motherfunka said:

motherfunka said:

The WHOLE Welcome2America Deluxe set is just breathtakingly beautiful WELL worth the price and more. I wasn't expecting it to look that beautiful when I opened the well packed box. But I absolutely love it! It's so detailed with all these little treats inside besides the MUZIQ. Not to mention I haven't even watched the blu-ray disc yet. Although I attended SEVERAL of those legendary 21 shows @ The Forum.

[Edited 7/31/21 11:53am]

madison said:

I Would Have Paid 100 bucks Just for the Blu-ray Take it from a Long time prince fan !! It made “me “ feel like I was there ( if you know the feeling ) He’s is still alive and always will be [Edited 7/31/21 5:24am]

100%

I am very happy with the Blu-Ray and having this only made me long for more Blu-Ray releases.

I was grinning ear to ear loving the vibe of the show.

WukkaWahWah said:

Don't sleep on this, it's the highlight of the package. Finally something they could release in HD! Is there things to complain about, sure. I'll leave that for others. It wasn't filmed for release. SO i am thankful for the inclusion.

Overall, this is a fantastic addition for Prince fans.

Just watched it. Loved the quality. Now if we could get the 3rdeyegirl and P&M shows in this quaility it would be great.

imagine the 1st ave concert in good quality? Oh wait ! I wonder what the hell is going on with that? Dont apple own it? Anyhow watching this has really made me what more. Watching Prince giving a full on performance on blue ray would be heaven.

DarylB said:

WukkaWahWah said:

The CD/BR should be made available worldwide, not just Japan.

Is that right?Do you mean just for the Cd and Blu Ray and not the lp's,etc.?

Exactly.

FWIW I think it's fantastic, much better than I expected.

It's definitely an odd show, it starts lower key than a typical Prince gig and yes there is a fair bit of Shelby, Liv and Elisa (who deliver the goods big time), but I can totally see why the Estate chose this.

Slowly the show cranks up through several gears and you can spot tonnes of spontaneity going on between Prince, the band, the crowd and ol' Sport on the lights.

By 1999 he's firing on all cylinders and Purple Rain is epic. The grief he gets from the Jersey Shore girls, and the way he deals with it is hilarious. You can see the crowd laughing with him.

As others have said the sound is amazing, after all of those - admittedly really good - boots of this run of shows, it's incredible to hear massive bottom end kicking in.

I found the show moving at times, funny and exciting. I would say this is the best new official live film we've had since Lovesexy

There's an odd caption at the beginning saying something like: "This show began in the dark", which is pretty self-evident. I guess they included that in case someone thought there was a problem with their disc and tried to turn up the brightness?

I know Morris Hayes is off on his own podium somewhere, but where exactly is that in relation to the stage? I couldn't really tell from the camera angles. (I heard him asked about this in an interview, probably the one he did for the Peach and Black podcast. He really didn't have much of an explanation other than Prince thought it was fun to stick him off on his own.)

And speaking of keyboardist, I didn't realize there was a third one present (Cassandra). I'd never even heard of her and had to search out her name on PrinceVault. Where there any other tours with three keyboardists?

GeurtWalraven said:

GeurtWalraven said:

madison said:

This is epic. Just watched most of it with the wife on the big lounge TV. For a live concert, the picture+sound quality is by far the best ever released under Prince's name. The show itself is pretty jammy. Brings back plenty of memories of seeing Prince multiple times on the 2012 Aussie leg of the tour. Prince seems a little less energetic than normal, but he still SLAYS it like only he can!

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Phase3 said:

GeurtWalraven said:

Prince on par with SOTT? Better than Syracuse? That means Prince was better live on stage in 2011 than 1985 or 1987? Dont think so. [Edited 7/31/21 11:56am]

I do Prince got better and better over time with each tour. Purple rain tour is great but he focused on too much theatrics...like talking to God,stopping songs just to get people to snap their fingers or talk dirty I prefer the welcome 2 america tour because Prince was more focused on his musicanship SOTT concert was really good as well

Co-sign.

Fully agree to what has been said here in the last comments.

To some extent, I can understand people complaning about the price, or complainng about the forced combined purchase of vinyl.

But I cannot understand people whining about BluRay.

Sorry, BluRay has been the video standard for more than 10 ys. now.

Whining about a missing DVD is like whining about a missing tape with the audio release.

In fact I’m glad there is no DVD.

The DVD was a major bummer with the 1999 or Purple Rain Deluxe release.

These video releases were only mediocre to put it friendly.

Here we finally get the high quality official video release we've wanted for years.

It has true HD sound, it has true HD video and it is simply amazing.

To be honest, I didn’t expect much from a 2011 album and a 2011 show.

As far as the album is concerned, it more or less fullfilled my low expectations.

But the video took me completely by surprise. The show is great and makes me re-think my somewhat biased opioion of his later live performances.

There must be many more videos of that quality in the archives.

I really hope that we will get to see more like this in the future.

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madison said:

I Would Have Paid 100 bucks Just for the Blu-ray Take it from a Long time prince fan !! It made “me “ feel like I was there ( if you know the feeling ) He’s is still alive and always will be [Edited 7/31/21 5:24am]

I agree with you 100%! I bought the deluxe from Amazon for $89.00. I DO NOT think I overpaid. It's a beautiful set with a great double LP with a unique etched 4th side, the book and packaging are very nice and high quality, and the Blu-Ray disc is phenomenal. I have a home theater set up downstairs with a 110 inch screen and it was AMAZING to watch. So happy it was released with blu-ray instead of DVD, as the quality of image blown up that big makes a huge difference. VERY pleased with my purchase THANK YOU PRINCE ESTATE and SONY, YOU DID THIS RELEASE PROUD! A+

funkystuff said:

Fully agree to what has been said here in the last comments.

To some extent, I can understand people complaning about the price, or complainng about the forced combined purchase of vinyl.

But I cannot understand people whining about BluRay.

Sorry, BluRay has been the video standard for more than 10 ys. now.

Whining about a missing DVD is like whining about a missing tape with the audio release.

In fact I’m glad there is no DVD.

The DVD was a major bummer with the 1999 or Purple Rain Deluxe release.

These video releases were only mediocre to put it friendly.

Here we finally get the high quality official video release we've wanted for years.

It has true HD sound, it has true HD video and it is simply amazing.

To be honest, I didn’t expect much from a 2011 album and a 2011 show.

As far as the album is concerned, it more or less fullfilled my low expectations.

But the video took me completely by surprise. The show is great and makes me re-think my somewhat biased opioion of his later live performances.

There must be many more videos of that quality in the archives.

I really hope that we will get to see more like this in the future.

[Edited 8/1/21 8:27am]

Agreed.

I've only got a rip of the show, so I have to ask - is there video interlancing issues on the actual BluRay?

For the most part, the rip looks fine, but there are a few moments where it isn't.

bluegangsta said:

I've only got a rip of the show, so I have to ask - is there video interlancing issues on the actual BluRay?

For the most part, the rip looks fine, but there are a few moments where it isn't.

That's just the Matrix vibrating at the intensity of the funk, everyone in that crowd nearly woke up in their pods. Surprised at how much I enjoyed this concert - the balls it takes to open an arena gig in the dark with a jazzy Joy In Repitition and a Shelby tune

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

lurker316 said:

And speaking of keyboardist, I didn't realize there was a third one present (Cassandra). I'd never even heard of her and had to search out her name on PrinceVault. Where there any other tours with three keyboardists?

2003

motherfunka said:

GeurtWalraven said:

SquirrelMeat said:

I'm very happy with the sound and audio quailty of the blu-ray. The show is great as well. It's almost like an aftershow, with an interesting set list. Too bad about the sound quality of the album, though. Actually shameful.