KCOOLMUZIQ said:

blacknote said:

It's a damn shame.

Does ANY other artist release as much muziq as does? Hell no! Which is why he has run out of options. What record label is going to keep releasing new muziq by the same artist every few weeks or months NONE! So deal with it or go follow another boring artist..

Cmon, those various unlicensed people putting out all those Prince bootleg CD's get it done and there's way more of those than official Prince CD's.

You tellin' us Prince can't outsmart and outdo those small-timers?

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Your messages are always positive and congratulations on your distribution but don't be angry at us for voicing unhappiness with these reaccurring circumstances.

Prince has print-money options with his live shows and unreleased material and he's not changing with the times, he's trying to make the times change with him.

That's his choice, and right, but we gotz the right to call it as we see it as too.

Prince supplies the music, we're willing to hand over our cash so why this trouble that no one seems to have?

Prince, (whisper) call Amazon, please.

They'd be willing to give him front page advertisment. "Exclusively on Amazon: the new album by the 1 and only Prince".

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

ludwig said:

Are you living under a rock? Of course there are other artists who are releasing lots of music. Just open your eyes, look around and you will see. You don't have to like their music, but to dismiss other creative forces is ignorant. There are lots of very creative people outside prince-world.

Who has CONSTANTLY released new muziq yearly 4 almost 40 years? I'm waiting!

Btw I do admire other artist besides . But none of them has come even close 2 being as gifted to release as much muziq. I'm still waiting.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/finulanu/insanely_prolific_musicians/
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/may/19/music-most-productive-artists

[Edited 1/28/16 12:55pm]

This is kinda what I love and "hate" by being a Prince fan. Nothing against Prince, but my ego clearly wants something he isn't giving me. I totally respect that! He must be allowed to do excatly what he wants with his own music. I'm sometimes wondering if he is doing all of this as a social experiment, that he in the long run will learn from. He does alot of unpopular choices. But he is also sometimes because of that, creating new business trends that people are copying years after. And some of these strategies has been very clever.

EroticDreamer said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Does ANY other artist release as much muziq as does? Hell no! Which is why he has run out of options. What record label is going to keep releasing new muziq by the same artist every few weeks or months NONE! So deal with it or go follow another boring artist..

Cmon, those various unlicensed people putting out all those Prince bootleg CD's get it done and there's way more of those than official Prince CD's.

You tellin' us Prince can't outsmart and outdo those small-timers?

-

Your messages are always positive and congratulations on your distribution but don't be angry at us for voicing unhappiness with these reaccurring circumstances.

Prince has print-money options with his live shows and unreleased material and he's not changing with the times, he's trying to make the times change with him.

That's his choice, and right, but we gotz the right to call it as we see it as too.

Prince supplies the music, we're willing to hand over our cash so why this trouble that no one seems to have?

Prince, (whisper) call Amazon, please.

They'd be willing to give him front page advertisment. "Exclusively on Amazon: the new album by the 1 and only Prince".

[Edited 1/28/16 13:22pm]

i guess this means that HNR2 will be something like track 8 to 19 on Disc 4
of the next BFTP release

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

EroticDreamer said:

Cmon, those various unlicensed people putting out all those Prince bootleg CD's get it done and there's way more of those than official Prince CD's.

You tellin' us Prince can't outsmart and outdo those small-timers?

-

Your messages are always positive and congratulations on your distribution but don't be angry at us for voicing unhappiness with these reaccurring circumstances.

Prince has print-money options with his live shows and unreleased material and he's not changing with the times, he's trying to make the times change with him.

That's his choice, and right, but we gotz the right to call it as we see it as too.

Prince supplies the music, we're willing to hand over our cash so why this trouble that no one seems to have?

Prince, (whisper) call Amazon, please.

They'd be willing to give him front page advertisment. "Exclusively on Amazon: the new album by the 1 and only Prince".

Have U been living under a rock? Why do U think he is doing this? No middle man period! Just from his hands to ours... Got it! Bootleggers have nothing to do with this. They'll always be around with their shady ways. But karma has a way of catching up with them.

Have U forgotton what has already done with distributing his muzq since he has been independent? Give him some credit..

but there is still a middle man! prince provided you (you're selling these too, right? i haven't read
the whole thread these past days anymore, i just couldn't bring myself to do so at this point) with
a bunch of copies.

you now sell those copies to prince's fans.

you are now the middle man.

you're a fan, a friend, a lover, a bunny boiler for prince whatever, but you are also, now the middle man.

so this set-up, to me at least, seems more convoluted than prince keeping all that stock at paisley
and taking orders, then shipping out direct. all it takes is a few employees. 1 or 2 should be enough.

aaaaaaanyway. it'll be interesting to see if prince moans and groans about the middle man again, if
this whole thing doesn't go as he wants it to. like, if the money doesn't flow back as soon, as much,
as honestly or as whatever.

you know he'll shove you under that bus, right? or maybe not. that's the interesting bit.

IstenSzek said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Have U been living under a rock? Why do U think he is doing this? No middle man period! Just from his hands to ours... Got it! Bootleggers have nothing to do with this. They'll always be around with their shady ways. But karma has a way of catching up with them.

Have U forgotton what has already done with distributing his muzq since he has been independent? Give him some credit..

but there is still a middle man! prince provided you (you're selling these too, right? i haven't read
the whole thread these past days anymore, i just couldn't bring myself to do so at this point) with
a bunch of copies.

you now sell those copies to prince's fans.

you are now the middle man.

you're a fan, a friend, a lover, a bunny boiler for prince whatever, but you are also, now the middle man.

so this set-up, to me at least, seems more convoluted than prince keeping all that stock at paisley
and taking orders, then shipping out direct. all it takes is a few employees. 1 or 2 should be enough.

aaaaaaanyway. it'll be interesting to see if prince moans and groans about the middle man again, if
this whole thing doesn't go as he wants it to. like, if the money doesn't flow back as soon, as much,
as honestly or as whatever.

you know he'll shove you under that bus, right? or maybe not. that's the interesting bit.

A purple coke mule? Wow, Prince really is innovative.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

EroticDreamer said:

Cmon, those various unlicensed people putting out all those Prince bootleg CD's get it done and there's way more of those than official Prince CD's.

You tellin' us Prince can't outsmart and outdo those small-timers?

-

Your messages are always positive and congratulations on your distribution but don't be angry at us for voicing unhappiness with these reaccurring circumstances.

Prince has print-money options with his live shows and unreleased material and he's not changing with the times, he's trying to make the times change with him.

That's his choice, and right, but we gotz the right to call it as we see it as too.

Prince supplies the music, we're willing to hand over our cash so why this trouble that no one seems to have?

Prince, (whisper) call Amazon, please.

They'd be willing to give him front page advertisment. "Exclusively on Amazon: the new album by the 1 and only Prince".

Have U been living under a rock? Why do U think he is doing this? No middle man period! Just from his hands to ours... Got it! Bootleggers have nothing to do with this. They'll always be around with their shady ways. But karma has a way of catching up with them.

Have U forgotton what has already done with distributing his muzq since he has been independent? Give him some credit..

You said that with such authority it almost turned me on.

Call me, sometime, darling...

TOPIC- I want the P2 CD even though I already bought the P1 & P2 digital bundle (from Tidal) and P1 CD (from good ol' Amazon).

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

EroticDreamer said:

Cmon, those various unlicensed people putting out all those Prince bootleg CD's get it done and there's way more of those than official Prince CD's.

You tellin' us Prince can't outsmart and outdo those small-timers?

-

Your messages are always positive and congratulations on your distribution but don't be angry at us for voicing unhappiness with these reaccurring circumstances.

Prince has print-money options with his live shows and unreleased material and he's not changing with the times, he's trying to make the times change with him.

That's his choice, and right, but we gotz the right to call it as we see it as too.

Prince supplies the music, we're willing to hand over our cash so why this trouble that no one seems to have?

Prince, (whisper) call Amazon, please.

They'd be willing to give him front page advertisment. "Exclusively on Amazon: the new album by the 1 and only Prince".

Have U been living under a rock? Why do U think he is doing this? No middle man period! Just from his hands to ours... Got it! Bootleggers have nothing to do with this. They'll always be around with their shady ways. But karma has a way of catching up with them.

Have U forgotton what has already done with distributing his muzq since he has been independent? Give him some credit..

But... but what about the Wrecka Stow employees?

They gotta eat too!

And I give credit where credit is due.... if it wasn't for the fans that buy all his music Prince would be... a who?

(If a tree falls in a forest and no 1 hears it, does it make a sound?)

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I don't believe this course of distribution you're gearing up for is viable for long-term success.

Prince realizes that Warner Bros was right all that time!

WB tried so hard... if they took losses with Paisly Park for years so why won't Prince give a few pennies to the middleman?

The fans are the ones now with 'SLAVE' written on their cheek's.

ludwig said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Who has CONSTANTLY released new muziq yearly 4 almost 40 years? I'm waiting!

Btw I do admire other artist besides . But none of them has come even close 2 being as gifted to release as much muziq. I'm still waiting.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/finulanu/insanely_prolific_musicians/
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/may/19/music-most-productive-artists

[Edited 1/28/16 12:55pm]

Good comparison

But forty-five albums under his own name, no big deal when compared to Sun Ra. But consider the amount of songs he's written for his various side projects. Then consider that he probably has another forty-five albums worth of material locked away in his vaults. Prince writes songs at the same rate most of us breathe.

blacknote said:

master said:

A week ago, I posted on this thread that seeing as Prince currently HAS an online business devoted 2 selling some of his merchandise and music, 3rd Eye Tunes, he should just send some boxes of the HnR2 album over 2 them 2 merchandise legitimately. Heck, he might even move some more BALTIMORE and FREE URSELF tees in the process. http://3rdeyetunes.com/

Is this album even in stores? I thought I saw a picture of it at retail.

but r these fan distributers taking a profit for there efforts? so he doesnt want fans to rip each other off..so basically this is slave labor...

Just got my CD in the mail from a fan who lives in MN (Thanks again!!).

Sure, I'd rather pick one up in a store or order from Amazon, but most importantly, I was able to buy a CD which is always preferrable to a digital copy.

So, you do you, Prince. Whatever you gotta do, keep putting out CDs for us old school collectors!

Why would Prince want me to seek out a random stranger on the internet, send them money in hopes of getting a CD rather than being able to buy one from a legit retailer online or in-store?

Oh, right. Prince already got his money for those CDs so he doesn't care.

npgmaverick said:

Why would Prince want me to seek out a random stranger on the internet, send them money in hopes of getting a CD rather than being able to buy one from a legit retailer online or in-store?

Oh, right. Prince already got his money for those CDs so he doesn't care.

no...its cheaper to have fans do the work....

Electric Fetus (a Minneapolis record store with a legit e-commerce site) has now been cleared to accept online orders for Phase Two and Back In Time.

http://www.electricfetus....sItem/5873

[Edited 1/28/16 20:28pm]

luvsexy4all said:

npgmaverick said:

Why would Prince want me to seek out a random stranger on the internet, send them money in hopes of getting a CD rather than being able to buy one from a legit retailer online or in-store?

Oh, right. Prince already got his money for those CDs so he doesn't care.

no...its cheaper to have fans do the work....

redflag said:

redflag said:

Electric Fetus (a Minneapolis record store with a legit e-commerce site) has now been cleared to accept online orders for Phase Two and Back In Time.

http://www.electricfetus....sItem/5873

[Edited 1/28/16 20:28pm]

Sweeet! I'll be ordering a physical copy of Judith's CD next payday!!

redflag said:

redflag said:

Electric Fetus (a Minneapolis record store with a legit e-commerce site) has now been cleared to accept online orders for Phase Two and Back In Time.

http://www.electricfetus....sItem/5873

[Edited 1/28/16 20:28pm]

Thankx. Any idea on what post would be to Europe (Ireland)? Cheers

redflag said:

Electric Fetus (a Minneapolis record store with a legit e-commerce site) has now been cleared to accept online orders for Phase Two and Back In Time.

http://www.electricfetus....sItem/5873

.

Great news!
But if this is nowadays 'worldwide distribution'...

Smillan said:

Thankx. Any idea on what post would be to Europe (Ireland)? Cheers

Europe, USPS $13 (Cost for each additional item $2.50)

djThunderfunk said:

langebleu said:

Smillan said:

Thankx. Any idea on what post would be to Europe (Ireland)? Cheers

Europe, USPS $13 (Cost for each additional item $2.50)

Do "The Electric Fetus" site accept payment via Paypal?!?!?!?