jfenster said:

People assume the only unreleased tracks r the ones we know of......

Exactly.

For all we know, D&P could have been a double or triple album. We'll just have to wait and see.

My prediction; probably a solid disc (say, around an hour) of unheard tracks with another disc or two of either early demos for the D&P songs and then early versions of songs that would appear on other albums from his 90s outpost post-D&P.

There is so much material from this timeframe, I hope this comes to fruition.

Also, Prince wasn't changing music at this time, music was changing Prince. Such an exciting point in his career. I welcome every inch I can hear from the vault. Of course, if I had a choice, I would pick another time, but art is art. I’m always grateful to get anything beyond what has been released. Why would you not want this?

As a 90s kid myself, 1990s Prince is my favourite (same with MJ too, actually).

I just love how they used their angst and disenchantment to directly inform their creativity during this decade. Prince's discography would be lesser without Come.

RODSERLING said:

Vannormal said:

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It was not expensive (for what we had).

By the way I bought the vinyl box, and the prices varied everywhere, it was a question of haveing patience, and bye at the right time. Anyways...

Yes we got a good deal of unreleased trax,

but not 'essential' tracks, like Joris23 said.

It was a serious mistake to not put in the video's made for the project.

They easily could've added that - for me it was a must.

Same for the 1999 SDE - even worse they excluded the video's on the/a DVD.

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Most of the orgers here and on other Prince boards, and friends I know, didn't buy SOTT SDE because of its too expensive price. But you're here telling it wasn't that expensive. Of course they should do a huge effort for the quality or lack of video. And they should remaster in 4K the videos on YouTube like every old acts do now.

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Compare the ones here moaning about the price, and look at the sold copies.

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Vannormal said:

if it's not shelf size with this place it's price.

the solution is very simple, as i said dylan's team does, release sets at different price points that become more curated as you go cheaper, but for the love of god release something comprehensive and befitting of the material at the top of that range for the people that want it and so that the material can be presented in a way that does his recording history justice.

RODSERLING said:

Vannormal said:

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Compare the ones here moaning about the price, and look at the sold copies.

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And so what?

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It sold well. Very well.

You should know :

https://prince.org/msg/7/464595?&pg=4

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RODSERLING said:

i have it on good authority that there are things from this era that 99.9 percent of people here have no clue about and that, at times, those contents have been described as "revelatory"

estate, don't fuck this up. that's a tall order. don't fuck it up, go big or go home.

lustmealways said:

i have it on good authority that there are things from this era that 99.9 percent of people here have no clue about and that, at times, those contents have been described as "revelatory"

estate, don't fuck this up. that's a tall order. don't fuck it up, go big or go home.

yes please. the more unkown songs the better.

Phase3 said:

Phase3 said:

RODSERLING said:

RODSERLING said:

most people here, and most people who are Prince fans, didn't buy the two SDE's.

Nonsense.Most of the fans who visit this site are diehard fans who would buy the SDEs.We're the ones who "go crazy" over things like this

Phase3 said:

So I've been listening to the diamonds and pearls album for the past week or so.I listened to him about 6 times so far. I can't believe I overlooked this album.It has got better with age..even Tony M's rapping sounds good now days.He gets a bad rep among prince fans but he is actually a good rapper. Now I'm rediscovering the music videos for the album The Gett off house style video is cool with the Paisley park footage with diamond and pearl being blindfolded and prince driving around. And oh yeah ....prince in a speedo during Gangsta Glam

The videos are gold. I used to watch the Gett Off and D&P video collections on repeat back in the day. They'll have a plethora of various video footage to choose from for the release

lustmealways said:

if it's not shelf size with this place it's price.

the solution is very simple, as i said dylan's team does, release sets at different price points that become more curated as you go cheaper, but for the love of god release something comprehensive and befitting of the material at the top of that range for the people that want it and so that the material can be presented in a way that does his recording history justice.

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Shelf size ?

Really ?

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Dylan's team indeed did a terrific job on those different packages. True.

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Phase3 said:

I remember some fans use to believe "Joyful sound" is a song because of the way it is used in the song "Strollin" but experts shot that down and said there wasnt Gonna be amazed if a song titles Joyful sound is included in diamonds and pearls deluxe

it is a song and it is NOT the interlude type thing of the same title that goes around on some of those early d&p config boots

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lustmealways said:

jfenster said:

SoulAlive said:

Phase3 said:

Phase3 said:

I remember some fans use to believe "Joyful sound" is a song because of the way it is used in the song "Strollin" but experts shot that down and said there wasnt Gonna be amazed if a song titles Joyful sound is included in diamonds and pearls deluxe

samples of two versions of Joyful sound were shared last year to some. One from 90/91 and another one from 86/87 or 88

RODSERLING said:

jfenster said:

U crazy not to buy them special editions...at worst they could be resold for a profit down the road

I bought two.

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And yo're saying they are too expensive ?

OK.

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Vannormal said:

for what it's worth, 11 bucks for a whole album/cd of previously unreleased (yes i know it's not all previously unreleased) is more than fair.

cd edition of 1999 was priced fairly, sott sde was way overpriced, w2a deluxe is way overpriced.

i'll pay more money for more music, when they start making decent sets that actually do justice to the era, but i'm sure as hell not paying for a book of essays by dave chappel and college professors