independent and unofficial
Prince fan community
Welcome! Sign up or enter username and password to remember me
Forum jump
Forums > Prince: Music and More > Emancipation, Chaos And Disorder, The Versace Experience available September 13th
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Page 5 of 5 <12345

This is a "featured" topic! — From here you can jump to the « previous or next » featured topic.

  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
Reply #120 posted 08/01/19 5:02pm

IstenSzek

avatar

i mean, the bit between 00:10 and 00:17 is one of my favorite bits of prince e-v-e-r falloff


https://www.reddit.com/r/...f=readnext


i need that to be a GIF lol





and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #121 posted 08/01/19 5:34pm

renfield

avatar

Getting the three album vinyl bundle on the official store will save you about $15 (as opposed to getting them all indiviually).

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #122 posted 08/01/19 10:40pm

selgni

I rarely post, but just have to mention that there is absolutely no reason Emancipation needs to be 6 LPs! Typical vinyl album length rode right up to 45-46 minutes back in the day and Emancipation was exactly one hour per CD, meaning it could potentially be 4 LPs, now song length and tracking sequence could make it hard to do, but 6 LPS does not seem necessary, although I haven’t sat down with the CDs and do the math track by track...
AND I have to complain, as it is so so easy to do about what the Estate is doing and wasting time with, but I understand many would like to finish their collection by having everything on vinyl, but everything in purple is really grating on my nerves. Prince had color schemes, Planet Earth should be red, Chaos, blood red...when they re-release Sign, it should be PEACH AND BLACK! Oof, Rave in purple when he’s wearing BLUE just kills me!!!! I will say I did finally grab Planet Earth because the lenticular sleeve as a 12” will be spectacular when I frame it on my wall of vinyl, but man do I wish that the vinyl matched the color scheme of the album, even a blue and white swirl would be cool, like it was planet earth.... but, logically just having it all in normal black vinyl should be standard, not purple. Oof who wants everything on purple? Do these people even look at how he did his own art? And Versace? Why not have a disc of full length songs along with the DJ mix? And on and on...I best shut up already or I’ll really start to tear into things like piano and a microphone where is a release of his final concerts instead of an old cassette everyone had most of already pressed onto vinyl and CD! It’s available in high resolution! It’s a CASSETTE RECORDING, ESTATE, A CASSETTE HI RES MAKES NO SENSE!!! Ok, I will shut up now...
[Edited 8/1/19 22:47pm]
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #123 posted 08/01/19 11:03pm

ThirdStrike

avatar

BartVanHemelen said:

ThirdStrike said:

Shit...$99 for the "Emancipation" vinyl?!?! Yeah, I know it's 6 discs. But damn...

.

Why are you surprised at a price that has been known for over a month?

Why are you concerned about me being suprised? Mind your business...

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #124 posted 08/02/19 6:16am

xemplify08

Just preordered Versace on iTunes and Pussy Control is available straight away... quality is still absolute junk!!!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #125 posted 08/02/19 1:12pm

KlyphIsBackAga
in

avatar

selgni said:

I rarely post, but just have to mention that there is absolutely no reason Emancipation needs to be 6 LPs! Typical vinyl album length rode right up to 45-46 minutes back in the day and Emancipation was exactly one hour per CD, meaning it could potentially be 4 LPs, now song length and tracking sequence could make it hard to do, but 6 LPS does not seem necessary, although I haven’t sat down with the CDs and do the math track by track... AND I have to complain, as it is so so easy to do about what the Estate is doing and wasting time with, but I understand many would like to finish their collection by having everything on vinyl, but everything in purple is really grating on my nerves. Prince had color schemes, Planet Earth should be red, Chaos, blood red...when they re-release Sign, it should be PEACH AND BLACK! Oof, Rave in purple when he’s wearing BLUE just kills me!!!! I will say I did finally grab Planet Earth because the lenticular sleeve as a 12” will be spectacular when I frame it on my wall of vinyl, but man do I wish that the vinyl matched the color scheme of the album, even a blue and white swirl would be cool, like it was planet earth.... but, logically just having it all in normal black vinyl should be standard, not purple. Oof who wants everything on purple? Do these people even look at how he did his own art? And Versace? Why not have a disc of full length songs along with the DJ mix? And on and on...I best shut up already or I’ll really start to tear into things like piano and a microphone where is a release of his final concerts instead of an old cassette everyone had most of already pressed onto vinyl and CD! It’s available in high resolution! It’s a CASSETTE RECORDING, ESTATE, A CASSETTE HI RES MAKES NO SENSE!!! Ok, I will shut up now... [Edited 8/1/19 22:47pm]


'The reason for 6 LPs is simple: the concept of Emancipation was 3 CDs, an hour a piece, each with an overall theme or feeling. 6 records make sense. 2 for each CD. Otherwise the concept would be lost and songs that "aren't supposed to be together" would be.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #126 posted 08/03/19 8:28am

selgni

KlyphIsBackAgain said:



selgni said:


I rarely post, but just have to mention that there is absolutely no reason Emancipation needs to be 6 LPs! Typical vinyl album length rode right up to 45-46 minutes back in the day and Emancipation was exactly one hour per CD, meaning it could potentially be 4 LPs, now song length and tracking sequence could make it hard to do, but 6 LPS does not seem necessary, although I haven’t sat down with the CDs and do the math track by track... AND I have to complain, as it is so so easy to do about what the Estate is doing and wasting time with, but I understand many would like to finish their collection by having everything on vinyl, but everything in purple is really grating on my nerves. Prince had color schemes, Planet Earth should be red, Chaos, blood red...when they re-release Sign, it should be PEACH AND BLACK! Oof, Rave in purple when he’s wearing BLUE just kills me!!!! I will say I did finally grab Planet Earth because the lenticular sleeve as a 12” will be spectacular when I frame it on my wall of vinyl, but man do I wish that the vinyl matched the color scheme of the album, even a blue and white swirl would be cool, like it was planet earth.... but, logically just having it all in normal black vinyl should be standard, not purple. Oof who wants everything on purple? Do these people even look at how he did his own art? And Versace? Why not have a disc of full length songs along with the DJ mix? And on and on...I best shut up already or I’ll really start to tear into things like piano and a microphone where is a release of his final concerts instead of an old cassette everyone had most of already pressed onto vinyl and CD! It’s available in high resolution! It’s a CASSETTE RECORDING, ESTATE, A CASSETTE HI RES MAKES NO SENSE!!! Ok, I will shut up now... [Edited 8/1/19 22:47pm]


'The reason for 6 LPs is simple: the concept of Emancipation was 3 CDs, an hour a piece, each with an overall theme or feeling. 6 records make sense. 2 for each CD. Otherwise the concept would be lost and songs that "aren't supposed to be together" would be.



I see the point, but cost wise it’s not economical at all, and past issues of things on cassette or CD have often differed from their vinyl versions in the industry, so as long as they don’t do something cringeworthy like say, release 1999 without DMSR, and the order of the songs is maintained all is good to me. After all, putting it on vinyl already disrupts his vision for presentation as three hour acts as you are going to have to flip it or switch it every ~15 minutes...I’d rather do that every ~23...splitting hairs I know...but man it’s an expensive set!!!!!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #127 posted 08/03/19 10:18pm

embmmusic

avatar

This still doesn't appear to be up on UK stores yet. I got hit by customs tax on my last delivery from the Prince store so I want to get it from within the UK this time.

Check out The Collector's Guide to Prince on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/p...4ldzxwlEuy
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #128 posted 08/04/19 3:42pm

leecaldon

IstenSzek said:

ThirdStrike said:

Shit...$99 for the "Emancipation" vinyl?!?! Yeah, I know it's 6 discs. But damn...


looks like a nice package. the only thing that bothers me to no end is the purple vinyl.

why? bawl if they wanted to go for coloured vinyl at least make it album themed, so
orange for emancipation (and blue for rave, which was also very jarring in purple).

instead of looking 'special' or extra princely, these purple LPs just look weird and are
totally jarring. confused

The original Rave Un2 CD face had a white background with part of a large purple symbol on it.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #129 posted 08/04/19 3:43pm

leecaldon

IstenSzek said:

lust said:

AvocadosMax said: Love it. Always have.


my initial reaction is always 'hmm i don't really like it' but then i remember that 3rd verse
and i'm all "wait, let me listen to some P Control right now" lol prince pimp sexy pussy guitar oral



P Control was the jam in my halls at university.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #130 posted 08/04/19 5:53pm

IstenSzek

avatar

leecaldon said:

IstenSzek said:


looks like a nice package. the only thing that bothers me to no end is the purple vinyl.

why? bawl if they wanted to go for coloured vinyl at least make it album themed, so
orange for emancipation (and blue for rave, which was also very jarring in purple).

instead of looking 'special' or extra princely, these purple LPs just look weird and are
totally jarring. confused

The original Rave Un2 CD face had a white background with part of a large purple symbol on it.


you're right, i forgot about that eek

still, i hate the purple vinyl lol


and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #131 posted 08/06/19 9:14am

Se7en

avatar

IstenSzek said:

leecaldon said:

The original Rave Un2 CD face had a white background with part of a large purple symbol on it.


you're right, i forgot about that eek

still, i hate the purple vinyl lol



If I'm not mistaken, the purple symbol on the Rave CD is actually Habibi, just the silhouette of it.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #132 posted 08/06/19 12:58pm

seand67

avatar

Wow, thanks for the warning

xemplify08 said:

Just preordered Versace on iTunes and Pussy Control is available straight away... quality is still absolute junk!!!

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #133 posted 08/06/19 2:52pm

leecaldon

Se7en said:

IstenSzek said:


you're right, i forgot about that eek

still, i hate the purple vinyl lol



If I'm not mistaken, the purple symbol on the Rave CD is actually Habibi, just the silhouette of it.

Yes, it was a flat silhouette of Habibi, with a chain hanging off the neck, iwth a small symbol on it.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #134 posted 08/07/19 3:56am

BartVanHemelen

avatar

xemplify08 said:

Just preordered Versace on iTunes and Pussy Control is available straight away... quality is still absolute junk!!!

.

The vocals seem oddly lo-fi.

.

I really wish they'd inform us of the source. The RSD cassette release sounded fairly bad, according to some.

© Bart Van Hemelen
This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights.
It is not authorized by Prince or the NPG Music Club. You assume all risk for
your use. All rights reserved.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #135 posted 08/08/19 2:58pm

purplefrank

Just pre-ordered all three of them via the Prince Official site.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #136 posted 08/08/19 6:09pm

TrivialPursuit

avatar

BartVanHemelen said:

ThirdStrike said:

Shit...$99 for the "Emancipation" vinyl?!?! Yeah, I know it's 6 discs. But damn...

.

Why are you surprised at a price that has been known for over a month?


Because they hadn't seen it until they saw it? Christ, calm your ass down. Isn't it exhausting being such a nudge all the time? It's truly exhausting to wade through your shit posts.

To Thirdstrike: It seemed a bit much to me at first, but it is 6 LPs, and since it's never been on vinyl like this before, I'm down. I've found it better - for me - to buy the LP bundle, and the Versace CD. I don't need CDs of the other two as I already own them. It's still a chunk o' change, but it's less (after tax & shipping) than the CD/LP bundle. Between these and 4 Janet Jackson colored vinyls I picked up this week, my credit card is having a MeToo moment.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #137 posted 08/09/19 5:22am

Rimshottbob

TrivialPursuit said:

BartVanHemelen said:

.

Why are you surprised at a price that has been known for over a month?


Because they hadn't seen it until they saw it? Christ, calm your ass down. Isn't it exhausting being such a nudge all the time? It's truly exhausting to wade through your shit posts.

To Thirdstrike: It seemed a bit much to me at first, but it is 6 LPs, and since it's never been on vinyl like this before, I'm down. I've found it better - for me - to buy the LP bundle, and the Versace CD. I don't need CDs of the other two as I already own them. It's still a chunk o' change, but it's less (after tax & shipping) than the CD/LP bundle. Between these and 4 Janet Jackson colored vinyls I picked up this week, my credit card is having a MeToo moment.

Ordered all three on vinyl with my local record store, who will get them in just like with Musicology, 3121, Planet Earth and Rave In2 and Un2....

Yes, the price is large, but when Planet Earth was over £30 for a single album, I expected nothing less than around £100 for the 6LP Emancipation, and it was always going to be 6LPs, no way it could be anything else. 2LPs per CD, that's it.

It's a pricey bunch for sure, especially as Versace is really only an EP, not even a 'proper' album, but sometimes you got to say what the hell.

And yes, I reserved any surprise I had (and resulting reaction) for these prices for once I had found out the price, rather than when they were posted online for the first time.

I find it's much harder to react to information before you're aware of its existence.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #138 posted 08/09/19 7:55am

ThirdStrike

avatar

TrivialPursuit said:

BartVanHemelen said:

.

Why are you surprised at a price that has been known for over a month?


Because they hadn't seen it until they saw it? Christ, calm your ass down. Isn't it exhausting being such a nudge all the time? It's truly exhausting to wade through your shit posts.

To Thirdstrike: It seemed a bit much to me at first, but it is 6 LPs, and since it's never been on vinyl like this before, I'm down. I've found it better - for me - to buy the LP bundle, and the Versace CD. I don't need CDs of the other two as I already own them. It's still a chunk o' change, but it's less (after tax & shipping) than the CD/LP bundle. Between these and 4 Janet Jackson colored vinyls I picked up this week, my credit card is having a MeToo moment.

Thank you, TrivalPursuit. I thought it was just me who has been growing weary of Bart's fuckery (as much as people kiss dude's ass around here). Very good point. I'll buy it, of course. I was just saying the price is a bit high for a vinyl album...at least, that's what my wife will say. wink

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #139 posted 08/09/19 7:58am

ThirdStrike

avatar

Rimshottbob said:

TrivialPursuit said:


Because they hadn't seen it until they saw it? Christ, calm your ass down. Isn't it exhausting being such a nudge all the time? It's truly exhausting to wade through your shit posts.

To Thirdstrike: It seemed a bit much to me at first, but it is 6 LPs, and since it's never been on vinyl like this before, I'm down. I've found it better - for me - to buy the LP bundle, and the Versace CD. I don't need CDs of the other two as I already own them. It's still a chunk o' change, but it's less (after tax & shipping) than the CD/LP bundle. Between these and 4 Janet Jackson colored vinyls I picked up this week, my credit card is having a MeToo moment.

...I find it's much harder to react to information before you're aware of its existence.

Exactly! If I could see into the future, I wouldn't have been married twice now...wink

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #140 posted 08/24/19 11:35pm

Romeoblu

Amazon UK are showing Emancipation as selling for £175.00.

Surely that price will come down.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #141 posted 08/25/19 11:53am

ChickenMcNugge
ts

avatar

Romeoblu said:

Amazon UK are showing Emancipation as selling for £175.00.

Surely that price will come down.


Oh FFS Amazon, don’t make me insufferably rant about vinyl prices again. lol

Update: HMV is offering Emancipation pre-orders for £87.99... https://store.hmv.com/mus...ancipation
[Edited 8/27/19 16:30pm]
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Page 5 of 5 <12345
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)

This is a "featured" topic! — From here you can jump to the « previous or next » featured topic.

« Previous topic  Next topic »
Forums > Prince: Music and More > Emancipation, Chaos And Disorder, The Versace Experience available September 13th