I just picked up a Prince Laser Disc here in Japan called "The Undertaker". It is an original Warner Japan release, not a boot. The disc has 6 videos. (Live direct to DAT performances) The Ride, Poorgoo, Honky Tonk Woman, Bambi, Zannalee, The Undertaker, and Dolphin. I am sure this is VERY rare...Anyone else ever heard of this?
[This message was edited Sun Oct 5 8:56:46 PDT 2003 by Eleventeen]

WTF! hang onto that thing! it's probably worth a mint! it's an unreleased album that Warners wouldn't let him release with Guitar Player magazine. you can get it on video over here as well.

Damn, that sounds like one hell of a guitar powerhouse

Eleventeen said:

This was a normal release in 1994 not rare or anything...

Neversin.

The Japanese LaserDisc???
[This message was edited Sun Oct 5 9:20:13 PDT 2003 by Eleventeen]

good disc. Japan got a lot of Laser discs that we didn't. Where
do you think all of the new dvd boots are coming from.
The legit Japanese laser discs.

Eleventeen said:

Yes... The Japanese LaserDisc...

Neversin.

Calm down folks, BRAVE have already mastered it from the Jap laserdisc to dvd

Get that instead

TheLodger said:

Damn... Just shut it down

TheLodger said:

BRAVE? Who they? They legit? Gotta say, my VHS of 'The Undertaker' sounds way better than the r2 DVD of 'Purple Rain'

I bought this laserdisc almost 10 years ago. It is a underground classic. Its official. I also have Sacrafice of Victor on jap laserdisc. THese are collectibles no matter how well they are bootlegged.
[This message was edited Sun Oct 5 15:30:51 PDT 2003 by undulatingacrobat]

But where do you find a LD player? They still make those?
I see used LD's all the time that have not been released to DVD.

squirrelgrease said:

They stopped making LD players when DVD players were released (about '99). You can only get them 2nd hand.

And yes these Jap laserdiscs are amazing quality - better than US releases and yes very collectible.

Anybody knows if does exists a Purple Rain LD with DIGITAL sound?

My copy only have analogic sound

Thanks

I tried to bid on this on ebay once...

Eleventeen said:

hornyponny said:

Laserdisc is an analog-only format.

squirrelgrease said:

NOOO,

You are wrong, squirrelgrease

Only the video on LD is analog-only.

The audio can be (NTSC discs):

1.Only analog
2.Analog + Digital PCM
3.Analog (mono) + Digital AC3 + Digital PCM
4.Analog + Digital DTS

PAL LD only can have analog or digital PCM sound.

All the Prince LD, except Purple Rain, have digital uncompressed sound, the same quality you find on CD-audio.

hornyponny said:

Getdafukoutahere.

Really? So the LD players had a DA-converter built in? Stereo only, right? Is thre a form of copy-protection on the LD's?

Now, I'm really on the lookout for these platters.

I do remember that back in 95, the "The Undertaker"
video was beeing shown at the London Glam Slam Shop.
But it was a different version. It did not have the intro,
the ..eh..throw-up sequence...sorry for my english here...
and no effects on the picture itself.
I`d love to have a copy of that.

squirrelgrease said:

Not all, the olders don't have DA-converter and only can play the analog track.

squirrelgrease said:

Stereo and Sorround (Dolby Digital or DTS), like DVD but less quality.

squirrelgrease said:

I'm not 100% sure, but I think only the video can have a copy-protection sistem (Macrovision). The digital sound track is not copy protected. You can make copies using the analog output, or if you have a LD-player with digital output (I have one ) you can make digital to digital copies of the sound track without any loss of quality. I think some boots of Lovesexy Live In Germany has been made using this method.

squirrelgrease said:

Some of Prince LD have only been edited on Japan and they are hard to find (Undertaker, Sacrifice Of Victor).

If you want to know more about LD take a look to the following web:


http://www.cs.tut.fi/~leopold/Ld/FAQ/

hornyponny said:

Thanks alot! You rule.