noobman said:

omg! Vagina is such an awesome track!

Yes, Vagina is bad ass!

SoulAlive said:

Rearrange is an early favorite....love this track already!

And a double yes! To my ears it has similar parts as Lady Cab Driver and

Private Joy. Which is hella cool.

One last thing. I'm really digging the guitar playing on the vault stuff.

Oh, and How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore ? Take 2... Holy mother of God. Actually I've never heard this version before...Man.

Strive said:

Moonbeam said:

gollygirl said:

Yes I am struggling to find them - I thought I would wait for the release day (also Black Friday here in Australia) - but JB don't even have it on their website (the LP or CD sets) - they only have the single vinyl release and Sanity still have it on pre-order and say 1-2 months for delivery !!!!

Not very good

I have ordered now through Warner Australia. Probably safer than JB or Sanity. Last I checked, they have 7 vinyl sets and 11 CD sets left.

Thank you, I shall try that too

AvocadosMax said:

This would have been a perfect release if they had included the two best outtakes from this era. But nah lol lets not take any risks like P did back in the day

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With regards to Extraloveable, I found out something interesting on twitter yesterday.
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According to Dr Funkenberry, Prince had intended to place Extraloveable on the album but it ended up being replaced by D.M.S.R.
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"1999" replaced "Turn It Up" and "D.M.S.R." replaced "Extraloveable".....
Link: https://twitter.com/drfun...2595616768
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Interview/convo we had. The discussion came about over him bringing up the updated version of "Extraloveable" (now xtraloveable) & i asked bout the lyrics. More was discussed re 1999 & he actually allowed me to take notes about it. I did let the estate know a year ago about it.
Link: https://twitter.com/drfun...5219868672
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This got me thinking. Isn't it strange how D.M.S.R. has Lisa screaming "Somebody help me" at the end of it? I'd dismissed it as a random way to end the dance track as the scream didn't appear to have any context. However, now I've learned that it replaced Extraloveable in the sequence, could it be that the scream was a call back to the song D.M.S.R. replaced?
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Maybe (and this is just a little speculation on my part) the higher ups at Warner had concerns over the bathtub sequence in Extraloveable and encouraged Prince to switch the track. If so, Lisa's part on D.M.S.R. could have been Prince's tongue in cheek response.

[Edited 11/29/19 4:18am]

VaultCurator said:

AvocadosMax said:

This would have been a perfect release if they had included the two best outtakes from this era. But nah lol lets not take any risks like P did back in the day

.
With regards to Extraloveable, I found out something interesting on twitter yesterday.
.
According to Dr Funkenberry, Prince had intended to place Extraloveable on the album but it ended up being replaced by D.M.S.R.
.
"1999" replaced "Turn It Up" and "D.M.S.R." replaced "Extraloveable".....
Link: https://twitter.com/drfun...2595616768

That's spooky.

Last night I did a play list for an old school friend. When we were 14 we were really into the 1999 album. He's a causal fan now but asked me about a '1999 II' from the new set.

I picked a track list for an 80 minute set by stripping out the new vault tracks that sounded demo or unfinished and in the result, I had Turn It Up as track 1 and Extralovable as Track 5.

He got this:

1. Turn It Up

2. Purple Music

3. Moonbeam Levels

4. Vagina

5. Extralovable

6. Feel U Up

7. Irresistable Bitch

8. If It'll Make U Happy

9. Teacher, teacher

10. Possessed

11. Rearrange

12. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? (Take 2)

I think he'll love it.

[Edited 11/29/19 4:53am]

VaultCurator said:

AvocadosMax said:

This would have been a perfect release if they had included the two best outtakes from this era. But nah lol lets not take any risks like P did back in the day

.
With regards to Extraloveable, I found out something interesting on twitter yesterday.
.
According to Dr Funkenberry, Prince had intended to place Extraloveable on the album but it ended up being replaced by D.M.S.R.
.
"1999" replaced "Turn It Up" and "D.M.S.R." replaced "Extraloveable".....
Link: https://twitter.com/drfun...2595616768
.
Interview/convo we had. The discussion came about over him bringing up the updated version of "Extraloveable" (now xtraloveable) & i asked bout the lyrics. More was discussed re 1999 & he actually allowed me to take notes about it. I did let the estate know a year ago about it.
Link: https://twitter.com/drfun...5219868672
.
This got me thinking. Isn't it strange how D.M.S.R. has Lisa screaming "Somebody help me" at the end of it? I'd dismissed it as a random way to end the dance track as the scream didn't appear to have any context. However, now I've learned that it replaced Extraloveable in the sequence, could it be that the scream was a call back to the song D.M.S.R. replaced?
.
Maybe (and this is just a little speculation on my part) the higher ups at Warner had concerns over the bathtub sequence in Extraloveable and encouraged Prince to switch the track. If so, Lisa's part on D.M.S.R. could have been Prince's tongue in cheek response.

[Edited 11/29/19 4:18am]

Fascinating to consider, actually.

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I would say that this album had A LOT of allusions to rather aggressive sexual predation. Not just rape stuff in EL and LUA, but also the last bit of Something in the Water, the last moment in DMSR, "fuck the taste out of your mouth" which could be interpreted as overtly aggressive, Jill taking it pretty rough in Lady Cab Driver, the BDSM imagery in Automatic, the "turbulents" in International Lover might be referencing these moments, "so you'll NEVER FORGET", "the more you scream, the nastier I get", the original "Irresistible Bitch" is overtly aggro. I'm missing some references, but you get the idea.

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Knowing all this, it's fascinating that MH called the rape lyrics "lamentable" - as if this wasn't part of the character he was playing during 1999.

fabriziovenerandi said:

Just arrived!

!!!!!!

Yes, the same to me! Arrived yesterday, wow!

LoveGalore said:

WTF!?

(yes I did not watch unboxing vids and such)

Why oh why did they use digipack like trash in this set?

That spoils it totally when opeing the set.

Is it so hard to follow proper standards?
Proper packaging?

Scratchy sound still on LRC. Must just be my ears. lol

2freaky4church1 said:

Scratchy sound still on LRC. Must just be my ears. lol

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Can you point out what sounds you mean? (timings etc)

I think, so far, that I kinda like the mastering. (first listen, not well rested, etc)

udo said:

The surprise different Purple Music.

Doozer said:

Never really understood how one is classic/great and the other is somehow cheap.

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Jewel cases one can replace.

Cardboard trash one cannot (or can at a greater price).

(especially when out of print())

Is that so hard to fathom?

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When doing a project as '1999 deluxe' I am quite sure that the numbers would result in a nice discount on jewel cases.

This is how u release Prince back catalogues. 10/10

what's next????

jfenster said:

what's next????

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Rumour is Parade. I praying for Sign O' The Times.

Got mine on time!

Nice!!!

REALLY nice presentation!

Showed the kids the old record before unboxing.

No difference to them

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!!!

Picked up my copy, 5CD/DVD, this morning.

My favorite local wrecka stow ordered a few copies, only got 1, and set it aside for me. It was $60, but the only other place in town that stocked it, FYE, have it for $65. It's a tradition for me to buy day of release in store, so, even though Amazon has it at $54, I'm happy with my purchase. Can't figure out why the official online store wants $70, though, that's just crazy.

Best Buy & Target didn't stock it. Didn't check Wal-Mart because even if they have it, odds are the packaging would be beat to shit... I'm not having that.

As for the set, I love the packaging, I love the design, can't wait to soak up the contents.

To all the labels, estates, whatever... do more of these.

Anyone knows when to expect the remastered boxset? Live concert sounds fine though.

That said, very happy with the overall content, i just wonder how it would've sound if Brian Gardner would still be seated at Bernie's.

Mine has not arrived (ordered from the Estate site). I wanted to get a copy today and I cannot find it anywhere in Baltimore. Our big record store doesn't even have it. No luck at Target, Barnes and Noble or Best Buy. I bet a lot of Black Friday shoppers would have purchased it.

purplepolitician said:

Solved the 2 missing tracks crisis in my own mind. Regrabbed the best sounding versions, labelled them Super Deluxe bonus tracks n went on with my life (not b4 posting about it here of course 😛). They r damn good I must say, especially Extra .

same here, i've simply added them to my own playlist. especially the sound on Xtra is very good
in the latest version we have. Lust is a little bit lower, but still, it's ok. we'll live.

we'll funk and dance and we'll live

donnyenglish said:

Mine has not arrived (ordered from the Estate site). I wanted to get a copy today and I cannot find it anywhere in Baltimore. Our big record store doesn't even have it. No luck at Target, Barnes and Noble or Best Buy. I bet a lot of Black Friday shoppers would have purchased it.

It's damn near nowhere to be found lol. Ill have to order online

Graycap23 said:

The remaster as a whole is great and the music included is superb. They did a great job on this release. The concert is a nice little gift, but I do have to say that as far as Prince being very careful about the quality of songs he released, he was spot on. The outtakes and unreleased tracks were left off the record and locked in a vault for a reason. A very good reason. Some made it out later, but only when they were good enough.