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  1. Yep, ordered it this afternoon. As I was reading the article and what was included I was dreading seeing the price, as I have a few things ordered over the next few months. So when I saw it was priced at £65 I was very pleasantly surprised. Makes the Gene Clark No Other box set look even more expensive. The Purple Rain set that came out a couple of years ago was also reasonably priced, so long may this continue.

  2. Yep, though still debating on ordering – its definitely a want and it’s a reasonable price, but…..

    Most of the recent Prince reissues have been released in hi-res. I know this will be available as a download as there is a comment in the press release that the video (which I can live without) is exclusive to the physical product and not the download. The question is whether the whole 5CD content will be available as hi-res, just the album or whether it’s all just standard resolution. Doesn’t seem to be any confirmation anywhere a yet……

    • I am excited too but can also do without the DVD. Why do they always do this – how many people actually watch a DVD more than once?
      I am looking forward to the Sign O the times reissue whenever that comes out

      • At least in this case the DVD is not really making it expensive.

        The worst is when they issue box sets that include vinyl and CD – the vinyl usually pushes up the cost (and the postage) when it’s something that I neither want or can play, having no vinyl player and living in a 30degC climate that would warp the buggery out of it.

        The ones that really irritated me were the Fleetwood Mac reissues – they included vinyl which added to the price a little. Not only that the physical box set had a 5.1 mix on the DVD, but the rest of the tracks were only standard resolution. The download (with all bonus tracks) was full 24/96 hi-res. So if you wanted the 5.1 mix and the hi-res you had to buy both the download and the physical box.

        And they wonder why physical product sales are declining….

      • That whole Around The World/Parade/Dream Factory/Crystal Ball/SOTT period is astonishing, but I imagine it will be a bugger to separate and classify what songs belong where.

    • In answer to my own question, I now see that Qobuz have the 1999 Live in Detroit track available at 24/88 and so am hopeful the rest will also be in hi-res.

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