― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 7 February 2005 04:40 (nineteen years ago) link
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― piscesboy, Tuesday, 5 April 2005 10:47 (nineteen years ago) link
The Time was actually THERE, having just performed in the live performance space at BAM, and strolled in, sans Morris Day, to introduce Purple Rain.
They guy who played Jerome seemed to be particularly het up about something on the prince.org messageboards, and kept circling back to some unspecified beef, all while protesting that he really didn't care that much. ???
When the lights went down, and the blurry Warner Bros logo fetched up there on the screen, all of us, from the knots of white kids at the edges, to the rows of fan club members that had claimed the middle seats early, shouted "turn it up!!! turn up the god damn music!!!" everyone shoutin and singin along to every song. All of it, to me, a revelation all over again. How lucky we are to have this document of arguably the height of a very great musician's powers, at the height of his approbation. In the movie theater, it feels a little like being there for a concert. I sat next to a fan club girl who literally knew every single line, and would say it just BEFORE it happened in the movie. i.e. "I gave Jerome the night off"
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 29 January 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 January 2006 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 30 January 2006 02:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Performance of "Electric Intercourse" by Prince and the Revolution. Live at First Avenue, Minneapolis, August 1983
― milton parker (Jon L), Monday, 30 January 2006 07:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Re-released in 2008 on red vinyl with a ton of cool remixes. "I want to breathe modern air" Dez brings the lolz.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9__4uTe_A
― Spinspin Sugah, Monday, 18 January 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
So...let's talk remaster.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 June 2017 04:35 (six years ago) link
the compression is not good. the officially released outtakes more than make up for it.
― PaulTMA, Friday, 23 June 2017 11:37 (six years ago) link
More or less compressed than the HDTracks remaster?
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Friday, 23 June 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link
how good are the fabled bonus tracks?
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:12 (six years ago) link
Good to excellent – and they sound terrific to my un-audiophile ears.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:17 (six years ago) link
would like an edit of Dance Electric. I suppose I could make my own, but
― PaulTMA, Friday, 23 June 2017 13:18 (six years ago) link
i'm also not an audiophile and i think the remaster sounds good!
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
I'm with PaulTMA
Plus some of these versions of long-available-as-bootlegs unreleased tracks are completely new. And awesome.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
I don't mean "new" as in "rerecorded" but as in "no one knew they existed before this rerelease",
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
The PR remaster itself is way hotter than the HDTracks which is the best digital version IMHO. The og US vinyl is wonderful - still.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
i keep both the HDTracks and the original CD on my MP3 player. Had a downloaded vinyl rip that sounded great but there were skips so fuck that obv.
Needless to say I will be buying the shit out of the new release even if not for the remaster of the album proper
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
Don't think I've heard PR all the way for nearly 30 years...massive Prince head but I dunno...obviously great but apart from 'When Doves Cry' it doesn't particularly feed my Prince Jones...iforgot how full on it is...it still feels like the outlier in his early catalogue...and the song PR is a fucking dirge...looking forward to listening to unreleased stuff...what I've heard of it so far is amazing
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 23 June 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
I love Purple Rain but agree that it sticks out like a sore thumb in Prince's discography - Prince never really went for mass appeal on that scale again - not even with high profile projects like Batman.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 23 June 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
He tried again with "Diamonds & Pearls" which was a pretty slick and commercial production compared to what came before. "Batman" , "Graffiti Bridge" sounded positively claustrophobic and weird compared to stuff like "Cream".
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 24 June 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
I also never had the love for PR (really never cared for the title tune either) but "When Doves Cry" and "The Beautiful Ones" are sublime.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 24 June 2017 00:13 (six years ago) link
giving it a first listen, holy fuck "love and sex". i may not actually be alive by the end of the 10 minute "we can fuck", just giving y'all that warning up front. if i never post again this shit is so good it literally killed me.
― Rodney Stooksbury for President (rushomancy), Saturday, 24 June 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
Diamonds & Pearls was totally a calculated "comeback" album p much the only time he specially seemed to be trying to move units. Was super popular then pretty much forgotten it seems, though the holographic CD cover must've cut into the profit margin
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 June 2017 03:28 (six years ago) link
omg these bonus tracks
― sleeve, Saturday, 24 June 2017 03:40 (six years ago) link
"listen to the rhythm of your soul"
D&P is his biggest seller after PR.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 June 2017 03:43 (six years ago) link
i am deaded.
i think this "we can fuck" is the full-length version of the fragment on disc 4 of "work it 2.0" only in much much superior sound quality. fuck, that bridge, it's goddamn zeuhl and there isn't even any bass on this version.
those poor fuckers on the radiohead thread.
― Rodney Stooksbury for President (rushomancy), Saturday, 24 June 2017 04:32 (six years ago) link
"we can fuck" is literally my favorite prince song now
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 June 2017 05:43 (six years ago) link
Diamonds & Pearls still felt smaller in scale than Purple Rain, though.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 24 June 2017 12:47 (six years ago) link
We need to look a bit at the wider picture here too -- granted it's the jewel in the crown of the Warner years in terms of money so of course it would get the primary reissue. Even so, we ended up with a three CD/one DVD package for $25 (which puts a LOT of those super deluxe editions to shame right there), the outtakes were remastered by the guy who did the original mastering for the album to start with, Bernie Grundman, and -- something I haven't seen many people talk about! -- stellar liner notes. You've got Susan Rogers doing the main essay, plus a song by song breakdown of the main album by all the members of the Revolution, not to mention a quick note from his tour photographer from the time along with some archival photos. I mean, not to put too fine a point on it, but if they could maintain this general model for the rest of the reissues, especially the 70s/80s years -- and there's no reason why said model wouldn't work (album/outtakes disc/single and extended edits/video or concert film) -- then goddamn.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 June 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
Bring on the riches, I say!
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 24 June 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
stellar liner notes. You've got Susan Rogers doing the main essay, plus a song by song breakdown of the main album by all the members of the Revolution
both of these things (and the live dvd) made me wish they had sent me a physical copy before i filed my piece. oh well lol
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 June 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
Annoyed at being miscredited on the reissue, Jill Jones has supposedly personally leaked Wednesday, Killing At The Soda Shop and her vocal version of Our Destinyhttps://soundcloud.com/user-978085694
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 24 June 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
Well well indeed. "Killing at the Soda Shop" appears to be the totally unknown rarity?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 June 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
I bought the two-CD set at Target this morning for $13. Ned's right about the lines. "We Can Funk" sounds massive in the car. Are those acoustic drums augmented with Linn?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 June 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
somebody download those JJ leaks pls. I used to know how to grab tracks off soundcloud but I seem to have forgotten.
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 24 June 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
So much to love in 4.0 and so much to mourn re: his massive drop in quality/inspiration in '90s once you get to the later 5.0 discs :(((
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
BUT the versions of Cross The Line plus the versions of Positivity, Vicky Waiting etc more than make up for all that mess imo.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
the late end of the track bob george bits of "Do Yourself a Favor" are hitting me today
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 27 July 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
this is a nasty version of Mutiny, damn
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
urgent q, do you think Jill Jones would date me even though I'm married, ugly and boring?
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
i'm gonna go with a hard maybe there
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
this version of 101 is fucking killer
also, blast from the past has some of those posthumous leaks in stereo that were mono before now (e.g. Eggplant)
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 27 July 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
Whole new batch of previously unheard stuff is out there. Lovesexy album demos and more. Also a 40 minute solo jam on "Lisa" that is completely bananas. More deets soon.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
Essentially BFTP 6.0
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
http://www.4th3funk.com/bootleg-labels/eye-records/blast-from-the-past-6-0/
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
o my.links on that would be welcome.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
Yeah I don’t know a place for these anymore, so what forks said
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
Yo Misters
https://tinyurl.com/yawww2bg
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 05:58 (six years ago) link
Oh kind soul.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
lovely man
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
you sir, are a prince
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
lol at the album image
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
have not heard this demo version of Nothing Compares!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link
You're welcome. There's a few repeats of old chestnuts like the Family demos (Mutiny, etc) in slightly better quality than usual but stuff like "Nothing", "Yo Mister" and the Lovesexy demos are incredible finds.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
Is the demo for “The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker” on there?....
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
So are volumes 1-3 in this series any good?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
All the Blast From The Past volumes are fantastic
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
xpost Don't think that's ever circulated - if it exists!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
Just to clarify this is essentially BFTP 6.0 under a different moniker and minus a few tracks. 6.0 is supposed to be out sometime this month and some enterprising sould decided to undercut the BFTP folks - who sell their releases - by leaking it under another name.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
xpost...it does exist...Quest Love leaked it once...it’s absolutely amazing...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
ok. it's not on here. see link i posted yesterday for tracklisting
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
sonnyboy: ysi or it didn't happen
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
I swear on Morris’s brass water bed
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
you're not misremembering the S.O.T.T. rehearsal sessions version?
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
this extended 17 Days is an actual extended 17 Days and not the fan-mixed fake 12"!!! Holy craaaaap
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
yeah was just gonna say that made me 0_o when i saw it
― piscesx, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
could not tell from the intro; queuing it up now!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
what's next on the reissue starting block then do we think? they missed the 30th anniversary of SOTT obvs..
― piscesx, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
oh shit this 17 days DOES open up don't it
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
didn't know this even existed and it actually improves on what is likely a top ten prince song for me, this is going onto repeat for the next week i think
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
yeah i hella dote on 17 days, this is such a treat
getting through the lovesexy demos now, amazing
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
the odd vocoded backing vocal on the chorus of If I Could Get Your Attention! <3
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
also did the prince version of High Fashion always sound this good?
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
it's mostly new to me (think i caught a youtube a time or two) and it sounds great for sure.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link
This bootleg is sick as shit and making me feel CRAZY
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:46 (six years ago) link
There’s Others Here With Us: wowwwww
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:50 (six years ago) link
just that "sister" sequence is so cool to hear ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
happy U all are enjoying it!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
All the Family demos sound better than ever - and these have been around for years. My first copy of them was on a 3 record vinyl boot I got in ´89.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
hoy moly these are good
― sleeve, Saturday, 9 December 2017 01:35 (six years ago) link
"holy" natch
http://musicxclusives.com/2017/11/26/new-music-dawnrichard-another-lonely-christmas/via maura, mixed feelings on a first listen but it's interesting hearing her play with it
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link