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Sony did the bad 25 edition which was very good. Including unreleased material and a concert dvd in a nice deluxe packaging. It had also remixes but i think they didn't have much outtakes to work.with. They also did the king of pop compilation. They asked the fans in every big country which songs they wanted to have on the cd. The result was different issues in different countries with lots of surprises. Especially the french edition is very good including several extended versions previously only available on vinyl. Finally the xscape cd was very good since it included the original unfinished versions combined with the remastered versions. So I believe this deal can work out very good. |
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jstar69 said: Wow - will Sony release something to compete with the WB release. Strategically speaking, it’s highly likely!!! [Edited 6/15/18 15:58pm] Flooding the market with competing releases? it worked a treat in the 90s, I’m sure it will work again... | |
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Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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I'm cautious and happy.
Thanks Prince Estate!
Now releasey the music! Every MONTH Please!!!
NO streaming either!!! We/I want to buy and own!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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I think this is essentially a good thing... Post WB Prince wrote many UNEXPLOITED Gems... I use that word because most of it, with the expepiton of Musicology did not reach the wider market place. Sony will for certain be wanting to make lots of CA$H from their deal and will do their best to make sure they make the most of what they have. At the end of the day that spells MORE Prince on the airwaves
World needs his music..
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Sony did the bad 25 edition which was very good. Including unreleased material and a concert dvd in a nice deluxe packaging. It had also remixes but i think they didn't have much outtakes to work.with. . They couldn't even be bothered to compile the remixes etc. © Bart Van Hemelen
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Variety updated the article. https://variety.com/2018/...202848408/
Sony Music has struck a deal with Prince’s estate to license an unspecified catalog of the artist’s music, three sources close to the situation tell Variety, although it was unclear at press time whether the agreement had been finalized. | |
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For what it’s worth, I’ve always been impressed by Sony’s Legacy Recordings releases. I’m not sure I’d consider them to be the Gold Standard of archival reissues, but I personally have quite a few Legacy Edition releases in my collection and I’ve had very few complaints about the quality of remastering, packaging, or liner notes. If Sony offers the same level of care and attention to Prince’s non-WB releases that Legacy Recordings offered to Miles Davis, Jeff Buckley and others then I will be very satisfied and first in line at my local wrecka stow. So... fingers crossed. | |
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moderatorTurnItUp said:
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Well..lets face it.. He did kind of steal her away from them... | |
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Keep Calm & Listen To Prince | |
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I agree with the release of Piano & Mic 2016 and I have a strong feeling they would attract the mass listerners.
I am also looking forward to hear his post-WB material too. | |
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bluefish said: This is good news, IMO. Finally, an outlet for Prince's post-WB material, which frankly, I'm more interested in. Could not agree more. But is it possible they fall under that new Warner’s deal he made? Comin str8 outta Preston... |
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Side note...Sony didn't pick or was really in charge of the content chosen on the posthumous MJ albums. That's on MJ's estate "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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jjam said: UPDATED: https://variety.com/2018/...202848408/
UPDATED: Sony Music has struck a deal with Prince's estate to license an unspecified catalog of the artist's music, three sources close to the situation tell Variety, although it was unclear at press time whether the agreement had been finalized..... The whole catalogue should be released by Warner!!!! | |
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Apparently that report of Sony suing Prince re the Judith Hill album is incorrect - Prince was sued by a music producer who signed Judith Hill to a deal.
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Interesting...TMZ Strikes again...
seems like it all amounted to naught though | |
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An interesting development.
It's good to see forward movement on all three fronts: WB, Tidal and Sony. Who cares if they clash, monopolies are never helpful.
Sony vs Warners should enable healthy competition to aim for quality releases, rather than just releasing what will sell. Now they are slightly in competition with each other for substance to attract dollars. "...and If all of this Love Talk ends with Prince getting married to someone other than me, all I would like to do is give Prince a life size Purple Fabric Cloud Guitar that I made from a vintage bedspread that I used as a Christmas Tree Skirt." Tame, Feb | |
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I don't like Prince and MJ on the same label. It'll be a conflict of interest and a constant competition between them all over again. But I do feel Sony will be a better fit for his Vault of thousands of unreleased music and video footage(which I am most interested in).I want to finally see the unreleased 3121 movie that Prince spent 6 months preparing. "That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when  was doing the Purple Rain tour had a lot of people who knew 'll never c again @ the concerts.just screamin n places they thought they was suppose 2 scream." |
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I don’t know enough about the industry to have an opinion on Sony, although what some have mentioned about having an impersonator singing in that MJ album is appalling (I remember hearing about it, but I always thought it was a rumour). I do think however that the whole catalog should be in one company so that there is a global plan on how to release it and market it. Considering how poor WBRs decisions have been so far, though, maybe they are not the company that should be in charge and Sony would be a better option. We’ll see how it goes. One question - I understand that WBR have the rights to the outtakes from the time Prince was with them, as they paid for the studio and so on. Does this include tracks recorded entirely in Paisley Park? Was it Prince who paid the musicians and technicians involved, or was it still WBR? As I said, I don’t know much about the industry or the legal aspects of it all. | |
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Unspecified? What does that mean? His entire post WB catalog needs to be with one entity. Not some piecemeal thing. Ugh. Paisley Park is in your heart
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So do I. |
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and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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i know, it might seem shocking to some Personally I think it will work out best for us fans having the post WB catalogue with a different label to WB. Even if WB had been interested (maybe they were who knows) in securing the post 96 material, they would only been prepared to release a few things per year and would inevitably have focused on 78-95. This way we may get multiple releases each year focusing on both halves of Prince's career which to me is a win-win. 'I loved him then, I love him now and will love him eternally. He's with our son now.' Mayte 21st April 2016 = the saddest quote I have ever read! RIP Prince and thanks for everything. | |
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The good news is we may get a post wb hits package which if done well could create public interest in his later albums ... bad news is most of his later albums sucked ... i would love an UN mastered series with his most recent brickwalls presented without the butchered mastering ... alas we live in an age of deaf consumers so they will probably take the opposite approach and brickwall his whole catalog | |
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