Essential resource up to '04. PrinceVault.com is the '16 version.

GlamSlamR said:

Anyone have this in their possession? What are your thoughts on it? I know it was damn near impossible to find, even years ago.

I have a copy in storage. Near mint. Never read. Uptown Magazine closed around the same time, so it got lost in the shuffle. It's their crowning achievement. I imagine the plan was to offer up later volumes every few years or so. But that obviously never happened.

Copies are rare; and were quite expensive for the time. I'm sure plenty of orgers have a copy though.

Still have my copy. Very insightful guide that's very well put together. Would've definitely purchased updated versions if they kept it going. It's really worth it.

Although it's not up to date, obviously, it's still a goldmine of info and documentation. The Extremely lengthy Session info and Circulating Tapes sections are worth getting a copy of this alone. When I share my studio outtakes with friends, I always include a pdf of the Circulating Tapes portion of the book - although some things have leaked out since this book, it's still a great guide and covers 90% of what's out there.

I've been asking about this book since i heard about it. Where should I look if I want to get a copy?

Thizz said:

I've been asking about this book since i heard about it. Where should I look if I want to get a copy?

Waaaaay out of print. eBay?

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It was £35 when it was first published.

I do hope something in the same vain eventually gets published, spanning his entire career.

I've got it. But, now that I remember, I got it under dubious circumstances. I ordered every available copy of Uptown and a new subscription as part of a deal for around £90, I think. Nothing arrived. They claimed they sent again, still nothing arrived. I've never had any other post go missing in my life.

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They 'proved' they posted it, now indicating it was just the once, with their 'paperwork'. This included a despatch date next to issues of Uptown that a) they had never published and b) never would.

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By the time I realised they'd just stalled and stalled, and also stopped publishing, I just had to accept the loss. Then they sent me 'The Vault', partially for free (my intitial outlay also included unpublished issues).

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Utterly disgraceful. But yeah, I still have the book. And it's excellent.

Heard about this book and I would love a copy, hopefully someone will reprint it and bring it right up to date. Now he hasleft us, we can expect a 3rd edition of Thorne and hopefully some career introspective volumes and even what Prince had done of his own memoirs.

I cherish my dog-eared copy even more now. So glad I invested in a copy.

I made a pdf and ebook version. Altough the ebook version didn't turn out so great. Anyone need help findong it just holla.

For 1958-2004, no other book is The Vault's equal.

https://web.archive.org/web/20041208063833/http://www.uptown.se/2004/book_thevault.shtml

Here's the page that sold the book back then. Tells you exactly what you're getting, in detail.

The only book that matters.

very thoroughly researched book. I bought a copy when it was first released

Bought the book when first published. They sent me two copies. I just put a copy on E-bay. That book is intense.

I copy just sold on ebay for $300