https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/prince-sign-o-the-times-super-deluxe-interview-1066678/

this thread ought to be fun

"You can put together Dream Factory exactly as it was intended to be released"

Honestly, I'm the first to give Michael Howe shit but that wasn't that bad of an interview.

The above and this quote really stand out as bs

Yes. Things that were put aside, that we think Prince did not return to in any kind of meaningful way — we left those alone, out of respect for Prince’s artistry and decision-making process.

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things could be a lot worse, but the dream factory quote (and the unfinished whatever as posted above) irriatate me to no end

[Edited 9/25/20 15:01pm]

Strive said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

we are all funkbabyandthebabysitters alt accounts

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

I dunno. I really like what Michael Howe has to say. He's pretty straighforward, insightful, and doesn't have a lot of double talk or BS. Obviously, he wants to paint Prince in a positive light, but I don't think he's spinning false narratives to do so.

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lustmealways said:

"You can put together Dream Factory exactly as it was intended to be released"

Either he's incompetent or lying, but either way this is an insult to the fans, really. Same with Crystal Ball BTW.

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"and not really much of the instrumental stuff that ended up as part of the Flesh"

The Flesh was before Parade, so thanks God, Michael!

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"We sent hundreds of tracks for Bernie Grundman to master, and we kind of whittled it down from there. It was a tremendously forensic undertaking. We had to put about a third aside."

If true, this is great news, it means all that stuff is ready for release at a further date

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About Miles: "There was more stuff that never really got finished as such."

So Prince wasn"t lying after all? Mmmh...

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"out of respect for Prince’s artistry and decision-making process"

...says Dr. Frankenstein... But hopefully this won't happen again. Just please rerelease Originals with proper mixes!!!

mynameisnotsusan said:

Would you all really be annoyed with purchasing a sequenced ordered release of Dream Factory even though we have the songs already? Because I know I wouldn't. [Edited] [Edited 9/25/20 19:28pm]

These things are obvious RSD or online store material. It'll come in due time.

Does anyone have the full transcript please?

LoveGalore said:

Regarding the testpressing of Camille.

- Does anyone know the exact timings,

- Crossover between songs,

- And are they exactly the same (as more sped up voices).

I am really curious because I remember end 80's that I had a cassette with Camille stuff and housequake was more sped up as voice. Not sure how/when and ofcourse the cassettetape ended up garbled in the player so I cannot verify anymore.

I just realized:

"We sent hundreds of tracks for Bernie Grundman to master, and we kind of whittled it down from there. It was a tremendously forensic undertaking. We had to put about a third aside. So basically you have maybe two-thirds of what we initially envisioned might be part of the universe of possibilities."

A third of 45 = 15, se we're talking about 60 songs give or take. What happened to "hundreds of tracks"?

Is there something I misunderstand or something doesn't add-up?

Or should we understand "we sent hundreds of songs -> selected 60 from these -> selected 45 from these 60"?

databank said:

LoveGalore said:

The latter, I feel. But even then, why would you send "hundreds" to be mastered unless you intended on releasing them - just not on this set? Edit: wait, I wonder if he meant they sent hundreds for multiple projects? And they envisioned 60 for SOTT and the rest of the hundreds for say... Parade, Purple Rain, GB... [Edited 9/27/20 19:08pm]

i'm just gonna respond to everything with your "the more you pick it apart the more offensive it gets" comment because honestly i've never seen anything funnier and more apt

They're probably including the album, single and live tracks in that number

petition to rename this site howe.org

databank said:

I just realized:

"We sent hundreds of tracks for Bernie Grundman to master, and we kind of whittled it down from there. It was a tremendously forensic undertaking. We had to put about a third aside. So basically you have maybe two-thirds of what we initially envisioned might be part of the universe of possibilities."

A third of 45 = 15, se we're talking about 60 songs give or take. What happened to "hundreds of tracks"?

Is there something I misunderstand or something doesn't add-up?

Or should we understand "we sent hundreds of songs -> selected 60 from these -> selected 45 from these 60"?

Could also mean that with "tracks" he meant different songs and several different versions of some of the songs.

embmmusic said:

lustmealways said:

databank said:

About Miles: "There was more stuff that never really got finished as such."

So Prince wasn"t lying after all? Mmmh...

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I bet it's stuff like "Funky", so songs built around what Miles played on "Can I Play With U?". I hope I'm wrong, though.