rap said:

With regard to a lot of the moaning that has gone on in this thread, has anyone thought to consider that, if Prince was still alive we wouldn't be talking about this release?

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it's bittersweet that it took the death of Prince for us to get proper deluxe versions of some of his albums. It shows the problem with being a Prince fan. Every marvelous part was always accompanied by perplexing and frustrating parts. It's something I long ago accepted. Prince did things his way, without regard for anyone understanding why he did things, or even without having "good" reasons for it.

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I remember the day Prince died. After the unbelieve was gone and the shock settled in, I did think that this finally did open up the possibility of vault tracks being released. I was looking for a silver lining, and this is the only one. Shame the estate seems to be operating in much the same way that Prince was with regards to making frustrating decisions though.

In the context of the PC-things that even WB does, would they replace The Cross with the Stauros rerecording? (if that exists?)

ForceofNature said:

udo said:

In the context of the PC-things that even WB does, would they replace The Cross with the Stauros rerecording? (if that exists?)

Because the estate has been known to censor and literally alter the orgiginal album config and versions? Sounds like some people are still salty about Lust U Always on 1999 lol

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ForceofNature said:

udo said:

In the context of the PC-things that even WB does, would they replace The Cross with the Stauros rerecording? (if that exists?)

Because the estate has been known to censor and literally alter the orgiginal album config and versions? Sounds like some people are still salty about Lust U Always on 1999 lol

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The whole way things are done stinks.

This is not to complain about the proper mastering engineers, etc, but the various issus surroundging each release.

udo said:

The whole way things are done stinks.

For this SOTT release? I dunno I think it looks amazing personally, and the released tracks are of fantastic quality thus far. I can see if personal preferences mean some people aren't happy with the presentation of the material versus what they ideally personally wanted, but the Estate was never gonna literally censor a track from the original album lmao

udo said:

ForceofNature said:

udo said:

The whole way things are done stinks.

For this SOTT release? I dunno I think it looks amazing personally, and the released tracks are of fantastic quality thus far. I can see if personal preferences mean some people aren't happy with the presentation of the material versus what they ideally personally wanted, but the Estate was never gonna literally censor a track from the original album lmao

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'Whole way', I was trying to imply the string of SDE releases.

IstenSzek said:

olb99 said:

Yes.

if he were still alive they would be moaning and complaining (in some cases ridiculing) his new music
and saying prince was an idiot for not releasing deluxe editions of his old albums because it was so so
obvious to them that he had nothing left to say since 1995 etc.

fuck 'm

No wonder he sued his fans, he's dead, and people are still bitching!

rap said:

No wonder he sued his fans, he's dead, and people are still bitching!

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So it is not all his fault...

trickyjoe7777 said:

Phase3 said:

Wonder if any of you Amazon prime members can help me with this. I pre-ordered the SOTT set on Amazon a month ago and I wasn't a prime member at the time so I picked free shipping Now I decided to become a prime member so does that mean Amazon will ship my order with 2day shipping or do I need to cancel and re order the SOTT set so I can get it quickly?

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No experience with prime membership but perhaps Amazon will look at the membership status when stuff is sent out.

Then you should be OK automagically.

Phase3 said:

Wonder if any of you Amazon prime members can help me with this. I pre-ordered the SOTT set on Amazon a month ago and I wasn't a prime member at the time so I picked free shipping Now I decided to become a prime member so does that mean Amazon will ship my order with 2day shipping or do I need to cancel and re order the SOTT set so I can get it quickly?

I can only speak for Amazon UK but I almost always get releases on the actual release day and that's with free non-Prime delivery

rap said:

IstenSzek said:

if he were still alive they would be moaning and complaining (in some cases ridiculing) his new music
and saying prince was an idiot for not releasing deluxe editions of his old albums because it was so so
obvious to them that he had nothing left to say since 1995 etc.

fuck 'm

No wonder he sued his fans, he's dead, and people are still bitching!

DON'T disrespect Prince's(r.i.p.) image or legacy in that way.

Phase3 said:

Wonder if any of you Amazon prime members can help me with this. I pre-ordered the SOTT set on Amazon a month ago and I wasn't a prime member at the time so I picked free shipping Now I decided to become a prime member so does that mean Amazon will ship my order with 2day shipping or do I need to cancel and re order the SOTT set so I can get it quickly?

email/call their customer service, they're very responsive.

It just occured to me that since we are delving into the Camille era and finishing out the last unreleased track from that album, wouldn't it be great if we got a look at the Camille album cover art work, and maybe be able to get a nice digital album cover for our playlists.

Same goes for Dream Factory and the Crystal Ball versions. I'm already prepping my playlists on my devices.

New preview track coming on Thursday? https://prince.org/msg/7/464083

WhisperingDandelions said:

Transformed1 said: