"The Vault" is the version of "N.E.W.S." w/ words...because 2 me Prince definetely had that jazzy sound going on with "The Vault" & it was much more enjoyable on "The Vault" than "N.E.W.S."
Now Im not saying "N.E.W.S." is bad but it is waaay waaay more hollow & I dont think Prince was taking a "New Direction In Music" w/ "N.E.W.S." either...as far as Im concerned, Prince always has taken new directions w/ his music...every single album the man has made is different from the 1 before! No album has the same sound 2 it 2 me...maybe the same gibberish ...but not the same sound.






Let's analyse the music edit
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Well The Vault is a collection of out-takes and previously unreleased tracks spanning a wide time-frame put together and slung at Warners with lacklustre and out-of-date artwork.

It has a lose jazzy feel to it, which leads one to believe the tracks that are on the album were chosen for this quality, since it's sister album, Choas & Disorder, was a similar affair, only loosely guitar/rock based rather than jazzy.

Conversely N.E.W.S was recorded very quickly in the same session, so I think it has more in common with Xpectation and the Madhouse and Flesh records.

It's gettin' worse...instead of "stealing" threads NOW let's just
incorporate my ideas to appear original...

origmnd said:

Excuse me? If u've made a thread speaking of this very same thing or similiar to it...then that's u. Sorry child, but Im not in a rush 2 "steal" nor incorporate anything that may have come from u, especially seeing how u react 2 a simple thread that has absolutely nothing 2 do with ur existance in the real world but is merely my opinion. Oh yes, & ur not being really original right now by complaining about someone "incorporating your ideas" in2 another thread...it's been done already by plenty others.

Romance1600 said:

I think that The Vault may appear to be a toss-away project at first, but I believe that Prince made an extra effort to re-mix the songs to make a very cohesive album. I digs it.

squirrelgrease said:

Really? I never paid much attention to it.

What was re-mixed, besides the extension She Spoke 2 Me that added nothing to the song?

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Romance1600 said:

The track 'Sarah' was substantially worked on from the rough demo version that is floating around.

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'Five Women' became '5 Women +'. It also features more strings if you compare it to the demo version.

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Romance1600 said:

"Old Friends" was completely redone.

squirrelgrease said:

And I love "Old Friends" on The Vault!

squirrelgrease said:

Yeah, in 1991!