| Artist |
Prince |
| Album Title: |
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Funk / Soul |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
08/24/1999 |
| Label |
Warner Bros. Records |
| Catalog No |
9 47522-2 |
| Bar Code No |
0 9362-47552-2 6 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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The Rest of My Life (1:40)
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| 2.
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It's About That Walk (4:26)
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| 3.
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She Spoke 2 Me (8:20)
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| 4.
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5 Women + (5:13)
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| 5.
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When the Lights Go Down (7:11)
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| 6.
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My Little Pill (1:09)
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| 7.
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There is Lonely (2:29)
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| 8.
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Old Friends 4 Sale (3:28)
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| 9.
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Sarah (2:53)
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| 10.
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Extraordinary (2:28)
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| Date Acquired |
03/16/2009 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
7.99 |
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All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry:
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Notes |
"The enclosed material was written during the period beginning 1/23/85 and ending 6/18/94 and was originally intended 4 private use only."
Composed By – Prince
Engineer – Brian Poer, Dave Friedlander, Michael Koppelman, Peggy McCreary, Ray Hahnfeldt, Shane T. Keller, Steve Durkee, Steve Noonan, Susan Rogers
Mastered By – Kirk Johnson, Stephen Marcussen, Steve Durkee
Performer – Kirk Johnson, Levi Seacer Jr., Michael Bland, Mr. Hayes, Prince, Sheila E., Sonny T., Tommy Barbarella
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Recorded At – Paisley Park Studios
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Recorded At – Studio Davout
Recorded At – Warner-Pioneer Studio
Mastered At – Precision Mastering
Published By – Controversy Music
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Analyzed Folder: Prince - The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR06 -0.00 dB -8.17 dB 01 - The Rest of My Life.flac
DR07 -0.48 dB -8.64 dB 02 - It's About That Walk.flac
DR07 -0.07 dB -9.01 dB 03 - She Spoke 2 Me.flac
DR07 -0.00 dB -7.90 dB 04 - 5 Women.flac
DR07 -0.00 dB -8.62 dB 05 - When the Lights Go Down.flac
DR12 -0.24 dB -13.64 dB 06 - My Little Pill.flac
DR07 -0.13 dB -9.65 dB 07 - There Is Lonely.flac
DR07 -0.21 dB -8.74 dB 08 - Old Friends 4 Sale.flac
DR06 -0.00 dB -7.71 dB 09 - Sarah.flac
DR06 -0.48 dB -8.90 dB 10 - Extraordinary.flac
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Number of Files: 10
Official DR Value: DR7
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide review:
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Upon leaving Warner Brothers in 1996, Prince agreed to let the label release a collection of unreleased recordings from his legendary prodigious vaults at some point in the future. Warner unveiled that collection, unimaginatively titled The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, in the summer of 1999. Instead of an official release for several of Prince's legendary songs though, The Vault is a brief collection (under 40 minutes) of ten songs, recorded between 1985 and 1994 according to the liner notes -- though they all feel like Graffiti Bridge (or maybe Symbol) outtakes. That's not a complaint, actually. There's a wonderful carefree feeling to the record, heavy on jazz and light funk, constantly swinging, and nearly always engaging. Only the title track has the necessary weight to announce itself as a major addition to his official catalog, but that doesn't matter since the songs are all enjoyable. After all, it's hard not to be impressed with Prince's songcraft or the casually sophisticated flair to the musicianship throughout the album. That might not be what most observers expected from The Vault, but consider this -- of these ten songs, eight tracks have never been heavily bootlegged before. That means that even some hardcore followers may not have heard all of this material, which is noteworthy in itself. But the nicest thing about the compilation is that even though it's a minor addition to his catalog, it holds together as an album better than Come or Chaos & Disorder, the two other Warner-era odds-and-ends collections, or even the tossed-off New Power Soul. It's an unassuming, jazzy little record that's damn near irresistible.
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