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Thread started 03/03/09 9:11am

KeithyT

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We've been pretty well served since the break from WB

I was just having a quick tot up in my head how many albums Prince has released under one guise or another since 1993 when he first showed disatisfaction with his WB contract. You know I think he has actually released more music in a similar time period (approx 15 years with WB and 15 years without). Sometimes we seem to be under the impression that all the "freedom" he fought for didn't then yield as much music but it just doesn't ring true.

The releases have sometimes been a bit "messy" in terms of method, promotion, and planning (and some have been obligation to finally get him out of his WB contract) but the list of what Prince really wanted to release independently or with one-off deals is pretty long.

1800-New-Funk
Exodus
Emancipation
Crystal Ball/The Truth
Newpower Soul (and GCS2000/Come 2 My House)
Rave In2/Rave Un2
NPGMC Tracks (that pretty much became The Chocolate Invasion and Slaughterhouse)
The Rainbow Children
One Nite Alone (piano and voice)
One Nite Alone Live boxset
Xpectation/C-Note
N.E.W.S.
Musicology
3121
Planet Earth

and now we have Lotus Flower/MPLSound/Elixir

That's one hell of a lot of music from basically 1994/5 to 2008/9
[Edited 3/4/09 5:01am]
Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #1 posted 03/03/09 9:22am

ColAngus

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when i had a big dog .... it pretty much "served me " well also by leaving stinkers in the back yard that were huge ... and required me to clean it up alot ... whats your point ?

smile lol
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Reply #2 posted 03/03/09 10:57am

KeithyT

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No point really, just the meanderings of a fellow dog owner. razz
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Reply #3 posted 03/03/09 2:59pm

ColAngus

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i was just kiddin .. but seriously ... alot of those on the list i figured all the orgers would be chiming in .... were SHEEEEET ...
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Reply #4 posted 03/04/09 12:05am

KeithyT

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Yeah, perhaps this topic has been done to death in the past (insert floggin a dead horse emoticon here). What the hey! We are still getting threads started about his word play from 1999/2000 and why Days Of Wild was left off TGE...

I really was thinking about the odd comment that you sometimes get, about Prince not releasing more music since the break with Warner Bros Records.
Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #5 posted 03/04/09 4:09am

jazzz

KeithyT said:

Sometimes we seem to be under the impression that all the "freedom" he fought for didn't then yield as much music but it just doesn't ring true.



"quantity does not equal quality"
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Reply #6 posted 03/04/09 4:58am

NouveauDance

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Yes, the quantity of releases post-Warners is, remarkable.
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Reply #7 posted 03/04/09 5:05am

KeithyT

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I was bit bored yesterday... lol
Just somewhere in the middle,
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Reply #8 posted 03/04/09 5:28am

Veej

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NouveauDance said:

Yes, the quantity of releases post-Warners is, remarkable.


not sure about the quality of all those releases though biggrin

Makes me wonder if Warners giving him that creative boundary (as mentioned in Chris Rock interview) was a good thing in restraining his indulgences. Still, who knows, the well could have dried up anyways.
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Reply #9 posted 03/04/09 9:16am

Aannastesia2

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Prince. is. amazing.
heart Life heart Sexy
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Reply #10 posted 03/04/09 12:41pm

luvsexy4all

NouveauDance said:

Yes, the quantity of releases post-Warners is, remarkable.



...and yet we could do with more...
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