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Thread started 10/30/07 11:41am

Smillan

Musician with more releases than Prince?

Hey, can anyone think of a musician who has recorded / released more material than Prince. I don't know how many albums Frank Zappa released, could he have done more. Although maybe Prince has recorded a lot more, just like at the Work.
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Reply #1 posted 10/30/07 11:50am

Anxiety

zappa's done a whole lot, yeah. they're still piecing together "new" zappa albums and such, over a decade after his death. johnny cash recorded/released tons of material as well, and they're always digging up new unreleased recordings from his vaults.
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Reply #2 posted 10/30/07 11:52am

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Smillan said:

Hey, can anyone think of a musician who has recorded / released more material than Prince. I don't know how many albums Frank Zappa released, could he have done more. Although maybe Prince has recorded a lot more, just like at the Work.


zappa's album "buffalo" from 2007 counts as "official release number:80"
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Reply #3 posted 10/30/07 11:56am

Graycap23

Maybe the question should be more releases than Prince that is worth listening 2.
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Reply #4 posted 10/30/07 12:13pm

daPrettyman

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Smillan said:

Hey, can anyone think of a musician who has recorded / released more material than Prince. I don't know how many albums Frank Zappa released, could he have done more. Although maybe Prince has recorded a lot more, just like at the Work.

Almost anyone that worked at Motown in the 60s and 70s. They recorded LOTS of material. They are still releasing Marvin Gaye's unreleased stuff.

It is said that the Jackson 5 recorded like 500 songs (Corey let me know if I'm correct).
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Reply #5 posted 10/30/07 12:16pm

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Crazy but true...I just saw Donnie Osmond on ET and just released his 52nd. album.....Whoa!
"The little 1 will escort u 2 the places within ur mind"
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Reply #6 posted 10/30/07 12:40pm

andymacfunky

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Grateful Dead?
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Reply #7 posted 10/30/07 12:41pm

Anxiety

Graycap23 said:

Maybe the question should be more releases than Prince that is worth listening 2.


interestingly, most of the answers in this thread would still be relevant!
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Reply #8 posted 10/30/07 12:44pm

FuNkeNsteiN

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The Isley Brothers have released a whole bunch of albums.
It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

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Reply #9 posted 10/30/07 12:58pm

Graycap23

Anxiety said:

Graycap23 said:

Maybe the question should be more releases than Prince that is worth listening 2.


interestingly, most of the answers in this thread would still be relevant!

That is a good thing.
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Reply #10 posted 10/30/07 1:30pm

kpowers

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Elvis maybe?????
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Reply #11 posted 10/30/07 1:34pm

Volitan

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John Mayall has probably 60 or so if I remember correctly
Maybe we can go to the movies and cry together
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Reply #12 posted 10/30/07 1:35pm

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FuNkeNsteiN said:

The Isley Brothers have released a whole bunch of albums.

I forgot about them. This is their wiki discography:
1959: Shout!
1962: Twist & Shout
1966: This Old Heart of Mine
1967: Soul on the Rocks
1969: It's Our Thing
1969: Live at Yankee Stadium
1969: The Brothers: Isley
1970: Get Into Something
1971: Givin' It Back
1972: Brother, Brother, Brother
1972: The Isleys Live
1973: 3 + 3
1974: Live It Up
1975: The Heat Is On
1976: Harvest for the World
1977: Go For Your Guns
1978: Showdown
1978: Timeless
1979: Winner Takes All
1980: Go All the Way
1981: Inside You
1981: Grand Slam
1982: The Real Deal
1983: Between The Sheets
1985: Masterpiece
1987: Smooth Sailin'
1989: Spend the Night
1991: Tracks of Life
1993: Live!
1996: Mission to Please
2001: Eternal
2003: Body Kiss
2006: Baby Makin' Music

That is a total of 33 albums. I think there may be more.

This is Prince's list on Wiki:
1978 For You
1979 Prince
1980 Dirty Mind
1981 Controversy
1982 1999
1984 Purple Rain
1985 Around the World in a Day
1986 Parade
1987 Sign o' the Times
1988 Lovesexy
1989 Batman
1990 Graffiti Bridge
1991 Diamonds and Pearls
1992 prince
1993 The Hits/The B-Sides
1993 The Hits 1
1993 The Hits 2
1993 Goldnigga
1994 The Beautiful Experience
1994 1-800 NEW FUNK
1994 Come
1994 The Black Album
1995 The Gold Experience
1995 Exodus
1996 Girl 6
1996 Chaos And Disorder
1996 Emancipation
1997 Crystal Ball
1997 Kamasutra
1997 The Truth
1998 Newpower Soul
1999 1999: The New Master
1999 The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale
1999 Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
2000 Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic
2001 The Very Best Of Prince
2001 The Rainbow Children
2002 One Nite Alone...
2002 One Nite Alone... Live!
2003 Xpectation
2003 C-Note
2003 N.E.W.S
2004 The Chocolate Invasion
2004 The Slaughterhouse
2004 Musicology
2006 3121
2006 Ultimate
2007 Planet Earth
I get a total of 48 for Prince.
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Reply #13 posted 10/30/07 1:41pm

Christaro

The hardest working man in show business: James Brown.

1956 Please Please Please
1959 Try Me!
1960 Think
1961 James Browns Presents His Band
1961 The Amazing James Brown
1961 Night Train
1962 Shout & Shimmy
1962 Tours the U.S.A.
1962 Jump Around
1963 Live at the Apollo (1963)
1963 Prisoner of Love
1964 Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal
1964 Showtime
1964 Out of Sight
1964 Grits & Soul
1965 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
1965 James Brown Plays James Brown
1965 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
1966 I Got You (I Feel Good)
1966 James Brown Plays New Breed
1966 It's a Man's Man's Man's World
1966 Handful of Soul
1966 Mighty Instrumentals
1966 James Brown Sings Christmas Songs
1967 Sings Raw Soul
1967 Live at the Garden
1967 James Brown Plays the Real Thing
1967 Cold Sweat
1968 I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
1968 I Got the Feelin'
1968 James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul
1968 Live at the Apollo (1968)
1968 James Brown Sings out of Sight
1968 James Brown Presents His Show of Tomorrow
1968 Soul Party
1968 A Soulful Christmas
1968 A Thinking About Little Willie
1969 Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
1969 Gettin' Down to It
1969 It's a Mother
1969 The Popcorn
1969 Plays Rhythm & Blues
1969 Excitement
1970 Ain't It Funky
1970 Soul on Top
1970 It's a New Day – So Let a Man Come In
1970 Sex Machine (live)
1970 Hey America
1971 She Is Funky Down Here
1971 Hot Pants
1971 Revolution of the Mind (live)
1971 Super Bad (live)
1971 Soul Brother No. 1
1972 There It Is
1972 Get on the Good Foot
1973 Black Caesar
1973 Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973 The Payback
1974 Hell
1974 Reality
1975 Sex Machine Today
1975 Everybody's Doin' the Hustle
1976 Get up Offa That Thing (1976)
1976 Bodyheat
1976 Hot
1977 Mutha's Nature
1977 Strangers
1978 Jam/1980's
1978 Take a Look at Those Cakes
1979 The Original Disco Man
1979 Mister Dynamite
1980 People
1980 Hot on the One (live)
1980 Soul Syndrome
1981 Nonstop!
1981 The Third Coming
1981 Live in New York
1981 Special
1982 Mean on the Scene (live)
1983 Bring It On!
1985 Live in Concert
1986 Gravity
1988 I'm Real
1991 Love Over-Due
1992 Universal James
1995 Live at the Apollo 1995
1998 I'm Back
1999 The Merry Christmas Album
2001 Get up Offa That Thing (2001) (live)
2002 Super Bad - Live
2002 Startime Live
2002 In Concert (live)
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Reply #14 posted 10/30/07 1:43pm

Graycap23

Christaro said:

The hardest working man in show business: James Brown.

1956 Please Please Please
1959 Try Me!
1960 Think
1961 James Browns Presents His Band
1961 The Amazing James Brown
1961 Night Train
1962 Shout & Shimmy
1962 Tours the U.S.A.
1962 Jump Around
1963 Live at the Apollo (1963)
1963 Prisoner of Love
1964 Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal
1964 Showtime
1964 Out of Sight
1964 Grits & Soul
1965 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
1965 James Brown Plays James Brown
1965 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
1966 I Got You (I Feel Good)
1966 James Brown Plays New Breed
1966 It's a Man's Man's Man's World
1966 Handful of Soul
1966 Mighty Instrumentals
1966 James Brown Sings Christmas Songs
1967 Sings Raw Soul
1967 Live at the Garden
1967 James Brown Plays the Real Thing
1967 Cold Sweat
1968 I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
1968 I Got the Feelin'
1968 James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul
1968 Live at the Apollo (1968)
1968 James Brown Sings out of Sight
1968 James Brown Presents His Show of Tomorrow
1968 Soul Party
1968 A Soulful Christmas
1968 A Thinking About Little Willie
1969 Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
1969 Gettin' Down to It
1969 It's a Mother
1969 The Popcorn
1969 Plays Rhythm & Blues
1969 Excitement
1970 Ain't It Funky
1970 Soul on Top
1970 It's a New Day – So Let a Man Come In
1970 Sex Machine (live)
1970 Hey America
1971 She Is Funky Down Here
1971 Hot Pants
1971 Revolution of the Mind (live)
1971 Super Bad (live)
1971 Soul Brother No. 1
1972 There It Is
1972 Get on the Good Foot
1973 Black Caesar
1973 Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973 The Payback
1974 Hell
1974 Reality
1975 Sex Machine Today
1975 Everybody's Doin' the Hustle
1976 Get up Offa That Thing (1976)
1976 Bodyheat
1976 Hot
1977 Mutha's Nature
1977 Strangers
1978 Jam/1980's
1978 Take a Look at Those Cakes
1979 The Original Disco Man
1979 Mister Dynamite
1980 People
1980 Hot on the One (live)
1980 Soul Syndrome
1981 Nonstop!
1981 The Third Coming
1981 Live in New York
1981 Special
1982 Mean on the Scene (live)
1983 Bring It On!
1985 Live in Concert
1986 Gravity
1988 I'm Real
1991 Love Over-Due
1992 Universal James
1995 Live at the Apollo 1995
1998 I'm Back
1999 The Merry Christmas Album
2001 Get up Offa That Thing (2001) (live)
2002 Super Bad - Live
2002 Startime Live
2002 In Concert (live)

Loved Jb but from 1974 forward I could do without.
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Reply #15 posted 10/30/07 3:38pm

Bull

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If Prince were to release live CD's you could add at least another 20 to his list.
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Reply #16 posted 10/30/07 3:40pm

Bull

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Awesome topic.
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Reply #17 posted 10/30/07 3:41pm

Bull

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O we fogot about George Clinton, Parliment, and Funkadelic
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Reply #18 posted 10/30/07 3:44pm

IstenSzek

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how about miles davis

cool
and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #19 posted 10/30/07 3:46pm

xpertluva

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John Lee Hooker has a "gazillion" albums. And from what I gather, he had some problems with his lady biggrin
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IstenSzek

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daPrettyman said:


1993 The Hits/The B-Sides
1993 The Hits 1
1993 The Hits 2
1994 The Beautiful Experience
1994 1-800 NEW FUNK
1996 Girl 6
1999 1999: The New Master
2000 Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic
2001 The Very Best Of Prince
2006 Ultimate


personally i wouldn't count any of those since they're either compilations
or simply remix stuff or EP's.

i would, however, add both Madhouse albums since they're as much a prince
album as lot of other "real" prince albums.

and, in a way, the time's first album is more of a prince album than any
of the compilations since it's a group of songs, arranged and sequenced
intentionally as an album with prince playing all the instruments and on
backingvox (we all know he laid down the leads to be followed)

so it's quite hard to tell exactly how many albums he has.
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A more interesting question might be , has any musician who is younger than Prince released more new music than him , any ideas ?
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daPrettyman

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IstenSzek said:

daPrettyman said:


1993 The Hits/The B-Sides
1993 The Hits 1
1993 The Hits 2
1994 The Beautiful Experience
1994 1-800 NEW FUNK
1996 Girl 6
1999 1999: The New Master
2000 Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic
2001 The Very Best Of Prince
2006 Ultimate


personally i wouldn't count any of those since they're either compilations
or simply remix stuff or EP's.

i would, however, add both Madhouse albums since they're as much a prince
album as lot of other "real" prince albums.

and, in a way, the time's first album is more of a prince album than any
of the compilations since it's a group of songs, arranged and sequenced
intentionally as an album with prince playing all the instruments and on
backingvox (we all know he laid down the leads to be followed)

so it's quite hard to tell exactly how many albums he has.
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I understand ur point, but they do count as albums.
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Reply #23 posted 10/30/07 4:37pm

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Off the top of my head....

James Brown
maybe Elvis...though since he's dead, he can't have made any in the poast 20 years.
Oh and Nirvana comes real close. That man been dead for over a decade and they're still coming up with albums. j/k wink

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Reply #24 posted 10/30/07 4:51pm

MikeMatronik

moonshine said:

A more interesting question might be , has any musician who is younger than Prince released more new music than him , any ideas ?


Ryan Adams will beat prince in a few years...if he maintains his rhythm of releases.

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Reply #25 posted 10/30/07 4:56pm

horatio

John Zorn


Miles Davis?
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Reply #26 posted 10/30/07 5:32pm

Tame

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Don Ho.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #27 posted 10/30/07 8:08pm

andykeen

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David Bowie maybe!?!

Keenmeister
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Reply #28 posted 10/30/07 9:08pm

mplsmike

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2 Pac biggrin Mabye ?
Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need
smoker

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Reply #29 posted 10/30/07 9:27pm

kpowers

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superspaceboy said:

Off the top of my head....

James Brown
maybe Elvis...though since he's dead, he can't have made any in the poast 20 years.
Oh and Nirvana comes real close. That man been dead for over a decade and they're still coming up with albums. j/k wink



Nirvanna, no way. Prince has way more, and more bootlegs too.
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