Graham Central Station LIVE Download!

Larry Graham & Graham Central Station brought it hard 2 the Rio in Las Vegas on May 26th. Now's ur chance 2 xperience nearly 7 minutes of their electrifying set including the all-time classic "It's Allright." Download GCS Live 2006 now from the Musicology Download Store.


NPG Ahdio Returns!

During the first year of the NPGMC, hour-long "ahdio" shows were posted every month. Now u can xperience them again thru the Musicology Download Store. The first hour-long NPG Ahdio Show is available now and features rare and classic music along with some outrageous hosting by the NPG, including Rhonda Smith, Morris Hayes, Femi Jiya, and more. Recorded live and direct at Paisley Park and originally released February 2001, this ahdio show kicked off an amazing series of shows. Look 4 more NPG Ahdio shows 2 b released in the coming months, don't miss them again! Download NPG Ahdio 01 now



New 3121 Retail Released 2day!

Fresh in retail, lots of new 3121 gear! We've just added several new 3121 "gold foil" logo tees, as well as Beautiful, Loved & Blessed gold foil tops. And now ur little ones can flash that 3121 style with several toddler tees and a new 3121 onesie.

Guitars and flames -- it doesn’t get much hotter than this! These muscle tees feature smokin’ hot Fury graphix on custom-sewn 100% cotton muscle tees. (What’s custom about them? Check out the straight neckline, a 3121 xclusive.) Available now in a men's and women's style.

Access NPG Retail 4 these new items plus plenty more xclusive 3121 merchandise.


larry Grham: https://secure.advection....px?id=2728

NPG Ahdio: https://secure.advection....px?id=2729


I don't know how much the Larry Grham thing is because I didn't check after I saw that the previously free NPG Ahdio is $7.77...WITH MEMBER DISCOUNT...rip off.
[Edited 6/8/06 10:28am]

BobGeorge909 said:

FREE?? FREE?

We paid $100 a year!!!


FREE!!!

PANDURITO said:

True!...that makes it EVEN WORSE....OMG...this famaticism needs to end!

I normally don't ride the Larry hate train, but come on...what's up with the audio from Larry's Vegas performance but none from Prince's or even Tamar's performance. Did Larry perform new material?

PurpleCharm said:

Don't think so...it a snippet of It's Allright...and old Larry Classic...I think they did it on the Today Show

BobGeorge909 said:

Did Prince play on this part of Larry Graham's set?

you have to pay for the NPG Ahdio now?... LOL what a fuckin rip

Is Prince trying to help Larry pay his mortgage?

Finess said:

Paying for it twice is bad enough...but you also have to remember that it's now a DRM Windows Media Player file and not the original DRM-free mp3 that was released back in '01.

It's nice (and way overdue) for the ahdio shows to become available again for members who weren't around a few years ago, I suppose. But how about something that would be great for ALL members -- something previously unreleased?

Finess said:

See above. We had to pay for it first time round, too - I don't see the issue here. It's like releasing an album (or, say, a compilation), and then re-releasing it again 5 years later only to have people say "you have to pay for this album?"

oh no...Larry is back ! This is not good.

i don't see a problem with charging for the ahdio show, but i think 7.77 for members is a bit steep. i see it being worth 4, maybe even 5 bucks?

the cheaper it is, the more casual/new fans they're gonna attract. most of the diehards already own the ahdio stuff.

Doozer said:

That would be too easy.

Man, I was just gonna post that Lil' Lurry done appeared in my inbox

lol. how about putting the ahdioshows up on their site in streams
and have them there all the time for free so people can sample an
other side of prince (the casual fans strolling in).

how about putting up decent quality downloads for the tunes that
they do have in the store already, like GlassCutter, Magnificent
etc.

IstenSzek said:

That's actually a great idea.
I suppose he could also have offered them as podcasts, although then he's just giving them away free, which would have angered all those who paod $100 in year one.

Anx said:

I guess they see "about an hour" for each of the Ahdio shows and have decided to consider it an album -- thus arriving at the $7.77 member price.

Remember all the bitching back in 2001 when the Ahdio shows were 45 minutes instead of the "hour" we were promised?

Doozer said:

i guess when you're talking about a fanbase who'll pay 312 bucks for a concert, 7.77 for NPGMC leftovers is a deal.

Anx said:

SERIOUS...I coulda made a show for around $100...but I refuse to pay over $300 for a show that isn't even a Prince show...no offense to Tamar and the Time. No need for a hotell either my bro lives in Vegas....but CHRIST...THREEHUNDRED AND TWELVE DOLLARS!!!!!

I, for one, am happy to be able this ahdio-stuff.....fuck, it's only $7.77.....

Anx said:

True...but that $312 gets you something new and fresh...guess the 4x price is the premium for new vs. hand-me-downs.

It would be nice if your proof of membership during the first year gave you access to these things for no additional charge. Although, if you have the original mp3s (weren't the "hi" versions just 128 kbps though?) why would you want to bother with drm files?

now i wasnt really a member back in 01 - didnt have a home pc then so had no access to any of this stuff.

what is on ahdio1?? and are any of the 'future' ahdio shows gonna be worth my £. I figure this is going to cost £4 to £5 at most so cheap really - providing there are some gems worth having somewhere...

Not a year one member, so this works for me

For those of u who weren't members, I wouldn't waste my time on Ahdio show 1. It was ok, but if u have "The Slaughterhouse" and "The Chocolate Invasion", u can live without it. Keep your ears open for Ahdio show 11, 5 and 9. Those are three of my alltime favorites. I still listen to 9 and 11 on a regular basis.

PurpleCharm said:

Why all the hatin'? I suppose we don't all need to go into the whole music on the npgmc debate again. Personally I'm glad Prince has released more music on his site, that I don't have.

Sorry to everyone who already has everything prince ever did, but he did release 3121 a couple of months ago so just soak up that a little more while I digest some newer stuff!

45mins of a live show $7.77 - hey, its only £3.50 for me so its like buying a CD Single here in the UK, so I'm not "too" fussed really. Though if there are 12 of these or something it'll start getting annoying.

I think the GCS stuff is up there because I heard he will be touring with Prince this summer, I heard that from T17 who said he was chatting with Prince and LG at the Purple Ticket party. Hope you don't mind me repeating that T17 (you posted it on a forum so I didn't think it'd matter!).

Anyway, looking forward to getting home and downloading these!

By the way, this DRM thing? Is that why my MP3-CD player wouldn't play the NPGMC downloads? Do I have to burn them to audio cd, then rip them back to mp3s to be able to play them on my mp3/cd player?

softandwet said:

I must have missed that thread/post by T17! Can you give me a hint where it is, I'd like to read it! I'm most interested in any tour news.

PANDURITO said:

aaargh. I have most of this already but it includes "Splash" !!! Might have to get the entire show just for that.

Never heard it but heard a lot about it...

Can anyone tell me, if I d/l ahdio1 will it be like an album with the tracks separatley identified or is it un-tracked?
[Edited 6/9/06 1:33am]