kdavis said:

feeluupp said:

DIRTY MIND, CONTROVERSY, 1999 & PURPLE RAIN 2011 REISSUES ARE 180g.

FOR YOU, PRINCE, PARADE 2016 REISSUES ARE NOT.

feeluupp said:

DIRTY MIND, CONTROVERSY, 1999 & PURPLE RAIN 2011 REISSUES ARE 180g.

FOR YOU, PRINCE, PARADE 2016 REISSUES ARE NOT.

This is 100% correct.

KingSausage said:

Loefie said:

U must have a copy with the cues? If so it was intended for radio airplay

KingSausage said:

My vinyl copy of Lovesexy (original pressing, labeled "lent for promotional use only"?) has a few seconds of silence between Eye No and Alphabet Street. The party noise in the background fades, there's brief silence, and then Alphabet Street starts. Is this how he vinyl is supposed to sound?

KingSausage said:

Somebody above asked for comparisons between the original and reissue of Parade. To my ears, the reissue sounds even better. There's more bottom end. And I heard shit I've never heard before on Parade, after hundreds of listens. It sounds stellar. And the original artwork was reproduced nicely.

Prince is a musicians musician, and yet it seems we have no reliable or official info whatsoever about what master tapes

were used (could be ADA instead of AAA), if Grundman was involved, or other mastering details.

It's like "just buy the shit and fuck off".

Such a waste, and shall I say disrespect, for both the artist and the audience.

bonatoc said:

^ Thank you.

Still, pity that these releases are put out in such haste.

They deserve, besides a perfect remastering, documentation and historical trivia.
This is Prince we're talking about.

Anyway, I'm happy to hear that they did a proper job.
To me, the WEA Germany pressings are still the ultimate reference.

Next they have to repair all those years spent selling these atrocious CDs.
I'm sure Prince lost some potential audience just because of that : sound does not lie.

When it comes to Prince, having no dynamics and lack of details is nothing but blasphemy.

KingSausage said:

My vinyl copy of Lovesexy (original pressing, labeled "lent for promotional use only"?) has a few seconds of silence between Eye No and Alphabet Street. The party noise in the background fades, there's brief silence, and then Alphabet Street starts. Is this how he vinyl is supposed to sound?

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That's the DJ promo, as has been pointed out already. Meant to make it easier to find the start and end of songs for radio and discotheque playing.

mediumdry said:

KingSausage said:

My vinyl copy of Lovesexy (original pressing, labeled "lent for promotional use only"?) has a few seconds of silence between Eye No and Alphabet Street. The party noise in the background fades, there's brief silence, and then Alphabet Street starts. Is this how he vinyl is supposed to sound?

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That's the DJ promo, as has been pointed out already. Meant to make it easier to find the start and end of songs for radio and discotheque playing.

Very intersting. I have a French Promo version then. I never knew the vinyl was a single track as the CD was. I will definately get this when it comes out then. I have spent the last 2 years tracking down all the vinyl albums and some more. I knew when I finally got 90% of what I wanted re0issues would come out. I thought it would happen with Prince still with us.

My experience of the Prince and For You reissues is that I am feeling the sound. Good quality to me, but I am no expert. I am looking forward to the others, especially to Come and D&P, because then I will have a complete WB set. I will still probably get the others.

theartistirl said:

mediumdry said:

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That's the DJ promo, as has been pointed out already. Meant to make it easier to find the start and end of songs for radio and discotheque playing.

Very intersting. I have a French Promo version then. I never knew the vinyl was a single track as the CD was. I will definately get this when it comes out then. I have spent the last 2 years tracking down all the vinyl albums and some more. I knew when I finally got 90% of what I wanted re0issues would come out. I thought it would happen with Prince still with us.

My experience of the Prince and For You reissues is that I am feeling the sound. Good quality to me, but I am no expert. I am looking forward to the others, especially to Come and D&P, because then I will have a complete WB set. I will still probably get the others.

Not really.

The only songs on the official LP seguing into each other are "Eye No" and "Alphabet St.", and "Lovesexy" into "When 2 R In Love".

If you can get your hands on mint condition original pressings (and you have the budget),
look for the WEA German pressings (sorry if I'm repeating).

It's really "color Cinemascope in 3D" to "old black and white small TV set" when you compare them to the CDs.
Don't underestimate the analogic power of the cassettes though.

[Edited 8/28/16 13:26pm]

Woke up to an email from Amazon that AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY will be delivered next Tuesday, September 6th. It's HAPPENING.

Yep - ATWIAD is back on for 9/6 with SOTT still listed as 10/7. Everything else is listed as 2/24/17.

kdavis said:

kdavis said:

Yep - ATWIAD is back on for 9/6 with SOTT still listed as 10/7. Everything else is listed as 2/24/17.

Great... So far this year we have remastered reissues of:

FOR YOU

PRINCE

PARADE

2011 Remastered Reissues of:

DIRTY MIND

CONTROVERSY

1999

PURPLE RAIN

Has anyone bought the Vinyls through Amazon or Fnac and also get the MP3 copy through Auto rip or digicopy? I am curious as to whether the autorip (or equivalent) version is also improved through a remaster. The reason being it might be a reason for me to buy off them. I bough other (Paul Weller/Lianne Le Havas) vinyls off amazon and thought their MP3's are better than itunes. At least to my ears. Otherwise I'll just shop around the net for the best price.

So far, I'm more than happy with the quality of the vinyl re-issues.

theartistirl said:

theartistirl said:

Has anyone bought the Vinyls through Amazon or Fnac and also get the MP3 copy through Auto rip or digicopy? I am curious as to whether the autorip (or equivalent) version is also improved through a remaster. The reason being it might be a reason for me to buy off them. I bough other (Paul Weller/Lianne Le Havas) vinyls off amazon and thought their MP3's are better than itunes. At least to my ears. Otherwise I'll just shop around the net for the best price.

So far, I'm more than happy with the quality of the vinyl re-issues.

On a related note, I bought a record through Amazon earlier this year (Garbage - Strange Little Birds) and downloaded the auto rip mp3s which are 256+kbps thinking I'll replace them later with the better quality mp3s that came with the actual record. But when I used the code from the download card in the record, the mp3s given were only 192kbps. So sometimes it's worth it to buy vinyl with auto rips from Amazon.

kdavis said:

Yep - ATWIAD is back on for 9/6 with SOTT still listed as 10/7. Everything else is listed as 2/24/17.

It is, acording to my record store. It was great to see Parade on the shelves. It does sound good, and I cannot wait to get a new copy of SOTT and Lovesexy.

sexton said:

theartistirl said:

Has anyone bought the Vinyls through Amazon or Fnac and also get the MP3 copy through Auto rip or digicopy? I am curious as to whether the autorip (or equivalent) version is also improved through a remaster. The reason being it might be a reason for me to buy off them. I bough other (Paul Weller/Lianne Le Havas) vinyls off amazon and thought their MP3's are better than itunes. At least to my ears. Otherwise I'll just shop around the net for the best price.

So far, I'm more than happy with the quality of the vinyl re-issues.

On a related note, I bought a record through Amazon earlier this year (Garbage - Strange Little Birds) and downloaded the auto rip mp3s which are 256+kbps thinking I'll replace them later with the better quality mp3s that came with the actual record. But when I used the code from the download card in the record, the mp3s given were only 192kbps. So sometimes it's worth it to buy vinyl with auto rips from Amazon.

I have had a positive experince with Aamzon, FNAC (FRance) and BacktoBlack in terms of quality MP3's. I bought Sheila E's Icon and the coupon link was dead, and the record company Moosicus don't respond to emails. I ripped that one. Rule of thumb is that if I don't already have the CD, I'll order through Amazon or FNAC. If I have the CD I'll go to the cheapest site and sit out the wait time for delivery.

namepeace said:

kdavis said:

Yep - ATWIAD is back on for 9/6 with SOTT still listed as 10/7. Everything else is listed as 2/24/17.

It is, acording to my record store. It was great to see Parade on the shelves. It does sound good, and I cannot wait to get a new copy of SOTT and Lovesexy.

.

I heard today ATWIAD was delayed again?

BartVanHemelen said:

BartVanHemelen said:

KingSausage said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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I heard today ATWIAD was delayed again?

In the US. Amazon gave me 9/6 guaranteed delivery date. [Edited 9/2/16 9:16am]

Same here. Can't wait.

Musze said:

KingSausage said:

BartVanHemelen said: In the US. Amazon gave me 9/6 guaranteed delivery date. [Edited 9/2/16 9:16am]

Same here. Can't wait.

They did. It was delayed twice, but 9/6 seems to be zero hour for delivery/release.