Well, haha, look at all the whinin' mofos in this thread!

Hilarious!

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Vannormal said:

And puhleaze, no singles mixes, edit- & promo versions ectra album this time !

MAKE THESE (only) AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADS ONLY PLEASE !

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You lot and your stupid ideas. Including these things does not mean you get robbed of other stuff. It is the basic requirement and it allows them to release a "deluxe" version of the album without the vault tracks (and likely live album and DVD). In this case it will involve multiple discs (and I bet they're gonna miss out on some things), but this is a basic requirement.

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Whining about this is ridiculous.

jaawwnn said:

The idea of Crystal Ball on vinyl is so tremendousy silly

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I see no way of how they could do this. The albums are too long for a proper vinyl release, but if you split each in three you end up with nine sides of vinyl, i.e. one blank side. And perhaps such a split isn't even possible, considering so many songs are segued together. Perhaps they'll ignore the CD splits and simply regard the collection as one long playlist, and they'll try to cut it into 15-20 minutes chunks, and then they could have a four/five disc set (but again: the segues).

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Honestly, I wish they had ignored this set and just used its parts (in their original versions) as bonus tracks for the appropriate related albums. Now we have an SOTT SDE without CB and it's just ridiculous.

Rimshottbob said:

Well, haha, look at all the whinin' mofos in this thread!

Hilarious!

[Edited 2/24/21 8:11am]

agreed, mr rimshott

these people look at their calendars and think we're still in good old 1986

BartVanHemelen said:

I want to suppor the estate and am willing to pay but not give away my $. I won't be buying CB, as I did not buy any of the ONA release last year. I have all that. However, I will MOST DEFINITELY purchase CB again if you do a remaster as good as was the case for SOTT. Crystal Ball is a poorly mastered set....it is way too loud and compressed to fault.

If you remaster it, I'm all over this.

nayroo2002 said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Is this welcome to America album actually going to be good? I'd rather a live album from the final tour. [Edited 2/24/21 11:56am]

yes, funkbabyandthebabysitters, it will be fantastic.

SantanaMaitreya said:

nayroo2002 said:

That would be a great album cover.

i am pretty sure it is the W2A cover, as it was displayed on the LotusFlower website (yeah, i paid 77 bucks and got my t-shirt)

nayroo2002 said:

nayroo2002 said:

SantanaMaitreya said:

nayroo2002 said: That would be a great album cover.

i am pretty sure it is the W2A cover, as it was displayed on the LotusFlower website (yeah, i paid 77 bucks and got my t-shirt)

Mine is still in the post. Hopefully tomorrow.

nayroo2002 said:

Marco81 said:

I'll add that while these releases aren't that exciting for me personally, I'm still happy that they are coming out, and I'm pleased for those who have been wanting them (Welcome to America especially). I've been spoiled rotten already with the releases, particularly in 2019.

Oh, yeah!

"Thunder Ballet" in -NON VHS- quality would be swell

When Prince premiered W2A I was there at Madison Sq Garden that night the track was funky and on fire.. of course may have alter it since but 4 that night it was funky....

IAdoreWeronika said:

And who the hell is you lot?

& we're the lot.

A whole lotta orgers!

Vannormal said:

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And why not combine that D&P album with the ''Symbol'' album.

They fit together.

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symbol And goldnigga would be a Nice set, as the serious and more playfull one.

nayroo2002 said:

Great news, very much looking forward to W2A. I may be the only person on the org who absolutely loves Hot Summer. Such a great, fun l, pop track. And D&P SD should be awesome, can't wait to hear that album remastered and hopefully some great unheard out takes too.

I don't think any of the Sony re issues have been remastered, so Crystal Ball is not something I'll be buying but it is fantastic that it will be available for those who don't get own it.

All in all, very positive.

i'm ready for a HOT SUMMER in which i'll be kicking Welcome 2 America all day every day, who's with me???

Romeoblu said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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I see no way of how they could do this. The albums are too long for a proper vinyl release, but if you split each in three you end up with nine sides of vinyl, i.e. one blank side. And perhaps such a split isn't even possible, considering so many songs are segued together. Perhaps they'll ignore the CD splits and simply regard the collection as one long playlist, and they'll try to cut it into 15-20 minutes chunks, and then they could have a four/five disc set (but again: the segues).

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Honestly, I wish they had ignored this set and just used its parts (in their original versions) as bonus tracks for the appropriate related albums. Now we have an SOTT SDE without CB and it's just ridiculous.

It could be done. Lotusflower side two is over 26 minutes long and my copy sounds great. Lp 1 Side 1 approx 24 mins Crystal Ball Dream Factory Acknowledge Me Ripopgodazippa Side 2 approx 26 mins Love sign Hide the Bone 2morrow So Dark Movie Star Tell me how Lp2 Side1 approx 25 mins Interactive Da bang Calhoun Square What's my name Crucial An Honest man Sexual Suicide Side 2 approx 26 Coleen Baconskin Good Love STRAYS OF THE WORLD Lp3 Side 1 approx 26 mins Days of Wild Last Heart Poom Poom She Gave Her Angel's 18 and Over Side 2 approx 24 mins The Ride Get Loose P Control Make Your Mama happy Goodbye [Edited 2/24/21 10:31am]

Yes, it could be done this way. One of the 1999 Deluxe live sides is also over 26 mins. long and sounds fine.