All CD/digital copies of SOTT sound like shit - way too quiet and flat.
In the absence of proper remasters, a few years ago I 'home remastered' some Prince CDs (plus chopped Lovesexy up into tracks). From memory, this meant putting the music through a stereo enhancer (SOTT CD sounded almost mono) and adding some smiley-shaped EQ. Probably a total hack job if you're a pro audio engineer but well worth it to my ears.
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Friday, 29 April 2016 11:44 (eight years ago) link
TS: Turrican adopting Prince's eye/u/2/c speak or balls' eradication of all capital letters and (most) punctuation.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 29 April 2016 14:53 (eight years ago) link
SOTT vinyl reissue coming out in August (planned prior to Prince's passing).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 29 April 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
Already-reissued vinyl titles -- 1999, PR -- getting enthusiastic thumbs-ups from the kids at the Steve Hoffman forums.
good to hear
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Friday, 29 April 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
Occurred to me that Revolution/outside musicians or no, diamonds and pearls may be the first of his records that sounds like it was recorded with a traditional band. Don't know what to make of that.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 April 2016 15:32 (eight years ago) link
it sounds like that because that's what it is
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 April 2016 15:34 (eight years ago) link
in approx 2001 i bought a new vinyl copy of Purple Rain from Beat Street in Brooklyn, and it had the OG sticker on the front touting the singles, plus the actual poster inside. it was regular price, like $7.99. how is that possible??
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 April 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link
jeez i had never heard one nite alone before. gorgeous record
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 29 April 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
it's pretty good, that was the tour I saw. he's p funny on the live DVD that came w it
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 April 2016 16:00 (eight years ago) link
xxp dead stock - I bought a sealed 1983 repress copy of She's So Unusual with the hype sticker just last week
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
I've come around to agree w/Prince about Lovesexy vs. the Black Album. Not that I think it's too "dark" or "negative", but it really doesn't cohere or hang together very well, and the tracks are more amorphous jams than songs, there's very little that feels structured or thought out. It *sounds* great and I love a lot of it, "Bob George" especially, but Lovesexy is superior in every way while still being sonically of a piece, it just has better songs.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 April 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
love it:
http://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prince-hair.jpg?w=640
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Friday, 29 April 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link
poll
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 April 2016 18:27 (eight years ago) link
such a damn cute young Prince
http://www.royarden.com/blog/pictures/prince2.jpg
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
listening to "Insatiable," it strikes me that it's a straighter – in every sense – and duller "Adore."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 April 2016 18:44 (eight years ago) link
Ha, for a split second, I though that was Rob Tyner.
xp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 29 April 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
http://www.royarden.com/blog/pictures/prince2.jpgKick out the raspberry jams, you sexy MFs!
― Radio Free European Son (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:08 (eight years ago) link
anyone got a rip of his final show? looks like it got taken off soundcloud
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 April 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
from 1987: Bonnie Raitt Starts Over, In Minnesota With Prince.
uh
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 April 2016 21:53 (eight years ago) link
guess it explains the "I Can't Make You Love Me" cover
well, that and the fact that it's a beautiful song
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 29 April 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link
George Michael did a good vers too
― Neanderthal, Friday, 29 April 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
it's basically the adult version of "will you love me tomorrow"
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 29 April 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link
(well, actually, the adult version of "will you love me tomorrow" is "will you love me tomorrow", but you get my drift)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 29 April 2016 22:28 (eight years ago) link
Now playing the widely renowned 'small club 2nd show that night' and god damn that clav-like synth on DMSR is just the driest sickest chicken scratch sound I've ever heard
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Friday, 29 April 2016 22:29 (eight years ago) link
It's an aftershow from the lovesexy tour. Great sound.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Friday, 29 April 2016 22:30 (eight years ago) link
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, April 29, 2016 6:24 PM
Buy her new album -- it's terrific.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 April 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
Dang please let me hear 'Pangaea'
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-hoped-to-redefine-minneapolis-sound-before-death-20160429?page=2
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 30 April 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
Hmm the arrangement d'angelo played of sometimes it snows in April is the demo arrangement not the released arrangement, isn't it? That long three part vocal intro...
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 30 April 2016 13:40 (eight years ago) link
NM I am an idiot. I somehow forgot the released version has that intro too. Weird that I never focused on it til now. It's a daring and gorgeous way to open the track.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:14 (eight years ago) link
Britishers may wanna know that Sky Arts is showing Sign of the Times tonight and also 'on demand'.
― pandemic, Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:18 (eight years ago) link
Reading that article about this crazy new musical concept & then listening to the well meaning but rote "Baltimore" is a bit of a let down...I really wish he'd never gotten involved with 3rdEyeGirl that band was terrible and brought out his worst tendencies
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:19 (eight years ago) link
the lead guitar line in Baltimore is so great
― flappy bird, Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:32 (eight years ago) link
Youtube keeps pushing this "Prince in the 1980s" doc which I finally watched this morning. Nothing earthquaking, but some good interviews with former managers, bandmates, engineers and arrangers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRNYiFxR2Ps
― Radio Free European Son (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:09 (eight years ago) link
Although you may prefer to watch this concert from 1982:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAYQUbh8HHA
― Radio Free European Son (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
I skimmed over three or four of the 'Fork reviews by All of the Usual Suspects, and I was pretty disappointed to encounter All of the Usual points. I was hoping for something fresh, but they read like ... reviews. I guess that's fine. Chalk them up as missed opportunity sacrificed to the god of news cycle deadlines.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:30 (eight years ago) link
douglas wolk's paragraph about "kiss" is like a master class in great music writing imo, come on, not to mention maura drawing all of 1999 through the lens of apocalypse
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:40 (eight years ago) link
His wasn't one of the three or four I looked at and I was reluctant to say anything specific, pro or con, about ILXOR regulars. But I'm not convinced drawing an album whose lead title track is about the apocalypse, written, recorded and released in the lingering age of nuclear apocalypse, through the lens of the apocalypse, is terribly novel. I'm also not convinced the essay does that successfully.
Had no problems with the quality of the writing, I should stress.
xpost If I could go back in time and see any era of Prince live, I think right now I'd say "Controversy" tour.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
I think I read 1999, Nelson George on SOTT (nothing new there), and Light's Around the World (natch; thought his Purple Rain book was sort of nothing new, too).
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
idk I feel like it informs the urgency and anxiety of the rest of the record. I think that's a good framing/interpretive lens
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:54 (eight years ago) link
brb looking for hot takes on these 30 year old records
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
I'm not sure what a hot take is.
This seems cool: https://www.mixcloud.com/ginovannelli94/a-rare-collection-of-outtakes-rehearsals-and-live-performances-audio/
Anyone heard/have this massive "1986: A Year in the Life" Prince boot?
http://1986boxset.blogspot.com/2015_11_01_archive.html
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 April 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
Yeah that's a great boot. Worth getting a hold of.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 30 April 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
How do you download the 1986 Box? Any ideas?
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 30 April 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link
I can't find it (the box itself or the answer).
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 April 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
It's so annoying, they have pages and pages outlining everything in it and no way to acquire it
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 30 April 2016 18:25 (eight years ago) link
Here's my Controversy piece.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 April 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
Here's my Controversy piece🔗.
That's really excellent
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 30 April 2016 19:07 (eight years ago) link
thank you!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 April 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link