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Cool release for the start of the year!

Available at your favorite cop spot. Please don't ask where to get it, publicly or privately.

Still downloading, but I hear these are in FANTASTIC quality.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

I hear these are in FANTASTIC quality.

They are indeed!!

Already the release of the year!

i just died 10000 times

vc40 said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

I hear these are in FANTASTIC quality.

They are indeed!!

Already the release of the year!

I bet it is! My connection is shit right now, so it might take a little bit to completely finish, but I'm assuming this is basically Box of Chocolates, Pt. II in a sense, speaking in terms of quality.

Lovin' it!!!

i had to triplecheck as i thought charade was redone a while back. it looks like the track heaven is the one that was on charade that hasn't appeared on a new boot. that's once track that would benefit from a nice copy, although i think there's a decent one out now

Can you say FUCKING FANTASTIC AMAZING STUFF?

Can you say LANDMARK RELEASE?

Can you say FROM FANS, FOR FANS, NO MONEY INVOLVED?

Well, that's what we're dealing with in this set.

Oh and BTW let me repeat for the n time:

this set can be obtained for free, as it has been shared strictly for the love of great purple music.

Please help so that the vultures sell no copies at all, by not buying them.

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unique said:

i had to triplecheck as i thought charade was redone a while back. it looks like the track heaven is the one that was on charade that hasn't appeared on a new boot. that's once track that would benefit from a nice copy, although i think there's a decent one out now

Yeah, I was really hoping Heaven was a part of this, too!! Can you imagine a damn near crystal-clear copy of that?! That'd be so cool!

Amazing release, amazing songs, amazing quality, amazing art. Did I mention that this is amazing?

cateto said:

Can you say FROM FANS, FOR FANS, NO MONEY INVOLVED?

this set can be obtained for free, as it has been shared strictly for the love of great purple music.

Please help so that the vultures sell no copies at all, by not buying them.

Just thought I would repeat part of your post for good measure.

[Snip - luv4u]

Wow, first time in a long time a Prince boot has kept me listening all the way to the end. Sound quality is brilliant!!!

Were these tracks all on the same demo tape or put together???

Are "Sometimes It Snows In April" and "Life Can Be So Nice" exactly the same as the album versions?

dol said:

Were these tracks all on the same demo tape ???

afaik they were.

Does this have the crossfade between Old Friends and All My Dreams?

alphachannel said:

Does this have the crossfade between Old Friends and All My Dreams?

they seque as originally intended

rialb said:

Are "Sometimes It Snows In April" and "Life Can Be So Nice" exactly the same as the album versions?

yeah, there aren't different versions of those tracks

unique said:

rialb said:

Are "Sometimes It Snows In April" and "Life Can Be So Nice" exactly the same as the album versions?

yeah, there aren't different versions of those tracks

Yes as UTCM.....Never understood why it was included as demos...

Ramzoo said:

unique said:

yeah, there aren't different versions of those tracks

Yes as UTCM.....Never understood why it was included as demos...

presumably they've kept the running order that was on the tape, like what they did with box of chocolates that has ballad of dorothy parker and starfish and coffee that are the same as the released version

it let's you hear an early take on the album how it features in an early config

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What a wonderful treat. Can't wait to hear this.

unique said:

rialb said:

Are "Sometimes It Snows In April" and "Life Can Be So Nice" exactly the same as the album versions?

yeah, there aren't different versions of those tracks

Cool. I am not complaining at all I was just curious.

This is so dope. Does anyone know how I can get this on to my ipod without comprimising sound quality?

Yum!

Hanklin said:

This is so dope. Does anyone know how I can get this on to my ipod without comprimising sound quality?

Convert to apple lossless?

Hanklin said:

This is so dope. Does anyone know how I can get this on to my ipod without comprimising sound quality?

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

try that or anything else that converts flac to apple lossless. or convert to wav and then convert to apple lossless. if you get really stuck i think ipods play wav files

depends if you are using windows or osx, but just google "flac to apple lossless"

unique said:

Hanklin said:

This is so dope. Does anyone know how I can get this on to my ipod without comprimising sound quality?

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

try that or anything else that converts flac to apple lossless. or convert to wav and then convert to apple lossless. if you get really stuck i think ipods play wav files

depends if you are using windows or osx, but just google "flac to apple lossless"

They do. But the file size will be huge. That being said, if you're listening on an iPod with earbuds, 320kbps mp3 should sound just fine in most environments.

Sharing these files as mp3s would be doing a great diservice to the fan community at large, so that's why it's left up to the individual to choose a favorite compression/conversion program for personal use.

On Mac I use XLD (it's free and regularly updated). On PC I use Free Audio Converter from dvdvideosoft. Both are intuitive for the novice and work flawlessly.

But save those Flacs, burn a disc and bump the big cones, too.

squirrelgrease said:

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What a wonderful treat. Can't wait to hear this.

That's the original "I would die 4 u" Purple Rain movie dance!

yip...that'll do nicely.. ....loving all these free fan releases....the internet at its very best...just wish i could take the internet back to the mid 80s....oh what fun i would have had...

Phishanga said:

squirrelgrease said:

[img:$uid]http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac268/squirrelgrease2009/AnimatedGifs/PrinceMuscleboundDance-1.gif[/img:$uid]

What a wonderful treat. Can't wait to hear this.

That's the original "I would die 4 u" Purple Rain movie dance!

It is too!

^ Prince on steroids.