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Reply #60 posted 10/27/23 5:18am

lustmealways

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Panned vox on Pain is obnoxious.

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Reply #61 posted 10/27/23 6:21am

JorisE73

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Tip O' My Tongue's sax-loop sounds a lot like Dutch Sport TV-show tune from the early 90's (composed by Tonny Eyk).

Studio Sport 1990


But it's actually In The Mood by Glenn Miller

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Reply #62 posted 10/27/23 6:24am

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SquirrelMeat said:



LILpoundCAKE said:


the 'woodblock' percussion on the left ear channel on "gett off (damn near 10 minutes)"
is extremely distracting to me, to the point where it ruins the whole experience for me mad




Now that you've pointed it out. I can't unhear it!



Same here
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Reply #63 posted 10/27/23 6:30am

boomshaka

I'm enjoying the remastered album and live album a lot more....
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Reply #64 posted 10/27/23 6:34am

dodger07

JorisE73 said:

jraw said:

Tip O' My Tongue's sax-loop sounds a lot like Dutch Sport TV-show tune from the early 90's (composed by Tonny Eyk).

Studio Sport 1990


But it's actually In The Mood by Glenn Miller

Exactly. I like that version on The Sacrifice Of Victor VHS

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Reply #65 posted 10/27/23 7:05am

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Vault disc 2

Daddy Pop 12vinch mix.

Nothing too exciting.


Martika's Kitchen

I think the Martika version with the extra production is a better version. Just a better sounding version of the leaked track we've had for years.

Spirit.

I prefer this to the Martika version. Nice bit of dance pop.

Open Book.

Fantastic song. So good to finally have it in sounding so good.

Work That Fat

Glad it's been included. Funny and funky. Love the guitar on it.

Horny Pony 2.

I like multi track vocals. The version I streamed from qobuz sounds a lot better than the vinyl rip I had. I really like how minimalist it is.


Something Funky band version

I have no problem with Tony and love this. Great rythmn guitar. I wish it had Rosie on it. It sounds so fat and funky. I love Michael 's drumming on it.

Hold Me.

I haven't listened to this song in years. I even deleted the version I had years ago because I hated it. Listening today, I still hear the sappiness within the song and I think I should hate it, but actually enjoyed it.

Blood on The sheets.

Such a jolt from Hold Me to this. It's really great. The drumming, and the soloing. I wonder if at some point he put a vocal on it. Probably one of his heaviest tracks. Brings to mind, Call Of The Wild and also Third Eye Girl.

The Last Dance.

I always enjoyed Jughead. More funky fun stuff.

Don't Say U Love Me.

Excellent new jack swing style pop. Love it.

Another highly enjoyable disc. There's more on this disc I'm familiar with so I think that lessens it's impact on initial listening compared to disc 1.
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Reply #66 posted 10/27/23 7:33am

lustmealways

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Those little whistle things on Skip To My You are heavenly

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Reply #67 posted 10/27/23 7:48am

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Songs that I would've rather had anything else other:

Daddy Pop 12 inches
D&P Long Version
Darkside
Cream Take 2
Thunder Ballet

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Reply #68 posted 10/27/23 8:07am

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lustmealways said:

Those little whistle things on Skip To My You are heavenly


skip 2 my U is one of my favorites from the set, so far music dancing jig

May U Live 2 See The Release of Parade SDE
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Reply #69 posted 10/27/23 8:08am

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lustmealways said:

Songs that I would've rather had anything else other:

Daddy Pop 12 inches
D&P Long Version
Darkside
Cream Take 2
Thunder Ballet


agreed. although I do like Cream Take 2 a lot. but instead of that boring Thunder Ballet
we could have had 3 songs of 3+ minutes.

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Reply #70 posted 10/27/23 8:58am

Landonfunkmonk
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LILpoundCAKE said:



lustmealways said:


Songs that I would've rather had anything else other:

Daddy Pop 12 inches
D&P Long Version
Darkside
Cream Take 2
Thunder Ballet




agreed. although I do like Cream Take 2 a lot. but instead of that boring Thunder Ballet
we could have had 3 songs of 3+ minutes.




I really like Thunder Ballet.

It deserves it place on the set.
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Reply #71 posted 10/27/23 9:09am

2freaky

My Tender Heart got me misty.

I'll tell U what the Eye in the Pimp stand 4!
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Reply #72 posted 10/27/23 9:11am

2freaky

Pain is amazing. Don't Say You Love Me a nice jam. Not really any bad track; no masterpieces, but,,,

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Reply #73 posted 10/27/23 9:14am

2freaky

Standing At The Alter needs to be a single. Would be a hit.

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Reply #74 posted 10/27/23 9:25am

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Woof. This is a difficult listen. I guess I'm impressed by how hard he went in. He did not hire Heavy D for a guest verse on one song; he went full emersion, belly flop on hard ice. Vanilla Ice, to be exact. Just the sound of a man lost in the woods, ass out, following his muse wherever it went, and boy, it went.

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Reply #75 posted 10/27/23 9:32am

boomshaka

lustmealways said:

Songs that I would've rather had anything else other:

Daddy Pop 12 inches
D&P Long Version
Darkside
Cream Take 2
Thunder Ballet



They can also keep Glam Slam '91 too
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Reply #76 posted 10/27/23 9:47am

Neves26

Definitely not the response I thought this release would have. sad
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Reply #77 posted 10/27/23 9:57am

SmalleyBiggs

I'm with you guys- the unheard Vault songs I was unfamiliar with ranged from mediocre to garbage. All the gems (Open Book, Schoolyard, Get Blue, The Voice) I've already had for 32 years and didnt sound much different than I remember them.

One initiail observation though as I get through this for the first time is how little Tony M is on the vault tracks. Besides Last Dance I can't recall any others that involve him. Maybe Something Funky Band Version? Interesting how he's all over the released album but otherwise invisible.

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Reply #78 posted 10/27/23 10:17am

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I Pledge Allegiance shades of Satisfied.

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Reply #79 posted 10/27/23 10:24am

mrjj71

boomshaka said:

I'm enjoying the remastered album and live album a lot more....

100 percent this!

The live lp is fantastic..Daddy pop is amazing on there with the band turning the funk up to the max and sounds even more sly stone live.

Vault tracks are a bit meh...definitely nothing there that deserved a place on D and P actual.

Alice through the looking glass is the only interesting track...just wish it was one of the tracks that was more finished.

[Edited 10/27/23 10:45am]

[Edited 10/27/23 11:24am]

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Reply #80 posted 10/27/23 10:35am

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Neves26 said:

Definitely not the response I thought this release would have. sad


I think it's fantastic. So do alot of other people.

If your comments are based on the org reaction then remember it's only a handful of people's views, often posting multiple times.

There are many fans that don't post here.
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Reply #81 posted 10/27/23 10:58am

ghostof82

Still waiting for my copy (arriving tomorrow). I'm not surprised by this mixed reaction. D&P isn't my favourite era of Prince. But it's Prince - even on a bad day, he was better than most. We have better SDEs to come. But I'm sure there's plenty of great stuff in this release and I'm looking forward to hearing it.
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Reply #82 posted 10/27/23 11:14am

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I'm gonna be honest - I like or love pretty much every song on the album proper and on the vault discs.

But I'm not going to pretend that most of this is top shelf material, it's just not. I like pretty much every note this guy recorded cause I'm crazy, but some of these songs just go nowhere.

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Reply #83 posted 10/27/23 11:49am

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Get Blue and Alice are my favorites and the others are all pretty good. Like others said the other ones I really like are the ones I already have (schoolyard and Open Book).

But this was never my fave album or era so its not wowing me. I might pick it up the album on vinyl but streaming the SDE is enough for me.

Waiting on Parade, Dirty Mind, Controversy, ATWIAD, and Lovesexy SDEs!!

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Reply #84 posted 10/27/23 11:55am

SoulAlive

Prince really should have kept “Open Book” for himself and released it as a single.To me,it sounds like a number one hit music
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Reply #85 posted 10/27/23 12:01pm

mrjj71

Poplife88 said:

Get Blue and Alice are my favorites and the others are all pretty good. Like others said the other ones I really like are the ones I already have (schoolyard and Open Book).

But this was never my fave album or era so its not wowing me. I might pick it up the album on vinyl but streaming the SDE is enough for me.

Waiting on Parade, Dirty Mind, Controversy, ATWIAD, and Lovesexy SDEs!!

Parade is the top of my list but, I'm wondering if they might release ATWIAD and Parade as a double Lp Sde as ATWIAD was the bigger seller and they seem to be sticking to the biggest releases.

Wouldn't be surprised if there was a Batman one too tbh

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Reply #86 posted 10/27/23 12:02pm

happyshopper

Only listened through a couple of times but so far Skip 2 My U My Darling stands out.

Odd that Rosie is missing from Something Funky. I guess that’s why it’s called “Band Version”. But there must be a final version with her, surely!?
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Reply #87 posted 10/27/23 12:31pm

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I think it's pretty good overall.

The word melancholic springs to mind. Which is a little odd given how upbeat The D&P album is. I'd like to know just how many D&P outtakes there are, how many of the songs on the set were seriously considered for a place on the album, as opposed to just being recorded around that time.

The nod to Batman on the Thunder Ballet as someone else pointed out is cool. As is the "In the mood" interpolation... The random occurrence of him playing it at Bagleys finally makes sense.

Blood On The Sheets and Darkside are surprising. I can't believe that were ever intended for the album. I'm glad they're here though, to add some verity. Darkside especially, with him sounding completely indifferent while playing. Completely different to his flamboyant stage persona and Hendrix faces.

I think some reactions I'm reading are based on having already heard some of the stand out songs (Open Book etc). Each to their own, but I'm not sure "I've already heard that" is a fair critique.
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Reply #88 posted 10/27/23 12:34pm

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Just opened my package. Like SOTT, the packaging for the Diamonds SDE CD version is over-kill. Gotta figure out how to store it.
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Reply #89 posted 10/27/23 12:36pm

happyshopper

SmalleyBiggs said:



One initiail observation though as I get through this for the first time is how little Tony M is on the vault tracks. Besides Last Dance I can't recall any others that involve him. Maybe Something Funky Band Version? Interesting how he's all over the released album but otherwise invisible.



Maybe I need another listen, but is Rosie missing too? Even on songs meant for her album.

Also, striking how many “originals” tracks are on this set! It seems there were little rejected tracks for D&P. Mostly alt versions.
I assume more proper “vault tracks” have been saved for the Love Symbol SDE.
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