Time for a bit of fun.

With all these thread bemoaning Prince's current work (which I personally like), more and more fans are harping back to the good old days and looking for remasters. There lies the next problem. It doesn't seem like Prince is looking after the family jewels in the way we would like.

So if a magic wand was waved, and you were the manager of his empire. How would you handle it? How would you cement is legacy?

Ok, here's my pitch.

1. Strike a deal with WB now for early master release for part income of sale.

2. Open a straight forward internet archive and store.

3. Release the 78-90 albums as remastered triple discs. Disc 1 - The album, Disc 2 - Extended, B-sides, demos. Disc 3 - Unreleased material. Include original artwork, photo shoots and Artist commentary. Put them all in a mini vinyl lookalike case that is built to last.

4. Stagger the releases - 6 in year one, 6 in year two. Put on the biggest world tour ever to support it, and make each show centric to an era, randomly (with greatest hits at the end of each show for casuals).

5. Sell at each show a double disc live CD/DVD of one of the orginal shows from the era.

6. Release a new triple disc set of unreleased material (not featured on the remasters) called "Crystal Ball 2".

7. Through the website, make available all WB protoge albums and tracks as digital downloads.

8. Create a music club called "The Old Breed" where fans can buy obscure demos, alternates and mixes.

9. Release a hardcore fan limited box set of aftershows called "When the lights go down".

10. Release a hardcore fan limited box set of abandoned projects, from The Rebels to 20ten Duluxe, called "The Deam Factory".

11. Continue to make new music and do several shows a year seperate from world tour where the hits don't feature.

That will do for starters!!

What would you do??

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same thing...

SquirrelMeat said:

Time for a bit of fun.

With all these thread bemoaning Prince's current work (which I personally like), more and more fans are harping back to the good old days and looking for remasters. There lies the next problem. It doesn't seem like Prince is looking after the family jewels in the way we would like.

So if a magic wand was waved, and you were the manager of his empire. How would you handle it? How would you cement is legacy?

Ok, here's my pitch.

1. Strike a deal with WB now for early master release for part income of sale.

2. Open a straight forward internet archive and store.

3. Release the 78-90 albums as remastered triple discs. Disc 1 - The album, Disc 2 - Extended, B-sides, demos. Disc 3 - Unreleased material. Include original artwork, photo shoots and Artist commentary. Put them all in a mini vinyl lookalike case that is built to last.

4. Stagger the releases - 6 in year one, 6 in year two. Put on the biggest world tour ever to support it, and make each show centric to an era, randomly (with greatest hits at the end of each show for casuals).

5. Sell at each show a double disc live CD/DVD of one of the orginal shows from the era.

6. Release a new triple disc set of unreleased material (not featured on the remasters) called "Crystal Ball 2".

7. Through the website, make available all WB protoge albums and tracks as digital downloads.

8. Create a music club called "The Old Breed" where fans can buy obscure demos, alternates and mixes.

9. Release a hardcore fan limited box set of aftershows called "When the lights go down".

10. Release a hardcore fan limited box set of abandoned projects, from The Rebels to 20ten Duluxe, called "The Deam Factory".

11. Continue to make new music and do several shows a year seperate from world tour where the hits don't feature.

That will do for starters!!

What would you do??

.

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...ffs squirrel..go easy on that sherry ... ...

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if that ever happened..my house would be repossesed....!!!

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just need to make do with 'dirty mind' the remastered jehovah remix 2011..

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We all know that he should die. The whole world would know of him again.

Of course I don't want it to happen, so right now I'm happy with this "no promotion-no physical Cd's" shit...

I'd just : 1.) make sure his entire catalog was remastered, and remastered WELL.

And 2.) allow his videos, movies, unreleased songs and concert performances to be up on YouTube, in excellent quality and in their entirety.

Then I'd just let the work speak for itself. *nods*

that's the thing...there is no cementing of it...his music will love 4ever, just like Bob Marley's does

Prince starts up his own website in 2011, to promote his upcoming remasters. Every Prince and Prince-related music video is available on the site for download at the price of 77c. It also includes free (HQ version: $7.77) 10 minute highlights videos from wherever Prince is playing and concert and recording archives.

New 3 CD Compliation featuring previously unreleased tracks/versions and previously released versions - using new remaster - released November 2011

Start 1978-1989 CD remaster series .

For You and Prince - 2012

Dirty Mind and Controversy - 2013

1999 and Purple Rain - 2014

Around The World In A Day and Parade - 2015

Sign "O" The Times and The Black Album - 2016

LoveSexy and Batman - 2017

Includes extensive liner notes written by Prince and friends involved.

[New] Crystal Ball series with proper remaster:

Volume 1 - 2017

Volume 2 - 2018

Volume 3 - 2019

Volume 4 - 2020

Volume 5 - 2021

Live Concert Series:

Bloomington 1982 - DVD 2012

First Avenue 1983, 1984 - DVD 2012

Syracuse 1985 - DVD 2012

Detriot 1986 [full length] - DVD 2013

Paisley Park 1987 - DVD 2013

Dortmund 1988 - DVD 2014

Tokyo 1990 - DVD 2015

Sydney 1992 - DVD 2016

Sheffield 1993 - DVD 2017

London 1995 - DVD 2018

All Concert Films include bonus rare or unreleased footage.

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SquirrelMeat said:

8. Create a music club called "The Old Breed" where fans can buy obscure demos, alternates and mixes.

That makes it sound like Prince fans are endangered.

SquirrelMeat said:

Time for a bit of fun.

With all these thread bemoaning Prince's current work (which I personally like), more and more fans are harping back to the good old days and looking for remasters. There lies the next problem. It doesn't seem like Prince is looking after the family jewels in the way we would like.

So if a magic wand was waved, and you were the manager of his empire. How would you handle it? How would you cement is legacy?

Ok, here's my pitch.

1. Strike a deal with WB now for early master release for part income of sale.

2. Open a straight forward internet archive and store.

3. Release the 78-90 albums as remastered triple discs. Disc 1 - The album, Disc 2 - Extended, B-sides, demos. Disc 3 - Unreleased material. Include original artwork, photo shoots and Artist commentary. Put them all in a mini vinyl lookalike case that is built to last.

4. Stagger the releases - 6 in year one, 6 in year two. Put on the biggest world tour ever to support it, and make each show centric to an era, randomly (with greatest hits at the end of each show for casuals).

5. Sell at each show a double disc live CD/DVD of one of the orginal shows from the era.

6. Release a new triple disc set of unreleased material (not featured on the remasters) called "Crystal Ball 2".

7. Through the website, make available all WB protoge albums and tracks as digital downloads.

8. Create a music club called "The Old Breed" where fans can buy obscure demos, alternates and mixes.

9. Release a hardcore fan limited box set of aftershows called "When the lights go down".

10. Release a hardcore fan limited box set of abandoned projects, from The Rebels to 20ten Duluxe, called "The Deam Factory".

11. Continue to make new music and do several shows a year seperate from world tour where the hits don't feature.

That will do for starters!!

What would you do??

.

[Edited 6/14/11 2:29am]

Now, this don't sound bad at all. This sounds like a game plan.

^^ Not bad at all???

I'd come in my pants if that list were reality.

TheDigitalGardener said:

^^ Not bad at all???

I'd come in my pants if that list were reality.

Yep, just had multiple o's and this is only a list. It would be great if someone in his camp took some notes from this.

Since you have it all listed out, how much would you charge for each thing?

How much should seats be at the concert?

How much for the box sets etc. I'm interested in what you have 2 say

Remove his larynx.

Become reincarnated as Prince.

jpnyc said:

Remove his larynx.

Ooooooooh! Cold.

What would be a cool idea as it's the in thing, with each re release to do a series of shows where the whole album is performed from front to back. i know that it will NEVER happen due to the freakyness of the old material and he ain't that way anymore but it'd still be cool,

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bigd74 said:

What would be a cool idea as it's the in thing, with each re release to do a series of shows where the whole album is performed from front to back. i know that it will NEVER happen due to the freakyness of the old material and he ain't that way anymore but it'd still be cool,

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And no one besides the hardcores care about anything but Purple Rain and Sign anymore.