Received this very strange email tonight. Wonder what they plan to do!!!

High NPGMC,

We need ur help. The NPG is looking 4 anything with a WB logo that was
UNOFFICIALLY released during Prince's tenure at that label. This includes all of the following:

"Back 2 Back" releases:
German CD-singles -
Little Red Corvette/1999 - 7599-21184-2 (1989)
Erotic City/I Would Die 4 U - 7599-21185-2 (1989)
Let's Go Crazy/Take Me With U - 7599-21186-2 (1989)
When Doves Cry/Purple Rain - 7599-21187-2 (1989)
Kiss/Girls And Boys/Under The Cherry Moon - 7599-21188-2 (1989)

"Back 2 Back" releases:
US 7" singles -
I Wanna Be Your Lover/Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad - GWB 0392 (1987)
1999/Little Red Corvette - GWB 0468 (1987)
Delirious/Let's Pretend We're Married - GWB 0476 (1987)
When Doves Cry/Let's Go Crazy - GWB 0516 (1987)
I Would Die 4 U/Take Me With U - GWB 0517 (1987)
Purple Rain/Raspberry Beret - GWB 0528 (1987)
Pop Life/America - GWB 0529 (1987)
Sign O' The Times/U Got The Look - 7-21938 (1989)
Alphabet Street/I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man - 7-10039 (1989)
Batdance/Partyman - 7-21859 (1990)
Diamonds & Pearls/Insatiable - 7-15990 (1993)
Cream/Gett Off- 7-15991 (1993)

"Back 2 Back" releases:
German 7" singles -
Anotherloverholenyohead/I Wanna Be Your Lover - 928521-7 (1986)
Girls And Boys/Under The Cherry Moon with She's Always In My Hair/17 Days -
928585-7 (1986)

"2-On-1" releases
US cassettes
Controversy/Dirty Mind - 4F-23953 (1982)
Controversy/Dirty Mind - 4-23953 (1982) [slightly different O-card]

"BackTrax" releases:
US cassette singles -
1999/Little Red Corvette - 4-00468 (1989)
Alphabet St./I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man - 4-21858 (1990)
1999/Little Red Corvette - 4-00468 (1993) [blue O-card]
Diamonds & Pearls/Insatiable - 4-15990 (1993)
Cream/Gett Off - 4-15991 (1993)

"BackTrax" releases:
US CD singles -
1999/Little Red Corvette - 2-468 (1992)
Diamonds & Pearls/Insatiable - 2-15990 (1993)
Cream/Gett Off - 2-15991 (1993)

"ep" Remix Samplers:
Japanese CDs -
Scandalous Sex Suite - WPCP-3199 (1989) [9 tracks]
New Power Generation - WPCP-4200 (1991) [9 tracks]
Gett Off - WPCP-4630 (1991) [12 tracks]
My Name Is Prince - WPCP-5149 (1989) [8 tracks]

CD box set:
German CDs -
Around The World In A Day / Parade / Controversy - 7599-25944-2 (1992)

"Royal Box" release:
UK CD-singles -
When Doves Cry, 1999, Let's Go Crazy, Kiss, I Would Die 4 U - IMC506002 (1999)
[Also includes a 1999 calendar, a golden guitar-shaped badge, a limited edition
certificate on 'Purple Rain' sheet music & a framed full color photo of Prince.
Comes in a gold & purple velvet box with a golden TAFKAP symbol print on the
cover. 4" x 8" x 10" in size.]

"Double Feature" releases:
UK home videos -
Purple Rain/Graffiti Bridge - PES 12544 (1992)

If u have copies of anything in the list above or anything with a wb logo on it that is not on this list that falls in2 this category, please send 2:

The Ways of the Pharaoh
PO BOX 169
Vermilion, OH
44089-0169

In addition 2 the list above, we r gathering 2gether all Prince bootlegs. Send them 2 the same address.

All member info will kept confidential. Ur help is greatly appreciated.

Love4oneanther,
The NPG Music Club

WTF?!

This is weird man!
No reward/no compensation - just give us all ur unauthorised WB and bootleg stuff...

Huh, OK it's 'official' - P has lost it guys

Get ya ass back in the studio and cut a pure rock lp with lyrical content man, then I'll gladly copy all my boots for ya - anf then some... until then, get over it!!!



TheLodger

Controversy1976 said:

Uh Oh - having tried to shut his fansites down in court, the fucker is now trying to dictate what releases of his we should have in our collections. And his obsession with WB really DOES make him look like he knows he made a big mistake leaving the company but is in denial.

DON'T BE FOOLS. DON'T SEND YOUR STUFF TO THE NoxiousPissGestapoMoronicClowns.

KEEP YOUR BOOTLEGS!

Over my dead body!

I bought all those in a shop, so I legally own them and Prince want me to send them back free of charge. Fool.

That's an easy way of collecting.

Shall I give you my adress, than you can send it all to me

Hold on!

I've seen this WB request b4 from Prince, come on he's asked for a similar list b4 right? Just can't think where or when!

1st time I've seen him ask for boots though, he usually wears stillettos



TheLodger

Hey - if we give Prince the official releases from Warners, will he give us a percentage of his salary and fee he got from them

This is a fucking joke, Prince got PAID for those releases and he expects fans with a tiny percentage of his bank balance to hand over items which we'd PAID for with our hard-earned cash.

I bet this has fuck-all to do with Prince and is down to those sycophantic yes-men that he's surrounded by these days.

Prince - get a REAL manager who can teach you about business and how to respect your fans, not treat them all like 8 year olds !!!

Anyone remember when old Chris Dawson (who ran the Revolution shop & fan club in the UK) asked for all copies of the Black album so he could destroy them as per Prince's wishes ?

The cheeky fucker then sold them all from his shop

Anyone who sends their boots to them should be kicked in the teeth. Prince is a fucking asshole.

Here's an idea people, and I'm dead serious. Send Prince back your copies of TRC, Xpectation, N.E.W.S., and every other piece of shit album he's released. How's that for a message?

Okay Prince, but can I send them C.O.D. to you?

I can't really afford shipping. What's the address again? I thought you were moving to Toronto, not Ohio... why are we sending our stuff to Ohio?
Did you not pay Tony M, and now we're mailing all of our WBR CDs to him so he can sell them on eBay?
No worries, I need the space for my massive DVD collection anyways.

2 copies of Emancipation?

Before this came up, I had made a pledge 2 myself that NEWS was gonna b the VERY LAST official release CD of Princes I was ever gonna buy, as, personally, I am sick and tired of f...g instrumentals!!! Now this totally confirms my resolve!!! Maybe if he gets his ass in the studio and produces some kick-ass material like he did in the good old days, then MAYBE I might re-consider!!!

In future, I am just gonna concentrate on purchasing bootlegs!!! Oh, by the way, I get them at record and CD Fairs here in the UK!! I am going to one this weekend in fact, in Southampton!!! Anyone, wanna join me??? Maybe we can find some UNOFFICIAL releases from WB there!!!

By the way, where the f...k is Vermillion, Ohio, anyway???

Nice Japanese collection you got there man!



TheLodger

Maybe if people would quit buying his shit, he'd calm down. I haven't bought a Prince album since Rave. Do likewise folks, do likewise.

EvilWhiteMale said:

3. us dirty, us clean, japanese.

Thats an idea!!!

Lets all boycott NEWS!!!

Its just a pity that most fans, me included, have got it on pre-order on Amazon.co.uk and other online stores!!!

DAMN!!!

Maybe we can do a ceremonial CD crushing with steamrollers in the streets!!!

I wonder how many people will actually comply with this request. Wait & see when his NPGMC armada wakes up. Will they be as eager to part with their collections as they are to kiss his backside over anything he releases?

Am I the only one who read this news and thought maybe he's planning a nice restrospective thing with unreleased stuff?
Oh well, if I'm naive, just let me ok?

I say have another celebration and have the patrons bring their bootlegs etc in exchange for admimssion.

Also have legit material available in "trade" for this stuff.

Does he really think, that his fans are that stupid!!!???!!! What's the purpose, and how can he be so naive!!!???!!!

Maybe he's filing a lawsuit against WB.
He needs proof they distributed some of his material unlawfully.

Maybe Prince is pulling a Willy Wonka: The 1st honest & pure-hearted fam to send in all his Everlasting Gobstoppers (aka your unauthorized recordings), gets the keys to the chocolate factory (aka Paisley Park).

Prince, All my CDs are on their way to Ohio.
Love,
Charlie Bucket

Is this for real? I've got half the stuff on that list and I bought them all from legit wrecka stows, so how can they be labelled "unofficial"?

I don't get it and I certainly aint complying.

I agree with Henk, I reckon someone's trying to obtain an instant Prince collection. Cheeky fuckers.

Did it ever occur to you that maybe he just wants to have copies of these and he is NOT asking for EVERYONE to turn in their dumb CDs!!??? Geez, talk about making a federal case out of nothing. He said he wants help getting those CDs, nothing more. Ignore it if you want but don't make it out to be Prince taking your "hard earned money" blah blah blah

ERM - it may be a stupid point but who else got this email ?

I certainly didn't get it ?

origmnd said:

lawsuit for what ?

Prince got PAID for these CD's, no lawyer would touch a case where someone got paid under contract.

LOL an all new level in exploiting fans.
Since even his fans aren't buying the shared music..

He's got to exploit the remaining fams in a desperate
attempt to pay his skeleton bodyguard crew...

before someone bitch slaps him.

DonnieDarko said:

Larry's back on the org again

I Also Got This Email...
Very Strange...