Guitarhero said:

People love to blame Prince for eveything, or don't believe him. Take your pick.

We all know how Prince operates He has played these games so many times.Fans can see what's going on here.Record companies love releasing remastered CDs of classic albums.So if Warner is refusing to release a remaster of one of their biggest-selling albums (Purple Rain),you can bet that Prince is the culprit here.

jstar69 said:

It wasn't censored, surprisingly.

Thing is, there are some great PR remastered deluxe boots out there, with outakes and what not. Probably better then the official remastered version that was proposed. On the other hand, you can't really remaster something unless you have the actual tapes from the recording. Most of the boots have just altered the equalisation and played around with boosting the bass and making it louder. Tbh, just keep playing the original vinyl pressing of PR, it's always gonna be the best version surely. Sometimes its not about superb quality, like Beatles records, they can remaster them as much as they want, but those original records are always gonna have that sound, the vibe, the way it was made at the time is the way i wanna hear records, not how some bloke 40 years later reckons they should have sounded.

RumAndRaisin said:

It wasn't censored, surprisingly.

So it turns out we DO have inside sources at Warners.

Is there anymore you could tell us, about Prince's dealing with the label?

Why he is not handing over outtakes and such, and why Warners can't make him?

You can also tell me about his favorite make-up, but somehow I find THIS

far more interesting.

Pentacle said:

Prince has absolutely no problem with Beyonce singing Darling Nikki for free on Youtube though.

RumAndRaisin said:

It wasn't censored, surprisingly.

Thing is, there are some great PR remastered deluxe boots out there, with outakes and what not. Probably better then the official remastered version that was proposed. On the other hand, you can't really remaster something unless you have the actual tapes from the recording. Most of the boots have just altered the equalisation and played around with boosting the bass and making it louder. Tbh, just keep playing the original vinyl pressing of PR, it's always gonna be the best version surely. Sometimes its not about superb quality, like Beatles records, they can remaster them as much as they want, but those original records are always gonna have that sound, the vibe, the way it was made at the time is the way i wanna hear records, not how some bloke 40 years later reckons they should have sounded.

Yeah, it's THE COMPACT DISC that needs remastering, though.

hows the version on Tidal??

Cinny said:

Prince has absolutely no problem with Beyonce singing Darling Nikki for free on Youtube though.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Cinny said:

Prince has absolutely no problem with Beyonce singing Darling Nikki for free on Youtube though.

Boom goes the dynamite.

I still don't get why everyone is so pumped about the remasters. I agree nothing is going to sound as good as the vinyl.

I also have all the outtakes, b-sides, and long versions in great quality. I would've been happy with a crystal clear Computer Blue with the Hallway Speech...but I doubt he would ever put that on there.

The one remaster I would be happy with is Sign o the Times as the CD quality really sucks on that one. But again, the vinyl sounds great and i don't really listen to CDs anymore so really, whats the point?

warning2all said:

The original Warners Press Release DID specifically state- previously unreleased material.

It did? Where? - http://www.mynewsdesk.com...hip-986847

.

.

EG

[Edited 11/6/15 8:59am]

Poplife88 said:

The one remaster I would be happy with is Sign o the Times as the CD quality really sucks on that one. But again, the vinyl sounds great and i don't really listen to CDs anymore so really, whats the point?

No one's asking for a vinyl remaster.

Blixical said:

ElGorillos said:

warning2all said:

The original Warners Press Release DID specifically state- previously unreleased material.

It did? Where? - http://www.mynewsdesk.com...hip-986847

.

.

EG

[Edited 11/6/15 8:59am]

It's in the very first sentence, dr. House.

its the same edited album he delivered in 1984. WB thinks not that many people are going to buy it. or they listened to it and it doesn't sound much better than the first CD issue

Poplife88 said:

But again, the vinyl sounds great and i don't really listen to CDs anymore so really, whats the point?

I guess there really is no point since YOU don't really listen to CDs anymore. The rest of us don't matter. It all makes sense now.

Maybe he didn't give them "Electric Intercourse". Who knows.

steakfinger said:

Poplife88 said:

But again, the vinyl sounds great and i don't really listen to CDs anymore so really, whats the point?

I guess there really is no point since YOU don't really listen to CDs anymore. The rest of us don't matter. It all makes sense now.

Glad you straightened it out.