novabrkr said:

luvsexy4all said:

what wrong with cowbells?

Nothing. They were alright on Life Could Be So Nice.

dualboot said:

novabrkr said:

Some of you people really seem to be bitter about that cowbell.

yeah I noticed that too in therapy groupsessions.

I skipped the 77 trauma program.



Still in purple rehab group. Not very effective though. Still addicted.

The Rolling Stone article said that the album was coming "in the spring."

Spring ends on June 21, so the album is technically still on schedule.

maybe he could bundle it with his album and PR

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perform it live in entirety

luvsexy4all said:

batman89 said:

novabrkr said:

bit the cowbell isnt what ruins it....its the guitar being "substituted" by the keyboards......back on topic.....WHERE the F... is Plectrum Electrum?????

Me when Plectrum Electrum and other promised releases actually come out:

Angelsoncrack said:

Me when Plectrum Electrum and other promised releases actually come out:

What about the boat times?

steakfinger said:

Angelsoncrack said:

Me when Plectrum Electrum and other promised releases actually come out:

What about the boat times?

That wasn't really much of a time was it Gregg? That was more of a...an exposure?

luvsexy4all said:

back on topic.....WHERE the F... is Plectrum Electrum?????

in our dreams

P plays his hits and no word about the guitar rock throwdown

Its not beyond the realms of possibility that Warner Brothers are putting a spanner in the works. If Plectrum Electrum is going to be a Warner Brothers album they may want input and new songs may be needed in their opinion. Also, WB won't approve of a Purple Rain remaster and Plectrum Electrum in the same period, will they?

Let's hope that Warner loses the 3EG master...

fnksoul said:

Not sure why people are presuming that Plectrum electrum has been put on the back burner, these talks with WB wont have happened over night and have probably been going on for as much as 12 months, its a multi-million dollar deal! So during this time they have still been posting about it and only a few week ago posting photo's of the test pressing. I think the album will drop this year as planned

Did you forget about what happened in London?

Those concerts to celebaret teh release of the new album.

Suddenly there was silence and no talk about album release anymore.

P was spotted shopping whatever to some label execs.

And then the PR remaster news came.

But not a clear statement of what/when and especialy not about Plectrum Electrum.

All I can conclude is that his communication department has poor skillz.

udo said:

fnksoul said:

Not sure why people are presuming that Plectrum electrum has been put on the back burner, these talks with WB wont have happened over night and have probably been going on for as much as 12 months, its a multi-million dollar deal! So during this time they have still been posting about it and only a few week ago posting photo's of the test pressing. I think the album will drop this year as planned

Did you forget about what happened in London?

Those concerts to celebaret teh release of the new album.

Suddenly there was silence and no talk about album release anymore.

P was spotted shopping whatever to some label execs.

And then the PR remaster news came.

But not a clear statement of what/when and especialy not about Plectrum Electrum.

All I can conclude is that his communication department has poor skillz.

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I think priorites have switched to Purple Rain Remaster to be honest as this will be the big money maker for them and will essentially bring him back into the album charts, other albums will follow i'd imagine off the back of it, these concerts have been more Hits orientated than new material so its not a tour to promote a new Album, more a promotional tour for Prince to get back out there in the media and make him relevant again. To release PE 6 months ago would have been a mistake and would have bombed, compared to if they did it now or in 6 months time when his popularity around europe has peaked again.

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PE may still come but in what form & when who knows? Technically they could release the 3EG album under a different Label if they signed it as the collective name 3rd Eye Girl with no reference to Prince (IE Prince ft 3EG), as it is only Prince (Solo) signed to Warner Brothers the group can have a seperate label, but im sure Warner borther would rather be involved in it than them do this.

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Personally I think they should just do a limited run of Vinyl and release it like that.

fnksoul said:

I think priorites have switched to Purple Rain Remaster to be honest as this will be the big money maker for them and will essentially bring him back into the album charts,

Can't he simply say that?

'plans have changed: first we'll do the PR remaster but later in 2014 we will release PE.'

It's not that hard.

On the one hand you've got Prince showing real support, love and encouragement to this new generation of musicians - in Manchester he said "as much as I do this for me and you, I do this for them", (or words to that effect) meaning 3EG. So I'm sure he wouldn't leave them without some sort of recording to their name. Liv has an album after all.

Then on the other hand, did he mention Plectrum Electrum, the album, AT ALL during the second leg of the tour? I don't think so.

udo said:

fnksoul said:

I think priorites have switched to Purple Rain Remaster to be honest as this will be the big money maker for them and will essentially bring him back into the album charts,

Can't he simply say that?

'plans have changed: first we'll do the PR remaster but later in 2014 we will release PE.'

It's not that hard.

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You should know as a Prince fan nothing is ever laid out straight for people, for some reason he still likes all the mystery around him and speculation etc... when in actual fact the majority of fans are older now and are not draged into it as much as they may have been years ago, so yeah, it would be better for the fans for them to just say its been put back but that would mean them giving people advanced notice.

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In Manchester in Feb he said they were going to put the album out them return, so plans changed after the PR Remaster announcement and he came back again with no album for us performing primarily hits shows part of the build up by WB for the re-issue, I wouldnt be suprised if the states gets some "hit & run" shows next to generate some publicity over there before a November release.

calciumpaul said:

On the one hand you've got Prince showing real support, love and encouragement to this new generation of musicians - in Manchester he said "as much as I do this for me and you, I do this for them", (or words to that effect) meaning 3EG. So I'm sure he wouldn't leave them without some sort of recording to their name. Liv has an album after all.

Then on the other hand, did he mention Plectrum Electrum, the album, AT ALL during the second leg of the tour? I don't think so.

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Its probably not all straight forward as such, Prince as a solo artists is signed to Warner Brothers, the girls are just his band in their eyes. So the 2nd Leg of the Tour will have been more focused on Hits and probably funded by Warner Brothers, Marrissa Jack who was with him was a singer who has been in development with Warner for a few years and they probs asked him to take her with him too (I couldnt see him picking her himself)

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As Plectrum Electrum is 3EG and not a Prince Record its hard to tell where it falls and who will release it, but Prince albums will come first to them.

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I do hope for the girls sake it is released they really deserve it.

udo said:

fnksoul said:

I think priorites have switched to Purple Rain Remaster to be honest as this will be the big money maker for them and will essentially bring him back into the album charts,

Can't he simply say that?

'plans have changed: first we'll do the PR remaster but later in 2014 we will release PE.'

It's not that hard.

That's what frustrates me about Prince. Just say something instead of just of keeping us all waiting...

calciumpaul said:

On the one hand you've got Prince showing real support, love and encouragement to this new generation of musicians - in Manchester he said "as much as I do this for me and you, I do this for them", (or words to that effect) meaning 3EG. So I'm sure he wouldn't leave them without some sort of recording to their name. Liv has an album after all.

Then on the other hand, did he mention Plectrum Electrum, the album, AT ALL during the second leg of the tour? I don't think so.

no but he did play the title track every night, with the only lyric being What Is Plectrum Electrum?

[Edited 6/10/14 12:57pm]

bigd74 said:

calciumpaul said:

On the one hand you've got Prince showing real support, love and encouragement to this new generation of musicians - in Manchester he said "as much as I do this for me and you, I do this for them", (or words to that effect) meaning 3EG. So I'm sure he wouldn't leave them without some sort of recording to their name. Liv has an album after all.

Then on the other hand, did he mention Plectrum Electrum, the album, AT ALL during the second leg of the tour? I don't think so.

no but he did play the title track every night, with the only lyric being What Is Plectrum Electrum?

[Edited 6/10/14 12:57pm]

Don't know why, but I love it when he says that, 'What ISSS, Plectrumelectrum'. Great track. A little off topic, but does anyone know if the Madison Dube video is an extract of the studio version? I hope so, love the sound of it.

fnksoul said:

PE may still come but in what form & when who knows? Technically they could release the 3EG album under a different Label if they signed it as the collective name 3rd Eye Girl with no reference to Prince (IE Prince ft 3EG), as it is only Prince (Solo) signed to Warner Brothers the group can have a seperate label, but im sure Warner borther would rather be involved in it than them do this.

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I bet WB has some pretty nasty clauses in the PR/masters contract to prevent such shenanigans.

luvsexy4all said:

release it with Prince CD and PR remaster as bundle

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Anything new needs to be as far removed from those remasters as possible.