All WB physical releases out of print and while Sony took over the digital on these releases they surely will want to relese a new physical best of collection. The only snag is TMBGITW. In litigation last we heard. How could they release a career encompassing best of without it? Assuming the issue is settled create a REALISTIC 2 Disc Best Of. 75 minutes max each disc. 40 tracks- mostly single versions. Think like a business person not a rabid fan.

Disc 1

1. Soft & Wet

2. I Wanna Be Your Lover

3. Dirty Mind

4. When U Were Mine

5. Controversy

6. 1999

7. Little Red Corvette

8. Delirious

9. Purple Rain

10. Let's Go Crazy

11. I Would Die 4 U

12. When Doves Cry

13. Raspberry Beret

14. Pop Life

15. Kiss

16. SOTT

17. U Got The Look

18. ICNTTPOYM

19. Alphabet St

20. Thieves In The Temple

Disc 2

1. Batdance

2. Get Off

3. Cream

4. Diamonds & Pearls

5. Sexy MF

6. 7

7. TMBGITW

8. I Hate U

9. Letitgo

10. The Holy River

11. So Far So Pleased

12. Musicology

13. Black Sweat

14. Fury

15. Guitar

16. Chocolate Box

17. Breakfast Can Wait

18. RockNRoll Love Affair

19. Manic Monday

20. Nothing Compares 2 U

homesquid said:

Bighead said:

Phase3 said:

homesquid said:

All WB physical releases out of print and while Sony took over the digital on these releases they surely will want to relese a new physical best of collection.

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'Best of' type releases are to be ignored unless they continin something 'new'.

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To me, the known Best-Off Prince releases so far have one thing in comon,

they are particularly bad Prince albums due to lack of consistency.

There are far better best-off albums by others out there, because their sound (for instance) remains the same.

There is a complete lack of 'feel' and uniformity as an album, just from the use of edit versions alone.

As if it was coldly cut and pasted. Not to mention the general poor mixing.

Prince's music throughout his whole career just doesn't mingle that way imho.

They all come from such different albums, era's, atmosphere's etc.

Just look at this random order from ''The Hits 1'', and think for yourself:

I could never take the place of your man

Nothing compares 2 U (live)

Adore

Pink Cashmere

Alphabet St.

Sign 'O The Times

Thieves In The Temple

Diamonds and Pearls

I mean...

By the way, did anyone here ever truly listened to these best-off's in one take ?

It's even wose when (a) new songs() are added, imho.

Why not some kind of continuous mixtape (eg done by Questlove)?

I would prefer that much more. Also more orignal.

Yeah I know it's been done by others, but this could work for Prince's wide range of styles and very different songs.

So, no thank you!

Not for me please.

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no point in curating these unless its a comp for the last 15-20 years. thats more of a challenge.

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LoveGalore said:

Bighead said:

All this minus Manic Monday. That was a Bangles greatest hit. ( written by Prince )

And what was NC2U? Salad dressing?

But Prince actually performed NC2U very regularly over the years, and released two live versions of it on audio and one on DVD. He reclaimed that as one of his own.

As far as I'm aware TMBGITW is no longer in litigation, the case ended in favour of the Italian songwriters. It can't be released in Italy without striking a deal with them. How that would affect worldwide releases I'm not sure.

embmmusic said:

LoveGalore said:

embmmusic said:

As far as I'm aware TMBGITW is no longer in litigation, the case ended in favour of the Italian songwriters. It can't be released in Italy without striking a deal with them. How that would affect worldwide releases I'm not sure.

If it were in the clear, it would be on Spotify.

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If they were correct, paying attention and having paid the minion to put it on spottify.

Prince doesn't need 2 do that.

That is 4 people with small catalogues.

LoveGalore said:

embmmusic said:

As far as I'm aware TMBGITW is no longer in litigation, the case ended in favour of the Italian songwriters. It can't be released in Italy without striking a deal with them. How that would affect worldwide releases I'm not sure.

If it were in the clear, it would be on Spotify.

It isn't in the clear though. Prince lost the case.

LoveGalore said:

FragileUndertow said:

Phase3 said:

Nooooo
Enough with "the best of"

Exactly. No more Best of please.

We want new (unheard) music.

Why the hell would we need something we already have ?

We all make our own playlists, don't we ?

I like the idea of a series Questlove-curated "mixtapes".

Yes I know WE don't need a new Best Of. But the market will need one soon. Think like you work for Sony

I thought Anthology 1995-2010 was interesting enough, especially since I didn't notice "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" was missing at first!

homesquid said:

Yes I know WE don't need a new Best Of. But the market will need one soon. Think like you work for Sony

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Well, Sony is wrong then imho.

There are three Best Of's out there, and a couple of other compilation too;

Anthology 1995-2020 - (2018 streams only)

Most of these releases basically are the ones still available in most wreckastows (over here).

In my opinion, I can live with the fact if they choose to release another Hits package, only if they do it via streaming.

For that i could care less (as a fan).

I also prefer new music.

Or release the known Hits in earlier or alternate versions package.

Something like the Beatles did for most of their records.

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Cinny said:

RODSERLING said:

Cinny said:

I thought Anthology 1995-2010 was interesting enough, especially since I didn't notice "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" was missing at first!

This " Anthology " Was a mess amd completely out of touch. Nobody in the general audience would want to hear such a tracklist, and that's why it never charted anywhere. If Sony had the rights to TMBGITW, they would have released a physical true greatest hits of that era 1995/2010 at the end of 2018. They would have sold it a little million, and that would have been good business for them. There still wasn't Sony Legacy reissues at the time, so it would have been a marketing argument that would be the only way to own some tracks that were completely out of print for decades. Surety they would have released a dvd with the videos too.

It was a very odd track selection. Emancipation might have made thematic sense to open it, but it's a strange opener otherwise. And We March to close? Again, that surely wasn't included on the strength of the actual music over the dozens of songs that weren't included.

Vannormal said:

homesquid said:

Yes I know WE don't need a new Best Of. But the market will need one soon. Think like you work for Sony

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Well, Sony is wrong then imho.

There are three Best Of's out there, and a couple of other compilation too;

Anthology 1995-2020 - (2018 streams only)

Ultimate Prince - 2006

The Very Best Of Prince - ​2001

(Girl 6 - ​1996)

(1-800-New-Funk - ​1994)

The Hits / The B-Sides - ​1993

Most of these releases basically are the ones still available in most wreckastows (over here).

In my opinion, I can live with the fact if they choose to release another Hits package, only if they do it via streaming.

For that i could care less (as a fan).

I also prefer new music.

Or release the known Hits in earlier or alternate versions package.

Something like the Beatles did for most of their records.

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You are missing one very large, somewhat recent (2016) greatest hits package: 4Ever.

AvocadosMax said:

leecaldon said:

Se7en said:

Vannormal said:

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Well, Sony is wrong then imho.

There are three Best Of's out there, and a couple of other compilation too;

Anthology 1995-2020 - (2018 streams only)

Ultimate Prince - 2006

The Very Best Of Prince - ​2001

(Girl 6 - ​1996)

(1-800-New-Funk - ​1994)

The Hits / The B-Sides - ​1993

Most of these releases basically are the ones still available in most wreckastows (over here).

In my opinion, I can live with the fact if they choose to release another Hits package, only if they do it via streaming.

For that i could care less (as a fan).

I also prefer new music.

Or release the known Hits in earlier or alternate versions package.

Something like the Beatles did for most of their records.

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You are missing one very large, somewhat recent (2016) greatest hits package: 4Ever.

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Absolutely !

Thank you !

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