Why yes please.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 June 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
That live show (12/31/87) is the one where Miles Davis appeared.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 12 June 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
I don't know why I want to throw more money at this when the big box will bankrupt me, but I would love standalone releases of Camille, Dream Factory, Crystal Ball...
― Cow_Art, Friday, 12 June 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
I’m s bit surprised that Dream Factory isn’t included within this box
― gnarled and turbid sinuses (Jon not Jon), Friday, 12 June 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
C U R R E N T L Y U N K N O W N
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 12 June 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
with Australian ears I've always thought "turn on the telly" in the title track sounded slightly incongruous - like, I associate "telly" with the UK and feel the US is more of a "teevee" kinda place - or is this just the result of over-reductive generalising
sorry for this monumentally inconsequential q but every time I listen to this it makes me curious and I will never find a better place to make the enquiry
― umsworth (emsworth), Friday, 12 June 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
It's always stuck out for me, too. A weird affectation. It's not like saying "telly" instead of "TV" changes the flow of the line in any way.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 12 June 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
Well, fwiw, he was coming off the Parade tour through Europe, maybe that had something to do with it.
I listen to the fan remastered Sign-era box all the time, this will be great. I'm beginning to sense a pattern: release a deluxe edition of a Prince masterpiece, then a bunch of shitty stuff from the 90s and beyond, then a deluxe masterpiece, then a bunch of shitty stuff, then another masterpiece ...
It's a marathon, not a sprint, I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 June 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
One of the fondest compilations in my collection: a CD-R of those DF and CB outtakes.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 June 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
We appear to have a formal tracklisting:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BMXT2SK/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=prince&qid=1592933387&refinements=p_lbr_music_artists_browse-bin%3APrince%2Cp_n_date%3A1249114011&rnid=1249111011&s=music&sr=1-4
Tracks not listed in the earlier summary include "Wally," "Cosmic Day," "When the Dawn of the Morning Comes," "I Need a Man" and various others.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
The CD version is https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BMSF4XT/50.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
Sorry, bad link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BMSF4XT
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
Great to have a "Everybody Want..." and "Cosmic Day" remastered/mastered but where is "Traffic Jam" which is ... a godlike instrumental?!?
Also - about 5 things here I never heard of before so really psyched.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
Hoping that price comes down a little. I don't think I paid more than $65 for the 1999 CD box. This obviously has a few more discus, but feels like a big jump.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
discs even
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
Looking at the setlist from that Paisley Park show, looks like none of the Miles Davis-featured songs are on the dvd tracklisthttps://www.setlist.fm/setlist/prince/1987/paisley-park-studios-chanhassen-mn-4bd857c2.html
― Chris L, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjgKgirygjA
― piscesx, Thursday, 25 June 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
Looking at the setlist from that Paisley Park show, looks like none of the Miles Davis-featured songs are on the dvd tracklist
According to the press release, all the Miles live tracks are all part of a long medley - it's the last track on the DVD.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 June 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
Great interview with the archivist who put the box together; he explains why the movie isn't included (basically, Prince sold the rights).
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 26 June 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
Fwiw, the movie is still up as a free title on Prime.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 June 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
Holy shit, "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" is from 1979!?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 June 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
Yeah that's a hell of a shocker. That and these unreleased remixes and more -- gotta say, Howe really seems like a first-rate guy to be doing this work based on the details in the answers and the clear care he's got with the material.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 June 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
Totally makes sense in a way, I always think of it as a companion to When You Were Mine
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 26 June 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
If ‘Witness For The Prosecution’ is anything to go by we’re in for a treat...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 26 June 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 June 2020 22:05 (three years ago) link
I was about to preorder the deluxe box set this on Amazon, but wtf is up with its price? On the German Amazon it's 153 euros (with taxes) and on the US Amazon it's 160 dollars! The 1999 box set had 5 CDs and 1 DVD and it cost 72 euros on Amazon, and I felt that one was already a bit pricey, but this one has 8 CDs and 1 DVD and it costs twice as much? The price is pretty much the same as if you would buy 9 individual albums separately, which is ridiculous for a box set.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 11 July 2020 08:28 (three years ago) link
Popmarket.com has it on vinyl for about $250 after you give them your email and phone number (gets you 10% off).
Bullmoose has the CD set for $122, free shipping.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 11 July 2020 08:56 (three years ago) link
Managed to order it via Amazon Italy, about €100.
Obv postage extra, but often enough it gets supplied from a domestic warehouse
― Mark G, Saturday, 11 July 2020 11:09 (three years ago) link
I was stunned by the inflated retail price too. It's mainly ruthless free market dynamics - with each super deluxe set of his key WB albums, they've seen how 1) fans are willing to spend more to get more and 2) how they've underestimated demand each time out, with the vinyl super deluxe sets in particular selling out pretty fast. This set has the most lavish packaging, and even the CD version (which was fairly compact - no pun intended - on the prior two super deluxe editions) is now an LP sized box, with I think a hardcover book. Combined with bigger expectations regarding demand, it makes logical sense, but it's still really high. Bull Moose's $122 price tag for the CD version feels more like the list price I would have expected.
Also, some have pointed out that Paul McCartney has REALLY jacked up the price on his next super deluxe box set for "Flaming Pie." Also lavishly packaged, it's far more expensive with more inconsequential audio and video bonuses when the album is nowhere near the level of "Sign 'O' the Times." Maybe they're expecting a smaller but more devoted (i.e. more willing to spend more) consumer base for that set? Whatever's their target, I ain't a part of it.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 11 July 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
Best price I've seen - ImportCDs.com has it for $113.65.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 11 July 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
I almost went with ImportCD's but it wound up costing a little more than Bull Moose due to taxes and shipping. (The $122 Bull Moose price includes shipping and they don't collect taxes for my location.) With that in mind, if anyone's looking for the absolute best deal, you should look at the checkout totals first.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 11 July 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link
1979 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man - Dirty Mind style all the way!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAegR_IKlyc&feature=emb_logo
― J. Sam, Thursday, 16 July 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAegR_IKlyc
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 July 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link
Better than the SOTT version to me...can’t wait for this...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Thursday, 16 July 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
Couldn't disagree more. I hate that Dirty Mind sound; even the actual album sounds like a home demo to me. Love the SOTT version, though.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 17 July 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
agree
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 17 July 2020 02:05 (three years ago) link
Imagine having a song that strong and sitting on it for years
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 17 July 2020 05:15 (three years ago) link
"better than the original" is a (graffiti) bridge too far but this is fucking awesome
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 17 July 2020 05:26 (three years ago) link
eheh yeah, it's fun but it sounds like a demo compared to the "original" imo.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 17 July 2020 08:42 (three years ago) link
TBF the ‘original’ was never one of my faves...bit long and overblown for me...like the economy of the demo...all his demo’s have such a great bounce about them
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 17 July 2020 09:31 (three years ago) link
Clearly he jibed with that aesthetic, for whatever reason. The demo-like quality of "Dirty Mind" and "Controversy" really set the stage for the technicolor leaps he'd make next, though tbf, I always thought "Little Red Corvette" sounded like a demo, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 July 2020 13:03 (three years ago) link
Count me among those preferring the Dirty Mind era version.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Friday, 17 July 2020 13:16 (three years ago) link
The SOTT version is interesting because it’s a take on 70s maximalist classic rock, like Frampton Comes Alive or the Eagles or something, and I can’t think of another song where he did that quite so thoroughly. Eh, probably a bullshit take.
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 17 July 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
Maybe it’s because the original sounds a bit stale now but I love the spontaneity of the demo...the original sounds a bit thought through?...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 17 July 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
70s maximalist classic rock, like Frampton Comes Alive or the Eagles
both these acts are pretty mellow and I wouldn't say maximalist at all
the early version is interesting but the SOTT version seems more realized to me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 July 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
SOTT version to me is his "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" (which sounds good to me, maybe not everyone)
― Chris L, Friday, 17 July 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
SOTT is an anthem, '79 version is a new wave ditty. Albeit an excellent one.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 July 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link
My take shouldn't be taken seriously, I've always thought ICNTTPOYM was on the lesser side of the SOTT singles.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Friday, 17 July 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
the original is def far superior, but i respect the opinion of people who think it drags on for too long
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 July 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link