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Thread started 09/17/21 8:26am

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Purple Rain | Exclusive Pressing (180g Purple Vinyl)

This Special Edition features the 2015 Paisley Park remastered audio pressed on 180g purple vinyl, available November 12 only through the official Prince Store and Minnesota-based retailer Target.

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Reply #1 posted 09/17/21 9:24am

mbdtyler

They clearly have their finger on the pulse of what fans want... another vinyl pressing of a widely available album, this time using the worst possible master lol

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Reply #2 posted 09/17/21 9:40am

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Guessing that if I ordered this from the UK I’d get hit with fat customs charges or whatever, so not sure whether to bother with this...
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Reply #3 posted 09/17/21 10:10am

DarkKnight1

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Ugh, but I assume it will still sell well.
(Insert something clever here)
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Reply #4 posted 09/17/21 11:18am

Se7en

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It might be cool to get this with the intention of framing it. Not for listening to though!

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Reply #5 posted 09/17/21 11:55am

nayroo2002

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Thanks for the link!

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we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #6 posted 09/17/21 12:12pm

FrankieCoco1

One of the main reasons for delays in vinyl production is poxy coloured vinyl. So instead of a much wanted Special Deluxe Edition Of Parade, D&Ps or even Controversy, we get the option of possibly the worst remastered record in history with all channels just turned up to 11. What a crock of shit. Thankfully I’ve still got the original purple vinyl version of this.
There may or may not be something coming!
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Reply #7 posted 09/17/21 12:48pm

SoulAlive

GUEST_212eae86-17fd-4bdd-a019-99bf49921d0a?fmt=webp&wid=1400&qlt=80

[Edited 9/24/21 14:16pm]

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Reply #8 posted 09/17/21 12:58pm

lust

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Pointless.
If the milk turns out to be sour, I aint the kinda pussy to drink it!
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Reply #9 posted 09/17/21 4:49pm

SoulAlive

Se7en said:

It might be cool to get this with the intention of framing it.


yeah,I might get it just for that purpose
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Reply #10 posted 09/17/21 5:09pm

SquirrelMeat

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Reply #11 posted 09/18/21 6:37am

LILpoundCAKE

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wow, they really know what we want don't they neutral

May U Live 2 See The Release of Parade SDE
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Reply #12 posted 09/18/21 6:39am

udo

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themanfromneptune said:

This Special Edition features the 2015 Paisley Park remastered audio pressed on 180g purple vinyl, available November 12 only through the official Prince Store and Minnesota-based retailer Target.

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Please explain why one would want to obtain the worst remaster in the Pricne catalog to date on purple vinyl?

Does vinyl lessen the bad remastering?

Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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Reply #13 posted 09/18/21 7:21am

FrankieCoco1

After my initial rant about this, I’ve come to the conclusion that this might sell a few, needing next to no promotion, little extra production cost (unlike having to remaster vault and other original album tracks) and partners of Prince fans might see it on the Target shelves, think, “Oh, Dave/Sarah likes Prince. This looks pretty/cool, it’ll do as his/her Christmas present.”

In the absence of production time for a big Super Deluxe, this may serve the purpose of generating more money, to keep paying staff wages for the real work of archiving and restoring all the Vault stuff we’d like. It might also pique the interest of casual fans to look out for the and purchase the next proper release.

Do some of the people buying vinyl even play it, or do they put it on their shelf to look nice and impress their hipster friends?
There may or may not be something coming!
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Reply #14 posted 09/20/21 6:40am

Dandroppedadim
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Let's hope it sells and the funds will get us a new vault collection!

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Reply #15 posted 09/27/21 5:32pm

woogiebear

SoulAlive said:

GUEST_212eae86-17fd-4bdd-a019-99bf49921d0a?fmt=webp&wid=1400&qlt=80

[Edited 9/24/21 14:16pm]

How about a DELUXE Edition on Vinyl? Otherwise, it's just 4 the "Fly By Night" Fans

mad mad mad

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