Can we not just get the Springsteen estate to take over?

charles already being his usual "passive" agressive self on x, I see.

i'm throwing in the towel.

on to other music and well curated sets. i'll check back with prince
in 5 years or so and see what they came up with.

it's simply not worth the heart ache, each and every freakin' time.

This should have been released in May.

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And then the release for this Fall should have been an SDE of The Gold Experience with tons of outtakes and unreleased mixes etc., plus a bunch of recordings from both "regular" concerts as well as aftershows. At least a dozen CDs plus one or two Blu-rays with concert videos etc.

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Instead Charlie the clown is on Twitter telling people that they should enjoy all that music they've given us this year, like the acoustic version of Free and the live version of Sign O The Times and... oh wait, that's it. That's all of it. Seven frikking months after "the vault is free" and we've gotten two previously unreleased tracks.

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Note that the upcoming Sheena Easton box set will contain three previously unreleased versions of "Eternity".

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Can anyone please tell me what the two clowns have been doing all these months? Surely it cannot be compiling this release? Because on launch the pages on the official site were riddled with errors. There was a bunch of ugly-ass merch, perhaps that took up all their time? Surely it cannot be those two tracks they released? Or was it the laughable Celebration? These two clowns get paid lots of money. And yet they've got nothing to show for that.

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I'm grateful for what we have received but even 10 years on, Prince spoiled us. We just know that he has too much in the vault to be satisfied with a (much needed) remaster and nothing more from his vault. Why not give us a live show? Why not the Family album but with Prince's vocals./versoins.

It really seems short sighted....he is known for his prolific output, and yet, nothing?????????

I have to say, now that I'm putting my disappointment of no vault tracks aside...I'm looknig very forward to hearing Pop Life more clearly. It's always missed the bottom end. The bass playing has always been hard to hear...you know it's prominent (especially for a pop song) but, hard to hear.

To have Pop Life extended (9min) in great quality means i'm going to have a GREAT Christmas. I'm looking forward to hearing a full low end when the double kicks finish off She's Always In My Hair!

To hear the subtleties of Condition of the Heart...the gentle guitars, the piano and his wonderfully backgrounds...very excited. VERY!!

If the SOTT remaster is an indication, we're going to hear a lot more into these songs. I still recall that twinkle on Slow Love's keyboards that I don't think I'd ever heard before. I truly hope ATWIAD is as good.

FragileUndertow said:

Side note. Paisley Park (Remix) (2025 Remaster) Will go on sale tomorrow 9/12. Already available depending where you live On sites like qubuz.com https://www.qobuz.com/au-...revesxz3yc [Edited 9/11/25 21:30pm]

I've got is and I don't like it. Might be my ears are getting old, but the bass it too much and the high end is missing on the vocal.

SquirrelMeat said:

themanfromneptune said:

it is strange that the track 10 of the deluxe cd version is titled "bonus track".

I think it is a mistake anyway.

Because it's a track not on the original album.

Probably there wasn't enough room for a 22 minute track on the 2nd disc of all 'bonus tracks' so it's tacked on to the end of the 1st disc

SquirrelMeat said:

FragileUndertow said:

Side note. Paisley Park (Remix) (2025 Remaster) Will go on sale tomorrow 9/12. Already available depending where you live On sites like qubuz.com https://www.qobuz.com/au-...revesxz3yc [Edited 9/11/25 21:30pm]

I've got is and I don't like it. Might be my ears are getting old, but the bass it too much and the high end is missing on the vocal.

I got the 12" maybe 30 years ago and played it once and was not really into it...the only inreessting thing it it has "she's always in my hair" as its B-side.

Waste of $.

Next.

trickyjoe7777 said:

Can we not just get the Springsteen estate to take over?

It is not the Springsteen estate. It is Bruce Springsteen himself releasing his vault.

WhenFansCry said:

trickyjoe7777 said:

Can we not just get the Springsteen estate to take over?

It is not the Springsteen estate. It is Bruce Springsteen himself releasing his vault.

Well yes but you get the point, whoever is working with him certainly know how to manage vault releases

FragileUndertow said:

SquirrelMeat said:

I've got is and I don't like it. Might be my ears are getting old, but the bass it too much and the high end is missing on the vocal.

Damn... I was hoping it sound good. I did notice it has a run time of 7:02. While the version that appears on "His Majesty's Pop Life " CD runs 6:54

If not mistaken, whatever the length, the streaming version is sligntly edited (at the end) compared to "His Majesty's Pop Life" version (thanks Japan again for this release that could B quite considered as a Deluxe Edition of the album).

johnpiex said:

No vault tracks is an absolute farce. Can we get Howe back? These guys suck.

Howe said years ago that there weren't any outtakes or live shows from that era to justify a SDE release, so if he were around we'd probably not get ever y mix or B-side on this set and only a selection like on D&P SDE.

JorisE73 said:

johnpiex said:

No vault tracks is an absolute farce. Can we get Howe back? These guys suck.

Howe said years ago that there weren't any outtakes or live shows from that era to justify a SDE release, so if he were around we'd probably not get ever y mix or B-side on this set and only a selection like on D&P SDE.

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They still haven't even archived half of the vault yet, so in Howe's reign he couldn't even have a clue about what the Vault might contain to make such a statement. The fact that he still said that back then shows how much they respect their potential customer base or how much they care about P's legacy.

Kares said:

JorisE73 said:

Howe said years ago that there weren't any outtakes or live shows from that era to justify a SDE release, so if he were around we'd probably not get ever y mix or B-side on this set and only a selection like on D&P SDE.

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They still haven't even archived half of the vault yet, so in Howe's reign he couldn't even have a clue about what the Vault might contain to make such a statement. The fact that he still said that back then shows how much they respect their potential customer base or how much they care about P's legacy.

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I found ridiculous Charlie said on X "I told expanded version, not SDE" when a lot of reviewers from Celebration told he said "expanded" and after "SDE". Why wait until now to clarify it is a simple remaster + b-side? Silly silly silly

JorisE73 said:

themanfromneptune said:

johnpiex said:

themanfromneptune said:

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I found ridiculous Charlie said on X "I told expanded version, not SDE" when a lot of reviewers from Celebration told he said "expanded" and after "SDE". Why wait until now to clarify it is a simple remaster + b-side? Silly silly silly

Didn’t another Orger ask Spicer at the Celebration for clarification regarding this and it was confirmed the set would contain vault tracks? I remember reading that on another thread.

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Yes. first he talked about an expanded version then, after the event, he personally talked about SDE with one of the participants who then wrote it in his review of the event

Sadly, some stuff is missing:

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- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (Promo Video Version)

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- America (Promo Video Version)

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- Paisley Park (Mono) (from French promo)

- Paisley Park (Promo Video Edit)

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- Raspberry Beret (Promo Video Edit)

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I guess it just didn't fit on 2 CDs, but they could easily be released as a bonus digital EP or something... If anyone is in touch with them on social media or whatever, by all means please let them know...

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I won't get into the argument regarding the lack of unreleased material, but it would be pretty sweet if those releases could be comprehensive, even if only in digital format, regarding previously released material. So far, none of the SDEs managed to achieve this.

themanfromneptune said:

MIRvmn1 said:

themanfromneptune said:

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Yes. first he talked about an expanded version then, after the event, he personally talked about SDE with one of the participants who then wrote it in his review of the event

Yes the clown is now denying that he said SDE. But even if the plan was only for an Expanded Edition, everyone was expecting at least something similar to the Purple Rain Deluxe

He could have just been up front and said that it was just the remaster and the bsides to go with it.

And that would have been fine. Especially if they plan to do this for every album up to 1995.

And if they have other plans like anthology sets or whatever with the vault and the concerts.

But vague promises and major under delivering is just a shitty way of running things.

What we have now is more questions than we had before. Is this the new standard for the classic
albums? Will there even be a Parade SDE or will that album get this same treatment and will the
material that was collated toward such a set then be released on other sets? Is there a schedule in
their books for a regular stream of 80s and 90s album remasters to be released with bsides?

Nope, the bare minimum, in content as well as communication. The things they do say and those
they do release just raise more questions. It's a shit show start to finish.

databank said:

Sadly, some stuff is missing:

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- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (Promo Video Version)

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- America (Promo Video Version)

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- Paisley Park (Mono) (from French promo)

- Paisley Park (Promo Video Edit)

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- Raspberry Beret (Promo Video Edit)

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I guess it just didn't fit on 2 CDs, but they could easily be released as a bonus digital EP or something... If anyone is in touch with them on social media or whatever, by all means please let them know...

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I won't get into the argument regarding the lack of unreleased material, but it would be pretty sweet if those releases could be comprehensive, even if only in digital format, regarding previously released material. So far, none of the SDEs managed to achieve this.

Don't really agree with you here (and note I'm frustrated as anybody else with this set). Out of the 5 titles you mention only ONE got actually released on a physical format, and I'm 99,9% sure the "mono" Paisley Park released as a promo 7" in France is simply as fold-down mono and not a dedicated mix, therefore not necessary at all. The "promo video edits" don't offer anything worth the space. Reckon I'm a bit lost regarding the "4 The Tears In Your Eyes" video version. Was it really that different from the released versions? The live version of America from the video would have been great, but then again, why not the complete (short) performance and a DVD to go with?