AvocadosMax said:

I’d take either right now. I feel like i never been this long with a Prince drought. They need to hurry up. Would’ve posted on the estate thread but it was expired.

.....at this stage we have the SUPER HUGE DELUXE OF NOTHING......full of Silence music....Very Relaxing !!

Anything previously unreleased I'm up for.
They (re)mastered the video and audio of that Glam Slam Diamonds and Pearls show from January 11th 1992, why not just package that and release it so we get at least something?

JorisE73 said:

They (re)mastered the video and audio of that Glam Slam Diamonds and Pearls show from January 11th 1992, why not just package that and release it so we get at least something?

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It they worked on those recordings in the context of a D&P SDE, then I guess it's not very likely they will release them as a standalone project (?).

olb99 said:

JorisE73 said:

They (re)mastered the video and audio of that Glam Slam Diamonds and Pearls show from January 11th 1992, why not just package that and release it so we get at least something?

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It they worked on those recordings in the context of a D&P SDE, then I guess it's not very likely they will release them as a standalone project (?).

True. Would be nice if they let us know every once in a whilke what theyre up to.

They anticipated fanbase fervency for Diamonds and Pearls superdeluxe to coalesce over months and months of watercooler hype until all estate and record label social media accounts would be hounded and eventually overtaken by zealous Prince fans demanding a release date.

Industry execs remain puzzled why no such event has occurred for Prince's biggest blockbuster of the 90s and therefore surely his most highly anticipated and prized SDE, especially when they have lead-single "Money Don't Matter 2Night (Original Tony M. Version)" all prepped to upload to Spotify, YouTube and press on Limited Edition Purple Vinyl, as well as a promotional music video for "Jughead (7 Minutes Mo' Tony M. Extended Remix)" set to some more Purple Rain Tour rehearsal footage already edited and ready for premiere on all official channels.

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no more originals for the love of god no more originals

lustmealways said:

no more originals for the love of god no more originals

I second that.
I would rather they group ALL the songs he gave to others in there appropriate eras and as complete sets, for example like Prince's versions (or demos or whatever they can call them) for Vanity 6, The Time, What Time Is It? Apollonia6 etc. or select them by artist and release a double or triple CD boxset with all Prince's versions of Sheila E., The Time, Vanity 6/Apollonia 6 tracks.
The one offs (like With This Tear, I Don't Wanna Stop or The Dance Electric) could be on a boxset in chronological order of recording.
I would love to see that.

JorisE73 said:

lustmealways said:

no more originals for the love of god no more originals

I second that.
I would rather they group ALL the songs he gave to others in there appropriate eras and as complete sets, for example like Prince's versions (or demos or whatever they can call them) for Vanity 6, The Time, What Time Is It? Apollonia6 etc. or select them by artist and release a double or triple CD boxset with all Prince's versions of Sheila E., The Time, Vanity 6/Apollonia 6 tracks.
The one offs (like With This Tear, I Don't Wanna Stop or The Dance Electric) could be on a boxset in chronological order of recording.
I would love to see that.

Yep, that would be nice.

I am always thinking of this...the whole D&P SDE plan seems to have just gone away. Surely it is due to the changes in ownership and control happening with the estate. Yet, the Purple Rain Syracuse set came out.....so not sure what to think yet.

I do hope something is being quietly planned. I can't see how a 2nd Originals set would be terribly hard to release. I do hope that continues...maybe one offs that can't be part of a SDE release (e.g. So Strong by Dale Bozzio).

I have to think the ommision of any Mavis Staples or Jill Jones songs on the SOTT set is b/c there is a plan to release some of those gems (Come Home, Violet Blue etc). However, if the thought of a SDE is too much, why can't the Estate just put out a remastered Madhouse 8 album...or maybe a package Madhouse 8 & 16? Maybe, add Madhouse 24 and make it a package. Whatever, I do think there are people out there ready to buy remasters...one offs... Not every Prince album will get the SDE treatment. So, start with the one offs.

Many hardcores like me will never buy the re-releases of his albums as we have them already. If you remaster them, I'll buy all of them all over again. Many will. Once I realized The Time (Debut) was reamstered, I bought it right away off of HD Tracks. I would have bought a physical release in a heartbeat.

Where is the little cat here on Prince.org few weeks ago said that from serious sources before the end of august the info about D&P SDE is coming will be announced.....hum.....just few poor day left before this Something big is coming announcement

.....anyway my hopes about this happening are very low my friends !!

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LoveGalore said:

Y'all are so impatient sometimes. Remember when we were about 200 songs down prior to the estate giving you a dozen albums worth of unreleased material? This isn't much of a drought, kids.

True.

Depends on the SDE. If it's Diamonds & Pearls, I'd rather have another Originals (especially if "G-Spot" is on the next one). If it's something like Parade, I'll take the SDE.

Landonfunkmonkey said:

It would be better than nothing. I think Originals was a good release I just wish they had stuck to a smaller time frame to make a more cohesive listening experience. I would prefer however A SDE including his versions of songs.

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Weird... I feel that the problem with Originals is that they again focused on just the Purple Rain era (or adjacent). The only exception, Love Thy Will Be Done, is immediately one of the most interesting tracks on the album.

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Personally, I would keep releasing originals for all those tracks that are one-offs on albums with little Prince input and release deluxe versions of all protege albums with an extra disc of Prince versions of all the songs. (please do Time Waits For No One first!)

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But it probably won't happen, as most of those involved would fight against it, I think, as it would contradict their stories of their involvement...

I didnt love the format of the Originals but I'd prefer that over an SDE of D&P.

I also want them to release all those original versions, and not just cherry pick hits and a few oddities. On of my favorite circulating demos was made for Patti Labelle. I couldn't have predicted that until hearing it. There's also a good chance there are gems that simply didn't survive the new vocals, and sounded better with Prince on them, so I'd like to hear what might be perceived as throwaway tracks.

One problem is there's no real curration for all these projects, it fluctuates between someone who thinks everything he did is golden (but then they don't release everything), and cherry picking hits and oddities (but not with any real sense of discriminating taste). It seems like they don't know what's good in the bigger sense of the word. Even if it's knowing what the 80's fans liked, what the 90's fans liked, what Prince revisited most often life, what he revisited a lot in the studio, what fans didn't connect with but might appreciate later, and so on.

SDE all the way. Could easily live without any more originals.

Was it ever confirmed by Howe or who ever if a Volume 2 of Originals was an option or something they would be intereted in doing?

JorisE73 said:

olb99 said:

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It they worked on those recordings in the context of a D&P SDE, then I guess it's not very likely they will release them as a standalone project (?).

True. Would be nice if they let us know every once in a whilke what theyre up to.

Impossible!

Outrageous demand!

They handle all Prince news and shit as if the secrecy of it is far more important than Trump stealing official documents.

Vannormal said:

They handle all Prince news and shit as if the secrecy of it is far more important than Trump stealing official documents.

I want another SDE! They were doing so well with the previous ones,then they just stopped.

They're just waiting for the prices of oil/raw materials to rise on an international level,

so they can ask double of a normal price for a SDE.

Or waiting for the next year's crisis to blame.

JorisE73 said:

Either, this estate is asleep at the switch or got their money and don't give a damn.

LoveGalore said:

When was actually the last time Michael Howe spoke in public about the then latest Prince news (of any kind)?

Vannormal said:

When was actually the last time Michael Howe spoke in public about the then latest Prince news (of any kind)?

Didn't he only spew white noise?