purplethunder3121 said:

Not sure if this is the correct thread to make this statement...but just wanted to say...I've been doing Youtube unreleased material. Do people know that Prince 'bootleg' material from '81-about- '92 was released by his own hand. None of it was mistakenly or subversely released without his knowledge. He had a hand in it purely because WB would not let him. He wanted the 'fans' to hear his music.

I remember collecting is music from a little shop in the West Village that had all his 'bootlegs' with the understanding that HE wanted 'US' to hear it.

Moonbeam levels, Possesed, extended 'unreleased versions' of all of Purple Rain...anything off of Around the World in a Day...etc. All him. I've seen commentary on all these You Tube videos saying they are amazed that this content exists. But, I remember acquiring this at the time....with no problem. Prince was the epitome of underground.

Am I the only person who understands this??? Can't be..I hope.

Prince released Crystal Ball for the fans so they wouldn't buy the bootlegs. I think people should know that Prince was against bootlegs. Prince planned to release more from the vault, a Crystal Ball 2, Roadhouse Garden, etc. eventually but he didn't get around to it (and now we know about his hip and leg and foot injuries and secret opioids dependency problems interfering with his life, projects and touring).

Prince felt burned and ripped off not just by bootlegs...

Kim69 said:

Not sure if this is the correct thread to make this statement...but just wanted to say...I've been doing Youtube unreleased material. Do people know that Prince 'bootleg' material from '81-about- '92 was released by his own hand. None of it was mistakenly or subversely released without his knowledge. He had a hand in it purely because WB would not let him. He wanted the 'fans' to hear his music.

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Utter nonsense.

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I remember collecting is music from a little shop in the West Village that had all his 'bootlegs' with the understanding that HE wanted 'US' to hear it.

Moonbeam levels, Possesed, extended 'unreleased versions' of all of Purple Rain...anything off of Around the World in a Day...etc. All him. I've seen commentary on all these You Tube videos saying they are amazed that this content exists. But, I remember acquiring this at the time....with no problem. Prince was the epitome of underground.

Am I the only person who understands this??? Can't be..I hope.

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Utter nonsense.

206Michelle said:

databank said:

The only official videos existing are:

Double Live (also titled Live) - VHS/LD only

Sign "O" The Times - DVD

Lovesexy Live 1 - VHS only

Lovesexy Live 2 - VHS only

Lovesexy Live (combo of the 2 above) - VHS/LD only

Gett Off video single - VHS only

Sexy MF video single - VHS only

Diamonds And Pearls, The Video Collection - DVD

The Hits Collection - DVD

3 Chains O' Gold - VHS only

The Undertaker - VHS/LD only (2 different releases exist, the first on VHS only))

The Sacrifice Of Victor - VHS/LD only

Beautiful Strange - VHS only

Rave In2 The Year 2000 - DVD

The Beautiful Experience - VHS only (limited NPGMC release)

Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas - DVD

Prince also appears on Sheila E.'s Romance 1600 Live (VHS only) and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame video compilation (DVD)

Everything else is bootleg.

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Thank you for the listing. Is this for US releases only or does this include foreign releases?

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I really don't get why people don't just bloody visit PrinceVault.

So concerning the vault music. Do we know or think we know what state the unreleased songs are in? Were they recorded and stored as multitracks without a porper mixdown or do you think Prince oversaw and approved a mix for each one? My only issue is if the songs didn't recieve a final mix then any songs we'd get wouldn't be as Prince envisioned them in a completed form. He was always editing out sections as he saw fit or pulling the faders down to remove a part or something else after the fact. We know how Prince would record long complete versions of his music and then release edited versions and sometimes save the complete version for the 12". I would just hate for someone else to edited out a part of the music because "they" felt like it needed it.

BartVanHemelen said:

206Michelle said:

Thank you for the listing. Is this for US releases only or does this include foreign releases?

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I really don't get why people don't just bloody visit PrinceVault.

Maybe because half of these videos don't even have a page on PrinceVault?

What I really don't get though, Bert, is are you only posting on the org on your bad days? Or are these the better ones? Do you want to talk about it?

BartVanHemelen said:

206Michelle said:

Thank you for the listing. Is this for US releases only or does this include foreign releases?

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I really don't get why people don't just bloody visit PrinceVault.

Might I suggest that you visit PrinceVault in full detail for a few months, just so Prince followers can, y'know, discuss Prince on a Prince Site.

I suppose at least you didn't say 'For crying out loud'. It sadly seems the civility requests by the Prince.Org team seem to never apply to you.