Remember? I certainly remember the $200 phone bill! I think I got a lot of information and heard many songs for the first time (parts of them, at least, and in not-very-good quality) on that line. I was probably 12 or so. Anybody else have any specific memories associated with that #?

Did you get in trouble for that bill? I remember a friend three way calling the number with me on the line to hear that stuff. I heard some of "What's My Name?"

Granny woulda never went for that phone bill no way, no how sounds like it was cool though

Didn't the folks from Uptown run that 900 number? There was a later one run by Paisley Park, but it didn't last long and I don't remember the number either.

My Momma would'a KILT me if I called that number. (sic)

NikkiAndTheRevolution said:

There was another one 1- 900-2-Prince. I never called it.

$200? That's not much! I remember the boss trying to blame me for dialing up the phone sex numbers and running up the bill to $2000+. I was 16. Come to find out his son was going to work and making calls. Plus, BBC was never my thing! Not difficult for those Einsteins to figure out the long hair in the Metallica shirt wasn't doing that..

1800-new-funk would play new Prince music when you were on hold btw. I called it a few years back and it wanted a password, almost sounding like some PP voice mail sys.

therat said:

There was another one 1- 900-2-Prince. I never called it.

^ I'm gonna call that now......

oh yeah i called that. Was Eileen Murton ivolved with that?

I did call that #, and remember receiving the bill. My roommate was laughing that I spent that much on a ridiculous call, but I had to hear that purple music

What about Nathan Wright's PUMP Purple Underground phone line?? One of Nathan's MANY failed Prince ventures. Any old schoolers remember this character?

I will Pay GOOD money to anyone who can locate a casette of the promo cassette Nathan sent out by one Eye Neely with two songs promoting this phone line. Two of the corniest Prince imitation songs you'll ever hear.

"Pump the sound... from the underground. We never intended to paint your purple town brown. The only thing we wanna do is pump the sound." etc. Absolutely AWFUL, so awful I must hear them again.

Nathan may be around here someplace.

Never heard of that Nathan and his ventures

History lesson would be welcome

I also knew nothing about that phone-number, only new about 1-800 NF. The purpose was solely to listen to unreleased music? Which songs were there?

Thanks y'all for enlightning me

MikeA said:

I can't remember what songs I heard there, pretty sure they were 1987-1990 or so outtakes or unreleased songs. I think maybe I heard "Wonderful Ass" on that line?

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I remember writing them all down and fantasizing about what they sounded like. A few of them were..."Pocket Rocket," "Do U Wanna Rock," "F.U." and "I Pledge Allegiance 2 Your Love."

Interesting to hear. Only 2 of those titles show up on Princevault.

Do u Wanna Rock - NPG track http://princevault.com/in...na_Rock%3F

And I'm presuming the other one is Allegiance.

NikkiAndTheRevolution said:

I called 1-800-NEW-FUNK (which was a waste of time) 3 days ago

from what I remember at the time about their customer service and product availability, calling 1-800-NEW-FUNK was usually a waste of time in 1994-1997 when it was active

Oh, I remember Nathan J. Wright. Somewhere, I have that bad cassette. Moreso, I remember a phone call from a law firm representing Prince asking me to cease and desist from purchasing anything from Nathan Wright or calling that phone number!

MikeA said:

What about Nathan Wright's PUMP Purple Underground phone line?? One of Nathan's MANY failed Prince ventures. Any old schoolers remember this character?

I will Pay GOOD money to anyone who can locate a casette of the promo cassette Nathan sent out by one Eye Neely with two songs promoting this phone line. Two of the corniest Prince imitation songs you'll ever hear.

"Pump the sound... from the underground. We never intended to paint your purple town brown. The only thing we wanna do is pump the sound." etc. Absolutely AWFUL, so awful I must hear them again.

I had the cassette but lost it, along with my entire 30+ year music collection, in a house fire a few years ago. For some reason, I want this cassette more than many things I lost. It is that bad.

Nathan ripped me off a time or two with "fanzines" that he never fulfilled subscriptions to. A bad businessman all the way around. And used to get real defensive when you criticized him in any way.

jsb23nc said:

Oh, I remember Nathan J. Wright. Somewhere, I have that bad cassette. Moreso, I remember a phone call from a law firm representing Prince asking me to cease and desist from purchasing anything from Nathan Wright or calling that phone number!

MikeA said:

What about Nathan Wright's PUMP Purple Underground phone line?? One of Nathan's MANY failed Prince ventures. Any old schoolers remember this character?

I will Pay GOOD money to anyone who can locate a casette of the promo cassette Nathan sent out by one Eye Neely with two songs promoting this phone line. Two of the corniest Prince imitation songs you'll ever hear.

"Pump the sound... from the underground. We never intended to paint your purple town brown. The only thing we wanna do is pump the sound." etc. Absolutely AWFUL, so awful I must hear them again.

Dogsinthetrees said:

Remember? I certainly remember the $200 phone bill! I think I got a lot of information and heard many songs for the first time (parts of them, at least, and in not-very-good quality) on that line. I was probably 12 or so. Anybody else have any specific memories associated with that #?

Hell ya I remember! Racked up quite a bill for my parents too. It was great at the time. Better than anything official.