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Thread started 09/05/05 7:28am

thecableguy

would do you think Prince thinks of the Black Album now??

Man he was bent out of shape back then, what do you thinks his thoughts on it now???
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Reply #1 posted 09/05/05 7:44am

IstenSzek

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I think he probably regrets giving it to Warners in the end
as one of the albums to complete his contract.

Or maybe he doesn't. I know that I would have given them an
album, any album to just get the hell away. After things on
the WB front calmed down and he was "free", I think he may,
or may not have thought twice about TheBlackAlbum again and
figured he might have given them something else instead.

Who knows. It's hard to say what he feels about most of his
albums, let alone this particular one which he kept verrrry
hush about in the first place.
and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #2 posted 09/05/05 7:50am

jacksondeluce

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It was a long time ago, maybe hes grown and is over the whole thing. Maybe hes over his previous mistakes and accepts it now. I would hope so.
I want some asses wigglin, I WANT some perfection!!
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Reply #3 posted 09/05/05 8:25am

prettymansson

still fonky
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Reply #4 posted 09/05/05 1:09pm

Dugen

Giving the Black Album 2 WB may have been very intentional. Think about it... he knows how well that album was bootlegged and how all of his die hard fans and thensome had it already. So how much $ could have WB have made off of it's release wink , coulda been his little jab at WB. Other than that I don't think he has any type of regrets towards his past work.
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Reply #5 posted 09/05/05 1:22pm

NouveauDance

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I guess he probably side-lines it along side suff like Sister, Head and Lady Cab Driver in the 'stuff I used to do, now I don't because I'm with the JoVo's'.
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Reply #6 posted 09/05/05 1:23pm

IstenSzek

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Dugen said:

Giving the Black Album 2 WB may have been very intentional. Think about it... he knows how well that album was bootlegged and how all of his die hard fans and thensome had it already. So how much $ could have WB have made off of it's release wink , coulda been his little jab at WB. Other than that I don't think he has any type of regrets towards his past work.


I think the almost mythological status of the album actually helped to
get Warners to agree to him serving his contract by giving Warners the
albums they needed and simply moving on before the contract was up.

Think about it, they might not have been too keen on the idea of Prince
walking out on them, and simply leaving them with 4 albums they could
release as they'd see fit in years to come whilst Prince went off and
did his own thing.

So in a way, I think by offering them "The Black Album" as one of those
contractual obligation albums, they kind of figured they had certified
gold in their hands since the album was by then probably the best known
bootleg in history.

However, the fact that is was released as a limited edition seems quite
odd to me. Since, why release such an album as a limited edition only??
It was available for 1 month or something, wasn't it? So that would be
in direct conflict with what I said before about Warners figuring they
would make big money off it since they coulda milked the album for the
years to come.

The more you think about his contractual obligation/way out of it, the
weirder and muddled the whole deal gets. I would love to know what they
all agreed upon to get him away from WB.

Like who owns the Gold Experience masters, or the other albums that he
gave to them. And are they all he gave to them? What else was offered?
How much money did he walk away with? Or did he have to pay?? There are
so many questions. I'd love to know. damnit.

smile
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Reply #7 posted 09/05/05 1:56pm

Lariza

Prince doesnt look to the past...and even if he had thought about it he would deny that he had
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