Whatever happened to the guy who used to run this "Prince" shop/fan club?
All I know is that his name was Chris.

Chris Dawson.It all ended rather messily with lawsuits flying around i heard.Shame really cause the shop was good when it first opened.

I want to know what happened to Eileen Merton who used to run Controversy fanzine.I loved that mag!

I remember reading a few issues of Controversy - But I'm afraid I don't know what happened to Ms Merton.

Eileen started her own ticket agency for shows and conserts. Ex controversy members got a 10% discount card. Dont know if she is still doing this. Hope she is well, she was a lovely woman.

After a long talk with Prince, Chris Dawson thought that Crystal Ball could become the official Prince fan club.
Instead, he was asked to organize after parties in 1988, and then got sued because nobody ever gave him an officila paper saying he was qualified to do that.
I guess the reason is because he used to sell bootlegs in his shop in Otley!!!
poor thing, he was devastated, but he should have expected what happened!
Eileen was chosen instead.
Anyway, their magazine, Crystal Ball, was pretty good: I've got them all, and I was going to distribute the mag here in Italy, but of course we had a very weak response.