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The digital length of "Still Waiting"? I know this may sound like a silly question, but it's a detail I like & I'm hoping maybe 1 of U might know. ;) From my personal experience, the CD version of "Still Waiting" from Prince's self-titled album is a couple of seconds shorter in its acoustic intro than the cassette version. I have no idea why, but I keep hoping WB will finally get around 2 taking care of that sometime. Since these days it's also 4 sale on iTunes, do any of U know if the iTunes digital version of that song is like the cassette release, or the CD release? | |
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WreckaStowWolf said: I know this may sound like a silly question, but it's a detail I like & I'm hoping maybe 1 of U might know. ;) From my personal experience, the CD version of "Still Waiting" from Prince's self-titled album is a couple of seconds shorter in its acoustic intro than the cassette version. I have no idea why, but I keep hoping WB will finally get around 2 taking care of that sometime. Since these days it's also 4 sale on iTunes, do any of U know if the iTunes digital version of that song is like the cassette release, or the CD release? On the CD, à single edit (that had been released on the vinyl single) replaced the LP/cassette version. It is not known why, or if Prince had anything to do with it. I believe the cd configuration of the album is the one that is on all streaming platforms except for HDTracks. The original album configuration was released digitally there, most likely because HDTracks used a different master. So it's not "lost", you can get it there. A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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It IS a couple Guitar Strums shorter than the Original Vinyl!!!
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From my personal experience, the CD version of "Still Waiting" from Prince's self-titled album is a couple of seconds shorter in its acoustic intro than the cassette version. I have no idea why, but I keep hoping WB will finally get around 2 taking care of that sometime. Since these days it's also 4 sale on iTunes, do any of U know if the iTunes digital version of that song is like the cassette release, or the CD release?
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Yes, this has been known for years. The 4:12 version on the CD apparently comes from a Still Waiting 12'' promo from 1980 (https://www.discogs.com/P...ase/174273) (strangely not listed on Princevault). There was a commercial 7'' edit too, that clocks at 3:48. A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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Here is the LEGAL way to access the original album config: https://www.hdtracks.com/...ed93ffdb42 It may be on other plaforms by now, I didn't bother to check, but some years ago I was told only HDTracks had this particular master (overall, it appears their versions of the whole 78-88 catalogue sound somewhat better than the CD's, too). [Edited 6/3/20 19:38pm] A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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The most recent vinyl release (from 2009 I think) contains the longer version if anyone is unsure. Check out The Collector's Guide to Prince on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/p...4ldzxwlEuy | |
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