Bass guitar and kick drum sound amazing. Snare drum is awesome. Stoked to say the least.

https://www.youtube.com/w...XHfvaJIB0c

so good

In what fucking universe is the considered as "Version 1"?

I guess it at least it appears to be the original mix (being Wendy & Lisa's version).

bluegangsta said:

In what fucking universe is the considered as "Version 1"?

I guess it at least it appears to be the original mix (being Wendy & Lisa's version).

I guess they're disregarding the various mixes with/without overdubs, and labeling this as Version 1 since it's distinctively different from Prince's later re-recording?

CharismaDove said:

anyone else think his voice sounds "weird" on this? Maybe its my headphones, have to try again in the car

This doesn't seem like a particularly well-recorded song, must be one of the songs that Prince rushed through without regards to fidelity. The vocals seem to have some slapback delay which doesn't help (didn't he also do this on "Dream Factory"?)

I was hoping the officially released version would sound significantly cleaner than the bootleg, but it is what it is

A definite improvement to my ears, I like it. I always fear they'll release something half-done like they did with Dance Electric so I ain't complaining!

So cool that this will be an official physical single released before the Deluxe set... as part of the 7" vinyl box.

That comes out August 14th, so about a month and a half before - like a real album campaign back in the day!

Now we just need a limited picture disc single lol!

It sounds a little slower and I love it! Almost makes the groove sound even nastier. The way he locks in the bass and drums is just sick.

bluegangsta said:

Ok, this is so awesome I can't stand it. LOVE that it will be an actual single!

bluegangsta said:

mbdtyler said:

CharismaDove said:

mbdtyler said:

This doesn't seem like a particularly well-recorded song, must be one of the songs that Prince rushed through without regards to fidelity. The vocals seem to have some slapback delay which doesn't help (didn't he also do this on "Dream Factory"?)

I was hoping the officially released version would sound significantly cleaner than the bootleg, but it is what it is

Thx for the reply, makes sense. It sounds unusual, but a little less with each play. The song, musically, is amazing. I also expected cleaner versions of bootlegs, but hey, aint complainin if we get Wally, Cosmic Day & IALRWNL!

As long as "Large Room" is in good quality, I'll be happy! It would be heartbreaking if they put some low-quality cassette rip on this set because they couldn't find mulitracks or a better mixdown

mbdtyler said:

mbdtyler said:

mushmackalenta said:

I was hoping the muddy sound was a boot transfer issue, but it's here, so I'm not expecting a huge sonic difference on some of the other tracks.

Unfortunately, it seems the final mix down that is used as reference isn't sonically the best. A great example is How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore. From a sound point of view, take 1 blows the remastered released version out of the water. But to be 'faithful' to the original release, they didn't try or did not have the source to clean it up.

CharismaDove said:

I get why he never would have even considered releasing this at the time, as he was leaving the revolution and those off-kilter wendy and lisa backing vocals behind, but damn this would have been a fire b-side.

Brilliant, but i still prefer the real Verion 1.

Personally, I like the whole sound of it. Raw and dirty as bluesy rock tracks should be.

dbpdexter said: