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Reply #30 posted 03/02/20 5:36am

Rimshottbob

Slow down?

Er. No

No. And no.

I see your point, but. No.

No.

They're not coming fast enough as it is!

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Reply #31 posted 03/02/20 6:10am

blacknote

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udo said:

Time is running out, so hurry up!

You hear that Warners? Step it up. My wallet's waiting.

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Reply #32 posted 03/02/20 6:30am

Vannormal

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Just to have an idea :

Radiohead, opened up all their official albums/music on youtube.

Sure they produced less body of work like Prince did.

Plus when someone 'stole' their demos of the 'OK Computer' album, they release the entire 18 hours (eighteen hours!) of demo's & music available for everyone.

Can't get enough of it.

Of course, Radiohead still is 'there' and makes music.

Which is not the case with Prince and the bills that need to be payed.

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Reply #33 posted 03/02/20 6:57am

udo

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Vannormal said:


Which is not the case with Prince and the bills that need to be payed.

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If they'd kick the lawyers and orther leeches out, a lot more money would remain for the heirs.

And they could take it slowly with the releases.

But that will never happen of course.

Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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Reply #34 posted 03/02/20 7:44pm

Seahorsie

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SquirrelMeat said:

If they slow it down anymore, none of us will be alive to see full content of the vault.

Amen, SM. I can see this is going to become an age issue. I did want to see what was in the very back of the vault, in the spiderweb area, before they cart me out to the boneyard.

Good morning children...take a look out your window, the world is falling...
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Reply #35 posted 03/03/20 1:03am

kygermo

No. If you're speaking about 1999 and PR in particular, it helps that there's multiple versions of each. You got the 2-disc releases for the casual, and then you have the crazy-insane-insane-crazy deluxe editions for lunatics like us. If anything, these (and the many others to follow) are way overdue, so keep them coming!

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As for the Sony/Legacy stuff, most of those are just the albums that never stayed in print since more times than not P did one and done's with the record companies in charge of the distribution. Those records deserve to be heard too, so good on Legacy for covering that.

[Edited 3/3/20 1:15am]

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Reply #36 posted 03/03/20 6:10am

sulls

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djThunderfunk said:

SquirrelMeat said:

If they slow it down anymore, none of us will be alive to see full content of the vault.


THIS!

As I'm getting older, I think they should release it faster.

Clearly they need to get what they can now while the audience is still alive and interested and the market still has a place for physical media.

yeahthat

I jokingly tell people I have 20 years left to live. I'll be 70 then, and that may not be too far off the mark. AT LEAST let me hear a pristine Extraloveable before I go...

...and In A Large Room

...and Euphoria Highway

...and Take Me With U (extended)

...and U Got The Look (banjo)

...etc., etc., etc.....

"I like to watch."
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Reply #37 posted 03/03/20 8:57am

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DirtyCache said:

Is it possible that it would B better 2 slow these releases down 2 allow the new and casual fans time 2 fully digest and appreciate all this great music...



If there were a ton of new and casual fans I might agree with you. But there's not. Most (not all, but most) of the people buying this stuff are hardcore fans.

We're a bit older now, which means a.) we don't have much time left to buy this stuff, and b.) some of us have a bit more disposable income than we did in our younger days and we'll happily hand over to the estate.



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Reply #38 posted 03/06/20 1:15am

udo

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Just a the FED (private bank!) cannot stop QE and cannot raise interest rates anymore (!), the 'Estate' construct has to generate money due to the leeching lawyer types and assorted similar figures.

So releasing stuff can be a way to generate income.

Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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Reply #39 posted 03/06/20 9:33pm

andrewm7

^ keep them coming , I`m still waiting for the Chocoloate invasion, the slaughterhouse, CNote, and Xpectation on vinyl smile

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Reply #40 posted 03/07/20 2:58am

LoveGalore

udo said:



Vannormal said:



Which is not the case with Prince and the bills that need to be payed.



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If they'd kick the lawyers and orther leeches out, a lot more money would remain for the heirs.


And they could take it slowly with the releases.


But that will never happen of course.



Who gives a shit about money for the heirs?

Why would you want to slow the releases when they're being done by entirely different teams?
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Reply #41 posted 03/07/20 3:26am

ChickenMcNugge
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callimnate said:

PeggyO said:

Us geezers are on borrowed time...

Hear Hear! lol

But to answer the OP's question seriously.......

I love all the shit thats constantly coming out, but dont expect us married father of three to go out and buy everything thats released.

I can only afford to pick and choose which ones I really need (or want). But if I was single and irresponsible, I'd be going NUTS!!!!!!!!!

biggrin confused neutral sad

I'm in a similar position, honestly. If I was still in my early 2010s financial position, I'd have been nabbing everything put out straight away, lol.

There are still a few of the earlier Legacy reissues that I'd like to get, but I already have the ones that most mattered to me (and am waiting patiently for more of the early-mid '90s stuff to be reissued in, presumably, 2021).

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Reply #42 posted 03/07/20 12:08pm

jfenster

but why wont they manufacture more 1999 deluxes ???? its not like they wont sell...

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Reply #43 posted 03/07/20 9:42pm

udo

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jfenster said:

but why wont they manufacture more 1999 deluxes ???? its not like they wont sell...

.

- price gouging

- bad planning

- mismanagement

- corona virus

- ... ?

Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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Reply #44 posted 03/08/20 12:05pm

lavendardrumma
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Vannormal said:

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Just to have an idea :

Radiohead, opened up all their official albums/music on youtube.

Sure they produced less body of work like Prince did.

Plus when someone 'stole' their demos of the 'OK Computer' album, they release the entire 18 hours (eighteen hours!) of demo's & music available for everyone.

Can't get enough of it.

Of course, Radiohead still is 'there' and makes music.

Which is not the case with Prince and the bills that need to be payed.

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Yeah it's pretty different. Radiohead already made enough money off Ok Computer to support their famiies for a lifetime, and allow them to work on other projects and do things like give music away at a pay what you wish rate.

Prince knew about Radiohead, and chose to give some music away (or let other people profit who he couldn't have expected would write him big checks). We also know he used to make the tapes of unreleased songs.

But then other times he was guarded about his work, treating it all as masterpieces a cruel greedy world didn't deserve.

The Estate did put up Originals and a lot of content on Youtube. I kind of wonder if Graceland could have happened in the age f the internet.

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Reply #45 posted 03/13/20 9:19am

embmmusic

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It's worth mentioning that the vinyl remaster of OK Computer sounds phenomenal. One of the best remaster jobs I've heard from a major artist.

Check out The Collector's Guide to Prince on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/p...4ldzxwlEuy
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Reply #46 posted 03/16/20 2:23am

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embmmusic said:

It's worth mentioning that the vinyl remaster of OK Computer sounds phenomenal. One of the best remaster jobs I've heard from a major artist.

Thanks for the tip! wink

I must admit that Ive been spoilt when it comes to remasters. The latest Beatles remasters have been "phenomenal" as you put it.

Which is why Ive found the Prince remasters such a huge let down.
Increase the volume and bass, and it's done. neutral

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Reply #47 posted 03/16/20 7:46am

udo

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callimnate said:


Increase the volume and bass, and it's done. neutral

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The 1999 remaster was quite OK and no of the type try to you imply...

Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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