RODSERLING said:

Vannormal said:

Will not buy it.

Not even one rehearsal included (& there are damn good ones).

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The comments on the official instagram release page are quite harsch towards The Estate and this release.

Rightfully so imho.

How is on facebook ? (I don't have it)

People's comments are pretty important (to them).

Will buy it on sales. The booklet seems ludicrous, some pictures of the concert, here amd there, some blank pages with no text at all. The thing is, clearly Sony can't release anything new for now. They can only release something that has already been released in some form in the past. Hence the blu-ray of a concert that wasn't even shot on film from the start. It's clearly a B-plan solution. That surely must have something to do with the current juridical hiatus/ battle concerning the estate. It also proves that back in 2017 Sony could have also done that work of restoration, but didn't bother to do it. Still no news of the planned Live/ documentary shot on film in 1983, that was first announced to be part of the Purple Rain Deluxe in 2017. It was rumoured to go on Apple the following year, but still nothing. Maybe that's Sony who has legally the rights as of now, but WB must think that's unfair cause they were supposed to do a restoration work on it already.

I think that's the real problem here. "Hey, buy this again because we couldn't be arsed to give you a quality product the first time round." If it was part of a comprehensive Purple Rain SDE, which Howe has alluded to, fine. But as a stand-alone? Nah.

i was told by the wizards here that there was a vinyl shortage

MusicFan20Ten said:

Finally, if there is a PR SDE coming like I've seen mentioned on here, this release means there'll hopefully be a new/different video and audio show included with it. First Ave '83 maybe, or something else entirely? I don't think anyone has mentioned that prospect yet

That is actually the only positive thing I've heard about this release. Yes, this pointless release must make the prospect of "First Avenue August 3rd 1983" being included in a future Purple Rain SDE slightly more likely. Now the question is, will it see the light of day in our lifetime?

billymeade said:

RODSERLING said:

billymeade said:

i was told by the wizards here that there was a vinyl shortage

That's why they didn't release an SDE last year with 15 vinyls.

ah. but there was enough vinyl for Welcome 2 America, the legacy reissues, and now a three-record concert?

billymeade said:

Phase3 said:

I will be purchasing this $40 for 2 cds and 1 bluray; sounds like a great deal. I have always wanted the audio for this concert on a official cd. Plus the dvd of this concert had very bad picture quality. Maybe one day we will get a bluray of the lovesexy concert

Ditto. $40 is good for three disks in a nice package.

Strange that the CD/Blu-Ray is much cheaper here in the UK. $27 equivalent.

Well, that's underwhelming.

TrivialPursuit said:

Phase3 said:

I will be purchasing this $40 for 2 cds and 1 bluray; sounds like a great deal. I have always wanted the audio for this concert on a official cd. Plus the dvd of this concert had very bad picture quality. Maybe one day we will get a bluray of the lovesexy concert

Ditto. $40 is good for [....] a nice package.

LILpoundCAKE said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Ditto. $40 is good for [....] a nice package.

I approvate of this message.

RODSERLING said:

billymeade said:

ah. but there was enough vinyl for Welcome 2 America, the legacy reissues, and now a three-record concert?

Welcome 2 America had 2 vinyls, not 13 or 15. So that release was doable. Even the limited vinyl single of do me baby that was due to January, has been pushed back to late April. For now.

Who ever said it was going to be 13 or 15 vinyl release ?!

Never heard that before...

is this an assumption (the usual...)

or did i miss out on something...

TrivialPursuit said:

LILpoundCAKE said:

I approvate of this message.

Vannormal said:

The remastered version of Purple Rain live from syracuse is now on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm03wqLY3Nc

[Edited 4/2/22 9:19am]

bobgeorge2 said:

The remastered version of Purple Rain live from syracuse is now on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm03wqLY3Nc

[Edited 4/2/22 9:19am]

Look at the date first (and/or views in this case) the next time

"27,940,213 views May 22, 2020".

EDIT; my bad. I stand corrected, you were right. Sorry.
The video still looked so awful that I didn't check the quality settings.

[Edited 4/2/22 11:13am]

bobgeorge2 said:

The remastered version of Purple Rain live from syracuse is now on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm03wqLY3Nc

[Edited 4/2/22 9:19am]

Nice!

They fixed the opening verse!

If a vinyl shortage is all that's holding back SDE releases, they should release without vinyl and put vinyl versions out when they can. The fans of vinyl will buy them whenever they are released.

RODSERLING said:

Vannormal said:

Who ever said it was going to be 13 or 15 vinyl release ?!

Never heard that before...

is this an assumption (the usual...)

or did i miss out on something...

Just use your logic. SOTT SDE was made of 13 vinyls. D&P = 2 vinyls. The b-sides, remixes = at least 5 vinyls ( including 90 minutes of Get Off remixes). One concert = 3 vinyls. That's already 10 vinyls. Then you can guess that if they make an SDE they have at least 2 or 3 Cds of unreleased material. That's what fans want above all. That makes for 4 up to 6 more vinyls. That's why you can't compare a 2LP release such as W2A, to an SDE. I always said the estate/WB/ Sony should give up the " All vinyls " Concept, to include instead CDs or audio cassettes. Keep the album + the unreleased stuff on vinyl : that makes sense. That's the core of the project. Then the b-sides and the concert on CDs/ cassette in the same boxset.

Not my logic at all.

There never was a true discription ofa not even announced release of D&P SDE.

So, there goes your theory.

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Glad they don't listen to you.

I only want vinyls. I don't care for again horrible executed new CD versions.

But every one his own.

I do respect those who want CD's and I would love you to respect those who love vinyls too.

Something for everyone.

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BTW, It's always possible to create a mix of audio cariers in a SDE; vinyl CD, DVD, BlueRay, Cassettes, 45 RPMs... etc.

EnglishGent2 said:

If a vinyl shortage is all that's holding back SDE releases, they should release without vinyl and put vinyl versions out when they can. The fans of vinyl will buy them whenever they are released.

Poplife88 said:

bozojones said:

Poplife88 said:

EnglishGent2 said:

If a vinyl shortage is all that's holding back SDE releases, they should release without vinyl and put vinyl versions out when they can. The fans of vinyl will buy them whenever they are released.

There is no vinyl shortage anymore.

There are more plants active now singe a year and a halF, from what i heard from a friend working in a vinyl print plant.

Think, there would be no Prince & The Revolution Live! release if there was a shortage.

The reason why SDEs are hold back has more to do with legal rights than anything else, concerning releases in th US and Europe. Simple as that.

Vannormal said:

Poplife88 said:

There is no vinyl shortage anymore.

There are more plants active now singe a year and a halF, from what i heard from a friend working in a vinyl print plant.

Think, there would be no Prince & The Revolution Live! release if there was a shortage.

The reason why SDEs are hold back has more to do with legal rights than anything else, concerning releases in th US and Europe. Simple as that.

Indeed. Because of the vinyl shortage, last year we had to wait almost 4 months after the W2A announcement. I think that also maybe the reason for D&P SDE being finally postponed.

For Syracuse, it's only 2 months so it seems the situation is back to normal.

So now, apart from legal issues, there is no reason for the Estate to hold back the SDEs anymore.

We will know for sure this fall.

fredmagnus said:

Vannormal said:

There is no vinyl shortage anymore.

There are more plants active now singe a year and a halF, from what i heard from a friend working in a vinyl print plant.

Think, there would be no Prince & The Revolution Live! release if there was a shortage.

The reason why SDEs are hold back has more to do with legal rights than anything else, concerning releases in th US and Europe. Simple as that.

Indeed. Because of the vinyl shortage, last year we had to wait almost 4 months after the W2A announcement. I think that also maybe the reason for D&P SDE being finally postponed.

For Syracuse, it's only 2 months so it seems the situation is back to normal.

So now, apart from legal issues, there is no reason for the Estate to hold back the SDEs anymore.

We will know for sure this fall.

What's happening in the autumn that will clear up the issue of whether or not it's a legal problem?