And do they do all that stuff without pay???

Astasheiks said:

From memory there were fans who used to run various fanzines / websites. They'd written a book in the past. I think they asked people on Housequake if fans wanted another book (for which they might have broken even) or some kind of online resource for free.

I'm not sure if they did ever put the 2nd edition book out, but PrinceVault is amazing. Someone should bully those guys into doing a podcast.

Wonder where they are based at?

It's ran by some friends of mine...

From the same people who bought you the Housequake.com Prince Resource Guide.

Astasheiks said:

And do they do all that stuff without pay???

Yep, obviously they do.

It's a wonderful thing about our days, there have been studies about it: people do hard work for free (see Wikipedia and all those sites like Pvault), for the sake of compiling and sharing knowledge, or providing conven ient services such as freewares. This seemed unthinkable 30 years ago and the interwho has just provided a platform for this. Of course fanzines and volunteer work had existed before the internet but now it's reached new heights.

This is considered a valid argument in favor of base income: people won't just stop doing anything, they'll do things they enjoy and contribute the community even without a salary.

The Princevault team has been doing an amazing job, they deserve every Prince fan's gratitude

As to who they are, I know some are former Uptown Mag staff, and the rest IDK.

FunkOnTheOne said:

Astasheiks said:

And do they do all that stuff without pay???

I must admit I am always shocked by the sheer amount if work that they have put in, it must be thousands of hours worth. I've always used it as a resource and am incredibly thankful.

Yes. Total love to Princevault.com. An invaluable, necessary resource.

JudasLChrist said:

Oh no! I'm also having trouble accessing it! Anybody know anything?

I was going to rely on it for a class I'm teaching next term!

LittleProfessor said:

Kara said:

LittleProfessor said:

Oh no! I'm also having trouble accessing it! Anybody know anything?

I was going to rely on it for a class I'm teaching next term!

Hmm, still working fine for me.

Me too

luv4u said:

Whoever they are, a BIG thank you to them.

Congrats for the hard work

The homepage i bookmarked in my browser(s) doesn't work (server not found) for about 2 days.

But when I typed princevault.com the website opened just fine.

After some browsing it was gone again. So there seem to be some problems?

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Such a great source of information, really appreciate all the work they do!

[Edited 11/4/16 1:35am]

Aye, I've had troubles with it loading recently.

I'm currently working through all the albums chronologically while I'm at work (currently on I hate U from The Gold Experience), and I like to have Princevault open just in case I want to check something.

Wonderful website.

databank said:

Astasheiks said:

And do they do all that stuff without pay???

Yep, obviously they do.

It's a wonderful thing about our days, there have been studies about it: people do hard work for free (see Wikipedia and all those sites like Pvault), for the sake of compiling and sharing knowledge, or providing conven ient services such as freewares. This seemed unthinkable 30 years ago and the interwho has just provided a platform for this. Of course fanzines and volunteer work had existed before the internet but now it's reached new heights.

This is considered a valid argument in favor of base income: people won't just stop doing anything, they'll do things they enjoy and contribute the community even without a salary.

The Princevault team has been doing an amazing job, they deserve every Prince fan's gratitude

As to who they are, I know some are former Uptown Mag staff, and the rest IDK.

anangellooksdown said:

By the way, it just so happens I haven't been able to get on the site for the past two days. Anyone else having this problem? Maybe they're updating or something; hopefully that's all it is!

Yea, Me too, For me, it will work for a click or two but no soon to try to change pages it freezes up, weird!

Astasheiks said:

And do they do all that stuff without pay???

I wondered who runs it as well. I even tried to find out on the site. You can send an email to the administrator but it doesn't show the person's name.

Astasheiks said:

And do they do all that stuff without pay???

Ha..I was going to ask this question a couple of days back...

Incredible devotion and dedication..

and YES..I am so very grateful to them too....

and because Im a nosey Parker...

a QUick WHo IS search revealed that the DOmain is owned by one jason.beckington

Created in 2009

Updated October 26 2016..

and I just sent him some Purple LOVE coz he deserves it....

They do an amazing job. It's a wonderful resource that only enhances my enjoyment of Prince's material. A big thank you to everyone who is involved.

Chatted with dude from pv... He told me they were in the UK! Wow!