The CD versions $113

LP version is $228


On Amazon for Black Friday!

I have the LP edition of this and I have to say it basically killed my Prince listening for the best part of a year.... to me it's the first big misfire of the Super Deluxe Editions.... the b-sides etc feel incomplete, and with the vault tracks there's just swathes of them that are junk... like, really bad.

And the remaster of the album itself was a dud.

This release actually made me like Prince less (!!) - which I never thought would be possible.

The live show is good, but, eh.....

My vinyl set is now for sale. Never would I have imagined this could be the case, as someone who was always a 'give me everything he did!' Prince fan.

RODSERLING said:

What s the point in buying that album on vinyl ? It was conceived for a CD release. Concerts and unreleased tracks are a joke on vinyl. Just a sucker thing, especially when the master and sound are exactly thé same nowadays on those releases. [Edited 11/24/24 7:28am]

I agree I do buy vinyl for new stuff but never box sets for the reasons you just said also because of costs but how often do I go back and listen to a alternate take of Cream or whatever

Just to have it, to collect things, as objects.

Simple as that.

Like those who buy stuff, left unwrapped forever (which i will never understand).

Each one his own, right?

These questions being asked a million times here, just let it be.

They're irrelevant questions.

No need to shove your or mine opinion on that down others throats.

I collect vinyl, I play it, over and over, all 11K of them.

But, really, why are people still buying vinyls? (Just kidding. )

olb99 said:

But, really, why are people still buying vinyls? (Just kidding. )

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But really, why the fuck... ahhhh, leave it.

olb99 said:

But, really, why are people still buying vinyls? (Just kidding. )

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For the limited dynamics, high price, inconvenience, distortion, noise, and above all: nostalgia.

Kares said:

olb99 said:

But, really, why are people still buying vinyls? (Just kidding. )

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For the limited dynamics, high price, inconvenience, distortion, noise, and above all: nostalgia.

That and I think they can be beautiful objects. I would collect them if I had more rooms in my home. Maybe. Until then, it's FLAC files for me.

olb99 said:

Kares said:

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For the limited dynamics, high price, inconvenience, distortion, noise, and above all: nostalgia.

That and I think they can be beautiful objects. I would collect them if I had more rooms in my home. Maybe. Until then, it's FLAC files for me.

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They CAN be beautiful, I agree, but many rereleases I see aren't even that beautiful, as labels often can't find the original artwork masters so they resort to scanning old sleeves and that results in subpar quality prints.

Kares said:

olb99 said:

That and I think they can be beautiful objects. I would collect them if I had more rooms in my home. Maybe. Until then, it's FLAC files for me.

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They CAN be beautiful, I agree, but many rereleases I see aren't even that beautiful, as labels often can't find the original artwork masters so they resort to scanning old sleeves and that results in subpar quality prints.

^True that!

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Comparing an original artwork from Prince's second album (or any re-press from the 80's) to the reissues from last decade show a totally different shade of blue and a lack of definition. Even on the product pics online it's obvious and you can tell the difference from a XXI century reissue to an "original".

On a related note, Amazon Black Friday deal for Purple Rain 4K is $10.99.

psyche2 said:

I'm not sure how many of you are in the UK but amazon UK just dropped to £112.49 for the vinyl super deluxe set...

What a price.

tonyspr said:

I'm not sure how many of you are in the UK but amazon UK just dropped to £112.49 for the vinyl super deluxe set...

What a price.

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Just bought one for €133 (£110) at amazon.de with free shipping to Hungary.

Kares said:

tonyspr said:

I'm not sure how many of you are in the UK but amazon UK just dropped to £112.49 for the vinyl super deluxe set...

What a price.

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Just bought one for €133 (£110) at amazon.de with free shipping to Hungary.

Is that a case of cognitive dissonance?

RODSERLING said:

What s the point in buying that album on vinyl ? It was conceived for a CD release. Concerts and unreleased tracks are a joke on vinyl. Just a sucker thing, especially when the master and sound are exactly thé same nowadays on those releases. [Edited 11/24/24 7:28am]

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Totally agree. My only reason for going for the vinyl version anyway is the artwork. More precisely: the tape box photos that are on the vinyl sleeves. And I hate having to buy a ton of vinyl (that I'll never play) just to get those photos.
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As I suggested many times before: why not just add an LP-sized, extra booklet with all this extra artwork to the CD version for those of us who'd prefer CDs? And as long as the set comes in a hard box, there's no need to make the book hardback too. It would make manufacturing and shipping costs so much lower while maintaining profit margins.