The question of the day - how do you get a copy of this paper in the US?

unkleg said:

This is such a good point. Record companies are in business to make a profit and there is nothing wrong with that. However, because of that profit goal, they have NEVER been in the business of supporting artists. Some smaller indie shops might do this in limited ways, but big chains do not. So it is disingenuous for them to portray themselves in any other light.

I can't count the number of times that I have gone to a record store looking for a non-mainstream act and left empty handed because they did not stock them. Afterward, I would just go home and order it online, then wait 3 to 5 days for it to arrive. So it stands to reason that the Internet, where you can find anything, has ushered the demise of the record store. Therfore, I say bravo Prince! You keep doing your thing brotha!

Rayun2thejoyfantastic said:

I wouldn't buy it again.

HEY WAIT A MINUTE, I just got an e-mail.... somebodys selling 12 CDs for a dollar ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Makes you wanna !

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Its all good folks This was planned back in 1996 "I rock, therefor I am" just got a new meaning

Perhaps he can se the future...? someone remembers " Osama Bin Laden getting ready to bomb" ?

Well, I record and makes music with my band and my self, and this way of getting things out ids interresting indeed. Anyway, as John Lennon once said (something like this) "you dont need a record company to make an album anymore" Althoug, a hardcopy cant be beaten ever by a downloaded mp3 album...

We should be happy things still happends with the man, and we as fans once again gets wierd looks from our non Prince fan friends, when news like this gets out. I love it

Masterfreak said:

hmm. I think your getting "seeing the future" with prince actually watching the news..... wow.

...hey Prince is cooool ...nothing wrong with giving away something you created and own...besides, this is a very good way to garner new fans for future projects...thats the long term gain from this give away ...you will see other artiste jumping on the bandwagon when they realize how well this pays off for Prince later on ...and even if it doesnt ,so what !!!this is prince,he has more balls than any one else out there ...he takes chances ...thats why i am a huge fan...Paople should also wait for his side of the story ...you never know...so people who would never buy a prince cd will have this one right at your finger tips ...i am sure at least 1 in 10 people who listen this cd will like something from it ,whish will in turn maybe kick them into buying more prince music & future records out of sheer addiction ...just like me ...seeing 1999 video back in '83 ...got me hooked like a crack head ...here I am 24 years later still hooked ...Prince is SMART !!!

Just thought I'd let U all know that I just checked on the Mail on Sunday website and it says that the CD will be given away in 2 weeks time on July 15th !!!!

As i said before, before my thread was locket

Don’t bother rushing to the shops tomorrow morning coz
The Mail is not giving away Prince’s new CD this Sunday
They're giving away a DVD of a film with Andi MacDowell in it.

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/232848




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catpark said:

oops wrong thread

The don't know anything starting with how they managed and presented Prince since the beginning. Good 4 the Master Muscician. He is the one of the Greatest of ALL time!

Sdldawn said:

Actually I think Masterfreak is refering to the Utrecht aftershow at Club Tivoli (R U Gonna Go My Way) from Dec 23, 1998 which includes a song by that name. It's a kinda funky jam with him & the NPG doing various chants over the music, but thanks to September 11, I seriously doubt Prince will ever play it again (especially not singing the lyrics!).



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[Edited 6/30/07 16:53pm]

He'll probably get about £300,000 for doing this deal, which is equivocal to what he'd get from about 100,000 sales. Since when has he sold 100,000 of an album in the UK? So it works out as a shrewd business and PR move. End of story.

Just read that he's been paid £500,000. He wouldn't have got anywhere near this from sales of the album. Wise man.

Mong said:

where did u read that?

Rightly said:

Well if that's the case maybe the free Prince cd give away is a lie.

3232 said:

back catalogue sales may increase due 2 this freebie- and getting out into the market place can only help future sales- not every one likes downloading music- they still like going into their local wrecka stow and getting that cd with cover notes/pics/lyrics in their hand.
i hope this deal with the papers, while good 4 those in the UK doesnt affect PE's release in Australia

its the same in book retail- publishers put an old book out 4 a reduced price with a sample chapter of that authors new book-some customers do come back 4 the new novel, and even pick up some back catalogue as well. win/win 4 author/publisher and retailer.

The album will be given away on the 15th July. Two weeks to go y'all

http://www.dailymail.co.u...ince4.html
[Edited 6/30/07 18:00pm]

http://img.dailymail.co.u...00x581.jpg
yep 15th July

15th of july is P day in the UK


lucky Brits.....

The suits are cranky about this because they didn't think of it first and they can't like their pockets with it.

Prince made a wise move with this stunt. (even though some do question his choice of newspaper...) He's set to make more money off this deal than he ever would have through traditonal distribution, he gets to deny CEO's profits -which no doubt pleases him to no end, and he gets his name out and about. People who may not have picked up a Prince album before might be intrigued after a move like this. Like realm said way up at the top of the thread, creating and keeping a steady fan base is lucrative.

This is brilliant! Once more lots of media attention, more people will want to see him in concert again, buy other prince stuff etc.etc

All the UK release info is now on 3121.com

DevotedPuppy said:

Right on mate! Atleast 1 got it

2freaky4church1 said:

Because politics has so much to do with this CD thing?????
Blame it on George Bush.
Little bit of a stretch.

with all do respect prince doesnt sell that many new records any more .it more benificial to give it away to create hype or maybe get a new fan that well spend 100 dollars on a concert ticket 40 dollars on a tshirt and on over priced crap that hes selling because he gets all that money.its just a marketing move and with the cds costing so little now probaly hes paying around 1 dollar or less its a smart move especial if the paper is picking up the tab on this one .

clasic artist dont get radio support anymore so they have to think of new ways to get people in to seats of arenas and thats where he makes his money.

look 3 million dollars made in los angeles ,1 million in the hamptons ny ,and million for the 21 nites in london .he needs to get new fans thats the only way to do it.

The Digg effect:

http://digg.com/music/Pri..._goes_nuts

Wait a minute? I hope I haven´t missed something, cause I get hardly online these days, but how is the CD going to be released elsewhere? Is everybody on the org from UK, or what?

I think the last P album I stood outside of a record store before it opened, desperately waiting for them to open so I could buy it, was Emancipation. [I was the only one in line btw ]

Now I have to do the same outside the newsagents?! wtf!

chookalana said:

Thanks for posting.

I don't know how/if this works in the USA... In the UK, you can buy American (and other country's) newspapers in newsagents a couple of days after publication... Therefore, there may be a possibility for the rest of the world to get copies of the MoS later on that week... Ask your newsagent... It could be worth a try. Otherwise, anyone who wants one can send me 1.50 + Airmail (which I'll have to work out), I'll have a word with my newsagent and reserve some, and then set about mailing Planet Eart around planet Earth!!