Is this a wish? Or are you suggesting this is going to actually happen?

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

$19.99 a month. Streaming soundboard recordings of eventually all of Prince’s live shows, aftershows, and rehearsals. + Two times a year special limited edition vinyl pressings of legendary concerts and/or aftershows, all remastered, sent to your house. One in June and one in April.

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Please not. HI-fi CDs, thank you.

Where do I subscribe !

If it's a digital platform, i want to be able to download the content and take it wherever i need.

yup, download or not at all please

The thought of streaming makes me want to piss.

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

$19.99 a month. Streaming soundboard recordings of eventually all of Prince’s live shows, aftershows, and rehearsals. + Two times a year special limited edition vinyl pressings of legendary concerts and/or aftershows, all remastered, sent to your house. One in June and one in April. (Thread title amended - l'ange bleu, moderator)

$7.77 a month is more apropriate and more than enough I think.

As soon as it's online, one can access a free download.

Know what i'm sayin'?

I'm pretty sure that's why there is no, nor ever will be, some sort of NPGMC-type service.

Prince tried to secure all those downloads back then with that embedded DRM, which later rendered all those files useless.

Of course, we all got those songs back frome "somewhere", didn't we?

nayroo2002 said:

As soon as it's online, one can access a free download.

Know what i'm sayin'?

I'm pretty sure that's why there is no, nor ever will be, some sort of NPGMC-type service.

Prince tried to secure all those downloads back then with that embedded DRM, which later rendered all those files useless.

Of course, we all got those songs back frome "somewhere", didn't we?

obviously, anno 2023? when you have sound and you have (moving) image,

and you have a computer and an internet connection...

you can steal or copy whetever the fuck you want, for free.

but, it's not the same of course as the 'official thing'...

No sorry, no subscription.

I would gladly pay for a direct download or product but I have to keep the monthly expenses at bay.

Subscriptions have the tendency o becoming expensive in the end with losing acces when stopping.

dualboot said:

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dualboot said:

No sorry, no subscription.

I would gladly pay for a direct download or product but I have to keep the monthly expenses at bay.

Subscriptions have the tendency o becoming expensive in the end with losing acces when stopping.

THIS.
I want a physical product that does not disappear when I end a subscription, lose my device, etc.
I can put a CD on my devices and keep the CD on my shelf for later use as needed.
Concerts?
They should stream one or two a month FREE to generate audience interest. WE know what those concerts were -- entice the general public to see what they missed.

mb71 said:

I would be all over this, what I've been waiting for, which means the Estate will do everything possible to ensure it doesn't happen. At this point, I'd settle for a "Dick's Pick" type of package.

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

What about a monthly subscription entitling you to a limited edition vinyl edition (and digital download) of a concert/aftershow/rehearsal? One per month?

Why?
Limited editions are just useless in my opinon especially on vinyl. vinyl is a inferior medium that deteriorate fast so I would rather have CD's in vinyl packaging (I always loved the vinyl format artwork compared to the smaller CD format) but mak it available everyone or let them take preorders and press only as much as preordered.

JorisE73 said:

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

What about a monthly subscription entitling you to a limited edition vinyl edition (and digital download) of a concert/aftershow/rehearsal? One per month?

Why?
Limited editions are just useless in my opinon especially on vinyl. vinyl is a inferior medium that deteriorate fast so I would rather have CD's in vinyl packaging (I always loved the vinyl format artwork compared to the smaller CD format) but mak it available everyone or let them take preorders and press only as much as preordered.

Man, you don't know a damned thing about vinyl records...

purplethunder3121 said:

JorisE73 said:

Why?
Limited editions are just useless in my opinon especially on vinyl. vinyl is a inferior medium that deteriorate fast so I would rather have CD's in vinyl packaging (I always loved the vinyl format artwork compared to the smaller CD format) but mak it available everyone or let them take preorders and press only as much as preordered.

Man, you don't know a damned thing about vinyl records...

Sound quality wise it could be better than CD (depending on thickness and deepness of the grooves onf the vinyl), but vinyl (the medium) deteriorates much quicker in quality (scratches, pops, clicks etc) after much spins.
That's just my experince from using it in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

No need to re-invent the wheel...

Estate just needs to hook-up go nugs.net. Many artists are there, and you can stream, or download.

Bruce Springsteen is a fan:

https://brucespringsteen....ing-audio/

12.99 USD / 24.99 USD (Hi Res) per month

The Frank Zappa estate have the right idea... regular box sets / download options from carefully curated times in his career.

Take my money!

Krid said:

No need to re-invent the wheel...

Estate just needs to hook-up go nugs.net. Many artists are there, and you can stream, or download.

Bruce Springsteen is a fan:

https://brucespringsteen....ing-audio/

12.99 USD / 24.99 USD (Hi Res) per month

yeah I have downloaded several Santana concerts from nugs.net

the estate would be wise to go this route

If we are talking about VIDEO...