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Lol at that guy 'completing the compositions'. So there's a bunch of really sketchy Price vocals that this guy had and has decided to finish them, 'Free As A Bird' style.
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That second disc doesn't sound too great (who really wants a shortened 'Lets Go Crazy' or 'Purple Rain'?) but it'll be worth it for that third disc alone.
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Apr 20, 2017 07:12
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Surprising no one that Deliverance EP has been pulled. Also surprising no one, Tidal didn't get the memo.
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Apr 21, 2017 20:32
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Cemetry Gator posted:I'm a whore for single versions. It's a part of the history, and it's interesting to hear and see how they made these songs work for radio. Sure, maybe they don't compare to the full work, but I like having them around. I guess there's some disappointment that's all. Like the wealth of material they have and they give you... that. But like I said, that third disc makes up for it.
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Apr 24, 2017 17:03
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Call Me Charlie posted:The entire thing has leaked. The Vault disc is SOOOOOOO good. Love & Sex (which opens with the same stinger that was used for Possessed[?] live), Katrina's Paper Dolls, We Can gently caress, Electric Intercourse are probably my favorites but there isn't a dud on that disc. To be fair, going by waveforms at least, that remaster is pretty brickwalled. Obviously, it's going to depend on the listener, but I've never felt like the original master sounded all that bad anyway. Oh and I think the other version of 'The Dance Electric' is better.
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Jun 22, 2017 21:19
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Actually, I don't see how anyone can listen to the end of 'Let's Go Crazy' and not think it sounds loving dreadful. 'Take Me With You' sounds great though and the rest of the album is fine. It's kind of just inconsequential.
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Jun 23, 2017 10:32
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Vince MechMahon posted:Man, I wish the source for the DVD was higher quality. This is definitely better than the VHS and laserdisc rips I've seen around, and it sounds great, but it looks real rough. Yeah I think it's just going to depend on how it was filmed. The rumour was that it was shot on video so it's about as good as it's going to look.
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Jun 24, 2017 08:38
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The Housequake facebook group has some pretty solid criticisms of the Deluxe package. It's only minor, but it is pretty dumb that the opening of 'Erotic City' suffers an audio snafu when the shorter version doesn't. There's nothing stopping them from editing that one second in there just to clean it up a bit. Some of the other issues I've never noticed ('Velvet Kitty Cat' sounds fine to me so that it's a 'lossy' source doesn't bother me all that much and it's entirely possible that's all they had) so I'm not sure how serious they actually are. It looks like the DVD has an authoring mistake which is why the picture is poo poo. The Fullasoul bootleg is better and clearer. Anyway, with some distance now I think it's safe to say the set is sort of a mixed bag. I'm not sure why this version of 'The Dance Electric' is included, given that it's an earlier version than the bootleg which is widely circulating. And I think the circulated version is just outright better quality than this one, where the mix all seems to be in the middle. The live version of 'Electric Intercourse' is arguably better than the studio one, but YMMV. 'Fathers Song' seems again to be an earlier version and not the later finished track, which is weird. 'Velvet Kitty Cat' arguably doesn't belong here as it was never really intended for anything around the Purple Rain project anyway and was meant for Vanity 6, but that's just splitting hairs. 'We Can gently caress' is a stone cold classic and vastly better than the later, slower, re-recorded version. It's sensual, sad and sincere all in one package. As far as I'm concerned, the second disc is worth it just for this. All in all it has some reason highs tempered with some odd choices they've made. I don't know what the story is, but it wouldn't surprise me if Prince just handed these tracks over and told them that was their lot.
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I will say that though I think moments of it still sound bad (notably the end of 'Let's Go Crazy' which I have to turn down every time because the drums blow out my headphones) on the whole I'd say the remaster is fine. It might be brickwalled, but it isn't treble-heavy like some brickwalls can be. I would imagine that some of the songs being live performances might limit just what you can do with it. Just don't go on Prince.org because I saw someone call the second disc 'unlistenable' which is hilarious.
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