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Reply #810 posted 06/06/19 11:23pm

Halen

This is getting strong reviews

4/5 by Rolling Stone

9.5/10 by Pitchfork

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Reply #811 posted 06/06/19 11:43pm

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Love the album,awesome vocals on Baby u're a trip!

"We are the New Power Generation,and so are U!"
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Reply #812 posted 06/07/19 12:00am

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daniorU said:

Love the album,awesome vocals on Baby u're a trip!

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Reply #813 posted 06/07/19 12:02am

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ORIGINALS

PRINCE’S ‘ORIGINALS’ NOW LIVE EXCLUSIVELY ON TIDAL


Hear the Album on www.TIDAL.com/Prince


Now live exclusively on TIDAL, Prince’s newest album, Originals, was pulled directly from the historic archive of Prince's music. The 15-track album features 14 previously unreleased recordings that highlight the impact Prince had on modern music and the foundation of many artists' careers. The tracks were selected collaboratively by JAY-Z and Troy Carter, on behalf of The Prince Estate.

In the spirit of sharing Prince’s music with his fans as he wanted, the album is also available to stream in Master quality via TIDAL’s HiFi subscription tier. Members will be able to hear the recordings just as the artist intended the tracks to sound.

Listen now on www.TIDAL.com/Prince

Media, bloggers and fans can embed album teasers using these codeshttp://tdl.sh/Originals

About TIDAL®

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Reply #814 posted 06/07/19 12:35am

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OMG... Holly Rock is the jam !

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Cant believe my purple psychedelic pimp slap pimp2

And I descend from grace, In arms of undertow
I will take my place, In the great below
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Reply #815 posted 06/07/19 12:35am

JorisE73

The FLAC's have been leaked.
I like the album, but still a shame that it flows like a 90's outtake bootleg.
Love the songs but would have rather seen most of these tracks on remasters of the original albums.
Still beter then nothing.

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Reply #816 posted 06/07/19 12:35am

dodger

First observations... You're My Love is quite bizarrely brilliant. . Gigolos Get Lonely Too is pure ear candy to me. . Wouldn't You Love To Love Me is of course not great quality but I'm still glad to have it.
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Reply #817 posted 06/07/19 12:44am

TheKid94

Upon First Listen Review:
Don’t hate on me for my thoughts. Like underwear, opinions are ever-changing.

Sex Shooter - Vanity’s version of this song will always reign supreme
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Jungle Love - Pretty much the same as the released version. It’s obvious, like Sex Shooter, it’s inclusion is solely based on its presence in Purple Rain.
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Manic Monday - The excitement in hearing the original Manic Monday far exceeds the experience. Brenda’s vocals are pleasant and the extra bridge is interesting. Super underwhelming, and more surface level pandering to casual fans.
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Noon Rendezvous - Unfortunately, it's hard to get into this one for me. Even Sheila's official version pales in comparison to the live version from the B’day show at First Ave. In that case, why not put that version of the song on the album? Ah, except it's longer than three minutes and we know how short a listener's attention span is these days. ESPECIALLY Prince fans.
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Make Up - Nothing different in this song that Vanity doesn’t do just as good or better.
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100 MPH 🌟 - Finally, we arrive at something special! It’ll be nice to listen to this freely without such a muffled quality. Although, I will say it could be cleaner. Great song, could’ve only been better if it segued into JerkOut.
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You’re My Love - Really not sure what to make of this one….on first listen I cringed at some of his vocals. There are some sincere genuine moments in this song, but I think this is one of those situations where his version wasn’t meant to be released.
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Holly Rock 🌟- This is a MF JAM! Prince really owned this one, his delivery is fresh and not as kitchy as Sheila’s. I wish this would’ve leaked years ago because damn were we missing out!
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Baby You’re A Trip 🌟- Sound quality problems aside, this track is beautiful. Prince and Jill’s voice meld so good together, and we could’ve only hoped to have Mia Bocca follow with this one. Also, props to Jill who out of all the associated acts, comes the closest to capturing Prince’s vocal range and pitch imo.
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The Glamorous Life - This is not the same version that leaked a couple years ago as far as I can tell. While that leaked version is superior in it's execution, the quality of this one is pretty good. However, I don't see myself picking this demo version over Sheila's.
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Gigolos Get Lonely Too - Vocals are clipping a bit on this one. Nothing different to the original, I almost couldn’t tell if it was Morris or Prince at times.
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Love Thy Will Be Done 🌟- Spiritual Prince at it’s finest, grateful to finally have this accessible in my streaming library.
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Dear Michaelangelo 🌟- This slaps! Love this song, both released versions are great and I’m so happy to finally hear his original vocals. The harmonies are fantastic and I love the energy of this track. We need a full Originals version of the Romance 1600 album!
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Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me ⭐️- Definitely the poorest quality soundwise on the album. I’m sure on future listens I’ll be bumping to it.
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Nothing Compares 2 U - I hate to rain on the NC2U parade, but there are just too many damn versions of this song. I might get hate for this one, but the officially released live version with Rosie packs a more soulful punch for me. Not bad, but it’s kind of sad that this is the only Family guide vocal song we got. Screams of Passion, High Fashion, Mutiny, Desire?
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Recap: *I'm not gonna touch on the sound quality because I'm sure enough of you already will and also know a hell of a lot more than I do about it lmao.
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That being said, I do love that we are getting "new" Prince releases. I believe the concept of 'Originals' is actually really clever and if done right, could be a worthwhile and wholesome release for fans. The reality is I don't see this as very wholesome. Of the 13 tracks, 5 or 6 of them I'd listen to above their released counterparts.
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Which brings me to the curation of this whole affair. Troy Carter obviously means well, but as any businessman does, he's searching for selling points not substance. Many on the org have pointed out the focus is in the wrong place. The fans are being side stepped for the potential to bring in newbies, which, is there any sign this is actually working? Don't get me wrong, they got some of it right. The handful of tracks that resonate for me are very good and please note, none of these are bad songs whatsoever. They each served their purpose and brought success to a lot of people including himself!
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To wrap it up, I gotta say I was a huge fan of PR Deluxe, especially the vault collection. Having revisited the vault two more times, I'm curious to see if they have enough confidence to dive deeper and explore his body of work past the 83 - 85 era.
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Much Love,

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Reply #818 posted 06/07/19 12:53am

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It's hard to know if this is the newness of it, but listening to it, Originals feels like an essential Prince release. It both chronicles his omnipresence in the 80s through its diverse soundscapes and explores the different avenues of his psyche that his patheon of collaborators unearthed in him. We get many sides of Prince here, delivered in a highly replayable package. I won't comment on individual tracks much until I let them sink in more, but it's a stunning reminder of his titanic prowess in the 80s.

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Reply #819 posted 06/07/19 12:55am

dodger

FragileUndertow said:

OMG... Holly Rock is the jam ! :music:

yeahthat funky as. I've just walked into work chanting 'rock rock holly rock everybody wanna holly rock'
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Reply #820 posted 06/07/19 12:59am

deanm

dodger said:

First observations... You're My Love is quite bizarrely brilliant. . Gigolos Get Lonely Too is pure ear candy to me. . Wouldn't You Love To Love Me is of course not great quality but I'm still glad to have it.

I agree, couldn't even remember the Kenny Rogers version & Gigolos get lonely, never cared for The Time version, but I love both these versions !

I thought the sound on Love....Thy will be done was a bit average, but I was listening to it in may car.

Wouldn't you love me was a nice surprise, but the sound quality was quite ordinary.

All in all an absolutely fantastic release.

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Reply #821 posted 06/07/19 1:06am

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TheKid94 said:

Jungle Love - Pretty much the same as the released version. It’s obvious, like Sex Shooter, it’s inclusion is solely based on its presence in Purple Rain.


Or maybe it was included because it's one of the most well-known Prince-penned songs performed by another artist?

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Reply #822 posted 06/07/19 1:09am

CrozzaUK

Am loving most of these versions, even the ones ive had as LQ demos, have a new lease of life on this album. The only, and actually major disappointment, is the awful versoin of Wouldnt You Love To Love Me. A poor version and shit sound quality. Since the album was announced i was delighted that we would be getting to hear the 87 version in decent quality but this sounds like a throwaway rock version, like something done during the rebels sessions or something. Why would they choose this one over the joyous 87 version that actually sounds like the Taja Seville version?

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Reply #823 posted 06/07/19 1:10am

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Love this release, a step in the right direction. 90% uncirculating material and pretty good quality.

I'm happy. biggrin

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Reply #824 posted 06/07/19 1:30am

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I love the version of "Wouldn't You Love to Love Me?" on offer here. I am most partial to the late 70s circulating version, but this one is super nice as well!

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Reply #825 posted 06/07/19 1:46am

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It would have been nice if they could have actually put Prince's "Original" solo demos on there instead of some of these "Frankenstein" versions ("Manic Monday" (Brenda and Jill background vox), "Holly Rock" (suffers the most of it, too much to list), "Baby, You're A Trip" (Jill's background vox), "Dear Michaelangelo" (Eddie M. instead of original synth lines from the demo), "Nothing Compares 2 U" (already discussed...)

A shitty release that still gives bootleggers a chance to profit off of the real demo versions when some potential backstabber tries to sell these to them... Sad that this is what we have to look forward to for the rest of our "Prince fan" days...
The less said about this crap the sooner it'll fade away...

Neversin.

O(+>NIИ<+)O

“Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's?”

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Reply #826 posted 06/07/19 1:53am

KCOOLMUZIQ

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #827 posted 06/07/19 1:54am

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Neversin said:

It would have been nice if they could have actually put Prince's "Original" solo demos on there instead of some of these "Frankenstein" versions ("Manic Monday" (Brenda and Jill background vox), "Holly Rock" (suffers the most of it, too much to list), "Baby, You're A Trip" (Jill's background vox), "Dear Michaelangelo" (Eddie M. instead of original synth lines from the demo), "Nothing Compares 2 U" (already discussed...)

A shitty release that still gives bootleggers a chance to profit off of the real demo versions when some potential backstabber tries to sell these to them... Sad that this is what we have to look forward to for the rest of our "Prince fan" days...
The less said about this crap the sooner it'll fade away...

Neversin.



If more releases like this one is what we have to look forward to from here on out,then I'm one happy camper
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Reply #828 posted 06/07/19 2:02am

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:


KCOOL! Welcome back!

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Reply #829 posted 06/07/19 2:08am

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dustoff said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:


KCOOL! Welcome back!


You mean ChocolateBox3121 lol

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Reply #830 posted 06/07/19 2:10am

JorisE73

Kares said:

YES!

Finally, this is the real deal. After all the cassette-sourced posthumous releases, this one is genuinely from The Vault.
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Gorgeous, clean sound with the depths, real colours, textures and flavours of those analog synths. This is how 'Love & Sex', 'Computer Blue', 'Wonderful Ass' and the other PR-outtakes should've been released, instead of the sonic mess we got of those masterpieces...
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I'm really loving this. Yes, 'Wouldn't You Love To Love Me' sounds bad, but still, it is sourced from the master, it was just recorded poorly. It is what it is. And the poor quality of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' is no surprise, it's the only partially-cassette sourced master on this collection, while the other 14 songs are truly from the vault, so I'm not complaining.
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This is an album that does justice to Prince. Those with ears for great musicianship will be thrilled to hear the details, the nuances of the different parts. His playing on all instruments (but especially on guitar) is soulful, meaningful and delivered with masterful precision. His vocal performances are breathtaking. All this from a guy in his early 20s...

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'Noon Rendezvous' is absolutely sublime. 'Baby, You're A Trip' takes you to church and will make you tear up.

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[Edited 6/6/19 23:14pm]


Are we sure everything is from the vault and not like NOthing Compares 2 U?

Neversin posted this on a nother board:

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Pathetic that these idiots running the show are clueless as to which tracks belong on the demos and just punch up all the tracks that were recorded for the released versions and release them as is on this album...

Neversin.
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[Edited 6/7/19 2:15am]

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Reply #831 posted 06/07/19 2:13am

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luv4u said:

dustoff said:


KCOOL! Welcome back!


You mean ChocolateBox3121 lol


I stand corrected biggrin

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Reply #832 posted 06/07/19 2:18am

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Neversin said:

It would have been nice if they could have actually put Prince's "Original" solo demos on there instead of some of these "Frankenstein" versions ("Manic Monday" (Brenda and Jill background vox), "Holly Rock" (suffers the most of it, too much to list), "Baby, You're A Trip" (Jill's background vox), "Dear Michaelangelo" (Eddie M. instead of original synth lines from the demo), "Nothing Compares 2 U" (already discussed...)

A shitty release that still gives bootleggers a chance to profit off of the real demo versions when some potential backstabber tries to sell these to them... Sad that this is what we have to look forward to for the rest of our "Prince fan" days...
The less said about this crap the sooner it'll fade away...

Neversin.

I always appreciate your insights Neversin, thanks for posting.

I have to say though, that you're in quite a different position to most of us here, let alone the average music listener at large. If you or other elite collectors have some of these tracks, such as Manic Monday in the form of Prince's original demo, without the backing tracks of others, then you are indeed in a very privileged and unique position to voice your complaints. Even if you haven't heard these things, you seem to have a lot of insider knowledge, which we don't have either.


For the 99.9999% of the rest of us though, we have no comparison to make, so can only judge it on the merits of what is presented to us. And coming from that point of view, I love this release and am very happy with it. We're never going to get access to everything and are at the mercy of what the estate choose to release to us and it's days like today that I'm happy to be able to revel in my blissful ignorance of what might have been and just lay back and listen to Prince singing some songs to me.

To the subject of the 'real' demo versions. Are you saying that you have these, or that you know these to exist within collectors circles? Or is it assumption based on speaking to others? Or you just know for sure that they exist somewhere in the vault?

RIP sad
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Reply #833 posted 06/07/19 2:23am

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JorisE73 said:

Kares said:

YES!

Finally, this is the real deal. After all the cassette-sourced posthumous releases, this one is genuinely from The Vault.
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Gorgeous, clean sound with the depths, real colours, textures and flavours of those analog synths. This is how 'Love & Sex', 'Computer Blue', 'Wonderful Ass' and the other PR-outtakes should've been released, instead of the sonic mess we got of those masterpieces...
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I'm really loving this. Yes, 'Wouldn't You Love To Love Me' sounds bad, but still, it is sourced from the master, it was just recorded poorly. It is what it is. And the poor quality of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' is no surprise, it's the only partially-cassette sourced master on this collection, while the other 14 songs are truly from the vault, so I'm not complaining.
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This is an album that does justice to Prince. Those with ears for great musicianship will be thrilled to hear the details, the nuances of the different parts. His playing on all instruments (but especially on guitar) is soulful, meaningful and delivered with masterful precision. His vocal performances are breathtaking. All this from a guy in his early 20s...

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'Noon Rendezvous' is absolutely sublime. 'Baby, You're A Trip' takes you to church and will make you tear up.

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[Edited 6/6/19 23:14pm]


Are we sure everything is from the vault and not like NOthing Compares 2 U?

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I am sure.

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Reply #834 posted 06/07/19 2:23am

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dustoff said:

TheKid94 said:

Jungle Love - Pretty much the same as the released version. It’s obvious, like Sex Shooter, it’s inclusion is solely based on its presence in Purple Rain.


Or maybe it was included because it's one of the most well-known Prince-penned songs performed by another artist?

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One of the recent Michael Howe interviews suggests Jay-Z wanted this track.

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Reply #835 posted 06/07/19 2:24am

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JorisE73 said:


Neversin posted this on a nother board:

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Pathetic that these idiots running the show are clueless as to which tracks belong on the demos and just punch up all the tracks that were recorded for the released versions and release them as is on this album...

Neversin.
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The album is called Originals, not demos. That would imply that they were Prince's original version of what was released, not his inital demo. I'm not sure why Neversin would expect the original demo version in the first place.

RIP sad
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Reply #836 posted 06/07/19 2:25am

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Neversin said:

It would have been nice if they could have actually put Prince's "Original" solo demos on there instead of some of these "Frankenstein" versions ("Manic Monday" (Brenda and Jill background vox), "Holly Rock" (suffers the most of it, too much to list), "Baby, You're A Trip" (Jill's background vox), "Dear Michaelangelo" (Eddie M. instead of original synth lines from the demo), "Nothing Compares 2 U" (already discussed...)

A shitty release that still gives bootleggers a chance to profit off of the real demo versions when some potential backstabber tries to sell these to them... Sad that this is what we have to look forward to for the rest of our "Prince fan" days...
The less said about this crap the sooner it'll fade away...

Neversin.

Prince's demos will have BVs on them, they aer an intergral part of the song. What you're describing is an unfinished version and incomplete version, which may be of some interest but won't be a fair representattion of the song Prince was laying down.

Quit your moaning, you're worse than our lass.

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Reply #837 posted 06/07/19 2:26am

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Kares said:

JorisE73 said:


Are we sure everything is from the vault and not like NOthing Compares 2 U?

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I am sure.

Is this based purely on what you're hearing on the release itself, or from other sources? I certainly trust your ears over mine, especially after your inital assesment and being proven correct about the source of NC2U, I'm just wondering.

RIP sad
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Reply #838 posted 06/07/19 2:29am

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Neversin said:

It would have been nice if they could have actually put Prince's "Original" solo demos on there instead of some of these "Frankenstein" versions ("Manic Monday" (Brenda and Jill background vox), "Holly Rock" (suffers the most of it, too much to list), "Baby, You're A Trip" (Jill's background vox), "Dear Michaelangelo" (Eddie M. instead of original synth lines from the demo), "Nothing Compares 2 U" (already discussed...)

A shitty release that still gives bootleggers a chance to profit off of the real demo versions when some potential backstabber tries to sell these to them... Sad that this is what we have to look forward to for the rest of our "Prince fan" days...
The less said about this crap the sooner it'll fade away...

Neversin.

OK, this is what I feared. Somehow I naively hoped that they'd put the real NC2U on this album, and that no other track would be posthumously tinkered with... OK, now we know who we're dealing with I guess. The only possible half-excuse I could find for them was if they come clear and state in the liner notes that they've messed with some of the songs to make them more consumer-friendly, but I doubt this will be the case (let me know guys when you get the CD).

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Haven't listened to it yet and not sure which versions are authentic or not but the case pleaded here by Neversin, who has proven year after year to be a reliable person when it comes to such things, is convincing to me, and anyway the mere presence of the certified fake NC2U is enough for us to assume any of the other tracks may have been messed with. Once trust is broken once...

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The utter drama in all this, beyond the Estate butchering Prince's work for commercial purposes, is that, as with NC2U last year, the record will get nothing but rave reviews by the music press since no journalist suspects that some songs are fake. Hell, even those French fans didn't make any mention of it in their early reviews some days ago, so if even hardcore Prince fans can be fooled, the average journalist won't see anything.

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If I get around finding the time to do it, I may drop a mail to each and every site and journalist who reviewed the thing to tell them what occured in hope of some reaction. If anyone here has the time to do it, I encourage you to do the same. A few reviewers might be pissed and publish/post something about it. Princevault also needs to mention it, I will contact them ASAP. I would really like to hear Duane on this, too, he's an authority of sorts onb those studio sessions, now, and his opinion could weight in.

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I also strongly discourage anyone from purchasing or streaming this product. The more critical acclaim and the more money the Estate gets from this, the more fake mixes we'll see in the future. Just download the album illegally, it'll soon be easy to find. But the CD or LP second hand in some months if you really need to have it in physical format. Just don't encourage them to do it again.

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To be honest, I'm really, really sad about this sad sad sad A vault full of gems and instead of releasing them as such, a bunch of sorcerer's apprentices feel they need to "upgrade" the recordings. Prince's legacy deserved better than this.

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Reply #839 posted 06/07/19 2:29am

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I feel like the resident cheerleader here given how I have liked each of the posthumous releases so far, but this one is particularly awesome, IMO. I think it will come to be regarded as a seminal Prince release. While I can appreciate the finer points about accuracy with respect to what is truly the “original” (e.g. “Wouldn’t You Love to Love Me” being neither the first version of the song nor the version likely presented to Taja Savelle), the way it presents Prince with the colorful shades of his psyche in bold relief across a wide range of genres does great justice to his legacy, IMO.
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