https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 22 May 2026 00:57:10 +0000 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:44:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8638 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46535&title=new-prince-compilation#46535 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 6:44pm

Yes, I do also have that 1-track promo. The same Acoustic Version was on the main 7-track promo CD single, too.]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:44:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46535&title=new-prince-compilation#46535 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46533&title=new-prince-compilation#46533 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 4:14pm

I should clarify that was for the song '7'.]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 16:14:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46533&title=new-prince-compilation#46533 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46532&title=new-prince-compilation#46532 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 3:04pm

Top Hits U.S.A. back in 1992, for whatever reason,
issued the 'acoustic edit' to its subscribers that ran
3:53. I don't think anyone played that, even though
there was a one-track CD single issued I believe.]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:04:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46532&title=new-prince-compilation#46532 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46531&title=new-prince-compilation#46531 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 2:43pm

A real shame that the source used for the previously unreleased track ends up being a bootleg. The real test comes in the first quarter of 2017 when the promised deluxe CD reissue of the Purple Rain LP is finally supposed to be released. If they don't go in to the vault for outtakes, demos and/or unreleased tracks for that release then I will simply stick with my current CD copy of this classic '80s album (every song on it is a gem). ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:43:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46531&title=new-prince-compilation#46531 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46530&title=new-prince-compilation#46530 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 1:20pm

It was the lead track on the promo CD single, so I'd imagine it did get
played on some stations. ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 13:20:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46530&title=new-prince-compilation#46530 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46528&title=new-prince-compilation#46528 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 12:58pm

Poking my head in for the discussion here. Was the
'album edit' of "7" ever played on the radio? Or, was it
always the 45 version?]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:58:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46528&title=new-prince-compilation#46528 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46527&title=new-prince-compilation#46527 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 12:33pm

Yeah, a lot of the fans were very disappointed to learn that it's a rip
from a bootleg called Blast From The Past 2.0. If you listen to the track
closely, you'll see there is a lot of NR applied to remove tape hiss. The
fade out is especially bad. That track did not come from the master
tape, as everyone was hoping. ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:33:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46527&title=new-prince-compilation#46527 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46526&title=new-prince-compilation#46526 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 9:44am

Good points.

I didn't know about the bootleg CD, but that makes sense. There's a lot of stuff that's leaked out of the vault over the years, usually in pretty dismal quality.

Thanks for your help with the analysis. Lots of worthwhile tracks here (yay, Alphabet St.!), and probably the best sound quality we can ever expect for most of them.]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:44:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46526&title=new-prince-compilation#46526 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46525&title=new-prince-compilation#46525 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 9:25am

Not to my knowledge were the edits of LGC and LRC ever released as
lossless downloads. The old Backtrax CD single has LRC, but there's a
dropout on that CD at 1:00 which is not on the 4Ever comp.

I understand your logic on why they may not be new transfers, but all of
the peak limiting/brickwalling happens during mastering. If the engineer
wanted to use that technique, why not apply it to every track, including
the digital clones from other CDs? As far as I can tell, the songs that
are loud toward the end of disc 2 were also that way on their original
CDs. Given that Moonbeam Levels comes from a bootleg CD, it's hard
to say what that song was like on that disc. ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:25:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46525&title=new-prince-compilation#46525 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46524&title=new-prince-compilation#46524 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 8638
Posted: 30 November 2016 at 7:43am

Thanks for the corrections, Aaron! I edited my post above to reflect your comments.

Were the 45 edits of "Little Red Corvette" and "Let's Go Crazy" ever released as lossless downloads? I'd be surprised if they were fresh transfers from an analog tape, just because the sound quality and volume levels are as good as they are. If they were new analog transfers, I'd expect them to be too loud, like "Moonbeam Levels".

I don't have the promo CD single for "Batdance", but I'd wager that this version is based on that promo single's mastering.

"Take Me With U" was odd. I got the first 3:10 to sync up and completely cancel the Purple Rain version. After 3:10, there was a tiny speed difference, so they wouldn't stay in sync. Very unusual.]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:43:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8638&PID=46524&title=new-prince-compilation#46524