nosajd said:

PurpleMedley122 said:

Please point out any non-truths in Bart's post above. (Hint: there is none.)

Really? Is your post even neccessary? (Hint: NO)

It is, kinda. You called someone a troll, and i'm wondering where in the post the "troll" comments (Like for example: any "has been" comments, "Prince hasn't made any good music since 1987, blah, blah", etc.) were, cause I don't see them...

Big news coming according twitter.... in less than 2 hours.....

and it's the 4th day of november today... is that a coincidence?

thedance said:

"4th day of november and we need a purple high"



(lyrics Prince from All the Critics Loves U in New York)...

EmmaMcG said:

thedance said:

Big news coming according twitter.... in less than 2 hours.....

and it's the 4th day of november today... is that a coincidence?

I'm sorry. You'll probably think I'm thick... But what significance does the 4th of November have?

It's a line from the song "All the Critics Love U in New York":

It's time 4 a new direction

It's time 4 jazz 2 die

4th day of November

We need a purple high

thedance said:

thedance said:

Ps Bart was calling me a fam above... I find that funny, me a critical fan... being named a fam.. wow..

.

If you're gonna repeat the same lame excuses the fams always come out with, I'm gonna call you a fam.

ok then Bart..


what should I call U then.. a cynic.. maybe?

Prince wants fans to petition Warners to release the remaster (which has no bonus material at all)

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

As long as did his part with the re-negotiations. Plus seemed VERY happy with the outcome. The sole blame goes to WBR. They're the ones that made false promises & didn't deliver not !

He delivered his promise with TWO new albums. STOP blaming 4 EVERYTHING that goes wrong with record companies!!!

Prince did not deliver what he promised! Warners allowed him to release two NEW albums and in return,he would allow them to release remasters of his classic albums.They gave him what he wanted (his masters and the right to release two new albums),but he's not holding up his end of the bargain.He's refusing to hand them any bonus material for the Purple Rain remaster.

Why should he have to? It's his isn't it? Plus said he delivered to them what they wanted.

What was it that he delivered? Wbr already had the Masters. So he obviously dipped in the vault..

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SoulAlive said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

As long as did his part with the re-negotiations. Plus seemed VERY happy with the outcome. The sole blame goes to WBR. They're the ones that made false promises & didn't deliver not !

He delivered his promise with TWO new albums. STOP blaming 4 EVERYTHING that goes wrong with record companies!!!

Prince did not deliver what he promised! Warners allowed him to release two NEW albums and in return,he would allow them to release remasters of his classic albums.They gave him what he wanted (his masters and the right to release two new albums),but he's not holding up his end of the bargain.He's refusing to hand them any bonus material for the Purple Rain remaster.

Do we know if either of you are right, or, are you both giving speculative opinions?

No bonus? Says who?

WB not sticking to promises? Says who?

Where? When? etc...

SoulAlive said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

As long as did his part with the re-negotiations. Plus seemed VERY happy with the outcome. The sole blame goes to WBR. They're the ones that made false promises & didn't deliver not !

He delivered his promise with TWO new albums. STOP blaming 4 EVERYTHING that goes wrong with record companies!!!

Prince did not deliver what he promised! Warners allowed him to release two NEW albums and in return,he would allow them to release remasters of his classic albums.They gave him what he wanted (his masters and the right to release two new albums),but he's not holding up his end of the bargain.He's refusing to hand them any bonus material for the Purple Rain remaster.

How do you know this? Or is it speculation?

My educated guess is that neither party would like to burn their fingers again, after all their history together. I just can't imagine Prince and WB getting back in business together without contracts that specify every little detail of every planned release. Including matters like "will the remasted albums contain bonus tracks and if so: how many of them? And perhaps even which specific bonus songs will be included.

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Let's assume it's true; and Prince did just deliver a single CD. Why? Becasue it sounds exactly like the sort of thing Prince would do. Just look at the track record. If that is the case, then I think Warners has every right stop anything being released. Prince might not mind looking a fool but I'm sure they have qualms.

Actually, I expect they're disgusted--and you should be too. Warners are on our side folks. They WANT more material. Any fan that takes Prince's side is complete dolt and doesn't know themselves.

what's more is that purple rain is the one album of his 80s output that is

least in need of a remaster since it sounds 'good'. especially compared to
albums like "sign o the times" or "1999" which would benefit more from
an update.

how many of you would buy a copy? i know i wouldn't rush out to buy it
if it had nothing new on it. i'd buy "sign" under those conditions but not
PR. i've never put it on and thought "god it sounds flat/lifeless/soft".

anyway. so remastering and re-releasing it, without bonus content is one

heck of a bad start for any possible remaster series of his 80s albums.

he'll just look at the numbers and go "see, no one bought the remaster,

so that proves that no one wants them" and go on releasing whatever he

feels like (which obviously is not remasters or vault material).

SoulAlive said:

Prince wants fans to petition Warners to release the remaster (which has no bonus material at all)

without bonus material..?

then it's not that interesting for me.. or for the masses.... I just wonder why he talked in some interview about a 2CD??

You can't fill 2CD's with the original album.... only......?

Warner Brothers didnt want no Purple rain version from Prince with all th elyrics changed in Darling Nikki

Plus there's never been any real issue with the sound quality of Purple Rain. I see no reason for a remaster of it.

I wish people who talk about reading interviews where Prince mentioned it to be 1 cd or 2 cds, would actually spend 5 to 10 mins looking for the article and posting the link here.

Otherwise it's just one of those myths, someone starts a rumour, which becomes "reality" in people's minds in 5 minutes.

Sources please!

thedance said:

SoulAlive said:

Prince wants fans to petition Warners to release the remaster (which has no bonus material at all)

without bonus material..?

then it's not that interesting for me.. or for the masses.... I just wonder why he talked in some interview about a 2CD??

You can't fill 2CD's with the original album.... only......?

yes, there is the famous mono master...

Anyway, seriously: as someone else suggested, let's tweet WB with the screenshot of Prince's tweets, and let the public battle commence!!

Then we might finally move this thing forward.
It will also be free publicity for Prince's new 'music' released on Tidal.
Win/Win.

The one who told me months ago that Prince delivered only the original PR still works at Warner.

highcalonic said:

The one who told me months ago that Prince delivered only the original PR still works at Warner.

Please, let him/her post a copy of the new contract on-line!

...But seriously, could you approach that person for more info...?

Pentacle said:

highcalonic said:

The one who told me months ago that Prince delivered only the original PR still works at Warner.

Please, let him/her post a copy of the new contract on-line!

...But seriously, could you approach that person for more info...?

When there's good news, i know it fast usually. But, for now, no call...

Purple Rain (5-Disc Deluxe edition) "a dream" tracklist...

taken from another old thread

D.M.S.R.

Never gonna happen though.......

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highcalonic said:

Pentacle said:

Please, let him/her post a copy of the new contract on-line!

...But seriously, could you approach that person for more info...?

When there's good news, i know it fast usually. But, for now, no call...

That's a real shame...

And you don't know how WB reacted to Prince 'delivering' only the one cd?

thedance said:

Purple Rain (5-Disc Deluxe edition) "a dream" tracklist...

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But you know as well as I do that the extra Purple Rain-verse is ridiculous and the longer version of The Beautiful One just doesn't work.

It really takes away from the released versions, and as such I could understand Prince holding those particular versions back. Of course, for the musical scholars, it gives great insight into the process...

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