got this response from mike b about the vault...dunno if anything here is new to anyone

There's not a lot to tell about the vault. It's just rows and rows of tapes. There is a very ornamental room you have to pass through, to get to it. It's filled with rose petals, some pictures and posters from the "purple rain" era, and a lot of awards.
The actual vault is just a tape storage room with a crapload of tapes on shelves. Apparently, there's also a bunch of concert footage and even an unedited movie Prince made with the first band(Bobby, Dez, Andre, etc.).
But, it's nothing fancy. A big concrete room with a big heavy door, with a combination lock.

we all know that! it's the combination number we want!

unique said:

Do you know the Spaceballs movie? The combination is..1..2..3..4..and 5!

I believe the Combo is "3121"

kewlschool said:[quote]I believe the Combo is "3121" [/quote

i think you got it right

but in reguards to the vault i think thats awesome im pretty sure his best work is still yet to be seen and its all tucked away in that vault i think its about time prince release it im sure we would all appreciate it

I am sure the majority of the tapes are probably decomposed LOL

Saw the video of this...somewhere on the net.

IAintTheOne said:

Oh, I highly doubt that. I am positive that whatever was recorded is still in pristine condition or, failing that, multiple copies of every recording were made in various formats.

RodeoSchro said:

His engineer in the 90s, Hans Martin Buff, said in an interview that Prince doesn´t really care about the decomposing of the tapes and that he, HM Buff, repeatedly told him that he should do something to save them, i.e bake them and save the contents etc.

Then again, if the tapes were really decomposing, then how come Prince comes up with some oldschool outtake samples ( "The Line" in "Acknowledge Me") or whole songs to download ("Splash" etc.) ?

I think the outtakes are still in good condition. I´d be more worried about him destroying them because of his beliefs than worried about deterioration.

KoolEaze said:

the line was from 88 and acknowledge me from 93. splash was online in the year 2000, and dates back to 1985

it's mainly tape from 1975 to 1984 that suffers from the decomposing problem, so it's the earlier period of prince's work that is at most risk

Yeah, I heard the vault contain alot of stuff in there. Stuff that some of us (fans) never thought existed like alot of those tapes of audio recordings and video recordings. I think those tapes r just chilling in tha vault. Nothing wrong with them or nothing. I think Prince is taking care of his legacy.

I've heard he records EVERYTHING. So there must be a lot of material.

I heard there are some of his porno trysts in there too... along with some of his erotic music.

Tapes? y not just transfer them to CD-R? and Cloreen Bacon Skin was released in 98 also And I heard was recorded in 81.

pplrain said:

If that is true and U Love Prince than I suppose U would ignore that room. I know I would.

dance4me3121 said:

No Cloreen Bacon Skin was recorded back actually in the spring of 1983, if I can recall.