I'd like to have seen this leaked on the release date for ATWIAD next month.

Would have sent a message.

Vannormal said:

databank said:

ShellyMcG said:

AvocadosMax said:

Boycotts are legal. We need to stop buying any merchandise from the estate website. If someone you know —who isn’t aware about how shitty and ridiculous this estate is — is purchasing Prince merchandise online, tell them to stop immediately!

Their crappy merchandise isn't what's keeping the Estate afloat. I agree that people should stop supporting it, but doing so won't change anything with regard to vault releases.

happyshopper said:

Don’t forget, these would have been shared by someone who was given them officially. An employee of the record companies or The Estate, or maybe a journalist. That person could lose their job for this.

Most music that gets leaked nowadays comes from servers that haven't been secured very well or at all.

johnpiex said:

So is it true some of these songs would have been released unmixed and unmastered had it gone to print?

All the songs are mixed, and would have been mastered for release.

It's great that these are finally out there for everyone to hear, but not gonna lie, the 128kbps downgrade is irritating. Same kinda shit the estate pulled with their Celebration handouts a few years ago, just to make sure the rest of us don't get too spoiled with HQ audio

If you're gonna share at all, just give the damn wavs and be done with it.

AvocadosMax said:

AvocadosMax said:

Some of this stuff about who did the leaking feels wrong.I am grateful to whoever that was, but if someone has gone by a moniker on public forums I reckon posting on his government name is a bit like doxxing. Just saying.

Farfunknugin said:

psyche2 said:

It's been said that the Paris aftershow from 1993's Act II was going to be companion Blu-ray to this set.

Video or audio?

Reportedly video.

lust said:

I'd like to have seen this leaked on the release date for ATWIAD next month.

Would have sent a message.

The message is sent anyway.

Thanks......thanks..........thanks..........4 this release.

themanfromneptune said:

thisisreece said:

AvocadosMax said:

FunkyStrange said:

AvocadosMax said:

I’m so glad this shit leaked. I hope more stuff gets leaked as it seem that’s the only way we can ever listen to new material Fuck the estate

Post of the week.

I understand the sentiment, AvocadosMax and Captain, except the well is now really dry. Don't expect other massive leaks like this in the future.

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MIRvmn1 said:

AvocadosMax said:

Boycotts are legal. We need to stop buying any merchandise from the estate website. If someone you know —who isn’t aware about how shitty and ridiculous this estate is — is purchasing Prince merchandise online, tell them to stop immediately! Let them know everything about the greedy imbeciles who are running the estate: they do not care about Prince or his legacy, and they give ZERO SHITS ABOUT THE FANS! Start a huge boycott campaign towards the upcoming Around The World In A Day reissue/remaster! No vault tracks = laziness from the shitty estate Stop streaming Prince from YouTube, Spotify, Apple, TIDAL, etc. only listen to your own physical/digital copies Lets make their lives miserable until they hand the keys over to someone who actually gives a shit

Well, they won't get any money from me until they start releasing some interesting stuff.

I'm with you. Unfortunately, people do buy stupid colored vinyls, suitcases, hoodies, and mugs. We're doomed.

Most of the money comes from a few popular albums and a few dozens tracks, anyway.

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undercoverlover said:

Pretty sure this is the same Extraordinary as released. Am i crazy?

You're not. I read something about the fade out being slightly different, but I haven't checked. Plus there's a glitch somewhere, not present on the officially released version.

undercoverlover said:

databank said:

In some cases, I know for a fact that the stuff was sold to a bootleg label before it leaked

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This is what happened with Dream Factory: IIRC a bootleg label purchased a rip of the tape that was stolen from Wendy's car and paid a certain someone to get the best possible audio quality for the release (since he was an audio engineer and had in the past produced excellent results from other tapes), and then that got leaked shortly before it was released.

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And still the bootleg did great numbers because having it on CD with a nice booklet and artwork was something a lot of fans wanted.

bluegangsta said:

johnpiex said:

So is it true some of these songs would have been released unmixed and unmastered had it gone to print?

All the songs are mixed, and would have been mastered for release.

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If all these songs are mixed then the mixing engineer has to be fired. Some of these tracks sound horribly unmixed, just listen to I Hear Your Voice, for example.

bluegangsta said:

Of all the Tevin songs we got, real shame P's 91/92 version of Shhh not included

I listened to a lot of the tracks...i agree there aren't any gems like Open Book, Walk In Glory, Big Tall Wall 1, Rearrange or startling changed versions like Forever In My Life Early Demo, International Lover or the super extended How Come U Don't Call. I think most of these are also more demo like than something like My Tender Heart which was Prince putting in a FULL vocal effort. ...but, there are very interesting songs here.

Willing and Able - this extended version is super. It sounds like the live version they did in the Glam Slam show. I love it.

I love all of the Tevin Campbell songs as they were solid from the start. Uncle Sam is just a great song...great!

With This Tear.....total gem and I always felt this one was special...

1000 Hugs is a GREAT Song but that annoying click track makes the other version with Nona singing the better version.

Good Bye - the rap part sucks...but his part is just beautiful

Overall, if this was a part of the super deluxe set which would have included a remaster of the album, and a Blu Ray or at least, Live album of that killer Rex show...man oh man....the set would be an overall amazing package.

his live show went through the roof in these 90s...

The demo version of 51 hours is much more developed than I expected; I am surprised that there are Prince guide vocals on it and is that Margie Cox on backing vocals?