Of for f**k sakes! Moaners stop moaning! As a latecomer to the Music Club fold this is a fantastic collection of music! There is some strong material in this collection. If u don't like P's music anymore then P off!

This is true!
It's official... and "coming soon" thru NPGMC Retail.

BorisFishpaw said:

Any idea what this will cost us?

Due out at the end of November, apparently. $50.00 US retail, $20 US postage and packing to Europe.

Hi there,-
I read this in a German Newsgroup - and I'm not a Member of the NPGMC -
so I don't know, if it's true...

The NPGMC will release a 7 CD Box called "Chocolate Invasion"
(Flash animated Pop Up Trailer) It will contain the first
3 Years of the NPGMC...:

The Chocolate Invasion...NPG MC Trax vol. 1
Slaughterhouse...NPG MC Trax Vol. 2
One Nite Alone...Piano & Voice
Xpectation
C-Note
The War
The Glam Slam Mix

Release Date: Coming Soon, 2 a music club near you

J.S.
And don't 4get 2 Listen 2 Prince & Learn

So wait...has this been confirmed by the club? What details are definite at this point? If this is true, I'm fucking excited...I was just thinking last night how great it would be to finally have the Year One download tracks on an actual CD...and if you ask me, there are worse Prince albums than ONA (piano) to have three copies of. C-NOTE too?? This seems too good to be true...there's gotta be a catch!

C = Copenhagen
N = Nagoya
O = Osaka
T = Tokyo
E = Empty Room


Downloads that were extend for Club members for a short time.

I'm still wondering how true this is. Is it offical and is a NPGMC only release?

Dan said:

Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't? Actually, he's just dumb. The ONLY people who would spring for this drivel are the people who have already done so. So many of you probably thought you were getting something sooo unique and interesting in year one and year two of the club, right? "Xclusive" downloads." "Rare "new" Prince music sent straight 2 ur hard drive "and all of that nonsense? So now he's going to charge those same people AGAIN for the same music on CD and you're applauding him for it? Why not just spread your bumcheeks and say "Come and take me Prince and I'll smile through it all?"

It would be very hard for you to convince anyone that the membership in Prince's club has done anything but decrease since it began. With the brief exception of the number of fans who joined at the beginning of year two when the club announced (and botched) their switch to CDs and had some tour perks, this club has continued to lose membership. Did you ever wonder why the cost of membership had gone down so much? No, it wasn't because 1/4th of the year had already passed by the time the club had started. Then it would have cost $75 to join, going by his previous pricing. It was because Prince was struggling to hold on to the few remaining club members he had left. And apparently, because of the abundant lack of content and benefits of joining. And among those "club benefits?" You actually pay for the "privilege" to purchase his music and then you pay to purchase his music. Where do I sign up for that wonderful opportunity? I can't believe there are still people out there who lap this stuff up like it's rainbow juice or something.

You say "if you haven't heard some of the music offered and want to hear it, buy it and if you have heard all of the music don't buy it." Why is it all or nothing with people like you and Prince? Would it not make infinitely more sense to release 7 individual CDs that people can pick and choose from? Is that so hard to grasp? Instead, Prince is forcing his few remaining fans, some of whom may have never received CNOTE or some other music they were entitled to the first time around because of one of the club's various and sundry errors to buy a massive (and very likely costly) collection of material, the vast majority of which they've heard before? Princely greed and business sense at its best!
[This message was edited Thu Oct 16 3:32:30 PDT 2003 by doomboogie]

C = Copenhagen
N = Nagoya
O = Osaka
T = Tokyo
E = Empty Room


Downloads that were extend for Club members for a short time.

great, 7 cd's...of which at least 4 have been released before! Another tricky JW-way to get some easy money?

I don't know why you're trying to convince yourself that the NPGMC isn't working. I don't know anyone who has left the club, but I do know of peopel who have joined

Dan said:

Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't? Actually, he's just dumb. The ONLY people who would spring for this drivel are the people who have already done so. So many of you probably thought you were getting something sooo unique and interesting in year one and year two of the club, right? "Xclusive" downloads." "Rare "new" Prince music sent straight 2 ur hard drive "and all of that nonsense? So now he's going to charge those same people AGAIN for the same music on CD and you're applauding him for it? Why not just spread your bumcheeks and say "Come and take me Prince and I'll smile through it all?"

It would be very hard for you to convince anyone that the membership in Prince's club has done anything but decrease since it began. With the brief exception of the number of fans who joined at the beginning of year two when the club announced (and botched) their switch to CDs and had some tour perks, this club has continued to lose membership. Did you ever wonder why the cost of membership had gone down so much? No, it wasn't because 1/4th of the year had already passed by the time the club had started. Then it would have cost $75 to join, going by his previous pricing. It was because Prince was struggling to hold on to the few remaining club members he had left. And apparently, because of the abundant lack of content and benefits of joining. And among those "club benefits?" You actually pay for the "privilege" to purchase his music and then you pay to purchase his music. Where do I sign up for that wonderful opportunity? I can't believe there are still people out there who lap this stuff up like it's rainbow juice or something.

You say "if you haven't heard some of the music offered and want to hear it, buy it and if you have heard all of the music don't buy it." Why is it all or nothing with people like you and Prince? Would it not make infinitely more sense to release 7 individual CDs that people can pick and choose from? Is that so hard to grasp? Instead, Prince is forcing his few remaining fans, some of whom may have never received CNOTE or some other music they were entitled to the first time around because of one of the club's various and sundry errors to buy a massive (and very likely costly) collection of material, the vast majority of which they've heard before? Princely greed and business sense at its best!
[This message was edited Thu Oct 16 3:32:30 PDT 2003 by doomboogie]

Ive been a big critic of the club since its inception. However I welcome this move. I only joined the club this year because it was more affordable in the short term, and despite the fact that ive downloaded most of this stuff, I welcome this release because it shows that the club is listening to the fans. Hopefully in future this will mean a few more box sets (hopefully of un0released stuff).

We know we're gonna be getting a new record in the near future, and this 7 CD set released at the same time is making it quite an exciting few months, particularly for thos of us who werent members first time round to play catch up.

In the last 12 or so months Ill have seen the man live, got the live box set, got a couple of okay instrumental albums, got a couple of freebie downloads, 2 of which are great (reflection & Empty Room), received a 7 CD set which collects together much of the mans sporadic output over the past few years, and hopefull got my hands on a brand spanking new album, with the prospect of a world tour next year. It aint bad!

I know us Prince fans all look back on the golden era that was the 80's salivating at all those amazing releases, but thats over now. Compare his output to that of most other artists in the current music climate, and Prince is still releasing a lot more music than most.

If you dont want this music dont buy it, if you do dont complain about what you're not getting. Fans of other artists dont even have that luxury (poor bastards).

serpan99 said:

At the time when the discussion and demand for a re-release was at its height one of the PeePees threw in something like "if it's going to be released it will be in CD quality only".

So it's rather official.

Wolf