As for the set itself, the packaging is fantastic and there's a lot of stuff on here, but I think this shows how great of an editor Prince was. Most of these tracks ended up being throwaways, and rightly so. They should have whittled the vault tracks that aren't really associated with the album (i.e., the proposed musical, songs for other artists, etc.) to two discs and then had a third disc specific to filling out the missing spaces for Dream Factory/Camille/Crystal Ball. I realize that there might have been some apparent copyright issues, but for a set like this, that should have been worked out. If not, at the least (as I keep harping) it could have included the songs on other Warner releases remastered here, along with alternate versions of songs that were specifically part of those other albums.
That said, there are plenty of standout tracks. Witness 4 The Prosecution, All My Dreams, Blanche, The Cocoa Boys, Walkin' In Glory, Big Tall Wall, and of course Rebirth Of The Flesh. The 1979 version of I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man sounds like it came straight out of some new wave band of the time. And the alternate version of Forever In My Life is gorgeous.
The remastering itself is superb. After all these years of listening to the original flat recording, to hear this upgrade now (hello bass) is a revelation. And while I haven't dived into the DVD yet, the audio live recording was a real treat.
As presented, it's not worth the price tag though. I'm glad I only paid $60 with a gift card I saved for it. But knowing how quickly the 1999 super deluxe became hard to find, it was still a no brainer. It may not be a perfect set, but for an album and era of this magnitude, I'll take what I can get.