{"id":1899,"date":"2014-06-20T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T22:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2014-06-18T16:09:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T22:09:03","slug":"prodigal-30th-anniversary-limited-edition-3-cd-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/prodigal-30th-anniversary-limited-edition-3-cd-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Prodigal &#8211; 30th Anniversary Limited Edition 3 CD Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1900\" alt=\"prodigal-30th-cvr-lr\" src=\"http:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/files\/2014\/06\/prodigal-30th-cvr-lr.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/>Prodigal was a top-notch 80&#8217;s band that should have been huge. They were known for innovative music videos, quality song writing and production, and embedding computer code on vinyl. Yes \u2013 you read that right. That was how far ahead of the game they were. This box set is the first CD issue of their three classic albums \u2013 <i>Prodigal<\/i>, <i>Electric Eye<\/i>, and <i>Just Like Real Life<\/i>. Each album gets an individual disc, all packaged in one of those double thick old school CD box set cases. The songs sound like they have been given a pristine digital transfer and re-master. Also a nice retrospective essay by DW Dunphy. Unfortunately, that embedded computer code didn&#8217;t seem to make it (but I can\u2019t even find it on my own vinyl, so I don&#8217;t know if it will ever see the light of day again). At some point, I hope they put out a DVD of their videos, but if not they can easily be found on YouTube. As for the music itself, while this is still 80\u2019s stadium rock\/new wave, the quality is so good that everything stands the test of time. The first S\/T is slightly more mainstream rock, <i>Electric Eye<\/i> is the most alternative\/progressive album, <i>and Just Like Real Life<\/i> is (of course) the most mature. Unfortunately, band leader Loyd Boldman passed away before this Set was released, but it does serve as a fitting tribute for a musical genius. Get it now before it is gone.<\/p>\n[2014 Independent | Purchase: <a href=\"http:\/\/prodigalnow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">prodigalnow.com<\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal was a top-notch 80&#8217;s band that should have been huge. They were known for innovative music videos, quality song writing and production, and embedding computer code on vinyl. Yes \u2013 you read that right. That was how far ahead &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/prodigal-30th-anniversary-limited-edition-3-cd-set\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[380,24],"tags":[98,394],"class_list":["post-1899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-february-2015","category-music-review","tag-independent","tag-prodigal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions\/1901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}