all my FLACs backed up to my external of course...

and yeah, complaining about FLAC is ridiculous. Just get the high quality FLAC and convert if necessary. If you have a slow connection. Sorry. This is 2011.

TheDigitalGardener said:

databank said:

Thanks 4 the info regarding Wembley I c it's an audience recording and I usually hate these, particularly when they're from large avenues, so I guess I'll pass on this one

Well, it is a good audience recording, not fantastic, but good all the same, and a great Gold era show.

Was it not you who recently download the entire 4DF catalogue? If it was you, then it would be a shame to exclude this one from your collection.

[Edited 8/26/11 10:58am]

It was me indeed, but I already erased some of the audience recordings. No need to keep stuff I'll never listen to again...

Dewrede said:

or just burn flac to cd instead of converting it to shitty inferior mp3

i don't understand you people

CD? U mean these flat plastic circles? They still make them? Mmmh... CD are so 90's...

No seriously dudes, once I got it, flac is ok with me (even though my 1T hard drive is already almost full ), it's for the downloads that it's a hassle.

vitriol said:

It's shameful that some people are still keeping stuff in mp3, or -EVEN WORSE- looking for ways of converting precious flacs into pure rubbish.

The last thing I hoped I could read is people complaining about putting torrents in flac.

I never complained about TORRENTS being in Flac, I complained about direct download links in Flac. Some people happen to live in 3rd world countries with really slow internet connections (but on the other hand, here download and filesharing are legal and the RIAA can go to hell ).

Most of my music is in mp3 (including my old CD collection which I did rip in 320 mp3), the main reason being that I have more than 2500 albums and that for one thing, most of them were downloaded on P2P's where u don't find a lot of things in Flac, and the other reason being that when u have such a quantity of music files (and i ain't even mentioning the films!), u need to save some space if u wanna keep everything on a single 2.5 hard-disc.

U might say I favored quantity over quality. I'll tell u that I don't hear much of a difference between 320 mp3 and Flac, and that the fact that I don't really care about Prince remastering his old albums says it all

Different folks, different strokes, u know

But who knows, if one day Flac becomes the definitive 4mat and everything is available in Flac and I have a hi-speed connexions and they make 10T 2.5 discs, maybe I'll d/l everything again in Flac

This truly is an incredible recording. It's like I've never heard it before. I never thought I would be able to jam to his 1984 Birthday show in my car! I've listened to All Day All Night in my car for a week straight to and from work. Just amazing!!

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