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Thread started 03/28/25 6:43pm

HardtoGet

The Vault may be opened ....

but nothing is pouring out !!

why even make that statement ?

[Edited 3/28/25 18:43pm]

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Reply #1 posted 03/28/25 7:06pm

RODSERLING

Why even make that topic ?
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Reply #2 posted 03/28/25 8:01pm

MIRvmn1

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They could've at least released a few unreleased songs to celebrate that the vault is open.
U are now an official member of the New Power Generation
Welcome 2 The Dawn
Free the prince SDE now!
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Reply #3 posted 03/28/25 10:08pm

bozojones

HardtoGet said:

but nothing is pouring out !!

why even make that statement ?

[Edited 3/28/25 18:43pm]


Because they're dipshits who like to make promises they have no intentions of keeping.

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Reply #4 posted 03/29/25 2:02am

guitarman81

bozojones said:

HardtoGet said:

but nothing is pouring out !!

why even make that statement ?

[Edited 3/28/25 18:43pm]


Because they're dipshits who like to make promises they have no intentions of keeping.

Bingo!

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Reply #5 posted 03/29/25 7:58am

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #6 posted 03/29/25 9:52am

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Reply #7 posted 03/29/25 6:38pm

erik319

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Because it's just all smoke and mirrors, but 90% of fans lap it up & buy the bedsheets.

Meanwhile, a scant few of us know that the Estate couldn't manage a fart without shitting themselves.
blah blah blah
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Reply #8 posted 03/29/25 6:48pm

love2thenines2
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HardtoGet said:

but nothing is pouring out !!

why even make that statement ?

[Edited 3/28/25 18:43pm]

"The vault may be opened ..."

Where is this statement ?? lol

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Reply #9 posted 03/29/25 7:42pm

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Be patient. They usually announce SDE's around october. It's only the end of march.

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Reply #10 posted 03/29/25 8:09pm

Kares

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paisleyparkgirl said:

Be patient. They usually announce SDE's around october. It's only the end of march.

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Actually 1999SDE was announced in September, D&PSDE was announced in August and SOTTSDE was announced in June. And they were all produced by the previous regime, so we've yet to see what the current one will do.

Friends don't let friends clap on 1 and 3.

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Reply #11 posted 03/29/25 11:41pm

bozojones

Kares said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Be patient. They usually announce SDE's around october. It's only the end of march.

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Actually 1999SDE was announced in September, D&PSDE was announced in August and SOTTSDE was announced in June. And they were all produced by the previous regime, so we've yet to see what the current one will do.


On the contrary, we've already seen what the current estate will do: nothing.

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Reply #12 posted 03/30/25 3:48am

TrivialPursuit

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Pump the brakes. They are just now starting the 40th Anniversary for Purple Rain, since it's been freed. There are 9 more months to go.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #13 posted 03/30/25 10:08am

Trufunksoulja

TrivialPursuit said:

Pump the brakes. They are just now starting the 40th Anniversary for Purple Rain, since it's been freed. There are 9 more months to go.


Lol, what brakes? The Estate is face down dead

There is no clear vision of this version of the Estate, besides turning it in into a PR cashcow.


And it seems that the Vault is only open for peeps who are paying for overpiced Celly tix and/or PP tix. Even then it is condensed AF.

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Reply #14 posted 03/30/25 11:11am

RODSERLING

Where are the estate s believers? That's what the OP must reach out. These people on the org have inside knowledge that something will be released this year. If you contradict them, they are pissed off, warn the moderators, and the topic is erased from the org.
1984 all over again.
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Reply #15 posted 03/30/25 1:55pm

MIRvmn1

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They should release at least two SDE this year since we didn't get anything last year but that's probably too much to ask for.
U are now an official member of the New Power Generation
Welcome 2 The Dawn
Free the prince SDE now!
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Reply #16 posted 03/30/25 7:47pm

Gooddoctor23

Holding on 2 nonsense.

Graycap23 was ME!
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Reply #17 posted 03/30/25 9:12pm

SoulAlive

MIRvmn1 said:

They should release at least two SDE this year since we didn't get anything last year but that's probably too much to ask for.

I honestly don't see why it takes them so long to put these sets together.The music is already recorded. It's ridiculous that we have to wait multiple years for a new SDE.

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Reply #18 posted 03/31/25 6:23am

andrewm7new

I really hope they are moving toward releasing the Greensboro 2011 show as a 4K blu ray, that would biggrin be very welcome!

We non American fans can't make the trip to Paisley easily.

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Reply #19 posted 03/31/25 8:52am

Rough

SoulAlive said:

MIRvmn1 said:

They should release at least two SDE this year since we didn't get anything last year but that's probably too much to ask for.

I honestly don't see why it takes them so long to put these sets together.The music is already recorded. It's ridiculous that we have to wait multiple years for a new SDE.

This comes up soo often - I'll tell you from my perspective as a label product manager who does exactly that (releasing Deluxe Edition of already released albums) that this means A LOT of work, of course very much depending of how much work was put beforehand in a functional audio/video/artwork/photo archive. we all know that the vault was and probalby still is a mess.

Just that a record was already released doesn't mean you can just put the audio files on a CD and call it Super Deluxe. of course you can do that wink but it's shit. The released Prince SDEs have their flaws (a lot), but they still are excellent work.

just to sum up some of the steps...

- find audio / video / Photo / artwork stuff in the archive

- this is analog era: digitalize all the stuff. audio, video, scan pictures, scan artwork, handwritten lyrics etc. pp.

- clean it all up

- edit videos, mix audio of the video

- mix audio of unreleased audio

- Find master tapes of released stuff. Digitalize. clean up. remix if necessary.

- MASTER all the stuff - audio and video

- do interviews with band member, research on credits, liner notes etc.

- put together new artwork, photo book etc.

- do a vinyl mix/cut of the audio

- marketing campaign (that was quite impressive. for all SDE they had big features in german music press, limited edition 7" singles in the Rolling Stone etc.)

and so on and so on. Thats a full time job for a few people and takes at least one year per SDE trust me.

I am hoping for PArae SDE this year wink at least I hope we'll get the Love Symbol Deluxe!!!

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Reply #20 posted 03/31/25 9:57am

love2thenines2
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Rough said:



SoulAlive said:




MIRvmn1 said:


They should release at least two SDE this year since we didn't get anything last year but that's probably too much to ask for.


I honestly don't see why it takes them so long to put these sets together.The music is already recorded. It's ridiculous that we have to wait multiple years for a new SDE.



This comes up soo often - I'll tell you from my perspective as a label product manager who does exactly that (releasing Deluxe Edition of already released albums) that this means A LOT of work, of course very much depending of how much work was put beforehand in a functional audio/video/artwork/photo archive. we all know that the vault was and probalby still is a mess.


Just that a record was already released doesn't mean you can just put the audio files on a CD and call it Super Deluxe. of course you can do that wink but it's shit. The released Prince SDEs have their flaws (a lot), but they still are excellent work.



just to sum up some of the steps...


- find audio / video / Photo / artwork stuff in the archive


- this is analog era: digitalize all the stuff. audio, video, scan pictures, scan artwork, handwritten lyrics etc. pp.


- clean it all up


- edit videos, mix audio of the video


- mix audio of unreleased audio


- Find master tapes of released stuff. Digitalize. clean up. remix if necessary.


- MASTER all the stuff - audio and video


- do interviews with band member, research on credits, liner notes etc.


- put together new artwork, photo book etc.


- do a vinyl mix/cut of the audio


- marketing campaign (that was quite impressive. for all SDE they had big features in german music press, limited edition 7" singles in the Rolling Stone etc.)


and so on and so on. Thats a full time job for a few people and takes at least one year per SDE trust me.


I am hoping for PArae SDE this year wink at least I hope we'll get the Love Symbol Deluxe!!!





There will be no Parade or Lovesymbol Sde...for sure at 101% this year but if we are very very very lucky ..maybe a SDE for PR ?
[Edited 3/31/25 9:57am]
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Reply #21 posted 03/31/25 10:13am

Rough

love2thenines2003 said:

Rough said:

This comes up soo often - I'll tell you from my perspective as a label product manager who does exactly that (releasing Deluxe Edition of already released albums) that this means A LOT of work, of course very much depending of how much work was put beforehand in a functional audio/video/artwork/photo archive. we all know that the vault was and probalby still is a mess.

Just that a record was already released doesn't mean you can just put the audio files on a CD and call it Super Deluxe. of course you can do that wink but it's shit. The released Prince SDEs have their flaws (a lot), but they still are excellent work.

just to sum up some of the steps...

- find audio / video / Photo / artwork stuff in the archive

- this is analog era: digitalize all the stuff. audio, video, scan pictures, scan artwork, handwritten lyrics etc. pp.

- clean it all up

- edit videos, mix audio of the video

- mix audio of unreleased audio

- Find master tapes of released stuff. Digitalize. clean up. remix if necessary.

- MASTER all the stuff - audio and video

- do interviews with band member, research on credits, liner notes etc.

- put together new artwork, photo book etc.

- do a vinyl mix/cut of the audio

- marketing campaign (that was quite impressive. for all SDE they had big features in german music press, limited edition 7" singles in the Rolling Stone etc.)

and so on and so on. Thats a full time job for a few people and takes at least one year per SDE trust me.

I am hoping for PArae SDE this year wink at least I hope we'll get the Love Symbol Deluxe!!!

There will be no Parade or Lovesymbol Sde...for sure at 101% this year but if we are very very very lucky ..maybe a SDE for PR ? [Edited 3/31/25 9:57am]

DE of PR was already released smile this wouldn't make any sense, only a vinyl release of the VAULT tracks that were relased 2017 are missing. They already released the Syracuse Live album as a standalone release, a PR picture disc, the move on ultra HD blue ray and the dolby atmos in 2024/25. of course we are all hoping on more unreleased PR stuff or a "Soundtrack" album featuring The Time etc. but I am very sure there won't be released anymore from this era.

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Reply #22 posted 03/31/25 10:21am

Kares

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Rough said:

love2thenines2003 said:

Rough said: There will be no Parade or Lovesymbol Sde...for sure at 101% this year but if we are very very very lucky ..maybe a SDE for PR ? [Edited 3/31/25 9:57am]

DE of PR was already released smile this wouldn't make any sense, only a vinyl release of the VAULT tracks that were relased 2017 are missing. They already released the Syracuse Live album as a standalone release, a PR picture disc, the move on ultra HD blue ray and the dolby atmos in 2024/25. of course we are all hoping on more unreleased PR stuff or a "Soundtrack" album featuring The Time etc. but I am very sure there won't be released anymore from this era.

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We've discussed this already several times before. The "vault tracks" of PR-DE didn't come from Prince's vault, they came from cassette copies Warner had. The Prince Estate had nothing to do with PR-DE and there are plenty of previously unreleased tracks to be released from that period in addition to the vault tracks of PR-DE. And of course there's the 3 August 1983 gig that must be released on video.

Friends don't let friends clap on 1 and 3.

The Paisley Park Vault spreadsheet: https://goo.gl/zzWHrU
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Reply #23 posted 03/31/25 11:05am

love2thenines2
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Kares said:



Rough said:




love2thenines2003 said:


Rough said: There will be no Parade or Lovesymbol Sde...for sure at 101% this year but if we are very very very lucky ..maybe a SDE for PR ? [Edited 3/31/25 9:57am]


DE of PR was already released smile this wouldn't make any sense, only a vinyl release of the VAULT tracks that were relased 2017 are missing. They already released the Syracuse Live album as a standalone release, a PR picture disc, the move on ultra HD blue ray and the dolby atmos in 2024/25. of course we are all hoping on more unreleased PR stuff or a "Soundtrack" album featuring The Time etc. but I am very sure there won't be released anymore from this era.



.
We've discussed this already several times before. The "vault tracks" of PR-DE didn't come from Prince's vault, they came from cassette copies Warner had. The Prince Estate had nothing to do with PR-DE and there are plenty of previously unreleased tracks to be released from that period in addition to the vault tracks of PR-DE. And of course there's the 3 August 1983 gig that must be released on video.



the deluxe version of PR was released in a hurry... very incomplete and not at the standard of SOTT or even 1999 SDE...a shame for the most iconic album of Prince...a very consistent mass of material in the vault has been found and archived since then!
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Reply #24 posted 03/31/25 1:04pm

MIRvmn1

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love2thenines2003 said:

Rough said:



SoulAlive said:




MIRvmn1 said:


They should release at least two SDE this year since we didn't get anything last year but that's probably too much to ask for.


I honestly don't see why it takes them so long to put these sets together.The music is already recorded. It's ridiculous that we have to wait multiple years for a new SDE.



This comes up soo often - I'll tell you from my perspective as a label product manager who does exactly that (releasing Deluxe Edition of already released albums) that this means A LOT of work, of course very much depending of how much work was put beforehand in a functional audio/video/artwork/photo archive. we all know that the vault was and probalby still is a mess.


Just that a record was already released doesn't mean you can just put the audio files on a CD and call it Super Deluxe. of course you can do that wink but it's shit. The released Prince SDEs have their flaws (a lot), but they still are excellent work.



just to sum up some of the steps...


- find audio / video / Photo / artwork stuff in the archive


- this is analog era: digitalize all the stuff. audio, video, scan pictures, scan artwork, handwritten lyrics etc. pp.


- clean it all up


- edit videos, mix audio of the video


- mix audio of unreleased audio


- Find master tapes of released stuff. Digitalize. clean up. remix if necessary.


- MASTER all the stuff - audio and video


- do interviews with band member, research on credits, liner notes etc.


- put together new artwork, photo book etc.


- do a vinyl mix/cut of the audio


- marketing campaign (that was quite impressive. for all SDE they had big features in german music press, limited edition 7" singles in the Rolling Stone etc.)


and so on and so on. Thats a full time job for a few people and takes at least one year per SDE trust me.


I am hoping for PArae SDE this year wink at least I hope we'll get the Love Symbol Deluxe!!!





There will be no Parade or Lovesymbol Sde...for sure at 101% this year but if we are very very very lucky ..maybe a SDE for PR ?
[Edited 3/31/25 9:57am]

I haven’t given up hope on the prince SDE yet, but most likely they’ll release the PR SDE this year.
U are now an official member of the New Power Generation
Welcome 2 The Dawn
Free the prince SDE now!
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Reply #25 posted 03/31/25 3:42pm

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One more vote here that a Purple Rain SDE is still very much required. We need that album properly remastered by Bernie, like, yesterday. PP 2015 Remaster needs to go the way of the dodo.

That's MY main thing, but yes, I want all the other goodies, too. smile

PRINCE: the only man who could wear high heels and makeup and STILL steal your woman!
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Reply #26 posted 03/31/25 5:33pm

bozojones

eyewishuheaven said:

One more vote here that a Purple Rain SDE is still very much required. We need that album properly remastered by Bernie, like, yesterday. PP 2015 Remaster needs to go the way of the dodo.

That's MY main thing, but yes, I want all the other goodies, too. smile


Knowing these chucklefucks, they'll find someone to do an even worse remaster than the 2015 version. Charles might even take a crack at it himself since he's a self-proclaimed "producer" lol

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Reply #27 posted 04/01/25 6:31pm

TrivialPursuit

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Possibly Purple Rain. But more likely a Parade SDE toward the end of the year or early 2026. An SDE for ATWIAD would be nice, but there's so much cross-pollenation in 85/86, I think a lot of the extras are going to be on Parade.

I said a while back that D&P and Parade SDEs were done and on the shelf. D&P has since come out. So...

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #28 posted 04/01/25 6:31pm

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HardtoGet said:

but nothing is pouring out !!

why even make that statement ?

[Edited 3/28/25 18:43pm]

"The Vault May Be Opened..."
...but i have shit at least 31.9 times since then
and the results have way more worth!!!

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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