KlyphIsBackAgain said:

BoraBora said:

Very well, thanks.

So this is only on the file I have and not on the CD itself.

Will replace the file ripping directly my CD when it will arrive.

Just to make sure I'm listening in the right place. Before the drum machines kick in, or before the drums come in after the "huh huh" in the intro?

Difficult to say, I have not the file here in this moment.

Listened to it twice hours ago, if my memory serves well there is the "suspended" intro and the dropouts (minimal, with headphones on) came right before the last P scream and the start of the drum pattern.

Hope this make sense, tonight I will check it again.

“We Can Fuck” is every bit as good as I’d hoped. The way that he builds and sustains the drama during the middle section is masterful. “Love and Sex” is great, “Possessed” is interesting. I actually became quite choked – I miss the little genius more than ever listening to this stuff. x

BoraBora said:

fen said:

KlyphIsBackAgain said:

fen said:

“We Can Fuck” is every bit as good as I’d hoped. The way that he builds and sustains the drama during the middle section is masterful. “Love and Sex” is great, “Possessed” is interesting. I actually became quite choked – I miss the little genius more than ever listening to this stuff. x

I especially like the ending of Possessed.

I still have to listen to the ending.

From the "here and there" portions I listened to, it is a solid version missing a great bass (a.l.a. Cloreen, to say one).

I'm disappointed with We Can Fuck, not the version as much as the sound quality. Add this one to the "not from master" list. No?

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djThunderfunk said:

I'm disappointed with We Can Fuck, not the version as much as the sound quality. Add this one to the "not from master" list. No?

Again, listened only to some portions but for me the sound quality of WCF was OK.

Maybe not clear like EI, but still better than OD/RG.

Is "Wonderful Ass" the same as this version? https://www.youtube.com/w...3-JLuHYBjw

djThunderfunk said:

mbdtyler said:

Is "Wonderful Ass" the same as this version? https://www.youtube.com/w...3-JLuHYBjw

yes but quality x100

KlyphIsBackAgain said:

fen said:

“We Can Fuck” is every bit as good as I’d hoped. The way that he builds and sustains the drama during the middle section is masterful. “Love and Sex” is great, “Possessed” is interesting. I actually became quite choked – I miss the little genius more than ever listening to this stuff. x

I especially like the ending of Possessed.

Yes, the brief chant of “Someone’s in my body” caught me off guard for some reason – Prince at his strange, surreal, libidinous best.

OD / RG seems to be only track that "sounds" like it's a boot to me, everything else is steller for the most part - especially the Hallway Speech which on headphones is definitely thrilling.

Just as I unfortunately predicted, the Paisley Park Remaster sounds HORRIBLE. Very compressed and horribly brickwalled to the point that you can hear the audio clip in some parts (ending of Let's Go Crazy for example). Here's a sample of the waveform of LGC. Top is the 2015 Remaster, bottom is the from the 2011 Reissue mastered by Kevin Gray (ripped from my personal vinyl copy).

As you can see, there's a night and day difference. Then again, i'm not surprised considering how compressed and brickwalled Prince's music has been since the mid 90's that the remaster he supervised would sound this bad. But I hoped it wouldn't. Oh well.

Silvertongue7 said:

Genesia said:

I thought I was doing the right thing by ordering from the official site. I'll probably get mine last.

In the Spanish forum I read they were saying that Amazon Spain is going to deliver it on the 29th...

Me too Genesia. I am hoping to at least have it by Tuesday...not sure how long it will take if they ship them all out on Friday.

PurpleMedley122 said:

Overall, I'm pleased with the vault disc. Most sounds better than I expected, only a handful sound like they're from "inferior" sources. Sure, it's all too "hot" but this I did expect. It's why I'm not excited about the album remaster.

I'll be happy to drop my $ on this Friday and look forward to future vault releases.

That said, I'm already late for an appointment. I don't expect that "sorry sir, I had to listen to the new Prince CD on my good speakers" will go over so I have to motivate. Thanks to those that shared the leak, I'm sure I'll be spinning these tracks on repeat awhile. Now when I get home Friday I can focus on the DVD!!

OK. As I wrote on the other thread, the inclusion of this version of "Wonderful Ass" confused me so I checked a thing.

I got somewhere a CD bootleg titled "Princesex" that contains a longer version of WA (lenght 9:50, as confirmed on Discogs), and to my knowledge that was indicated as the original 1983 version.

I don't listen to it from a lot and I can't remember well, but from what I remember it was more stripped.

Now here we have what we indicated for all this time as the 1986 version included on a 1983/1984 tracks selection.

So we can assume that the so called "1986 version" is simply an 1983/1984 version revamped as it was in 1986 for inclusion in some project (like JIR from 1986 included without variations on GB in 1990, for example). Am I wrong?!?!?

On a side note, someone here remember or have access to the "Princesex" 9:50 version I'm talkin' about to confirm is different?!?!?

When will some of you figure out the masses could less about the sound quality.

BoraBora said:

OK. As I wrote on the other thread, the inclusion of this version of "Wonderful Ass" confused me so I checked a thing.

I got somewhere a CD bootleg titled "Princesex" that contains a longer version of WA (lenght 9:50, as confirmed on Discogs), and to my knowledge that was indicated as the original 1983 version.

I don't listen to it from a lot and I can't remember well, but from what I remember it was more stripped.

Now here we have what we indicated for all this time as the 1986 version included on a 1983/1984 tracks selection.

So we can assume that the so called "1986 version" is simply an 1983/1984 version revamped as it was in 1986 for inclusion in some project (like JIR from 1986 included without variations on GB in 1990, for example). Am I wrong?!?!?

On a side note, someone here remember or have access to the "Princesex" 9:50 version I'm talkin' about to confirm is different?!?!?

I do, but as I said, have to go. If nobody beats me to it, I'll check it later today for you.

laurarichardson said:

When will some of you figure out the masses could less about the sound quality.

Five minutes after you figure out that WE do!

djThunderfunk said:

BoraBora said:

OK. As I wrote on the other thread, the inclusion of this version of "Wonderful Ass" confused me so I checked a thing.

I got somewhere a CD bootleg titled "Princesex" that contains a longer version of WA (lenght 9:50, as confirmed on Discogs), and to my knowledge that was indicated as the original 1983 version.

I don't listen to it from a lot and I can't remember well, but from what I remember it was more stripped.

Now here we have what we indicated for all this time as the 1986 version included on a 1983/1984 tracks selection.

So we can assume that the so called "1986 version" is simply an 1983/1984 version revamped as it was in 1986 for inclusion in some project (like JIR from 1986 included without variations on GB in 1990, for example). Am I wrong?!?!?

On a side note, someone here remember or have access to the "Princesex" 9:50 version I'm talkin' about to confirm is different?!?!?

I do, but as I said, have to go. If nobody beats me to it, I'll check it later today for you.

Thank you very much.

I have the CD lost in some store boxes.

BoraBora said:

Adorecream said:

I think we have already heard "We can Fuck". On the Work/Testament series is a song in the 1983 called "Moral majority" which sounds like the 2nd half of We can funk/We can fuck. There is female backing vocals and Pirnce and a Linn beat and it starts with the "You pour the water on me baby" and you can hear the line "We can fuck one another". It is very muddy though and only a part song, but suspect it is we can fuck.

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Wow, great call! You were dead on (it).

KlyphIsBackAgain said:

PurpleMedley122 said:

Just as I unfortunately predicted, the Paisley Park Remaster sounds HORRIBLE. Very compressed and horribly brickwalled to the point that you can hear the audio clip in some parts (ending of Let's Go Crazy for example). Here's a sample of the waveform of LGC. Top is the 2015 Remaster, bottom is the from the 2011 Reissue mastered by Kevin Gray (ripped from my personal vinyl copy).

As you can see, there's a night and day difference. Then again, i'm not surprised considering how compressed and brickwalled Prince's music has been since the mid 90's that the remaster he supervised would sound this bad. But I hoped it wouldn't. Oh well.

When I saw "overseen by Prince" I expected it too. But, to play devil's advocate Prince definitely wasn't the only offender in the category and still isn't.

Strangely, the compression and brickwalling isn't as much of a problem on the vault tracks, which sound better.

laurarichardson said:

When will some of you figure out the masses could less about the sound quality.

R U serious? U cannot B serious...

PurpleMedley122 said:

PurpleMedley122 said:

Just as I unfortunately predicted, the Paisley Park Remaster sounds HORRIBLE. Very compressed and horribly brickwalled to the point that you can hear the audio clip in some parts (ending of Let's Go Crazy for example). Here's a sample of the waveform of LGC. Top is the 2015 Remaster, bottom is the from the 2011 Reissue mastered by Kevin Gray (ripped from my personal vinyl copy).

As you can see, there's a night and day difference. Then again, i'm not surprised considering how compressed and brickwalled Prince's music has been since the mid 90's that the remaster he supervised would sound this bad. But I hoped it wouldn't. Oh well.

What a shame, the waveforms say it all, if Prince "oversaw" this, he certaintly did not oversee the remastering. Pick any random person off the street and they could have done a better job.


Apparantly louder = remastered these days.

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leadline said: