(From the Toronto Star, Saturday, August 21, 1999 - Page K8-9)



Prince

The Vault - Old Friends 4 Sale (Warner)



Yup, you can call him Prince again. For now.



The Purple One has ponied up these 10 previously unreleased songs
to fulfill a contractual obligation freeing him from the Warener
label once and for all.



Recorded between 1984 and 1995 at various studios around the world,
they make a jazz-oriented collection (in stores Tuesday) that again
underscores his remarkably prolific output. This is a guy, after all,
noted for recording five songs for every one put on an album.



The tunes on The Vault include an extended remix of "She Spoke 2 Me",
featured on the Spike Lee Girl 6 soundtrack; "When the Lights Go Down"
a lovely, meandering ballad, and two tracks, "The Rest Of My Life" and
"My Little Pill", taken from a musical Prince abandoned.



Clocking in at just under 40 minutes, this CD is recommended but is likely
to interest diehard fans only.



- Betsy Powell