One guess is that 84 concert would be on the cd.

What in the world?

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luvsexy4all said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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THIS IS NOT NEWS. Sheesh, this has been announced months ago. You'd think Prince fans would pay attention when such news is announced but nooooooo.

back then it didnt state a FULL cd of unreleased recodings

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http://www.billboard.com/...ain-deluxe

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the set will include "a second album of previously unreleased material," according to the press release

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rusty1 said:

I also hope that June 7 1984 B-Day historic First Avenue show is on it as well. Prince at the peak of his artistic powers. Plus it's right before he got to be a huge star [Edited 1/28/17 14:35pm]

yes and the August 1983 Dance Benefit show where a lot of the songs were recorded

Sydney said:

love2thenines2003 said:

No news....it's bad news.....The Estate is in trouble. ....i don't expect the release of PR Deluxe this year ...?

doesnt everyone want to make money??? whats the problem?? who wants MORE ?

Let's Go Crazy(full version)
Jungle Love

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Take Me With U

Modernaires

Possessed

little snippet of the music from Chili Sauce (call it Proposition 17)

the Beautiful Ones

* G-Spot
* Electric Intercourse

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God the Love theme

Father's Song

Computer Blue (longer version)

Darling Nikki

When Doves Cry

the Bird

Purple Rain

I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm A Star

OldFriends4Sale said:

Let's Go Crazy(full version)
Jungle Love

-

Take Me With U

Modernaires

Possessed

little snippet of the music from Chili Sauce (call it Proposition 17)

the Beautiful Ones

* G-Spot
* Electric Intercourse

-

God the Love theme

Father's Song

Computer Blue (longer version)

Darling Nikki

When Doves Cry

the Bird

Purple Rain

I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm A Star

No Sex Shooter? And Jungle Love should be the First Avenue live version.

sexton said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Let's Go Crazy(full version)
Jungle Love

-

Take Me With U

Modernaires

Possessed

little snippet of the music from Chili Sauce (call it Proposition 17)

the Beautiful Ones

* G-Spot
* Electric Intercourse

-

God the Love theme

Father's Song

Computer Blue (longer version)

Darling Nikki

When Doves Cry

the Bird

Purple Rain

I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm A Star

No Sex Shooter? And Jungle Love should be the First Avenue live version.

And how about the unreleased "Wednesday" Jill Jones song? That would be cool too.

OldFriends4Sale said:

sexton said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Let's Go Crazy(full version)
Jungle Love

-

Take Me With U

Modernaires

Possessed

little snippet of the music from Chili Sauce (call it Proposition 17)

the Beautiful Ones

* G-Spot
* Electric Intercourse

-

God the Love theme

Father's Song

Computer Blue (longer version)

Darling Nikki

Sex Shooter

When Doves Cry

the Bird

Purple Rain

I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm A Star

No Sex Shooter? And Jungle Love should be the First Avenue live version.

AH I knew there was something I was forgetting, that is why I had those spaces

Thank U

SomeSoldier said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Let's Go Crazy(full version)
Jungle Love

-

Take Me With U

Modernaires

Possessed

little snippet of the music from Chili Sauce (call it Proposition 17)

the Beautiful Ones

* G-Spot
* Electric Intercourse

-

God the Love theme

Father's Song

Computer Blue (longer version)

Darling Nikki

When Doves Cry

the Bird

Purple Rain

I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm A Star

All of those songs with Prince's vocals. If not, there is no point. And Wednesday.

I think the majority of them are Prince's vocals.

I was just playing with the movie soundtrack flow...

If I'm not mistaken, and I could be Prince originally wanted something like this

love2thenines2003 said:

love2thenines2003 said:

No news....it's bad news.....The Estate is in trouble. ....i don't expect the release of PR Deluxe this year ...?

patience is a virtue it's only February!

SoulAlive said:

love2thenines2003 said:

No news....it's bad news.....The Estate is in trouble. ....i don't expect the release of PR Deluxe this year ...?

patience is a virtue it's only February!

It's only 3 years this has been announced, canceled and delayed.

Prince is gone since 1 year, and they still can't re-release an album with old archives ? That's incredible.

That's incredible. If by the grammys there are still no official announcement of Purple Rain deluxe with the tracklist and the streaming deal, it's dead.

RODSERLING said:

SoulAlive said:

patience is a virtue it's only February!

It's only 3 years this has been announced, canceled and delayed.

Prince is gone since 1 year, and they still can't re-release an album with old archives ? That's incredible.

That's incredible. If by the grammys there are still no official announcement of Purple Rain deluxe with the tracklist and the streaming deal, it's dead.

According to Billboard and other publications, it's been confirmed the deluxe edition is completed and will be released in the Spring, most likely close to commemorate the anniversary of his passing.

TrcikyChristopher said:

RODSERLING said:

It's only 3 years this has been announced, canceled and delayed.

Prince is gone since 1 year, and they still can't re-release an album with old archives ? That's incredible.

That's incredible. If by the grammys there are still no official announcement of Purple Rain deluxe with the tracklist and the streaming deal, it

's dead.

According to Billboard and other publications, it's been confirmed the deluxe edition is completed and will be released in the Spring, most likely close to commemorate the anniversary of his passing.

The streaming deal was supposed to be concrete in 3 days, with huge promotion...still nothing.

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For the PR deluxe to be released before the 21 april, it has to be announced at least 2 months in advance...and oh, we are just two months in advance.

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So if by the grammy there is nothing concrete (streaming open, PR 's tracklist, packaging, amazon preorder etc.) don't expect it in Spring.

Does the Universal deal (with access to the whole vault ) contradicts the Purple Rain deluxe that had to be released under WB ? I think so!

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It's doubtful that Universal bought the rights for 35 millions without being assured they can use the Purple Rain demos and unreleased tracks material. That would explain why it took so long for WB to (not) release the PR deluxe.

RODSERLING said:

TrcikyChristopher said:

According to Billboard and other publications, it's been confirmed the deluxe edition is completed and will be released in the Spring, most likely close to commemorate the anniversary of his passing.

The streaming deal was supposed to be concrete in 3 days, with huge promotion...still nothing.

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For the PR deluxe to be released before the 21 april, it has to be announced at least 2 months in advance...and oh, we are just two months in advance.

.

So if by the grammy there is nothing concrete (streaming open, PR 's tracklist, packaging, amazon preorder etc.) don't expect it in Spring.

Why do you keep insisting that this thing isn't gonna happen? We've already seen an article in Billboard (a credible publication) that says it's been confirmed for a spring release.Relax...it's being worked on now and honestly,I like the fact that they're taking their time with it.I want it to be special and amazing,with lots of goodies and surprises.

RODSERLING said:

TrcikyChristopher said:

According to Billboard and other publications, it's been confirmed the deluxe edition is completed and will be released in the Spring, most likely close to commemorate the anniversary of his passing.

The streaming deal was supposed to be concrete in 3 days, with huge promotion...still nothing.

Streaming confirmed for Sunday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...-38922167

SoulAlive said:

RODSERLING said:

The streaming deal was supposed to be concrete in 3 days, with huge promotion...still nothing.

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For the PR deluxe to be released before the 21 april, it has to be announced at least 2 months in advance...and oh, we are just two months in advance.

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So if by the grammy there is nothing concrete (streaming open, PR 's tracklist, packaging, amazon preorder etc.) don't expect it in Spring.

Why do you keep insisting that this thing isn't gonna happen? We've already seen an article in Billboard (a credible publication) that says it's been confirmed for a spring release.Relax...it's being worked on now and honestly,I like the fact that they're taking their time with it.I want it to be special and amazing,with lots of goodies and surprises.

You read the news today ?

Universal acquired the rights to the whole vault = that includes the demo and outtakes from Purple Rain.

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Universal will get from 2018 the rights to the 1979-1995 album = that includes Purple Rain.

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The streaming deal is officially announced.

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But, the Purple Rain deluxe is NOT officially announced with a release date, a tracklist, etc. Which is incredible considering there is the grammy in a few days, it would have been the perfect timing !

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By the way, in only one bonus disc, don't expect too much ! The same disc could have been released 3 years ago, with a booklet with tons unreleased photos, etc. Considering the album was released 30 years ago, and that it was remastered 6 years ago, it doesn't take more than one week to plan all that.

RODSERLING said:

SoulAlive said:

Why do you keep insisting that this thing isn't gonna happen? We've already seen an article in Billboard (a credible publication) that says it's been confirmed for a spring release.Relax...it's being worked on now and honestly,I like the fact that they're taking their time with it.I want it to be special and amazing,with lots of goodies and surprises.

You read the news today ?

Universal acquired the rights to the whole vault = that includes the demo and outtakes from Purple Rain.

.

Universal will get from 2018 the rights to the 1979-1995 album = that includes Purple Rain.

.

The streaming deal is officially announced.

.

But, the Purple Rain deluxe is NOT officially announced with a release date, a tracklist, etc. Which is incredible considering there is the grammy in a few days, it would have been the perfect timing !

.

By the way, in only one bonus disc, don't expect too much ! The same disc could have been released 3 years ago, with a booklet with tons unreleased photos, etc. Considering the album was released 30 years ago, and that it was remastered 6 years ago, it doesn't take more than one week to plan all that.

Susan the engineer that the remaster is being worked on in a podcast interview a few weeks ago. She was consulted on it. WB has the license to work on this project. Universal will take over in 2018 so there is still time for WB to put this out before there license expires. Not sure they would stop working on it just because they are not going to be in the picture down the road. I believe they knew their deal was only for a few years so this should not have an effect on anything.

laurarichardson said:

RODSERLING said:

You read the news today ?

Universal acquired the rights to the whole vault = that includes the demo and outtakes from Purple Rain.

.

Universal will get from 2018 the rights to the 1979-1995 album = that includes Purple Rain.

.

The streaming deal is officially announced.

.

But, the Purple Rain deluxe is NOT officially announced with a release date, a tracklist, etc. Which is incredible considering there is the grammy in a few days, it would have been the perfect timing !

.

By the way, in only one bonus disc, don't expect too much ! The same disc could have been released 3 years ago, with a booklet with tons unreleased photos, etc. Considering the album was released 30 years ago, and that it was remastered 6 years ago, it doesn't take more than one week to plan all that.

Susan the engineer that the remaster is being worked on in a podcast interview a few weeks ago. She was consulted on it. WB has the license to work on this project. Universal will take over in 2018 so there is still time for WB to put this out before there license expires. Not sure they would stop working on it just because they are not going to be in the picture down the road. I believe they knew their deal was only for a few years so this should not have an effect on anything.

Universal, Sony and WB were all competiting for the rights to the vault. So, in a word, WB lost against Universal. The game is changed.

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What kind of work exactly is needed for a re-release, knowing the album has been remastered in 2011 (if not in 2009!) and that they had just to pick outtakes already known by the biggest fans or extented b faces ? And all in one disc ! Knowing that Prince's tracks last often more than 6 minutes before being edited for an album.

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It's highly doubtful that WB will release PR deluxe knowing they will lose the rights 5 or 6 months later. They won't do the job for Universal, with promoting and all. This news complicate even more the things, and they were already extremely complicated.

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As are the things now, nothing new will be release before 2018.

Even from Universal there is still no word about reprinting post 1993 albums, or even making them available digitally. Now that they've got the rights, what are they waiting for to make them digitally available ?

And what about streaming rights for the 1994-2016 era ?

In fact, everything is still to be continued...

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Edit : look at this interview from Mcmillan and Koppelman : http://www.billboard.com/...l-mcmillan

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Not a word about Purple Rain deluxe, and they confess they only began to look into the vault...

[Edited 2/10/17 5:03am]

[Edited 2/10/17 5:24am]

RODSERLING said:

laurarichardson said:

Susan the engineer that the remaster is being worked on in a podcast interview a few weeks ago. She was consulted on it. WB has the license to work on this project. Universal will take over in 2018 so there is still time for WB to put this out before there license expires. Not sure they would stop working on it just because they are not going to be in the picture down the road. I believe they knew their deal was only for a few years so this should not have an effect on anything.

Universal, Sony and WB were all competiting for the rights to the vault. So, in a word, WB lost against Universal. The game is changed.

.

What kind of work exactly is needed for a re-release, knowing the album has been remastered in 2011 (if not in 2009!) and that they had just to pick outtakes already known by the biggest fans or extented b faces ? And all in one disc ! Knowing that Prince's tracks last often more than 6 minutes before being edited for an album.

.

It's highly doubtful that WB will release PR deluxe knowing they will lose the rights 5 or 6 months later. They won't do the job for Universal, with promoting and all. This news complicate even more the things, and they were already extremely complicated.

.

As are the things now, nothing new will be release before 2018.

Even from Universal there is still no word about reprinting post 1993 albums, or even making them available digitally. Now that they've got the rights, what are they waiting for to make them digitally available ?

And what about streaming rights for the 1994-2016 era ?

In fact, everything is still to be continued...

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Edit : look at this interview from Mcmillan and Koppelman : http://www.billboard.com/...l-mcmillan

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Not a word about Purple Rain deluxe, and they confess they only began to look into the vault...

[Edited 2/10/17 5:03am]

[Edited 2/10/17 5:24am]

The question is this : if Universal is gtting the rights to Prince's 1979-1995 albums in 2018, are they getting the rights to release ALL of those albums in 2018, or will it be staggered over several years ? Perhaps WB might actually hold the rights to "PR" and perhaps other albums for several more years. The wording in the press release is rather vague, since IIRC, it states "Starting 2018"....Also, what is the fate of "For You", since I beleive that was actually released in 1978 ? Will WB still retain rights to that ?