jedimaster said

Yes. And the fact that Prince released an album named Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, with a title track recorded during his WB days but never released (and even mentioned in the lyrics to 200 Balloons, which was released under the WB contract) further proves this point.

Where I think the situation gets fuzzy is in his internet-only releases, such as the 2001 NPG Music Club, which released to members "Horny Pony" and "Thieves in the Temple (remix)", which were clearly covered under the WB contract. One has to wonder if WB is aware of those releases.

I hope they remaster all albums from "For You" 2 "Graffiti". The sound is so dull on these cd's.I hope they include those songs they are great

when ever i post information thats accurate on the org. they never post it, they always seem to post it from some other poster...I guess, they'd rather allow a pop bitch news letter to be posted!



LOL
I hope this is true

sweeet

WHen will Prince losers learn to stop thrashing about with every bullshit story from soome unknown bullshit source when the words "Purple" and "Rain" are used?

Don't believe a word. Sounds cooked up. Especially that stupid movie title, Purple Rain: The Truth, what is that?

BS!

cs97eeb said:

Warners???, 80s-style music???, Purple Rain: The Truth???, next summer (2003)???

!!! don't think so.

This is a hoax.

WB still owns the rights to the movie Purple Rain, and Prince won't be buying the rights anytime soon.

Prince owns the rights to every single outtake recorded during the WB era, and he will never sell them to WB.

And by the way, you may as well invest in a good bootleg copy of Extra Lovable because this song will never be released as long as Prince is alive and still a JW.

JediMaster said:

We don't necessarily know this. We don't know what material Prince turned over to them while he was under contract. I know that under some deals (especially when an artist is in their early stages) the record company owns everything they record. That is the case for artists like Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, etc. That's why all of these unreleased tracks, outtakes, and rare recordings are locked up in the vaults of the record companies. I can imagine that is why Crystal Ball (NPG Version) had songs from 1985 to 1997. It probably contained tracks from that era because his contract prior to 1985 required him to relinquish rights to songs recorded before that time.

However, WB has the right to release whatever they want if they have copies of it. Anything that they have copies of that he recorded while with them can be issued with or without his consent.

manonearth said:

Ur sources aren't correct. It takes longer than 20 years for an artist to get the opportunity to retreive their masters from the record company. I believe it is closer to 30 years. That's why Prince kept saying in interviews that in the near future, he will retreive his masters one by one. At whatever time, WB will give him the choice to either let them retain the rights to the recordings and they work out another monitary deal, or he can obtain the recordings and do what he wants with them.

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manonearth said:

It is to my understanding from an interview i read by The Space Cowboy, that prince said no. and therefore he had to get someone who can sing just like him instead...and it turned out a lot cheaper too.

also, i'd have to back up the dude that said he gets the rights back after 20 years. Because, i vaguly remember NPGMC or what ever it was then, that it was announced that Prince owned For You again, next year Prince etc. so i think he should own 1999 again now.
from 1984, till now, it's 9 years...by next year (2004) he should have PR back too.