Three discs of raw like sushi?!
The book is just a coffee table space filler exercise. No photos of real merit and no essays of real interest (though admittedly the andrea Swanson one looked decent and I've not read the Susan rogers one yet. Think I was just put off by some of the others). Just straightforward liner notes would have been nice.
I stopped listening to it a while ago actually. Oddly it made me fo back to the bootlegs lol
― candyman, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 00:09 (three years ago) link
I strongly recommend a live bootleg called wonder boy over this utrecht show, which is ok but feels a bit perfunctory.
― candyman, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
Simon Reynolds with an interesting take on the new edition.
http://blissout.blogspot.com/2020/10/cornucopious.html?m=1
His actual review - https://4columns.org/reynolds-simon/prince
― candyman, Monday, 16 November 2020 10:37 (three years ago) link
the only reason I can think of that the estate didn't put on the full "Crystal Ball" recording, "Movie Star" and some other cuts of this vintage on this box is because he threw it out will nilly on the 98 record by the same name? I would think that it would be fundamental to include every recording that was germane to Camille, Dream Factory and Crystal Ball projects…
― veronica moser, Thursday, 31 December 2020 11:41 (three years ago) link
I can't remember the details, but yes, they couldn't include those tracks because of some legal business with the rights to those songs. It sucks.
I bet we'll eventually see full releases of those albums.
― Cow_Art, Thursday, 31 December 2020 13:30 (three years ago) link