I want them all remastered with bonus material from Dirty Mind to Lovesexy am greedy.

Stop dreaming ....there will B no Remasters with unreleased stuff as Bonus....in the best case only original Cd remastered without songs from the vault!

This is Clear i think now!!

[Edited 10/14/14 14:09pm]

From what I remember, the 180g vinyl reissue of 1999 was supposed to be remastered.

Well, if we get them, I don't want them mastered like Plect Elect. Music should not be mastered too quiet, or too loud. You've got to strike the right balance. Mid 90's mastering was as good as it will likely get, since now, it's all brickwalled to death.

love2thenines2003 said:

I think the remasters could go one of two ways.. and really it comes down to who is running the project.

Meaning, of coarse Prince has the final say so, but if Prince himself is the one running it completely, I think we will just get the albums remastered. Not throwing shade at P at all, but we all know P doesn't like looking back, asking him to repackage his 1980's albums with outtakes, extended mixes, live takes, etc.. I just see P getting bored with that really quickly.

However, If a team at WB are in charge of the packaging/material, I think we will get a little more. Probably a regular version for casual fans, and a deluxe version for hardcores. I wish, as i'm sure we all do, that they pull all the stops. A release like Bruce Springsteens "Darkness On The Edge of Town" box set would be awesome. Which if WB is calling the shots, I could see happeneing bc that means more money for them.

dm3857 said:

I think the remasters could go one of two ways.. and really it comes down to who is running the project.

Meaning, of coarse Prince has the final say so, but if Prince himself is the one running it completely, I think we will just get the albums remastered. Not throwing shade at P at all, but we all know P doesn't like looking back, asking him to repackage his 1980's albums with outtakes, extended mixes, live takes, etc.. I just see P getting bored with that really quickly.

However, If a team at WB are in charge of the packaging/material, I think we will get a little more. Probably a regular version for casual fans, and a deluxe version for hardcores. I wish, as i'm sure we all do, that they pull all the stops. A release like Bruce Springsteens "Darkness On The Edge of Town" box set would be awesome. Which if WB is calling the shots, I could see happeneing bc that means more money for them.

A box set like Bruce's is a pipe dream, but one with a tiny chance of happening....if WB can convince him it's the only way to profit. Remaster sales for the industry have been horrible. Multi-disc sets are almost the only ones with any profit margin. Single disc remasters sit in the bargin bins for 4.99/5.99, and some of these are former huge sellers. And it hurts me to have to remind us all that Prince really only had 4 big selling albums...5 if you count Batman.

But I'd bet on a two disc version of the big sellers, and no remasters for anything after SOTT...except maybe DAP. So that hurts...maybe no Lovesexy tracked with good sound

he said in a recent interview that the remaster for Purple Rain included no bonus material so I would asume 1999 is the same way

trax said:

he said in a recent interview that the remaster for Purple Rain included no bonus material

trax said:

he said in a recent interview that the remaster for Purple Rain included no bonus material so I would asume 1999 is the same way

WTF!?

udo said:

trax said:

he said in a recent interview that the remaster for Purple Rain included no bonus material so I would asume 1999 is the same way

WTF!?

When/where did he say this? If it is true, then I have zero interest in the remaster. I have PR already, and to my unsophisticated ears, sounds fine as is. I imagine most people who already own Purple Rain would say the same.

He didn't say that, although his comments in the interview alluded to it in a frightening way. He said something like "The songs are the same as they always were, but if the fans want to hear them again, I guess I can understand that" - something along those lines.

I find it really frightening how people can extrapolate on other people's words. If u take the Prince statement above and dissecate it word by word there is NOTHING that suggests that they will or won't be any bonus material, he's simply speaking about the original album. Some people need psychiatric help. I'm sorry but it's true.

So far the only mention of bonus material is the WB press release and it says there will be some.

Peace.

Rebeljuice said:

When/where did he say this?

Here's what he said (quote from ABCnews.com):

He's working on a re-release of the epic "Purple Rain" album for its 30th anniversary, but when asked if he's excited about it, he flatly says no. "Same album, just state-of-the-art sound," he says. "It's nice that it sounds better for the fans but I live in the now. I don't have to go backwards to celebrate."

[Edited 10/15/14 7:47am]

The good news is that ?estlove probably feels the same way we do about these bonus tracks, b-sides, re-mastering, etc. He's our proxy spokesman. I've gotta believe he's been bugging Prince directly about giving up the goods. That's got to count for something.

FunkyHarry said:

Rebeljuice said:

He said it in an article on ABCnews.com, here's the quote:

He's working on a re-release of the epic "Purple Rain" album for its 30th anniversary, but when asked if he's excited about it, he flatly says no. "Same album, just state-of-the-art sound," he says. "It's nice that it sounds better for the fans but I live in the now. I don't have to go backwards to celebrate."

[Edited 10/15/14 4:46am]

Theres nothing there that says there will be no bonus material. He is simply stating he doesnt have much interest in it. WB have stated there will be bonus material and unheard songs. I presume contractually he is obligued to give them something more than just the album, hence the press release stating such.

FunkyHarry said:

Rebeljuice said:

He said it in an article on ABCnews.com, here's the quote:

He's working on a re-release of the epic "Purple Rain" album for its 30th anniversary, but when asked if he's excited about it, he flatly says no. "Same album, just state-of-the-art sound," he says. "It's nice that it sounds better for the fans but I live in the now. I don't have to go backwards to celebrate."

That's not quite a statement saying there will be no bonus material. As usual he's just on his usual "the past is over, I live in the now" bollocks, I wouldn't take it as an indicator of anything else at all.

love2thenines2003 said:

Stop dreaming ....there will B no Remasters with unreleased stuff as Bonus....in the best case only original Cd remastered without songs from the vault!

This is Clear i think now!!

[Edited 10/14/14 14:09pm]

mostly true, we will get PR30, but that is it

you might be better off with the original vinyl. Ampex tapes don't age well.

KingSausage said:

Sadly, I think the extras will just be b-sides and previously released mixes. Nothing from the vaults. Lower your expectations.

nah i think we'll get maybe 2 or 3 unreleased (Electric Intercourse and Computer Blue extended and 1 other) but not a load like some think

bigd74 said:

1999 remastered should be a 2 disc set minimum:

- album

- all 12" versions

- outtakes, alternate versions

.

You know the drill. Please name songs and timings so we cna see if we need a third disc.

ThomasBjj said:

As much as I love it "Extraloveable" will probably never see the light of day due to the rape lyrics.

I made my own edit of Extraloveable that is missing that part, you can't even tell it's gone. Prince could do the same, would any of us really complain?

It's absolutely useless to speculate (read: torture yourself) before PR30 has come out.

Pentacle said:

It's absolutely useless to speculate (read: torture yourself) before PR30 has come out.

You believe in constant quality like e.g. iso 9001 tries to achieve?