Hi guys and guyets,

Since the birthday of baby Jesus is celebrated by an old man in a red and white suit giving us loads of presents, I was wondering... Is there an official release in the pipeline? And if so, what would it be?

Thx.

Too bad, tho.

Heard a rumor that Parade is the next up for the Deluxe Remaster treatment.

muleFunk said:

Heard a rumor that Parade is the next up for the Deluxe Remaster treatment.

Certainly not for xmas, though.

databank said:

muleFunk said:

Heard a rumor that Parade is the next up for the Deluxe Remaster treatment.

Certainly not for xmas, though.

Not Christmas but possibly April.

I'll admit that I don't understand estates etc. but I woulda thought they woulda managed something. Surely if keeping things afloat is key and money is linked to this the family, with the admistrators (Comerica is it) could have agreed on two or three uncontentious releases - even if it was in conjunction with Warners, or after his time from them... seems like opportunities are continuing to be missed and the worry is that when something comes out it will be substandard or distasteful.

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Of course, NewPowerSoul coverband is in the pipeline, but I'd only pay for that if it was their own original material, not covers when we all have the originals anyway!!

[Edited 10/7/17 10:14am]

So far from the estate we only got (not complaining)

- PRINCE 4EVER

- PURPLE RAIN DELUXE

I hope the next thing is a new album of unreleased music, hopefully Black Is The New Black if there is enough material for an album, what about HitNRun Phase 3 as rumoured by TIDAL he was going to deliver that album to them, and what about the follow up to Plectrum Electrum with 3rd Eye Girl...

muleFunk said:

Heard a rumor that Parade is the next up for the Deluxe Remaster treatment.

I wonder.....why do they have to do only one release at a time? Wouldn't it be cool if three Prince albums (maybe Controversy,1999 and SOTT) were all given the deluxe treatment and released on the same day?

SoulAlive said:

muleFunk said:

Heard a rumor that Parade is the next up for the Deluxe Remaster treatment.

I wonder.....why do they have to do only one release at a time? Wouldn't it be cool if three Prince albums (maybe Controversy,1999 and SOTT) were all given the deluxe treatment and released on the same day?

That would flood the market.

If the rumor is true it will be released in April to coincide with the 2nd anniversery of his death.

muleFunk said:

mikeyaddict said:

I'll admit that I don't understand estates etc. but I woulda thought they woulda managed something.

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Which part of THE ESTATE IS NOT YET SETTLED is so bloody hard to understand? Oh, and didn't you notice the multi-million record deal failing spectacularly earlier this year?

feeluupp said:

So far from the estate we only got (not complaining)

- PRINCE 4EVER

- PURPLE RAIN DELUXE

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No, you got those because those were part of the 2014 deal. As has been explained ad nauseam.

BartVanHemelen said:

feeluupp said:

So far from the estate we only got (not complaining)

- PRINCE 4EVER

- PURPLE RAIN DELUXE

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No, you got those because those were part of the 2014 deal. As has been explained ad nauseam.

We don't all have an encyclopedic knowledge of Prince's affairs. Time to climb down from your high horse.

BartVanHemelen said:

Didn't Sharon Nelson say in her Q&A that the Family has no say in the Estate or something to that order?

WBR can do what they need to do and pass whatever on to the Estate which still has some working power to make decisions. Now as for future releases of music that has never been released there may be held up because the Estate has not been settled.

sabaisabai said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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No, you got those because those were part of the 2014 deal. As has been explained ad nauseam.

We don't all have an encyclopedic knowledge of Prince's affairs. Time to climb down from your high horse.

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This is a pathetic excuse. There's very little official news WRT Prince, and yet you can't even be bothered to keep up with that?

mikeyaddict said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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Which part of THE ESTATE IS NOT YET SETTLED is so bloody hard to understand? Oh, and didn't you notice the multi-million record deal failing spectacularly earlier this year?

. Cunny funt. I said I don’t quite get it. However, Paisley became a museum. The estate wasn’t settled then?

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A building is a whole different matter from a record deal, especially when Prince seems to have left a legal clusterfuck.

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And I was saying that surely there must be some way that something can get done in the best interests or it damages ‘the estate’, isn’t that what Comerica are supposed to be looking out for. .

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Again: noticed the spectacular fail of that million dollar deal earlier this year?

BartVanHemelen said:

sabaisabai said:

We don't all have an encyclopedic knowledge of Prince's affairs. Time to climb down from your high horse.

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This is a pathetic excuse. There's very little official news WRT Prince, and yet you can't even be bothered to keep up with that?

Or maybe sabaisabai has come to the org to find out what is going on?

BartVanHemelen said:

sabaisabai said:

We don't all have an encyclopedic knowledge of Prince's affairs. Time to climb down from your high horse.

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This is a pathetic excuse. There's very little official news WRT Prince, and yet you can't even be bothered to keep up with that?

This is a site for fans, not a damn high school exam. Get off your high horse.

[Edited 10/8/17 16:38pm]

I find it baffling that the family/estate has no say in the music! when they hold all the masters at Paisley! unless they cut a deal with WB to supply them masters, how will this work? you can clearly hear the bootleg quality of the Warners released Moonbeam Levels, Velvet Kitty Cat etc (having heard the Superior Blast from the past versions.) Very frustraiting!

Also WB dont own anything after 1995(?), so who has the right to that if the estate dont????

mikeyaddict said:

I'll admit that I don't understand estates etc. but I woulda thought they woulda managed something. Surely if keeping things afloat is key and money is linked to this the family, with the admistrators (Comerica is it) could have agreed on two or three uncontentious releases - even if it was in conjunction with Warners, or after his time from them... seems like opportunities are continuing to be missed and the worry is that when something comes out it will be substandard or distasteful.

.

Of course, NewPowerSoul coverband is in the pipeline, but I'd only pay for that if it was their own original material, not covers when we all have the originals anyway!!

[Edited 10/7/17 10:14am]

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I assumed the family doesn't have control over the estate and can't release anything if even they wanted.

muleFunk said:

SoulAlive said:

I wonder.....why do they have to do only one release at a time? Wouldn't it be cool if three Prince albums (maybe Controversy,1999 and SOTT) were all given the deluxe treatment and released on the same day?

That would flood the market.

If the rumor is true it will be released in April to coincide with the 2nd anniversery of his death.

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Why don't they release something to makr the anniversary of his birth? Why is PP having the celebrations on his deathday, rather than his birthday??? I don't get it.

Dandroppedadime said:

I find it baffling that the family/estate has no say in the music! when they hold all the masters at Paisley! unless they cut a deal with WB to supply them masters, how will this work? you can clearly hear the bootleg quality of the Warners released Moonbeam Levels, Velvet Kitty Cat etc (having heard the Superior Blast from the past versions.) Very frustraiting!

Also WB dont own anything after 1995(?), so who has the right to that if the estate dont????

As long as you confuse the words "family" and "estate" and treat those 2 concepts as one, your reasoning is gonna hit a wall and your questions will remain unanswered.

Not to be rude like Bart, but there's an interview on this very board with Sharon Nelson, and she explains it all pretty clearly. I wish people would read it before trying to discuss the topic.

It would be nice to see something for Black Friday's Record Store Day, to be sure.

muleFunk said:

Heard a rumor that Parade is the next up for the Deluxe Remaster treatment.

Interesting, but I highly doubt any further deluxe release will contains unreleased material like "4 Ever" or "Purple Rain Deluxe".

Probably we can trust on the CD release of all 12" versions and B-Sides (and I would be happy the same), and maybe some kind of obscure related track like the piano version of "An Honest Man" from UTCM movie. Nothing more, I think.

why did Sharon ask us what 2 releases we would want if they cant release them??????????????

luvsexy4all said:

why did Sharon ask us what 2 releases we would want if they cant release them??????????????

They can't!

The family, also knowm as the heirs, do not (yet) own or run Prince's estate. That is being run by the business administrators.

Sharon is talking speculatively.

Time will tell but no timeline has been revealed.

LittlePurpleYoda said:

It would be nice to see something for Black Friday's Record Store Day, to be sure.

Yes for sure. The obvious activity would be to continue the re-issue series but WB have stopped that - sadly.

It would be very cool to see some of the early 12inches re-issued such as Gotta Stop.

Hopefully they will resume but no one knows.

FunkiestOne said:

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Why don't they release something to makr the anniversary of his birth? Why is PP having the celebrations on his deathday, rather than his birthday??? I don't get it.

Possibly because Prince himself said he would 'celebrate the day (I) die'. (I think it's in his interview with Mel B).