Oh my

This will be the first non-WB i purchase on vinyl.

So no new anything until THE TRUTH on June 12th? The Estate is such a rollercoaster when it comes to releases. Good lord.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

How much do these things sell for? I still buy vinyl but have steered clear of RSD until now

It'll probably be about $50 / £30.... around about there I would think.

Why start a new thread when there was an existing one? https://prince.org/msg/7/466301

BartVanHemelen said:

i'm a luv4u fan, and they are a huge lustmealways fan, but yeah plenty of goofball moves from the mod team

BartVanHemelen said:

Hopefully the pressing will be better than One Nite ALone. My copy sounds horrible with constant surface noise. I bought both Rave and Chaos& Disorder and these sounded fine.

If you got a dodgy sounding One Nite Alone, you should've returned it.... mine sounds fantastic... all the Sony reissues since Prince's passing have sounded FANTASTIC on vinyl... bar none.

I'm sure The Truth will also sound great on vinyl, unless they suddenly drop the ball on their pressings. No reason to think that will happen.

Thibaut said:

Hopefully the pressing will be better than One Nite ALone. My copy sounds horrible with constant surface noise. I bought both Rave and Chaos& Disorder and these sounded fine.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Many modern vinyl pressings are bad but hopefully the fact this was recorded in 98 will mean the pressings sound ok. I find albums recorded after the mid 00s tend to sound worse on vinyl.

When it was recorded will have absolutely nothing to do with how it sounds on vinyl.

If it well pressed, as every other Sony reissue has been, it will sound great. If it is not, it will sound shit. Hopefully the former.

RODSERLING said:

I never succeed in listening to this album in its entirety (!). I would have gave it a try on CD at 10 bucks. But surely not on vinyl at 40 bucks, sorry. It wad never supposed to be listened to that way, by the way. Maybe it was never supposed to be listened to at all, since it was just a bonus dic for CB.

VAHT???

What "way"?

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Take a long, deep breath and then breathe in 'The Truth'.

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...after you've bought it, of course.

(btw, you said "wad", and then you said "dic" )

Rimshottbob said:

If you got a dodgy sounding One Nite Alone, you should've returned it.... mine sounds fantastic... all the Sony reissues since Prince's passing have sounded FANTASTIC on vinyl... bar none.

I'm sure The Truth will also sound great on vinyl, unless they suddenly drop the ball on their pressings. No reason to think that will happen.

Thibaut said:

Hopefully the pressing will be better than One Nite ALone. My copy sounds horrible with constant surface noise. I bought both Rave and Chaos& Disorder and these sounded fine.

My vinyl copy of ONA sounds fantastic too. So The Truth is a sure buy for me.

Do we know what the album cover will be - there have been a few versions over the years?

Dandroppedadime said:

RODSERLING said:

Maybe it was never supposed to be listened to at all, since it was just a bonus dic for CB.

I thought it was meant to be a standalone acoustic follow up to Emancipation but plans changed and it became integrated into the Crystal Ball project.

fernandomachado said:

RODSERLING said:

Maybe it was never supposed to be listened to at all, since it was just a bonus dic for CB.

I thought it was meant to be a standalone acoustic follow up to Emancipation but plans changed and it became integrated into the Crystal Ball project.

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It was thrown in with CB because CB was such a massive fuck-up they desperately tried to please people. Hence the inclusion of two bonus discs, a free T-shirt,... and then later on sending people tapes of The War.

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Of course, they also managed to fuck all of that up as well, because Prince was an incompetent businessman.

BartVanHemelen said:

BartVanHemelen said:

fernandomachado said:

I thought it was meant to be a standalone acoustic follow up to Emancipation but plans changed and it became integrated into the Crystal Ball project.

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It was thrown in with CB because CB was such a massive fuck-up they desperately tried to please people. Hence the inclusion of two bonus discs, a free T-shirt,... and then later on sending people tapes of The War.

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Of course, they also managed to fuck all of that up as well, because Prince was an incompetent businessman.

Oh do shut up, your horns are showing.

Rimshottbob said:

BartVanHemelen said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

BartVanHemelen said:

It was thrown in with CB because CB was such a massive fuck-up they desperately tried to please people.

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And they succeeded. I adore the complete Crystal Ball + The Truth + The War box set. It's one of Prince's projects I loved most.

Romeoblu said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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It was thrown in with CB because CB was such a massive fuck-up they desperately tried to please people. Hence the inclusion of two bonus discs, a free T-shirt,... and then later on sending people tapes of The War.

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Of course, they also managed to fuck all of that up as well, because Prince was an incompetent businessman.

I don't think he did too badly overall. He was worth a few quid when he died.

No, he wasn't too competent as a businessman in the last 20 years of his life. HOWEVER, the fans did get more product out of Prince in those years, than most musicians have to offer in a whole lifetime (regardless of the quality of the music itself). AND: during his classic period, Prince was signed to WB after all. Hardly an incompetent decision to begin with. May I remind everyone: not many major labels would've published as many records (as well as supporting vanity label Paisley Park). What remains in the end? Without being apologetic of Prince's shortcomings - Crystal Ball "fiasco" memories, or a mind-blowing amount of new songs?

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I hope it is not purple vinyl, they seem to want overuse this color where it has absolutely no relavence. ONA for example, that vinyl should have been ivory white or clear white, perhaps with the black piano notes moving out an inch or so from center. THAT would have been relavent.

Have not really thought about what they should do with The Truth, any ideas? I just know it should not be purple.

They got SOTT and TRC vinyl right though.