databank said:

Strive said:

Hi,

It's me. That poster you saw.

I have that in my signature because Michael Howe is a notorious bullshitter, like all A&R men, who only tells the truth when his back is pressed against the wall by the fanbase.

He would have never said word one about Extraloveable and Lust U Always if the fanbase didn't make such a ruckus. And all he could muster was some PC PR bullshit line instead of explaining the historical relevance of those two songs and going to bat for their release.

As to the releases, they are hit or miss. P&M 83 didn't have noise removal (good) but didn't fix the tape speed (bad). Originals was drown in reverb. 1999 Deluxe is missing 2 of the era's biggest songs because they couldn't think to include an essay explaining the songs or making them exclusive to the physical release like the DVD so they didn't end up on streaming services.

So, in conclusion, he should be fired and replaced with somebody that actually knows Prince's body of work.

While I was very pleased to see the b-sides and versions CD of 1999 Deluxe being way more comprehensive than the one from PR Deluxe (that omitted too many things), I was sad to see that it still omitted the maxi-single edit of 1999. Now I realize this would have meant not everything would fit on one CD, and I realize how this probably led to the decision to omit it.

Which edit was this? All three commercially released versions listed on PV are included. I know it's not the be-all-and-end-all of sources but I was under the impression that the Delirious mono version was the only commercially released track not included.