IstenSzek said:

bluegangsta said:

Why?

If the master tape was even close to what we have, that's a a sad state of affairs. Otherwise, that doesn't mean second, third or even fourth generation copies wouldn't exist with better quality.

you know, i just keep thinking about the quality of "moonbeam levels" on 4ever,
compared to the last few bootleg versions of it we had. and then i pray for better

My thoughts exactly.

The last bootleg of "Moonbeam Levels" was perfection, the way analog recordings should be digitally mastered.
The released version was so flat that, aside from personal tastes, is maybe one of the reasons people weren't so impressed.

Let's hope the "Purple Rain" remaster won't be a Loudness Wars slaughter.

SquirrelMeat said:

It could be DVD releases of the previous VHS Purple Rain and Lovesexy shows.

Equally, it could be the Parade broadcast, or one of the pro shot shows being shown at the park, like Diamonds & Pearls or Piano & a Microphone.

It will be purple rain era, they wouldn't make it so messy by messing around with eras like that.

bonatoc said:

I say songs that didn't make the cut for PR like Electtric intercourse and Wednesday

And the 1999 follow up Album. Thats the music closest to PR and around that time.

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bluegangsta said:

rapper said:

I thought the First Avenue show was shared from the master tape that was privatly owned? That would rule that out if so.

Why?

If the master tape was even close to what we have, that's a a sad state of affairs. Otherwise, that doesn't mean second, third or even fourth generation copies wouldn't exist with better quality.

On the Prince Omnibus Documentary from the early 90's they show a little bit of the show, specificaly Purple Rain in great quality. The best bootleg DVD is probably The Makings Of Rain but that one has this Purple filter over it and the Omnibus Documenatry version doensn't and that one is much much sharper. And the verison in the documentary came from Prince. So in Paisley Park's vault there is a low generation copy or maybe even the original tape of the show that could be released.

love2thenines2003 said:

bonatoc said:

My thoughts exactly.

The last bootleg of "Moonbeam Levels" was perfection, the way analog recordings should be digitally mastered.
The released version was so flat that, aside from personal tastes, is maybe one of the reasons people weren't so impressed.

Let's hope the "Purple Rain" remaster won't be a Loudness Wars slaughter.

It depends where WB picked up the unreleased stuff due for release. ..in their Vault at WB Chapel offices=MIXDOWNS VERSIONS or from Paisley Park's Vault = Master. ....don't forget that Prince has intentionnaly destroyed some of his Masters from some 80's songs since early 2000's!

I have not heard this before.

leecaldon said:

love2thenines2003 said:

leecaldon said:

I have not heard this before.

Yes he did. ...this was confirmed unfortunately by one of his Engineer in an interview recently ...he's destroyed a lot of his Master of his dirty songs....this is so SAD!

Really? can you provide any links?

RicoN said:

love2thenines2003 said:

I seriously hope this person is out of his mind, mentally ill and a pathalogical liar.

Phishanga said:

Kara said:

love2thenines2003 said:

Referring to "Sexy MF"...

http://prince.org/msg/7/427905?&pg=2 Whatever was in his possesion was destroyed, I assume that would have been the multitrack. Hopefully the master 2 track is in the hands of WB still.

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That is shit. But thanks. (not sure why I can only reply in this grey box)

My guesses are:

Dec 26 1984: Saint Paul Civic Center Arena

April 7, 1985: Miami Orange Bow


EDIT: and I am going to say it will not be Syracuse. The Press Release said from the Vault...that indicates unreleased.

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bonatoc said:

IstenSzek said:

you know, i just keep thinking about the quality of "moonbeam levels" on 4ever,
compared to the last few bootleg versions of it we had. and then i pray for better

My thoughts exactly.

The last bootleg of "Moonbeam Levels" was perfection, the way analog recordings should be digitally mastered.
The released version was so flat that, aside from personal tastes, is maybe one of the reasons people weren't so impressed.

Let's hope the "Purple Rain" remaster won't be a Loudness Wars slaughter.

I hope I'm wrong, but, I've been predicting a Loudness Wars remaster since the Purple Rain release was first mentioned 3 years ago. I totally expect to hate the remaster and therefore am focusing only on the bonuses included.

We can "hope" but the odds are against us.

TheDigitalGardener said:

I think it'll be two main shows from the PR tour, one of which will be Syracuse. I'm guessing that the First Ave gigs would have been recorded on video cameras, not film (isn't there a big difference in quality between the two?), so maybe picture quality isn't what we'd hope it would be from the smaller gigs, and as a result aren't worth releasing without people being dissatisfied.

Like I said, I'm guessing.

...I'm hoping the work done for Springsteen's Darkness and River box sets is the template for this. I think it's pretty much a given that the quality won't be 4K but if we're going back to the original source tapes I'm sure the quality of whatever was filmed would be acceptable to most...I think the main requirement though would be multi camera footage.

hw3004 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

I think it'll be two main shows from the PR tour, one of which will be Syracuse. I'm guessing that the First Ave gigs would have been recorded on video cameras, not film (isn't there a big difference in quality between the two?), so maybe picture quality isn't what we'd hope it would be from the smaller gigs, and as a result aren't worth releasing without people being dissatisfied.

Like I said, I'm guessing.

...I'm hoping the work done for Springsteen's Darkness and River box sets is the template for this. I think it's pretty much a given that the quality won't be 4K but if we're going back to the original source tapes I'm sure the quality of whatever was filmed would be acceptable to most...I think the main requirement though would be multi camera footage.

Don't set your expectations too high.

WB ain't Columbia. Best would have been to give Rhino the full project.
There are serious people out there, who love music and are fully aware of what audio legacy is.

About the masters destroying, man, if he erased "Darling Nikki", I'm going to the Afterworld this instant and spank him something' good!

I guess it also depends on how they want to treat the releases going forward.

I'm guessing they'll be going by era/yr which would mean 2 purple rain related shows. It's possible 1st Ave gets a release along with Syracuse . They could do a main show/aftershow format for every release if they wanted which would be fine with me.

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databank said:

TwiliteKid said:

databank said: It doesn't.

What I thought.

I'm definately thinking the August 1983 Dance Benefit show

I would love the 6.7.1984 Birthday show

but a different concert outside of the Syracuse show, maybe an LA show with Sheila E opening

At 1st read I figured it'd most likely be the Syracuse and Atlanta shows. After reading it again it says unreleased so I don't know what they will be. One of them still may be Syracuse in a current-gen format. I'm not rulling that out.

I'd love the 1st Avenue gig to be one of them but I don't expect it will happen. It's such a historic show and would be a perfect fit for a Purple Rain compilation.

EnDoRpHn said:

kewlschool said:

It doesn't say it's all 1 package deal. It could be sold seperately or in parts.

My point exactly. You said it was PR Deluxe + one additional album and two DVDs. It clearly say two additional albums.

You guys can't be serious - the sub-head literally spells it out: "Deluxe Remaster version of Purple Rain with two albums of previously unreleased Prince recordings from the Paisley Park Vault and two complete concert films arriving June 9"

This is OBVIOUSLY a single package.

TwiliteKid said:

EnDoRpHn said:

My point exactly. You said it was PR Deluxe + one additional album and two DVDs. It clearly say two additional albums.

You guys can't be serious - the sub-head literally spells it out: "Deluxe Remaster version of Purple Rain with two albums of previously unreleased Prince recordings from the Paisley Park Vault and two complete concert films arriving June 9"

This is OBVIOUSLY a single package.

interesting: i am much more interested in the "new" stuff than I am of a simple remaster of the original PR tracks and even more so on the concerts (assuming they are normal PR shows and not something special)

So if they were sold individually or as a set... I would still get the set but I am not sure how soon I would watch the concerts.

SmiggyG said:

At 1st read I figured it'd most likely be the Syracuse and Atlanta shows. After reading it again it says unreleased so I don't know what they will be. One of them still may be Syracuse in a current-gen format. I'm not rulling that out.

I'd love the 1st Avenue gig to be one of them but I don't expect it will happen. It's such a historic show and would be a perfect fit for a Purple Rain compilation.

Atlanta was one of my guesses, but I wasn't sure it was filmed by more than one stationary camera (I truly have no idea--it may have been).

If it truly will be 2 previously unreleased full concerts, again, I would hope it would the 83 First Ave show. It is the most historically significant regarding Purple Rain----it is literally the foundation of the songs Purple Rain, I Would Die 4 u and Baby I'm a Star. The video that has been circulating for years isn't bad, and I would assume a 1st generation, professionally cleaned version would be more than releasable (I would point everyone to a recently released Elvis Presley box that included newly discovered fan-recorded video synced to the soundboard. This is called Prince From Another Planet--Elvis Presley at Madison Square Garden. And this is 1972 video with big chunks missing. Certainly they can work with that Fisrt Ave video)

I originally thought Syracuse was the shoe-in, but technically it has been released before. I saw Prince in Feb of '85 on the PR tour in New Orleans' Superdome. I'd love any show other than Syracuse, so long as it was filmed professionally.

I suspect there is a better quality version of the First Ave gig out there. And if the full show was recorded by the mobile sound truck that we know recorded a few tracks used in the movie, syncing perfect sound to slightly imperfect video has been done before

I wish they'd would do a House of Blues series & release every show/aftershow he's done there over the years.

Having been to a few of them they are right up there with my favorite shows I ever saw/heard.

Farfunknugin said:

I wish they'd would do a House of Blues series & release every show/aftershow he's done there over the years.

Having been to a few of them they are right up there with my favorite shows I ever saw/heard.

I'd like a Glam Slam series. I know some of them were professionally filmed, although that would only cover 1991-1995.

motherfunka said:

Farfunknugin said:

I wish they'd would do a House of Blues series & release every show/aftershow he's done there over the years.

Having been to a few of them they are right up there with my favorite shows I ever saw/heard.

I'd like a Glam Slam series. I know some of them were professionally filmed, although that would only cover 1991-1995.

x2 electric boogaloo

OnlyNDaUsa said:

My guesses are:

Dec 26 1984: Saint Paul Civic Center Arena

April 7, 1985: Miami Orange Bow


EDIT: and I am going to say it will not be Syracuse. The Press Release said from the Vault...that indicates unreleased.

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Why though? Not only are those concerts mostly the same, but there is no information available to indicate that they were specially shot (Like Syracuse or Washington), nor were they particularly special concerts?

Ian Boxill also says this on the thread: "Obvioulsy some fans had some mental health issues. You are never quite sure when someone could turn violent."

HerecomethePurpleYoda said:

We know! But we're not sayin'

Let's just say, it's something that shall not be missed.

Hey Purpy! Haven't seen you in a while! Why don't you hold a Q&A session on here sometime?

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