Prince RIP

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7541106/prince-music-vault-shopped-purple-rain-deluxe-edition

Prince’s much-vaunted vault of unreleased music is being shopped for as much as $35 million by estate advisers Charles Koppelman and L. Londell McMillan, a source close to the situation tells Billboard. All three major labels are said to be in talks for rights to the music, the source said.

If anything, I just hope that all of that music ends up in the hands of someone that knows what to do with it all. If there must be posthumous releases, I hope they don't end up being cheap, tacky, shoddily put together etc. and for fucks sake, don't fucking radically remix or add overdubs like some idiot did once to the posthumous Hendrix stuff.

I don't think that will happen. There's kind of a cabal of Prince guardians who all have their heads in straight. I feel like there'd be MORE chance of that kind of 'aesthetic mismanagement' if he had left a will and some weird relative was in sole control of the estate.

Susan Rogers should crowdfund a bid. I'd contribute.

along with Questlove and Alan Leeds

it seems pretty likely that Rogers, Wendy, Lisa, and Shiela are gonna be involved

they dont have 35 mil

if you've followed this circus at all, you'd know that the people running his current estate are wildly fucked. none of the people you mentioned are involved.

isn't a bank in charge

idk, Quest might have 35 mil?

i have been following this circus, what I'm saying is that when the bank sells the license for the vault to whatever major label, i'm willing to bet the ppl i mentioned will be brought in to consult and oversee the prep of the material

Goddamn, Controversy ruling my house right now. Title track might have the greatest minimal funk riff of all time.

yup, and the chant near the end is my fave lyric

My least favorite Prince 80s album but easily one of the best tracks he ever did

Note: least favorite doesn't mean I don't like it a lot

Man, I wish he could have made Purple Rain a double album so he could have got the full version of 'Computer Blue' on there.

Least favorite is the Batman soundtrack, obvs. Not that it's not worth having.

idk, Quest might have 35 mil?

I'm sure he's not hurting but thirty-five million dollars is label-owner money, not musician money

'Controversy' (the title track) is one of the best things he ever did.

Why does nobody talk about Prince? Sure, it's not as "individual" as what came later, but it's leagues ahead of For You and the first two tracks on the LP (not to mention 'I Feel For You') are up there with some of his all-time best. It sounds fucking great, too.

it does sound remarkably good compared to his later records. a lot more body to the lows and mids. the imperial phase records have that signature thin/airy sound

'Bambi' fucking smokes too, even if Prince's voice on the chorus weirdly reminds me of Justin Hawkins from The Darkness.

have been following this circus, what I'm saying is that when the bank sells the license for the vault to whatever major label, i'm willing to bet the ppl i mentioned will be brought in to consult and oversee the prep of the material

im willing to bet that this total speculation with no basis in reality will not happen.

oh come on when has a major label ever messed up a dead artist's catalog

You think?

BAAAAMBIII! CAN'T U UNDERSTAND!?!

Why does nobody talk about Prince?

Well, I hope so! That was one of the albums I was going to vote for.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7549866/prince-4ever-greatest-hits-purple-rain-deluxe

Key bits:

The 40-track greatest-hits album, Prince 4Ever, is due on Nov. 22 in the U.S. (Nov. 25 in other territories) and features his best-known songs -- including "1999," "When Doves Cry," "U Got the Look," "Diamonds and Pearls," "Nothing Compares 2 U" and many more -- along with the previously unreleased "Moonbeam Levels." That song, which has been available on bootlegs since the '80s and was even covered by Elvis Costello at a Prince tribute concert, was recorded in 1982 during the 1999 sessions and was considered for the unreleased 1989 album Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic (not to be confused with the similarly-named Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic album released a decade later), several songs from which eventually appeared on the Batman and Graffiti Bridge soundtrack albums. (That preceding sentence should give an idea of the size and complexity of Prince's recorded work, which sprawls across four decades.) Nearly every other track on Prince 4Ever was released as a single at one time or another, apart from a few album cuts like "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and the 1981 B-side "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)." The package contains a 12-page booklet with previously unpublished photos by Herb Ritts.

Even more tantalizing is the remastered Purple Rain deluxe edition, slated for release early next year. While details are incomplete, the set will include "a second album of previously unreleased material," according the press release, which also notes that plans for the set "were agreed with Prince before he passed away." As for what that second album might include, multiple unreleased contemporaneous tracks -- such as "Electric Intercourse," "G-Spot," "Father's Song," "Wednesday," "All Day, All Night" and "Possessed" -- have appeared on bootlegs or were re-recorded with different Prince-related acts. Also, several full concerts from the Purple Rain era were professionally recorded, including a March 1985 show that was released on the now out-of-print home video Prince and the Revolution: Live. Also, B-sides from the era such as "17 Days" and two versions of "God" either appeared in the film or are commonly associated with the album.

prince is not allowed to die

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Gotta Stop (Messin' About) was an A-side, dammit

prince is not allowed to die

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track list for 4Ever incl. here:

For Immediate Release

NPG RECORDS & WARNER BROS. RECORDS ANNOUNCE TWO NEW PRINCE RELEASES, BOTH WITH PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MUSIC FROM THE VAULT

GREATEST HITS COLLECTION PRINCE 4EVER ARRIVES ON NOVEMBER 22

REMASTERED, DELUXE VERSION OF PURPLE RAIN DUE IN EARLY 2017

October 21, 2016 (Burbank, CA) - Today, NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records announced two new Prince releases that will celebrate the iconic artist's music and introduce fans to previously unreleased material from his legendary vault. This will mark the first Prince recordings released since his passing on April 21st of this year.

Released on November 22nd in the U.S. and November 25th around the world, Prince 4Ever will bring together 40 of Prince's best-loved songs, including the blockbuster hits "When Doves Cry," "Let's Go Crazy," "Kiss," "Little Red Corvette," "Purple Rain," "Raspberry Beret," "Sign O' The Times," "Alphabet Street," "Batdance," "Cream," and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World."

Prince 4Ever includes "Moonbeam Levels" - a previously unreleased song originally recorded in 1982 during the 1999 sessions and later considered for the never released Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic album. Prince 4Ever will also arrive with a 12-page booklet of never-before-seen photos by acclaimed photographer Herb Ritts.

In addition, early next year will see the release of the much-anticipated remastered, deluxe version of Purple Rain, plans for which were agreed with Prince before he passed away. The remaster of the classic Purple Rain will arrive with a second album of previously unreleased material. More details will be revealed closer to the release date.

The track-listing for Prince 4Ever is as follows:
1. 1999
2. Little Red Corvette
3. When Doves Cry
4. Let's Go Crazy
5. Raspberry Beret
6. I Wanna Be Your Lover
7. Soft and Wet
8. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
9. Uptown
10. When You Were Mine
11. Head
12. Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
13. Controversy
14. Let's Work
15. Delirious
16. I Would Die 4 U
17. Take Me With U
18. Paisley Park
19. Pop Life
20. Purple Rain
21. Kiss
22. Sign 'O' The Times
23. Alphabet Street
24. Batdance
25. Thieves In The Temple
26. Cream
27. Mountains
28. Girls & Boys
29. If I Was Your Girlfriend
30. U Got The Look
31. I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man
32. Glam Slam
33. Moonbeam Levels
34. Diamonds and Pearls
35. Gett Off
36. Sexy MF
37. My Name Is Prince
38. 7
39. Peach
40. Nothing Compares 2 U

I don't see 'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World' on that tracklisting!

Hey they included Take Me With U and Mountains! Nice!

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Even though the press release says it's on there!

Gold Experience in general is sorely missed on that tracklist, does someone else have its rights?

No, GE is under Warner control.

a bit silly to cut things off at the same point The Hits 3CD did, then

"moonbeam levels" is such a great song!

Yeah it totally rules, I mean that is the big story here. There's so much incredible stuff they could put on disc 2 of purple rain deluxe too.

<3 moonbeam levels <3

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The full version of 'Computer Blue', for one!

purple rain deluxe has def got me excited

And 'roadhouse garden' studio version, and Prince vocal of glamorous life

seeeeeems like there ought to be a live disc + studio outtakes disc? gotta be plenty to fill that up. maybe even a extended mix disc?

There have been leaks of really cool 1984 studio shit lately, hopefully some of it is on there despite being a little late for purple rain (he was already on to the next thing)

It'll be great to hear Purple Rain remastered as I think the '80s CD of it sounds a bit flat (the vinyl version, of course, still rules) ... I just really hope they take care over it and not squash the life out of it.

want some a that concert footage pleeeease

1. Remastered album
2. 12 inch mixes incl the Shiela Vanity Family and Time singles of its era
3. Unreleased Studio stuff
4. The First Avenue Benefit show '83
5. The purple rain rehearsal soundboard previously circulated as 'Neon Rendezvous'

IMHO