Is this from a superior source than what's been released before?

yes.

I mean no.

what was the question again?

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Mong said:

Is this from a superior source than what's been released before?

No, it's not from a new source, just improved from what we had before.

It's great.

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And the artwork rocks too

^ It does indeed, a nifty wee package.

it sounds really great. prince says he wasn't influenced by jazz until around the mid 80s, but this is very mid to late 70s sounding jazz funk. it's amazing that it's not a recording by a band

unique said:

it sounds really great. prince says he wasn't influenced by jazz until around the mid 80s, but this is very mid to late 70s sounding jazz funk. it's amazing that it's not a recording by a band

Well according to info in The Vault he was joined on these recordings by Bobby Z and Andre Cymone.

It's the shit. Great artwork.

The Loring Park stuff is actually groovier than a lot of the later instrumental stuff, and I'm a fan of most of that. Crazy that it was so earlier on, where did this dude go?!

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TheDigitalGardener said:

unique said:

it sounds really great. prince says he wasn't influenced by jazz until around the mid 80s, but this is very mid to late 70s sounding jazz funk. it's amazing that it's not a recording by a band

Well according to info in The Vault he was joined on these recordings by Bobby Z and Andre Cymone.

yeah, but it sounds like a tight 70s jazzfunk band, not something put together in the studio. i think of guys in afro's and duck blue flared suits jamming whilst not breaking a sweat or loosening the dickie bow

nothing like this

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I always loved these. Instrumental #2 being my fav. Love Andre Cymon's Bass work (wish it was Prince on bass though) . Bobby Z plays pretty tight. Really cohesive.

Big Chick

unique said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Well according to info in The Vault he was joined on these recordings by Bobby Z and Andre Cymone.

yeah, but it sounds like a tight 70s jazzfunk band, not something put together in the studio. i think of guys in afro's and duck blue flared suits jamming whilst not breaking a sweat or loosening the dickie bow

I get what you mean.

Mong said:

Is this from a superior source than what's been released before?

I just did a laugh spit on the screen when I read your name!

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great sound quality, many thanks

I have to come out of the shadows and say GOTDAMN!!! because this release is kicking every bit of my ass. Lawdhavemercy. Prince is like the mafia. Everytime you think you're out...

a truly essential addition to any collection. I am sure I have these on 'the boom box sessions', some big assed 4 or 5 CD collection from very early on?, however the sound quality and artwork on this smaller set is brilliant. It kills me as to just how talented P was from such a young age. Genius, pre and simple - always was, always will be.

Really wish we had a lsit of all the players on this set.

funkyhead said:

Really wish we had a lsit of all the players on this set.

It was Prince, Andre Cymone and Bobby Z.

TheDigitalGardener said:

funkyhead said:

Really wish we had a lsit of all the players on this set.

It was Prince, Andre Cymone and Bobby Z.

cheers, is that on all the trax?.

funkyhead said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

It was Prince, Andre Cymone and Bobby Z.

cheers, is that on all the trax?.

It's assumed so. Little information is known about these recordings, only the year, venue and the three players. It is not known who played what on which tracks.

TheDigitalGardener said:

funkyhead said:

cheers, is that on all the trax?.

It's assumed so. Little information is known about these recordings, only the year, venue and the three players. It is not known who played what on which tracks.

wow, didn't realise that Bobby was around for so long - must go and revisit my history of P .

Track 6 is my fave with some great muscianship and rubbery funk all over it.

WOW! This is one of the ultimate releases IMO

First Parade and now this!!!

Is this a GFS or FBS release?

alphachannel said:

Is this a GFS or FBS release?

Don't know what FBS is but it's neither, it's on Cosmic Records.

GFS were/are a pressed release label, this is a free download release.

Has anyone tried to burn these FLAC files to CD?

Some of the files are at 48khz, which would need to be converted down to 44.1khz in order to burn to CD.

Neither "Burrrn" nor "CDBurnerXP" can do that.

Is anyone using Audacity to convert?

~G

TheDigitalGardener said:

funkyhead said:

Really wish we had a lsit of all the players on this set.

It was Prince, Andre Cymone and Bobby Z.

Steve Fontano played drums also.Not sure what track(s) he performs on though.

TheDigitalGardener said:

alphachannel said:

Is this a GFS or FBS release?

Don't know what FBS is but it's neither, it's on Cosmic Records.

GFS were/are a pressed release label, this is a free download release.

My bad, I meant FBG (Free Boot Generation) -- they've had the primo releases of late so I thought this may be one of them...

I was waiting for he weekend to d/l this.

Now the two links I can find were both for Megaupload.

Why was I so patient.

Romeoblu said:

I was waiting for he weekend to d/l this.

Now the two links I can find were both for Megaupload.

Why was I so patient.

If you're just a little bit more patient, you may find that the links will have been updated with new ones...

...of course that's just a wild guess on my part

Reverend said:

Romeoblu said:

I was waiting for he weekend to d/l this.

Now the two links I can find were both for Megaupload.

Why was I so patient.

If you're just a little bit more patient, you may find that the links will have been updated with new ones...

...of course that's just a wild guess on my part

question. are we even allowed to say the word link on this forum anymore

I love these early years history and recordings

Always more to learn