This came out on Friday.

I realize that for serious Prince fans, this material is not new. Nonetheless, I'm curious to know OKP's thoughts.

I purchased the CD today at Target on my way to work.

Now, before someone asks: No, I don't still *play* CDs; I rip them into my iTunes library with an external hard drive. I still buy *some* CDs for completist/collector's reasons and/or for the liner notes.

My initial thoughts upon ripping off the shrink wrap: where the fuck are the extended liner notes?

I did some research and apparently, those only come with the deluxe edition. From Rolling Stone: "A deluxe edition, featuring both a CD and LP, will come with a booklet featuring new liner notes from Prince’s then-engineer Don Batts, who presided over the original sessions. The booklet will also include never-before-seen images of Prince.

*eyeroll*

So, basically, I gotta buy a vinyl record I don't want for the booklet with Don Batt's contributions?

Yeah. Not cool.

But back to the music. What y'all think?

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