TwiliteKid said:

This entire thread is speculation. People tying themselves into knots over nothing.

EXACTLY.

Milty2 said:

TwiliteKid said:

This entire thread is speculation. People tying themselves into knots over nothing.

EXACTLY.

It's been reporting that label fighting might stop any re-release this year. Yet new material (last 5 years of P's life) will be released via tidal first then on disc this year.

kewlschool said:

kewlschool said:

kewlschool said:

Yet new material (last 5 years of P's life) will be released via tidal first then on disc this year.

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And yet reporting on this has been completely absent since that first announcement. Nothing was ever said about its contents.

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love2thenines2003 said:

kewlschool said:

It's been reporting that label fighting might stop any re-release this year. Yet new material (last 5 years of P's life) will be released via tidal first then on disc this year.

What did u say?...can u more explain?

According to media releases and articles availble on the web. Tidal is suppossed to release new music (music from the last 5 years of his life-not all his music -just enough to fill a CD's worth.).

kewlschool said:

rdhull said:

RJOrion said:

rdhull said:

Maybe thats their stance since the whole fiasco between them and Prince even with AOA etc. Not to give his legacy any shine ?

yep...all they really have to do is sell rights to a couple Prince songs per year , for use in TV commercials and sporting events, and they make MILLIONS..

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Not really. They might make a couple of millions occasionally, but that's far from being enough to pay all the bills (lawyers, taxes, wages and costs of running PP, costs of warehousing at Iron Mountain and the costs of working at the archive). The Estate needs to make a lot more than a couple of million a year.

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Kares said:

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are you implying that the 1999 Deluxe Edition will be released by Christmas?

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Why are most people so anxious to have all the 'old' stuff in 'remastered versions' ?

While there are TONS of unreleased songs we could get in '(official) better quality versions'?

Most of us know them in crappy bootleg versions... most other people never even heard of them.

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(double post, sorry for that)

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Vannormal said:

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Why are most people so anxious to have all the 'old' stuff in 'remastered versions' ?

While there are TONS of unreleased songs we could get in '(official) better quality versions'?

Most of us know them in crappy bootleg versions... most other people never even heard of them.

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i think most people (me, anyway) just figure that good (new) outtakes will be included
on expanded reissues of the original albums. and since most of those albums could do
with a bit of a sound update, it would be a win-win, to get at least all the WB albums
rereleased in great quality, with an extra disc of outtake material.

but yeah, i'd take a six disc outtakes set, too, no questions asked

IstenSzek said:

Vannormal said:

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Why are most people so anxious to have all the 'old' stuff in 'remastered versions' ?

While there are TONS of unreleased songs we could get in '(official) better quality versions'?

Most of us know them in crappy bootleg versions... most other people never even heard of them.

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i think most people (me, anyway) just figure that good (new) outtakes will be included
on expanded reissues of the original albums. and since most of those albums could do
with a bit of a sound update, it would be a win-win, to get at least all the WB albums
rereleased in great quality, with an extra disc of outtake material.

but yeah, i'd take a six disc outtakes set, too, no questions asked

yeah I agree.I also like the idea of having the outtakes from a specific album packaged together in a deluxe set.You get the remastered album plus a few discs of outtakes.....it's just perfect.

Vannormal said:

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Why are most people so anxious to have all the 'old' stuff in 'remastered versions' ?

While there are TONS of unreleased songs we could get in '(official) better quality versions'?

Most of us know them in crappy bootleg versions... most other people never even heard of them.

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Who says we dont unrealed music? We can't want both? So you dont want remasters?

SoulAlive said:

are you implying that the 1999 Deluxe Edition will be released by Christmas?

I already announced over a year ago that 1999 Deluxe was the next remastered album release from WBR.

ChocolateBox3121 said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

YES, ESTATE GET YOUR ASS IN ORDER PLEASE AND DO THIS!

Make up for the cynical rush release of P&M with a proper job this time!

RODSERLING said:

RODSERLING said:

I announced almost two years ago that since the flop of PR deluxe and the lack of cooperation from the estate,they won't release any new deluxe album.

How can you possibly know this?

RODSERLING said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

I already announced over a year ago that 1999 Deluxe was the next remastered album release from WBR.

Lol it could only be 1999, since it s his best selling album after PR.Everybody knew it. I announced almost two years ago that since the flop of PR deluxe and the lack of cooperation from the estate, they won't release any new deluxe album. WB will always prefer to release anything but a deluxe edition if they have the choice. And for the second year in a row, they chose to release something else. And it will last until they decide to put it on streaming. What will they release then this year? Something from the PR era for sure. It could well be the 1st avenue live of 1983 in CD/dvd. It was supposed to be included in the PR deluxe edition. Maybe the remastering had been finalized.

I thought Batman and Diamonds and Pearls sold more?

rdhull said:

Vannormal said:

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Why are most people so anxious to have all the 'old' stuff in 'remastered versions' ?

While there are TONS of unreleased songs we could get in '(official) better quality versions'?

Most of us know them in crappy bootleg versions... most other people never even heard of them.

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Who says we dont unrealed music? We can't want both? So you dont want remasters?

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From what i can understand of your writings,

Did i say that ? (read it again.)

I said, MOST people want remasters... I for one care less.

I prefer new unreleased music, since there are more songs unreleased, than released.

Time goes fast. Prince WILL be forgotten at some point in time.

We will get old, there will be no more new fans like it use to be, so less profit.

Less money will be earned by companies and the estate if they wait longer to release (new) stuff.

Again, it's my humble opinion.

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I have many remasters of other artists at home.

Does it make it better with just improved quality ? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Remastering is an overrated term used many times just to gain extra $$.

Of course there are good remasters too. Don't get me wrong.

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I rebought Prince's 80's vinyl albums, recently rereleased, so called remastered, or at least improved sound...

Honestly, there isn't all that much difference imho. And I have very good equipment and ears.

I guess it's like tasting wine. Some people got the finesse, others don't.

And I never understood the nerdness of having all twice in worse and so called improved quality.

How far can we go ? There are releases by other artists that had a second or even third remastering... Do our ears get better by time ?

Again, I could be wrong about it all.

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SoulAlive said:

RODSERLING said:

I announced almost two years ago that since the flop of PR deluxe and the lack of cooperation from the estate,they won't release any new deluxe album.

How can you possibly know this?

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skywalker said:

RODSERLING said:

ChocolateBox3121 said: Lol it could only be 1999, since it s his best selling album after PR.Everybody knew it. I announced almost two years ago that since the flop of PR deluxe and the lack of cooperation from the estate, they won't release any new deluxe album. WB will always prefer to release anything but a deluxe edition if they have the choice. And for the second year in a row, they chose to release something else. And it will last until they decide to put it on streaming. What will they release then this year? Something from the PR era for sure. It could well be the 1st avenue live of 1983 in CD/dvd. It was supposed to be included in the PR deluxe edition. Maybe the remastering had been finalized.

I thought Batman and Diamonds and Pearls sold more?

At the time Diamonds & Pearls was the second largest selling Prince album, with over 6 million copies sold. But recent world wide charts showed that 1999 actually surpassed D&P as a better catalouge seller since 1999 remained always in print. It is passed 7 million world wide to this day.

As a matter of fact The Very Best of Prince is climbing up the ranks and could even be his 3rd biggest selling Prince album soon because of how consitent it has been selling after his death.

feeluupp said:

skywalker said:

I thought Batman and Diamonds and Pearls sold more?

At the time Diamonds & Pearls was the second largest selling Prince album, with over 6 million copies sold. But recent world wide charts showed that 1999 actually surpassed D&P as a better catalouge seller since 1999 remained always in print. It is passed 7 million world wide to this day.

As a matter of fact The Very Best of Prince is climbing up the ranks and could even be his 3rd biggest selling Prince album soon because of how consitent it has been selling after his death.

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So the very best of Prince' sells consistently well.

hm. Well... ok then. So be it.

Personally I never liked any of his 'hits' packages.

I have all of 'm, but never ever or rarely listen to them (possibly because i'm a full-album-man...).

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For some reason, Prince is the most hard to 'collect' artist in a best of package out there.

His variety of styles and different approaches of music per album makes it not easy to assemble.

Those released compilations have no soul, no consistency, and simply don't work well.

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(Or maybe it does for those who are not Prince fans like me/us Just people who like to sing to some 'known' popular Prince songs in their car...

I tried to make compilations myself... not easy.

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Vannormal said:

feeluupp said:

At the time Diamonds & Pearls was the second largest selling Prince album, with over 6 million copies sold. But recent world wide charts showed that 1999 actually surpassed D&P as a better catalouge seller since 1999 remained always in print. It is passed 7 million world wide to this day.

As a matter of fact The Very Best of Prince is climbing up the ranks and could even be his 3rd biggest selling Prince album soon because of how consitent it has been selling after his death.

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So the very best of Prince' sells consistently well.

hm. Well... ok then. So be it.

Personally I never liked any of his 'hits' packages.

I have all of 'm, but never ever or rarely listen to them (possibly because i'm a full-album-man...).

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For some reason, Prince is the most hard to 'collect' artist in a best of package out there.

His variety of styles and different approaches of music per album makes it not easy to assemble.

Those released compilations have no soul, no consistency, and simply don't work well.

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(Or maybe it does for those who are not Prince fans like me/us Just people who like to sing to some 'known' popular Prince songs in their car...

I tried to make compilations myself... not easy.

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I feel both The MEGA Hits 3 cd package that was divided between hits,new material, & b-sides was well put together including the liner notes. Also The Ultimate 2 cd package with the exception of the omitted 'Erotic City' & NO "Mountains"(extended) was well done also. The rest I can do without.

Leave this one alone... I have the 1982, 1983, Mid-80's reissue, 2011 and 2017 pressings from many countries... They are perfect for me.