Blondies1973 said:

. - Don’t really know how good this album will be. Agony.

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Yes, that.

Where's the lo-fi listening as a preview? (all songs....)

Blondies1973 said:

I am so excited about all this. But difficult decision. Pro deluxe: - Encourage more ambitious reissues from the estate. - The concert seems to be fabulous, and I don’t have any later years Prince concert film. - Book and poster could be nice, and I’m intrigued by the gold package. Contra: - I’s just a lot of money. - Not interested in ephemera. - Don’t really know how good this album will be. Agony.

Same here. I guess you can judge LotusFlow3r/MPLSound and 20Ten if you want to get that "era" of Prince's sound and level of quality.

I personally love LF and 20Ten, but then again only got those as regular CDs.

I just listened to the Soul Asylum song "Stand Up And Be Strong" on Spotify and in my head re-imagined it with Prince singing. The lyrics are already a bit Prince-y, so it's not a big stretch. I'm really excited about this one.

I think it's interesting that the SA album came out in 2006 (not their heyday of the early/mid 90s). I'm surprised they were on Prince's radar so late in their/his career, but they're also from Minneapolis (and have recorded at PP) so apparently Prince never stopped following them.

Blondies1973 said:

I am so excited about all this. But difficult decision. Pro deluxe: - Encourage more ambitious reissues from the estate. - The concert seems to be fabulous, and I don’t have any later years Prince concert film. - Book and poster could be nice, and I’m intrigued by the gold package. Contra: - I’s just a lot of money. - Not interested in ephemera. - Don’t really know how good this album will be. Agony.

Or on the flipside of that note: encourage more greedy reissues from the estate?

I mean, what if Parade SDE costs $300 and comes with a cardboard build-it-yourself Prince standee?

eyewishuheaven said:

I mean, what if Parade SDE costs $300 and comes with a cardboard build-it-yourself Prince standee?

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Hmm.

Well, the standee will not fit on my shelves, but could fit in near my shelves.....

udo said:

eyewishuheaven said:

I mean, what if Parade SDE costs $300 and comes with a cardboard build-it-yourself Prince standee?

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Hmm.

Well, the standee will not fit on my shelves, but could fit in near my shelves.....

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I still have that cut-out standee since 1987 (Cat with the black heart) still in pristine quality,

and it goes from left to right and back, and moves from room to room.

Don't want to throw it away, but it bothers me as I'm getting older.

And it reminds me of the good old days.

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Se7en said:

Vannormal said:

udo said:

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Hmm.

Well, the standee will not fit on my shelves, but could fit in near my shelves.....

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I still have that cut-out standee since 1987 (Cat with the black heart) still in pristine quality,

and it goes from left to right and back, and moves from room to room.

Don't want to throw it away, but it bothers me as I'm getting older.

And it reminds me of the good old days.

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I still have a life size Prince card stand for the Lovesexy cover in storage somewhere. I keep threatening to set it up in the house to scare the children.

peedub said:

Se7en said:

I just listened to the Soul Asylum song "Stand Up And Be Strong" on Spotify and in my head re-imagined it with Prince singing. The lyrics are already a bit Prince-y, so it's not a big stretch. I'm really excited about this one.

I think it's interesting that the SA album came out in 2006 (not their heyday of the early/mid 90s). I'm surprised they were on Prince's radar so late in their/his career, but they're also from Minneapolis (and have recorded at PP) so apparently Prince never stopped following them.

michael bland was their drummer at the time. i believe tommy barbarella played with them at some point,too.

Yes, Michael said in a recent interview he was with P at Paisley and P asked him to call Dave Pirner to get permission for him to cover Stand Up And Be Strong

peedub said:

Se7en said:

I just listened to the Soul Asylum song "Stand Up And Be Strong" on Spotify and in my head re-imagined it with Prince singing. The lyrics are already a bit Prince-y, so it's not a big stretch. I'm really excited about this one.

I think it's interesting that the SA album came out in 2006 (not their heyday of the early/mid 90s). I'm surprised they were on Prince's radar so late in their/his career, but they're also from Minneapolis (and have recorded at PP) so apparently Prince never stopped following them.

michael bland was their drummer at the time. i believe tommy barbarella played with them at some point,too.

The idea of Prince covering a Soul Asylum song feels like something right out of left field (I know they are from Minnesota) but I'm also really looking forward to hearing this track. I hope it brings SA some benefits.

SquirrelMeat said:

Vannormal said:

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I still have that cut-out standee since 1987 (Cat with the black heart) still in pristine quality,

and it goes from left to right and back, and moves from room to room.

Don't want to throw it away, but it bothers me as I'm getting older.

And it reminds me of the good old days.

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I still have a life size Prince card stand for the Lovesexy cover in storage somewhere. I keep threatening to set it up in the house to scare the children.

SquirrelMeat said:

£150 is mad. MAD. Where on earth did that price come from?

But Amazon US let me buy it for $130, with shipping, which is a bit more reasonable.

[Edited 4/14/21 12:18pm]

meanwhile something like JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES: VOL 1 (5 DISC) is only $ 45.

yeah. it doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg for the fans to have a little boxed set.

i wish the estate would just throw us a few of those, filled with songs that just don't
belong anywhere really and i'll take 4 mixes or alternate versions of songs as well.

1p1p1i3 said:

£150 is mad. MAD. Where on earth did that price come from?

But Amazon US let me buy it for $130, with shipping, which is a bit more reasonable.

[Edited 4/14/21 12:18pm]

I ordered the deluxe package and the 7" single from the US Prince store, and the total came to £94 including shipping to the UK..

Still not cheap, but there's definitely no reason to pay £150+ for the deluxe (and that's without the 7").

peedub said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

insert a bunch of sycophantic babble here

isn't it against forum rules to edit the quoted text of another user's response? [Edited 4/13/21 18:05pm]

Is it? I didn't know that.

I do it all the time to shave down a post to the part I'm addressing or to delete images from HUGE 10 picture posts that nobody wants to scroll through 10 times I've never been warned about it.

Doing it to take a post of context and distort its meaning seems pretty shitty but I never do that.

Listening to LA 61, I can see why they picked a live show that didn't have Welcome 2 America on it.

"Big Brother's in full effect, if you still get molested at the airport, just remember who you elected" - Prince, 2011

herb4 said:

rlittler81 said:

Rimshottbob said:

1p1p1i3 said:

£150 is mad. MAD. Where on earth did that price come from?

But Amazon US let me buy it for $130, with shipping, which is a bit more reasonable.

[Edited 4/14/21 12:18pm]

I ordered the deluxe package and the 7" single from the US Prince store, and the total came to £94 including shipping to the UK..

Still not cheap, but there's definitely no reason to pay £150+ for the deluxe (and that's without the 7").

I did the same thing. Hopefully we won't get hit by big import taxes.

RODSERLING said:

I m sure they won't even print the lyrics in the booklet. Which is hilarious since they focus their promotion on the relevance of the texts Prince wrote for this album.

Do you hear yourself? Constantly making up stories and already bitching about that outcome that you just fantasized on? You're trying to create a parallel reality where you are allowed to bitch about everything because you know, you are always right. When will these people that make up stories and pollute the environment in this place be banned? God knows.

TrevorAyer said:

I hear the Truth super deluxe comes with a replica used condom in en envelope for an extra 77 bucks ..

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...and an empty replica eyeliner Prince never used,

plus a replica plastic bottle of the 3121 perfume in miniature version

filled with water from the lake minetonka.

For gods sake, we /most Prince fans are way over 40, over 50 even...

Yeah I want a replica original concert setlist, NOT.

A replica photo ? The fuck why ?

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1p1p1i3 said:

£150 is mad. MAD. Where on earth did that price come from?

But Amazon US let me buy it for $130, with shipping, which is a bit more reasonable.

[Edited 4/14/21 12:18pm]

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I don't know who did this before for other new releases (I think it was Bart w the 1999 sde)...

...who made once a list of all prices available, everywhere.

that would be convenient again.

(I have no idea how to do that myself).

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[Edited 4/15/21 0:56am]

Vannormal said:

1p1p1i3 said:

£150 is mad. MAD. Where on earth did that price come from?

But Amazon US let me buy it for $130, with shipping, which is a bit more reasonable.

[Edited 4/14/21 12:18pm]

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I don't know who did this before for other new releases (I think it was Bart w the 1999 sde)...

...who made once a list of all prices available, everywhere.

that would be convenient again.

(I have no idea how to do that myself).

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[Edited 4/15/21 0:56am]

This doesn't have all retailers but it's a decent guide nonetheless: https://superdeluxeeditio...2-america/

Strive said: