Apologies if this has already been answered somewhere else but I couldn't find it using the search function:

The version of Strollin' on BFTP 6.0 - is it any different at all from the D&P official version? Apart from being louder and more compressed I can't actually detect any difference.

Cheers.

Hi Scrivello,
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It should be the same. Tracks 8 - 19 on disc 3 claim to be an early configuration of the Diamonds and Pearls album. The earliest recorded version known of D&P was from 27 November 1990, and of all the songs on that version only Strollin' remained the same as the official release. All the other tracks were either alternative versions or songs that never ended up on the finished album. Even though it's the same as the official release, it was probably kept in the set for the sake of continuity.
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Strangely though, the sequence on Blast 6 doesn't seem to match any of the versions listed on www.princevault.com. Maybe it's only been discovered recently. However as it begins with 'Something Funky (This House Comes)' it's safe to assume that this sequence must be amongst the earliest configurations (providing it's from a genuine source).

Now THAT is a good answer... thank you!

I know these type of bootlegs are sailing pretty close to the wind when it comes to the legality of what they do, but putting in an actual official album version of a track is a whole different level.

Strollin‘. Again, not much different than the officially released version, but a slightly different mix.

http://4thefunk.com/diamo...inFBG.html

[Edited 8/4/19 16:18pm]

Strive said:

Blast 7.0 ?.......any clue for the next release

Strive said:

Strollin‘. Again, not much different than the officially released version, but a slightly different mix.

http://4thefunk.com/diamo...inFBG.html

[Edited 8/4/19 16:18pm]

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Hmmm... I'm not saying he's wrong, but there does appear to be some conflicting information on this page. If you take a look at the track list, each song has an annotation such as 'alternate version' and 'Money Don't Matter 2 Night' even says 'alternate mix'. Yet Strolin' has no such annotation on this page or on Prince Vault. Could Fink have been mistaken here? Maybe he assumed the mix was different as all the other tracks were? Maybe the bootleg sounded a little different through the process of being copied or a slightly different EQ curve?

Unfortunately I'm only going by what I'm reading. I don't have the track to do a side by side comparison. Sorry.

love2thenines2003 said:

Blast 7.0 ?

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That would be nice.

VaultCurator said:

databank said:

The sequence on Pvault is the same as the original leak recycled by Eye. It is correct, I guess Eye just felt it was necessary to destroy it.

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You mean Eye put the tracks on in the wrong order? That's a shame. Oddly enough they did this back on Blast 1.0. Tracks 1-8 on disc 3 are the early Parade configuration (I believe it's referred to by fans as 'Charade'). However one track was missing from the sequence, 'Old Friends For Sale'. Is was on Blast 1.0, but for some reason it was on disc 2? God knows what the logic was there.

VaultCurator said:

VaultCurator said:

Strive said:

http://4thefunk.com/diamo...inFBG.html

[Edited 8/4/19 16:18pm]

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Hmmm... I'm not saying he's wrong, but there does appear to be some conflicting information on this page. If you take a look at the track list, each song has an annotation such as 'alternate version' and 'Money Don't Matter 2 Night' even says 'alternate mix'. Yet Strollin' has no such annotation on this page or on Prince Vault. Could Fink have been mistaken here? Maybe he assumed the mix was different as all the other tracks were? Maybe the bootleg sounded a little different through the process of being copied or a slightly different EQ curve?

Unfortunately I'm only going by what I'm reading. I don't have the track to do a side by side comparison. Sorry.

Strollin' sounds the same to me. Same length also.

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Money Don't Matter 2 Night is a bit sparser, no rhythm guitar

I have now had a chance to listen properly to the FBG 'Diamonds and Pearls Beginnings' release and agree that this the better (and less compressed) source for these tracks than BFTP 6.0.

Strollin' I still swear is exactly the same as the album version, though.

Interstingly though (for the nerds amongst us) although they appear at first glance to be from the same source there is a strange computer type noise at the beginning of 'Something Funky (This House Comes)' on the BFTP release that is absent from the FBG release. It does sound like it should be part of the song but is not repeated anywhere else before the end. Did BFTP actually steal directly from FBG in that case or not, I wonder?

(I need to get out more).