TheThem said:

No Modernaire, No Wednesday, No Lust U Always, No G-Spot...No get.

Wonderful Ass, Computer Blue Hallways version, We Can Fuck, The Dance Electric.... if no get is your MO, well that IMO is a big loss

MD431Madcat said:

So WTH happened to the "two complete concert films" promised by WBR back in February?

EnDoRpHn said:

So WTH happened to the "two complete concert films" promised by WBR back in February?

Try reading the last couple of pages?

getxxxx said:

MiceElfAgin said:

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It's far from being as simple as you might think. Coverting 24fps to 25fps is a tricky task and is never without negative side-effects.

We need BluRay. I think Warners could afford the the extra cost in mastering.

not everyone has a BLU RAY player

Sony re-released OF THE WALL last year along with a documentary. You can buy the dvd version or the bluray version of the set.

RODSERLING said:

getxxxx said:

not everyone has a BLU RAY player

Sony re-released OF THE WALL last year along with a documentary. You can buy the dvd version or the bluray version of the set.

For Blu Ray you need a high defintion source (either film or HD video). Syracuse was shot on video so no high defintion - releasing a Blu Ray version would be pointless becasue the resolution would be almost the same as DVD (upscaled and digitally corrected to try and acheive a better picture).

The rumored Controversy show that was shot to be included on the Second Coming project WAS shot on film and could be remastered into high defintion for release on Blu Ray. Only footage shot on film or HD video by Prince would benefit from a remastered Blu Ray release.

[Edited 5/2/17 1:16am]

I wonder if in the end ...latter this year...WB is considering to release a SUPERbox Deluxe Ed. of PR with more outtakes.....demos/alternate takes and of course a DVD or Blueray version of the 1st AV 83 Performance ????

This would be so great 4 us fans....anyway PR deserve a release like this !!

[Edited 5/2/17 1:23am]

[Edited 5/2/17 1:33am]

jaypotton said:

BartVanHemelen said:

the inclusion of a concert video (i.e. Syracuse) in a box set was basically a given.

So when I speculate about a potential realistic scenario that there will be further Purple Rain releases in the future based on standard industry practice to repackage and resell existing works, you accuse me of baseless speculation. But when YOU say the inclusion of Syracuse was a given, which is clearly speculation on your part, that is ok? YOU have no idea if Syracuse was intended to be included as of the deal in 2014. I would agree it was a highly likely scenario though. So perhaps you can concede that despite once again attacking someone (in this case me) for speculating, that I too was putting forward something that is a highly likely scenario?

The original 2014 deal didn't include video material. It was officially stated at the time.

love2thenines2003 said:

love2thenines2003 said:

I wonder if in the end ...latter this year...WB is considering to release a SUPERbox Deluxe Ed. of PR with more outtakes.....demos/alternate takes and of course a DVD or Blueray version of the 1st AV 83 Performance ????

This would be so great 4 us fans....anyway PR deserve a release like this !!

That would be fucking terrible. And you'd have to be a massive moron to support a company that would do that.

bluegangsta said:

love2thenines2003 said:

I wonder if in the end ...latter this year...WB is considering to release a SUPERbox Deluxe Ed. of PR with more outtakes.....demos/alternate takes and of course a DVD or Blueray version of the 1st AV 83 Performance ????

This would be so great 4 us fans....anyway PR deserve a release like this !!

That would be fucking terrible. And you'd have to be a massive moron to support a company that would do that.

No really, depends on what is in the package. If they do that and just release what they put out in June, plus one extra disc and they're charging even more for it, then that's no good as they will obvioulsy trying to rinse us of more cash for that extra essential disc. If it's a set which includes plenty of extra stuff which isn't coming out in June and it has loads more outtakes from the era, then how is that a problem?

[Edited 5/2/17 2:28am]

bluegangsta said:

love2thenines2003 said:

I wonder if in the end ...latter this year...WB is considering to release a SUPERbox Deluxe Ed. of PR with more outtakes.....demos/alternate takes and of course a DVD or Blueray version of the 1st AV 83 Performance ????

This would be so great 4 us fans....anyway PR deserve a release like this !!

That would be fucking terrible. And you'd have to be a massive moron to support a company that would do that.

I'm rassured because there cant' be more MORON than U!

love2thenines2003 said:

bluegangsta said:

That would be fucking terrible. And you'd have to be a massive moron to support a company that would do that.

I'm rassured because there cant' be more MORON than U!

*Reassured
*Can't
*You
*"more of a moron"

Well done.

[Edited 5/2/17 3:22am]

bluegangsta said:

love2thenines2003 said:

I'm rassured because there cant' be more MORON than U!

*Reassured
*Can't
*You
*"more of a moron"

Well done.

[Edited 5/2/17 3:22am]

This exchange amuses me. I especially like how you've corrected love2thenines2003 by showing to use capitalised words in the middle of their sentence.

mrmaxwell said:

RODSERLING said:

Sony re-released OF THE WALL last year along with a documentary. You can buy the dvd version or the bluray version of the set.

For Blu Ray you need a high defintion source (either film or HD video). Syracuse was shot on video so no high defintion - releasing a Blu Ray version would be pointless becasue the resolution would be almost the same as DVD (upscaled and digitally corrected to try and acheive a better picture).

The rumored Controversy show that was shot to be included on the Second Coming project WAS shot on film and could be remastered into high defintion for release on Blu Ray. Only footage shot on film or HD video by Prince would benefit from a remastered Blu Ray release.

[Edited 5/2/17 1:16am]

The Syracuse live was obviously shot on film.

RODSERLING said:

The Syracuse live was obviously shot on film.

It obviously wasn't. Do you have any idea how difficult it would be to televise a concert live while it's being shot on film in that kind of setting? Not to mention, there's no apparent film artifacts on any of the video transfers.

It was not shot on film.

[Edited 5/2/17 3:39am]

TheEnglishGent said:

bluegangsta said:

That would be fucking terrible. And you'd have to be a massive moron to support a company that would do that.

No really, depends on what is in the package. If they do that and just release what they put out in June, plus one extra disc and they're charging even more for it, then that's no good as they will obvioulsy trying to rinse us of more cash for that extra essential disc. If it's a set which includes plenty of extra stuff which isn't coming out in June and it has loads more outtakes from the era, then how is that a problem?

[Edited 5/2/17 2:28am]

Indeed. I couldn't give a hoot how many PR Deluxes come out eventually - just as long as any additional material doesn't conflict with previous configurations.

I'm really suprised at a few ppl on here who are turning their noses up on this initial release. Apart from the mis-leading statement regarding two live shows, this ain't a bad start, imo.

bluegangsta said:

RODSERLING said:

The Syracuse live was obviously shot on film.

It obviously wasn't. Do you have any idea how difficult it would be to televise a concert live while it's being shot on film in that kind of setting? Not to mention, there's no apparent film artifacts on any of the video transfers.

It was not shot on film.

[Edited 5/2/17 3:39am]

I don't know what it was or wasn't shot on but either way I'd imagine that they also have a separate audio source regardless of how the video was shot. This could be re-mastered and you could have a much better soundtrack on the Blu-Ray even if the picture wasn't much better. People seem to forget that Blu-Ray can have lossless audio.

bluegangsta said:

RODSERLING said:

The Syracuse live was obviously shot on film.

It obviously wasn't. Do you have any idea how difficult it would be to televise a concert live while it's being shot on film in that kind of setting? Not to mention, there's no apparent film artifacts on any of the video transfers.

It was not shot on film.

[Edited 5/2/17 3:39am]

So what is the point in re-releasing this live in bad audio / video quality ? I don't buy this is the only live that actually shot in its entirety from the PR tour.

TheEnglishGent said:

bluegangsta said:

*Reassured
*Can't
*You
*"more of a moron"

Well done.

[Edited 5/2/17 3:22am]

This exchange amuses me. I especially like how you've corrected love2thenines2003 by showing to use capitalised words in the middle of their sentence.

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Yeah especially as bluegangsta corrected a very 'Prince' spelling of 'U' to 'You'.

Bluegangsta (Blue Gangster?) was obviously behind the botched retitling on the new Record Store Day Batman 12"s.

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RODSERLING said:

bluegangsta said:

It obviously wasn't. Do you have any idea how difficult it would be to televise a concert live while it's being shot on film in that kind of setting? Not to mention, there's no apparent film artifacts on any of the video transfers.

It was not shot on film.

[Edited 5/2/17 3:39am]

So what is the point in re-releasing this live in bad audio / video quality ? I don't buy this is the only live that actually shot in its entirety from the PR tour.

I've heard that all LA shows were filmed (on video not film) and most east coast shows (also video and not film) if I remember correctly I read somewhere that the Syracuse show was also shot on video and not on film because it was broadcast via satelite. I believe the Musicology soundcheck and show that was broadcast via satelite to American theaters was also on video and not film.

JorisE73 said:

RODSERLING said:

So what is the point in re-releasing this live in bad audio / video quality ? I don't buy this is the only live that actually shot in its entirety from the PR tour.

I've heard that all LA shows were filmed (on video not film) and most east coast shows (also video and not film) if I remember correctly I read somewhere that the Syracuse show was also shot on video and not on film because it was broadcast via satelite. I believe the Musicology soundcheck and show that was broadcast via satelite to American theaters was also on video and not film.

With all the hype created by the album, the movie, the oscar, and the US tour in 1985, they'd had only shot the concerts on video ?

That would be very incredible if WB were so cheap on that.

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Some suits at WB must have thought in 1985 that after the success of the movie on theaters, they could release a concert as a sequel, especially since the PR tour didn't come outside the US, and make additionnal money out of it.

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It would be such a smart-less and illogical decision to shot concerts only on video, even in 1985; especially from a firm/ artist that revolutionized the music industry by being #1 in album, radio, singles and theaters at the same time. I have hard time to actually believe that.

I hope that SIFI will reply again here on this forum....we need person like him/her on this forum !

Thanx in advance to enlighten us again whenever u want or can ?

love2thenines2003 said:

I hope that SIFI will reply again here on this forum....we need person like him/her on this forum !

Thanx in advance to enlighten us again whenever u want or can ?

You must have missed the part where Sifi got a ban for posting a link to some video of the First Avenue concert. Don't know how long it's for.

Sifi did us all a favour, and that's how he gets repaid? That's a shame.

KingSausage said:

master said:

KingSausage said:

It's always possible that someone will argue with mods instead of agreeing to not make further mistakes. In which case a ban could be appropriate. I'm not saying that's what happened here. But there might be stuff we don't know. Regardless, I'd like to see SiFi back because he or she has GREAT inside information.

Anyone from Warner's should be banned until they release truthful statements or stop with the cashgrab releases. They are causing a lot of disappointment.

How is this a cash grab? Let's see what happens in the future. This release seems good value for what you get, especially in the 2 disc configuration.

TwiliteKid said:

jungleluv said:

No Apollonia 6, No The Time, no Dez.................................so I ain't gonna bother buying it

I don't know why some of you think that stuff belongs on this set, but it was never going to happen.

So u think that 17 days & Erotic City( which were not in Purple Rain ) should be on there as opposed 2 songs that were actually in the film???!!! Bullshit.

jungleluv said:

TwiliteKid said:

jungleluv said: I don't know why some of you think that stuff belongs on this set, but it was never going to happen.

So u think that 17 days & Erotic City( which were not in Purple Rain ) should be on there as opposed 2 songs that were actually in the film???!!! Bullshit.

Personally I'm only interested in the Prince stuff, I have zero desire for any of the other artist stuff.