TheFman said:

yes, another album full of things we already have - just what I wanted, can't imagine how i survived that long without knowing I needed this!

actually, if you look at this in detail, there's quite a bit we don't have yet:

sex shooter
jungle love
manic monday
noon rendesvouz
make-up
you're my love
holly rock
gigolo's get lonely too


and the others we have in pretty shitty quality, so an upgrade is wonderful.

LenguaDePlata said:

What's happened to the other thread?

Luv probably deleted it? They started both threads anyway and this is the one based on the official announcement.

PURPLEIZED3121 said:

RicoN said:

Does anybody stil subscribe to Tidal?

yes & it's bloody brilliant! much easier interface than apple etc.

Tidal is great, but it's still not without it's flaws. Don't get me wrong, I agree it is way easier than apple music or spotify. The content they have is pretty impressive. I am a big Tidal fan and have garnered a few new fans of the streaming service and they love it as well.

IstenSzek said:

TheFman said:

yes, another album full of things we already have - just what I wanted, can't imagine how i survived that long without knowing I needed this!

actually, if you look at this in detail, there's quite a bit we don't have yet:

sex shooter
jungle love
manic monday
noon rendesvouz
make-up
you're my love
holly rock
gigolo's get lonely too


and the others we have in pretty shitty quality, so an upgrade is wonderful.

Even if we had all of them, to get them as a release from vault tapes is going to be a huge improvement on some of the ones we do have. And who's to even say that what we have is the same as what we're getting? Might be different versions etc.

TheEnglishGent said:

LenguaDePlata said:

What's happened to the other thread?

Luv probably deleted it? They started both threads anyway and this is the one based on the official announcement.

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She started this thread when the other was already at 94 posts, and when I pointed out this was a dupe she deleted my post without a word.

TheFman said:

yes, another album full of things we already have - just what I wanted, can't imagine how i survived that long without knowing I needed this!

Speak for yourself. Personally the only thing I have here is "Nothing Compares".

I'm VERY excited about this one. It's gonna be thebomb.com! Considering it's the 'originals', I wish it included Extralovable and In A Large Room With No Light. Those would be GREAT as a digital b-side (hint-hint, Estate)...

sulls said:

I'm VERY excited about this one. It's gonna be thebomb.com! Considering it's the 'originals', I wish it included Extralovable and In A Large Room With No Light. Those would be GREAT as a digital b-side (hint-hint, Estate)...

These are my 2 most wanted songs but they don't fit the theme of the album, which is songs that Prince gave to other artists, not songs that Prince re-recorded himself in a vastly inferior form.

TheEnglishGent said:

IstenSzek said:

actually, if you look at this in detail, there's quite a bit we don't have yet:

sex shooter
jungle love
manic monday
noon rendesvouz
make-up
you're my love
holly rock
gigolo's get lonely too


and the others we have in pretty shitty quality, so an upgrade is wonderful.

Even if we had all of them, to get them as a release from vault tapes is going to be a huge improvement on some of the ones we do have. And who's to even say that what we have is the same as what we're getting? Might be different versions etc.

well i'm excited can't wait. it'll be fun to be able to buy a 'new' prince album in a store.

if i can still find a record store, that is

Kares said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Luv probably deleted it? They started both threads anyway and this is the one based on the official announcement.

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She started this thread when the other was already at 94 posts, and when I pointed out this was a dupe she deleted my post without a word.

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The other thread was a mess, though, with lots of nonsensical speculation (yeah sure, they were gonna release this album this week -- where do people get these ridiculous ideas?). I can kinda understand them wanting to put up a proper thread, but to not communicate about it...

Japanese edition of the album has a bonus track (track #16).

Nothing Compares 2 U (Cinematic Version).

Not sure what exactly this version will be...

https://wmg.jp/prince/discography/20949/

14. Wouldn’t You Love to Love Me? Taja Sevelle: Taja Sevelle – 1987 1981

I'm excited for this one!

amokeru said:

Japanese edition of the album has a bonus track (track #16).

Nothing Compares 2 U (Cinematic Version).

Not sure what exactly this version will be...

https://wmg.jp/prince/discography/20949/

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I guess it's the videoclip.

IstenSzek said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Even if we had all of them, to get them as a release from vault tapes is going to be a huge improvement on some of the ones we do have. And who's to even say that what we have is the same as what we're getting? Might be different versions etc.

well i'm excited can't wait. it'll be fun to be able to buy a 'new' prince album in a store.

if i can still find a record store, that is

I'll be ordering the CD on Amazon and streaming it on iTunes. No need to go out to the record store, even if I knew where to find one.

At first glance this does look great!

Finally a nice clean version of Manic Monday.

I would have liked to have seen on here the other Martika tracks but I suppose we do already have those in fairly decent quality.

Surely we have to expect this to be VOLUME 1 ????

I can imagine the Estate decided to leave off 'Volume 1' as not to stir up speculation about there ever being a Volume 2 but surely this type of project can run into many volumes!!!!!

However, I'm pleased with this release (...or series)

TheEnglishGent said:

IstenSzek said:

well i'm excited can't wait. it'll be fun to be able to buy a 'new' prince album in a store.

if i can still find a record store, that is

I'll be ordering the CD on Amazon and streaming it on iTunes. No need to go out to the record store, even if I knew where to find one.

i stream just about everything these days, but i just like the excitement of buying a record
like this one in an actual store. i'm 40 years old, so yeah

I've seen on the official store there are THREE vinyl pressings in BLACK, PURPLE and WHITE.

I think it is unfair of the Estate to expect fans and collectors to buy THREE versions of the vinyl which always costs fans a premium but it is cheap to produce.

This is very expoitative!

darkroman said:

I've seen on the official store there are THREE vinyl pressings in BLACK, PURPLE and WHITE.

I think it is unfair of the Estate to expect fans and collectors to buy THREE versions of the vinyl which always costs fans a premium but it is cheap to produce.

This is very expoitative!

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You're a big boy. You can decide not to buy them if you don't want to.

Are we confident the quality of the songs would have been restored for this release?

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I'm skeptical because to my untrained ears they quality of the bootlegs on PP Deluxe sucked. For example, my bootleg version of Dance Electric is better quality than what appears on that album.

Kares said:

darkroman said:

I've seen on the official store there are THREE vinyl pressings in BLACK, PURPLE and WHITE.

I think it is unfair of the Estate to expect fans and collectors to buy THREE versions of the vinyl which always costs fans a premium but it is cheap to produce.

This is very expoitative!

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You're a big boy. You can decide not to buy them if you don't want to.

Congratuations, you are the first prize winner to deliver that age of clique and it only took four minutes since my post!

The fact is all true Prince fans are collectors. We buy everything! Casual Prince fans aren't Prince fans.

The Estate know this and sadly expolit this.

Additionally the deluxe vinyl + CD version is MORE expensive then buying the CD and vinyl as separate items.

Luckily I can afford such things but many fans can't, particularly at the fast rate of releases this year!

lurker316 said:

Are we confident the quality of the songs would have been restored for this release?

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I'm skeptical because to my untrained ears they quality of the bootlegs on PP Deluxe sucked. For example, my bootleg version of Dance Electric is better quality than what appears on that album.

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The outtakes on Purple Rain Deluxe were sourced from cassette copies (despite whatever Warners communicated about it), hence the poor quality.

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Hopefully 'Originals' will be the first release that was genuinely sourced from the Vault master tapes.

Just pre-ordered the cd. I CANNOT WAIT!!!

darkroman said:

Kares said:

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You're a big boy. You can decide not to buy them if you don't want to.

Congratuations, you are the first prize winner to deliver that age of clique and it only took four minutes since my post!

The fact is all true Prince fans are collectors. We buy everything! Casual Prince fans aren't Prince fans.

The Estate know this and sadly expolit this.

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(I'm not sure I understand what you mean on "to deliver that age of clique"..)

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Being a collector doesn't mean being mad about collecting every single editions of the same releases on all formats and from every country on Earth. I'm sorry I don't care about different coloured vinyl or collecting 142 different editions of the same single so obviously I'm not a "true Prince fan" (whatever that might mean) in your eyes. I can live with that.
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My aim in collecting Prince is to collect all of his recordings in the best possible sound quality because MUSIC is my primary interest. So I never even bothered to buy 'The Best Of Prince' for example, I'm sorry.

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What you label as 'exploitation' (really? ) is called marketing and if I'd be in charge I'd produce different editions too. That's how the business works and again: no-one is holding a gun to your head to buy every different SKU.

darkroman said:

I've seen on the official store there are THREE vinyl pressings in BLACK, PURPLE and WHITE.

I think it is unfair of the Estate to expect fans and collectors to buy THREE versions of the vinyl which always costs fans a premium but it is cheap to produce.

This is very expoitative!

I think even here it's a small minority who want each version of a release, so it's not really exploitative just giving choice. I'll buy the CD and that's it for me.

Great news. And now we can get a better understanding of just what kind of shape those old tapes are actually IN.

IstenSzek said:

TheEnglishGent said:

I'll be ordering the CD on Amazon and streaming it on iTunes. No need to go out to the record store, even if I knew where to find one.

i stream just about everything these days, but i just like the excitement of buying a record
like this one in an actual store. i'm 40 years old, so yeah

I certainly understand going to the record store and the excitement that goes with it. I am 50 next year, so had many years of doing just that. But now I like getting home from work and finding it on my doormat, that's exciting to me now.