funksterr said:

For the right amount of guaranteed cash up front, I'm sure he would do remasters and outtakes to some degree.

Cash up front? He made a deal with WB. Time to get busy.

Pentacle said:

jaypotton said:

Pentacle said:

Cash up front? He made a deal with WB. Time to get busy.

I would never pay Prince cash up front for anything! Cash on delivery of masters only!!!!

As Chris Tucker liked to say "sametime"

He's playing with us, can't you see? Warner's wouldn't have signed him. The remaster is coming, I promise. Trust me. hehee

2freaky4church1 said:

He's playing with us, can't you see? Warner's wouldn't have signed him. The remaster is coming, I promise. Trust me. hehee

I believe it too, WB ain't playin no games with him and he's just taking his sweet time to save face like a kid doing a chore reeeaaal slow to feel all grown up. Until then, many older fans will steal because older fans can never steal back what they've spent.

[Edited 4/21/15 12:08pm]

I can't wait to hear Electric Outercourse and H-Spot.

Pentacle said:

funksterr said:

For the right amount of guaranteed cash up front, I'm sure he would do remasters and outtakes to some degree.

Cash up front? He made a deal with WB. Time to get busy.

That's the other bit of unsettling news the FB hack exposed: Prince is still rerecording the outtakes.

funksterr said:

Pentacle said:

Cash up front? He made a deal with WB. Time to get busy.

That's the other bit of unsettling news the FB hack exposed: Prince is still rerecording the outtakes.

I didn't catch that. What did it say about rerecordings?

paulludvig said:

funksterr said:

That's the other bit of unsettling news the FB hack exposed: Prince is still rerecording the outtakes.

I didn't catch that. What did it say about rerecordings?

The 'hacker' announced a new version of A 1000 Hugs and Kisses was going to be posted to the FB account. Confirmed to exist the next day by attendees at the Paisley Dance Party who said it was played that night.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I can't wait to hear Electric Outercourse and H-Spot.

Hemorrhoid?

funksterr said:

paulludvig said:

I didn't catch that. What did it say about rerecordings?

The 'hacker' announced a new version of A 1000 Hugs and Kisses was going to be posted to the FB account. Confirmed to exist the next day by attendees at the Paisley Dance Party who said it was played that night.

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Very nice that there's a new version and that people got to hear it at the party! Makes you wonder about the other posts, 3rdeyegirl about to be dropped just before HiTnRuN tour starts...for real?! Not sure about the omelettes..there's egg-on-face though.

funksterr said:

paulludvig said:

I didn't catch that. What did it say about rerecordings?

The 'hacker' announced a new version of A 1000 Hugs and Kisses was going to be posted to the FB account. Confirmed to exist the next day by attendees at the Paisley Dance Party who said it was played that night.

Really? Where did you see that? I heard about Clouds remix, Rita Ora song and Revelation.

purplethunder3121 said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I can't wait to hear Electric Outercourse and H-Spot.

Hemorrhoid?

If that were the case, he'd certainly have no trouble finding it.

I respect Prince's perogative to do whatever he wants with his music but someday, one of these "Lucy pulling the football" business stunts is going to result in P geting his ass sued in a big and painful way.

Those people who act as if there was a breach of contract because Prince has yet to deliver on the remasters when there was an announcement about it...

1. If you've been a Prince fan for any length of time, then you know he's no stranger to not doing the obvious commercial move.

2. Maybe take solace in the fact any censored remasters won't be released for now -- he's a JW now, it's his music and not much you cn do about it -- heavy case of be careful what you wish for, lest you get it.

3. While we have every right to think this music belongs to the world, it really belongs to him -- through his bad habits over the years, q uite a few tracks got released in okay quality and I'm afraid that's better than what you could expect from any new official remasters with Prince's imprimatur.

Aerogram said:

funksterr said:

paulludvig said:

I didn't catch that. What did it say about rerecordings?

The 'hacker' announced a new version of A 1000 Hugs and Kisses was going to be posted to the FB account. Confirmed to exist the next day by attendees at the Paisley Dance Party who said it was played that night.

Are you sure this is the case? Several of the attendees were asked in the Concert forum thread about the Dance Party whether they played a new version of 1000 Hugs and Kisses and none of them seemed to remember hearing it. Do you have a source for this?

Aerogram said:

Those people who act as if there was a breach of contract because Prince has yet to deliver on the remasters when there was an announcement about it...

1. If you've been a Prince fan for any length of time, then you know he's no stranger to not doing the obvious commercial move.

2. Maybe take solace in the fact any censored remasters won't be released for now -- he's a JW now, it's his music and not much you cn do about it -- heavy case of be careful what you wish for, lest you get it.

3. While we have every right to think this music belongs to the world, it really belongs to him -- through his bad habits over the years, q uite a few tracks got released in okay quality and I'm afraid that's better than what you could expect from any new official remasters with Prince's imprimatur.

Not a Jehovah's Witness. He just uses the label whenever someone tries to cut a deal with him for real Prince music, which is too much pressure and doesn't leave him enough options to screw them over later if he feels slighted. He's made a comfortable living selling a watered down version of what he was, while holding on to the option to deliver the real deal if hard times force him into it.

funksterr said:

Not a Jehovah's Witness. He just uses the label whenever someone tries to cut a deal with him for real Prince music, which is too much pressure and doesn't leave him enough options to screw them over later if he feels slighted. He's made a comfortable living selling a watered down version of what he was, while holding on to the option to deliver the real deal if hard times force him into it.

.

The question is: By the time he's forced to do it, how many people will still be interested?!

2funkE said:

funksterr said:

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

funksterr said:

The 'hacker' announced a new version of A 1000 Hugs and Kisses was going to be posted to the FB account. Confirmed to exist the next day by attendees at the Paisley Dance Party who said it was played that night.

Are you sure this is the case? Several of the attendees were asked in the Concert forum thread about the Dance Party whether they played a new version of 1000 Hugs and Kisses and none of them seemed to remember hearing it. Do you have a source for this?

I could be wrong. I thought I read somewhere that it was played, but I could be wrong.

Aerogram said:

funksterr said:

Not a Jehovah's Witness. He just uses the label whenever someone tries to cut a deal with him for real Prince music, which is too much pressure and doesn't leave him enough options to screw them over later if he feels slighted. He's made a comfortable living selling a watered down version of what he was, while holding on to the option to deliver the real deal if hard times force him into it.

And you know all this because you have definitive proof and not because you confuse your musings and best guesses with reality, right?

Really, dawg? You are asking for 'definitive' proof? What is your 'definitive' proof that he still IS a JW?

I say he doesn't follow the JW rules, so he isn't a JW. People around him have said it as well. I think he respects the faith and has incorporated some of their beliefs into his own, when backed into a corner he plays that JW card, but that's really about the extent of it.

Aerogram said:

Those people who act as if there was a breach of contract because Prince has yet to deliver on the remasters when there was an announcement about it...

1. If you've been a Prince fan for any length of time, then you know he's no stranger to not doing the obvious commercial move.

2. Maybe take solace in the fact any censored remasters won't be released for now -- he's a JW now, it's his music and not much you cn do about it -- heavy case of be careful what you wish for, lest you get it.

3. While we have every right to think this music belongs to the world, it really belongs to him -- through his bad habits over the years, q uite a few tracks got released in okay quality and I'm afraid that's better than what you could expect from any new official remasters with Prince's imprimatur.

1. He's signed a contract.

2. He's signed a contract which I'm sure does not include 'you can give us censored versions'.

3. He's signed a contract. Remasters do not automatically mean bonus tracks, but this was also mentioned in the press release.

Signed, sealed, and not yet delivered.

Pentacle said:

funksterr said:

Aerogram said:

funksterr said:

Really, dawg? You are asking for 'definitive' proof? What is your 'definitive' proof that he still IS a JW?

I say he doesn't follow the JW rules, so he isn't a JW. People around him have said it as well. I think he respects the faith and has incorporated some of their beliefs into his own, when backed into a corner he plays that JW card, but that's really about the extent of it.

Thank you for clarifying it is what you think, not what you know. As for me, I'm going by his association with the religion, including writing some hymns. Whether he fully joined is a different matter.

???????????? How the hell can one be a member of something without joining it? Prince, at best, was close to a couple of JW members. AT BEST. Yet he tells reporters he is a member, when it suits his needs. He apparentley said something similar to Warners and probably LiveNation as well if you go by the 'changed man' wording of some of the statements that came out last year. Prince's choice in fashion and tumultuous dealings with women, do not fit well into the practice of the Jehovah's Witness faith. Even if he was a member, he'd likely be thrown out for non-compliance.

MIRvmn said:

LittlePurpleYoda said:

Sorry? A project that was long hoped for by many fans, hyped as part of his deal with WB & for which we received no news about for months on end? Of course people are going to be disappointed & they have every right.

I hope WB does whatever they can to make things difficult for him legally.

I also hope they do that and I think they will

why do people assume inaccurately that there is any breach of contract? There is not