Phishanga said:

Has anyone else seen this on FB? Revolution reunion with Prince?

https://www.facebook.com/...mp;theater

If it was ever going to happen, the time is right....

jtfolden said:

lezama said:

She made no assumption at all... that's where your problem is here. The details of her contract with WB, the details of HIS contract with WB... it makes no difference to the fact he had no business calling her a "house nigga" either way. Do you think because he *might* have a better deal now that made it ok to call her that?

Militant said:

Phishanga said:

Has anyone else seen this on FB? Revolution reunion with Prince?

https://www.facebook.com/...mp;theater

If it was ever going to happen, the time is right....

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Militant said:

If it was ever going to happen, the time is right....

Holy shit I think it's going to happen!!! The Revolution just updated their page with this:

~~~THE REVOLUTION & PRINCE and MORE.....30YR. REUNION (DATES & EVENTS) SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED~~~

https://www.facebook.com/...fref=photo

hmmm...i am not usually a doubter but this kind of reunion i would find hardest to believe...it just doesnt tie in with who he is..the "never looking back...always looking forward" attitude he has always had..i find it hard to believe he would take part in something like this...unless he really has mellowed recently....in saying that..i would love to see it happening...remasters...deluxe albums..unreleased tracks..its hard to believe this is all going to happen this year

thedoorkeeper said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

U read it right bro! Actually Eye got it from Prince himself! Prince said that "the same people that bought "ATWIAD" was the same people that bought his "1999" album. He was speaking of his longterm fans that were there b 4 "Purple Rain".....

I have to say most days I find KCOOLMUZIQ's posts annoying

simply because he is such a total fanatic but these recent posts

are just hilarious! First he comments that only TRUE fans bought

ATWIAD and then when he is chastised for this comment he says

no no I didnt say that - Prince said that. Just throw Prince under the

bus so you can dodge the criticism. Is that any way to treat your

lord/savior/idol?

Eye am not dodging any criticism fool! Also not throwing Prince under the bus either. That quote shows how much Prince really cared about his fans, that were there from the beginning, by releasing an album so soon after "Purple Rain". His TRUE fans did buy ATWIAD!!!! I'm not taking that back. The others left after the hype died down..I'm sure he gained new fans also after "Purple rain'. I'm always chastised on here! So what's the big deal?

blackbob said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Holy shit I think it's going to happen!!! The Revolution just updated their page with this:

~~~THE REVOLUTION & PRINCE and MORE.....30YR. REUNION (DATES & EVENTS) SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED~~~

https://www.facebook.com/...fref=photo

hmmm...i am not usually a doubter but this kind of reunion i would find hardest to believe...it just doesnt tie in with who he is..the "never looking back...always looking forward" attitude he has always had..i find it hard to believe he would take part in something like this...unless he really has mellowed recently....in saying that..i would love to see it happening...remasters...deluxe albums..unreleased tracks..its hard to believe this is all going to happen this year

Until just a few days ago, most of us wouldn't have believed there was a snowball's chance in hell, Prince would be back with WB again but he is.

Miracles happen every day!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Militant said:

If it was ever going to happen, the time is right....

Holy shit I think it's going to happen!!! The Revolution just updated their page with this:

~~~THE REVOLUTION & PRINCE and MORE.....30YR. REUNION (DATES & EVENTS) SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED~~~

https://www.facebook.com/...fref=photo

That's not real.

jtfolden said:

GiggityGoo said:

.

But, c'mon... I can't be the ONLY person on this site who's not that into live recordings? Am I? Hello?...

No, I utterly and completely agree. I want previously unreleased studio content... i don't want live recordings unless that was the way the song was originally recorded.

...and I dont want NEW remixes of old classics, either.

You're not alone... I have tons of live material, and I wouldn't mind if more came out (officially), but as a separate project from the Deluxe Edition idea. That should be studio focused, in my mind.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

jtfolden said:

Seems to me now is a perfect time, for obvious reasons... and "house nigga"? Really? It doesn't matter whether the WB of today is different than the one of a decade ago or not.

Exactly. For Prince to say that about her back in 2002, it would stand to reason there should have been no way in hell, he'd have ever signed with WB again, for any reason. That's why Meshell brought it up now and I honestly don't blame her.

Like I said, if anybody said something that inflammatory to me it would not have taken me 12 years to step to them, WB or no WB.

I would have told him to his face in 2002 in no uncertain terms that if he ever came at me like that again he would be picking up a few teeth from the floor...real talk.

Hey org,

This is great news.

For Prince, Warner bros. records, the fans and the (US) music industry.

It was a long time coming, but a change will come, at last.

There is no sense tho' in saying that this could have been done before.

For the "termination rights" that US copyright law provides for, have certainly played a crucial in the negotiations of this groundbreaking deal.

It's not in the interest of Warner bros. records nor Prince to have an extensive, costly and risky legal battle over issues such as this or "work for hire".

The fact that the music industry, including Warner bros. records has changed a lot since the 1996 break-up shall also play an important part.

Warner bros. records isn't part anymore of the TimeWarner/AOL multinational conglomerate that it was part of during the 90's and 00's; it's more back to what it was in the 80's.

I hope it will be a major succes and that all involved are satisfied.

I wish them good luck and lots of wisdom in achieving a positive and fruitful working relationship.

It's crucial to ensure top quality remastering, packaging, marketing and distribution.

And it would be wise to give the fans all they want this time, plus a little more.

To make a suggestion:

Release a "deluxe" boxset and one Double CD

The CD contains the remastered original album, plus a disc chunck full of b-sides, outtakes and never before heard material.

The boxset contains the 2 CD's plus a CD full of extended versions and remixes, a DVD of the concert and a DVD of the movie. Five discs in total, accompanied by stunning packaging, full of informative liner notes, comments by Prince and associated artists, never before seen photo's and the beautiful, original artwork.

The entire release should be made available worldwide, record store release and internet release, at the same time, including a major Itunes/Spotify/Youtube/Facebook/Twitter/Amazon etc. marketing campaign.

So that nobody will ever forget how great a year 2014 was!

Embrace said:

PoorLonelyComputer said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Holy shit I think it's going to happen!!! The Revolution just updated their page with this:

~~~THE REVOLUTION & PRINCE and MORE.....30YR. REUNION (DATES & EVENTS) SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED~~~

https://www.facebook.com/...fref=photo

That's not real.

I guess you're right. They've since removed the quote.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

PoorLonelyComputer said:

That's not real.

I guess you're right. They've since removed the quote.

nostalgia notwithstanding, i wouldnt pay to see the revolution till those rusty mfers had at min 9 months practice together..

BTW , by all appearances, it seems as if the CEO of WB, CAmeron Strang, is a music guy not bean counter: More importantly, he doesnt have that emotional connection to the past regime/era/'..He didnt even start in the biz till 1995 so probably a good thing

Cameron Strang

Cameron Strang

Chairman & CEO

Warner Bros. Records and Warner/Chappell Music

Cameron Strang oversees legendary record label Warner Bros. Records as well as WMG’s Music Publishing & Catalog Development division, which includes Warner/Chappell Music and Rhino Entertainment. Warner Bros. Records is one of the most successful recording companies in music history and home to some of the most influential and innovative artists of our time. Warner/Chappell Music is a global music publishing company and contains one of the world's greatest collections of musical compositions, ranging from well-known standards to new songs by emerging artists. Rhino Entertainment—which includes Rhino Records, WMG Custom Products, and WMG Film, Television & Commercial Licensing—looks after the development of Warner Music Group's vast recorded music catalog of extraordinary artists, and provides support and assistance to the company's frontline labels.

Previously, Strang was the founder of Southside Independent Music Publishing, which was formed in 2004 and acquired by Warner/Chappell in 2010. Strang was also the founder of independent label, New West Records.

Prior to being acquired by Warner/Chappell, Southside was a leading independent music publishing company with a reputation for discovering and developing numerous talented writers, producers and artists across a wide range of genres. Southside was founded with the signing of J.R. Rotem and, in just six years, built a roster that included Elektra Records recording artist Bruno Mars; producer Brody Brown; Nashville-based writers, Ashley Gorley and Blair Daly; Christian music star, Matthew West; and Kings of Leon.

Some top Southside songs include B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" and Cee Lo Green's "F*** You," which were both nominated for the 2011 "Record of the Year" Grammy Award; the No. 1 singles, "Grenade" and "Just the Way You Are," by Bruno Mars, and "Wavin' Flag," by K'Naan; Carrie Underwood's "This Time," "All American Girl," "Just A Dream" and "Jesus, Take The Wheel," which won the 2007 Grammy for Best Country Song; Trace Adkins' "You're Gonna Miss This," which was awarded the Academy of Country Music's 2009 Single Record of the Year; Brad Paisley's "Then" and "American Saturday Night;" Kenny Chesney's "Where I Grew Up;" India.Arie's "Ghetto;" Darius Rucker's "It Won't Be Like This For Long;" Flo Rida's "Right Round" and "Who Dat Girl;" Kings of Leon's "Sex on Fire," "Taper Jean Girl," "Molly's Chambers" and "Use Somebody," which won three Grammys in 2010 and was one of the biggest global hits of the decade; and Rihanna's "S.O.S," Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" and Leona Lewis' "Better In Time," which were written by Rotem.

In 1995, after practicing law for a few years in his home town of Vancouver, Strang launched New West Records. In 2001, the label released the Grammy Award-winning album Nothing Personal by roadhouse rocker Delbert McClinton, Billy Joe Shaver's critically acclaimed album, The Earth Rolls On, as well as albums from breakout artist Tim Easton and veteran Stephen Bruton. During the last decade, Strang and New West have released numerous award-winning albums and built an impressive roster that includes Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Kris Kristofferson, Rickie Lee Jones, Drive By Truckers, Ben Lee, Old 97's, Buddy and Julie Miller. Recently New West acquired the Texas Music Group including the Antone's label and the Watermelon Label, and released the award-winning soundtrack to the film Crazy Heart.

[Edited 4/21/14 17:21pm]

A tricky part is that how we consume music today has changed. I rarely use a compact disc player other than maybe the one in my car sometimes, but mostly use my iPod/phone, Spotify, Pandora or stream via a cloud account. So I have no use for compact discs. I always hated them in the first place. A vinyl set "sounds" nice but most people do not have a record player.

But I do want a nicely printed liner notes booklet. I want to hear from the Revolution, related acts, the engineers, the director and lots and lots of pictures please.

lwr001 said:

BTW , by all appearances, it seems as if the CEO of WB, CAmeron Strang, is a music guy not bean counter: More importantly, he doesnt have that emotional connection to the past regime/era/'..He didnt even start in the biz till 1995 so probably a good thing

Cameron Strang

Cameron Strang

Chairman & CEO

Warner Bros. Records and Warner/Chappell Music

Cameron Strang oversees legendary record label Warner Bros. Records as well as WMG’s Music Publishing & Catalog Development division, which includes Warner/Chappell Music and Rhino Entertainment. Warner Bros. Records is one of the most successful recording companies in music history and home to some of the most influential and innovative artists of our time. Warner/Chappell Music is a global music publishing company and contains one of the world's greatest collections of musical compositions, ranging from well-known standards to new songs by emerging artists. Rhino Entertainment—which includes Rhino Records, WMG Custom Products, and WMG Film, Television & Commercial Licensing—looks after the development of Warner Music Group's vast recorded music catalog of extraordinary artists, and provides support and assistance to the company's frontline labels.

Previously, Strang was the founder of Southside Independent Music Publishing, which was formed in 2004 and acquired by Warner/Chappell in 2010. Strang was also the founder of independent label, New West Records.

Prior to being acquired by Warner/Chappell, Southside was a leading independent music publishing company with a reputation for discovering and developing numerous talented writers, producers and artists across a wide range of genres. Southside was founded with the signing of J.R. Rotem and, in just six years, built a roster that included Elektra Records recording artist Bruno Mars; producer Brody Brown; Nashville-based writers, Ashley Gorley and Blair Daly; Christian music star, Matthew West; and Kings of Leon.

Some top Southside songs include B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" and Cee Lo Green's "F*** You," which were both nominated for the 2011 "Record of the Year" Grammy Award; the No. 1 singles, "Grenade" and "Just the Way You Are," by Bruno Mars, and "Wavin' Flag," by K'Naan; Carrie Underwood's "This Time," "All American Girl," "Just A Dream" and "Jesus, Take The Wheel," which won the 2007 Grammy for Best Country Song; Trace Adkins' "You're Gonna Miss This," which was awarded the Academy of Country Music's 2009 Single Record of the Year; Brad Paisley's "Then" and "American Saturday Night;" Kenny Chesney's "Where I Grew Up;" India.Arie's "Ghetto;" Darius Rucker's "It Won't Be Like This For Long;" Flo Rida's "Right Round" and "Who Dat Girl;" Kings of Leon's "Sex on Fire," "Taper Jean Girl," "Molly's Chambers" and "Use Somebody," which won three Grammys in 2010 and was one of the biggest global hits of the decade; and Rihanna's "S.O.S," Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" and Leona Lewis' "Better In Time," which were written by Rotem.

In 1995, after practicing law for a few years in his home town of Vancouver, Strang launched New West Records. In 2001, the label released the Grammy Award-winning album Nothing Personal by roadhouse rocker Delbert McClinton, Billy Joe Shaver's critically acclaimed album, The Earth Rolls On, as well as albums from breakout artist Tim Easton and veteran Stephen Bruton. During the last decade, Strang and New West have released numerous award-winning albums and built an impressive roster that includes Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Kris Kristofferson, Rickie Lee Jones, Drive By Truckers, Ben Lee, Old 97's, Buddy and Julie Miller. Recently New West acquired the Texas Music Group including the Antone's label and the Watermelon Label, and released the award-winning soundtrack to the film Crazy Heart.

[Edited 4/21/14 17:21pm]

Nice fine!

Now eye want to know every detail of the deal Prince signed. In time eye will find out...

RRA said:

Anybody got thoughts about reissues scheduling? If PR comes out this fall to celebrate its 30th birthday, will SIGN O THE TIMES reissue come out in 2017 for that one's 30th aniversary? Would be a prime time to re-release the movie as well. Maybe call up the Criterion folks? That's something they would probably dig. But seriously, what's next in the pipeline after PR in the reissue series? Maybe next year its ATWIAD?

after PR it would seem logical (to me anyway) if they released them 2 at a time:

.

For You // Prince

.

Dirty Mind // Controversy

.

1999 (stand alone)

.

Around The World In A Day // Parade

.

Sign O The Times (stand alone)

.

The Black Album // Lovesexy

.

all at 4 month intervals. otherwise the whole thing will take 10 years and i'm

sure that neither prince or warners or any fans are waiting on that. plus, the

new music he records in the meantime will need a release schedule too.

.

it seems to be fairly common practise to release more than 1 remaster at a

time for artists with a bigger back catalogue.

IstenSzek said:

RRA said:

Anybody got thoughts about reissues scheduling? If PR comes out this fall to celebrate its 30th birthday, will SIGN O THE TIMES reissue come out in 2017 for that one's 30th aniversary? Would be a prime time to re-release the movie as well. Maybe call up the Criterion folks? That's something they would probably dig. But seriously, what's next in the pipeline after PR in the reissue series? Maybe next year its ATWIAD?

after PR it would seem logical (to me anyway) if they released them 2 at a time:

.

For You // Prince

.

Dirty Mind // Controversy

.

1999 (stand alone)

.

Around The World In A Day // Parade

.

Sign O The Times (stand alone)

.

The Black Album // Lovesexy

.

all at 4 month intervals. otherwise the whole thing will take 10 years and i'm

sure that neither prince or warners or any fans are waiting on that. plus, the

new music he records in the meantime will need a release schedule too.

.

it seems to be fairly common practise to release more than 1 remaster at a

time for artists with a bigger back catalogue.

Seems logical. I say give us a friggin box set with all of them, like The Beatles. Why stagger it? It's already been too long. And aside from PR, 1999 and maybe SOTT, are people really clamoring for these? I just don't see there being huge fanfare for say, a Black Album/Lovesexy set, or even a ATWIAD/Parade set. I'm talking mainstream music listeners here.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

IstenSzek said:

after PR it would seem logical (to me anyway) if they released them 2 at a time:

.

For You // Prince

.

Dirty Mind // Controversy

.

1999 (stand alone)

.

Around The World In A Day // Parade

.

Sign O The Times (stand alone)

.

The Black Album // Lovesexy

.

all at 4 month intervals. otherwise the whole thing will take 10 years and i'm

sure that neither prince or warners or any fans are waiting on that. plus, the

new music he records in the meantime will need a release schedule too.

.

it seems to be fairly common practise to release more than 1 remaster at a

time for artists with a bigger back catalogue.

Seems logical. I say give us a friggin box set with all of them, like The Beatles. Why stagger it? It's already been too long. And aside from PR, 1999 and maybe SOTT, are people really clamoring for these? I just don't see there being huge fanfare for say, a Black Album/Lovesexy set, or even a ATWIAD/Parade set. I'm talking mainstream music listeners here.

well for us fans that would surely be the best option, the just be able to get them all

in one huge boxset i'd personally love that. although it would probably cost us an

arm and a leg, but what the heck, it'd be worth it if there were enough outtakes and

everything else was included (bsides, 12" etc).

/

imagine buying such a box though, and taking it home. where would you start?

seriously, i think i'd have to be sedated first

SchlomoThaHomo said:

IstenSzek said:

after PR it would seem logical (to me anyway) if they released them 2 at a time:

.

For You // Prince

.

Dirty Mind // Controversy

.

1999 (stand alone)

.

Around The World In A Day // Parade

.

Sign O The Times (stand alone)

.

The Black Album // Lovesexy

.

all at 4 month intervals. otherwise the whole thing will take 10 years and i'm

sure that neither prince or warners or any fans are waiting on that. plus, the

new music he records in the meantim e will need a release schedule too.

.

it seems to be fairly common practise to release more than 1 remaster at a

time for artists with a bigger back catalogue.

Seems logical. I say give us a friggin box set with all of them, like The Beatles. Why stagger it? It's already been too long. And aside from PR, 1999 and maybe SOTT, are people really clamoring for these? I just don't see there being huge fanfare for say, a Black Album/Lovesexy set, or even a ATWIAD/Parade set. I'm talking mainstream music listeners here.

IstenSzek said:

RRA said:

Anybody got thoughts about reissues scheduling? If PR comes out this fall to celebrate its 30th birthday, will SIGN O THE TIMES reissue come out in 2017 for that one's 30th aniversary? Would be a prime time to re-release the movie as well. Maybe call up the Criterion folks? That's something they would probably dig. But seriously, what's next in the pipeline after PR in the reissue series? Maybe next year its ATWIAD?

after PR it would seem logical (to me anyway) if they released them 2 at a time:

.

For You // Prince

.

Dirty Mind // Controversy

.

1999 (stand alone)

.

Around The World In A Day // Parade

.

Sign O The Times (stand alone)

.

The Black Album // Lovesexy

.

all at 4 month intervals. otherwise the whole thing will take 10 years and i'm

sure that neither prince or warners or any fans are waiting on that. plus, the

new music he records in the meantime will need a release schedule too.

.

it seems to be fairly common practise to release more than 1 remaster at a

time for artists with a bigger back catalogue.

RRA said:

IstenSzek said:

after PR it would seem logical (to me anyway) if they released them 2 at a time:

.

For You // Prince

.

Dirty Mind // Controversy

.

1999 (stand alone)

.

Around The World In A Day // Parade

.

Sign O The Times (stand alone)

.

The Black Album // Lovesexy

.

all at 4 month intervals. otherwise the whole thing will take 10 years and i'm

sure that neither prince or warners or any fans are waiting on that. plus, the

new music he records in the meantime will need a release schedule too.

.

it seems to be fairly common practise to release more than 1 remaster at a

time for artists with a bigger back catalogue.

I like your pairings! Here are others I would do: Batman/Graffiti Bridge, Diamonds & Pearls/Love Symbol Album, Come/Gold Experience, Chaos & Disorder/

yes, those are really the best pairings for those albums

but i'm not sure we'll ever get a Batman reissue, simply because of

licensing with the samples from the movie and all. but who knows.

IstenSzek said:

imagine buying such a box though, and taking it home. where would you start?

seriously, i think i'd have to be sedated first

OMG. I'd for sure need wine. Or Xanax. I'd probably have to jump into Sign/Black/Lovesexy first. Although, having pristine studio recordings of Our Destiny/Roadhouse...hell even Prince's demo of Desire...I'd probably have to take a leave of absence from my job.

IstenSzek said:

RRA said:

I like your pairings! Here are others I would do: Batman/Graffiti Bridge, Diamonds & Pearls/Love Symbol Album, Come/Gold Experience, Chaos & Disorder/

yes, those are really the best pairings for those albums

but i'm not sure we'll ever get a Batman reissue, simply because of

licensing with the samples from the movie and all. but who knows.

[Edited 4/21/14 19:52pm]

RRA said:

IstenSzek said:

yes, those are really the best pairings for those albums

but i'm not sure we'll ever get a Batman reissue, simply because of

licensing with the samples from the movie and all. but who knows.

I forgot to add the last pairing:

and now you've forgotten it again

IstenSzek said:

RRA said:

I forgot to add the last pairing:

and now you've forgotten it again

Chaos and Disorder/The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale?

EddieC said:

Chaos and Disorder/The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale?

i think those are the ones RRA probably means, yes.

/

it would be a bit weird to have an expanded edition

of The Vault OF4S since it's already just a grab bag

of outtakes.

/

however, it would obviously have to include the rest

of the "I'll Do Anything" songs which would fit in with

it perfectly.

/

except for Empty Room which would have to go onto

the C&D remaster since it was originally planned to be

on that album in the first place.

/

i've been thinking outtakes and bonustracks nonstop

since we got the news.

/

i'm setting myself up for SUCH a hard fall in the end

Hopefully, they'll just start a From The Vault series eventually so we can really be in 7th Heaven.