According to Prince's interview in Q sept 1998.

"My final Warner Chappell publishing contract is up at the end of the year. Thats the last contract with my name on it."


"I have dreams of angels holding notes indefinitely in perfect pitch and you dont want it to stop because if it does you're dead!

origmnd said:

This is well-documented.

His recording contract with Warners was terminated several years before (although the terms of past contracts continued to apply to past master recordings).

However, the publishing deal with Warner Chappell lasted until 1999, and Prince struck a new publishing deal with Universal in 2000.


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[Edited 7/5/06 23:12pm]

exactly.

Though I don't think a lot of people understand the difference between a
publishing contract and a recording contract.

and so the reason why the Musicology songbook has been published by Universal