Well, the leak from earlier in the year sounded good, but I had a feeling there was something wrong. Thousand Hugs and Kisses really sounded bad and I was worried the tapes were in bad condition. However, I compared the released With This Tear with the leaked version....the new release sounds a lot better. So, thank goodness b/c some of those leaks were a bit muddy.

Now, if they ever thought to put it out.

Soon, or already, Ai can/will be of some help I suppose to clean up old damaged tapes.

Let's hope so.

I noticed this too.
The official release sounds much more polished and richer.
The leak was probably of only roughly mixed tracks, sent out for approval of which tracks to include in the set (or something like that)

happyshopper said:

The leak was probably of only roughly mixed tracks, sent out for approval of which tracks to include in the set (or something like that)

I agree. There's a high pitched string sound at the very end of the released version which wasn't there in the leak.

On stage at the Paisley event before the concert screening they lamented the leak but said their version sounded much better.

fielder said:

Do we know what concert they showed?
From that clip on Instagram it looked like maybe something from 2014? Hit and Run show with 3rd Eye Girl?

happyshopper said:

fielder said:

On stage at the Paisley event before the concert screening they lamented the leak but said their version sounded much better.

Do we know what concert they showed? From that clip on Instagram it looked like maybe something from 2014? Hit and Run show with 3rd Eye Girl?

Amsterdam May 25th 2014 Zoggo Dome, my last show seeing Prince live. Hopefully they'll release it.