Prince Album of Previously Unreleased Material Coming in September 2018 (EXCLUSIVE)

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I just wet myself a little.

Sounds promising....especially that they said the Vault tapes seem to not be in too bad shape!

TheQuest said:

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What a heavy, yet awesome responsibility this guy has. I'm sure my breath would also be taken away going through those musical and lyrical archives. Also, looking forward to the lyrical / poetry book to be released this year as well.

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This is good to hear...

TheQuest said:

TheQuest said:

variety.com/2018/music/ne...202783507/

What a heavy, yet awesome responsibility this guy has. I'm sure my breath would also be taken away going through those musical and lyrical archives. Also, looking forward to the lyrical / poetry book to be released this year as well.

I would be totally overwhelmed. But it sounds like he understands the gravity of the undertaking and it approaching it with love.

I think/hope it's the 1999 deluxe we've been hearing a LOT about, including those close to the source.

Sounds promising. I hope they do their homework and get it right, unlike the rushed Purple Rain set.

1999 Deluxe?

Roadhouse Garden?

Prince's version of family album would be timely with NC2U

Crystal Ball?

I hope its a Prince 'project' as opposd to a simple collection of tracks.

TrivialPursuit said:

I think/hope it's the 1999 deluxe we've been hearing a LOT about, including those close to the source.

I don't think it will be. According to the interview the recordings are going to be released and planned via chronology or the era they were recorded. Sounds like this release is all unreleased music and if NC2U is any indication it looks like it will be the '84 time period or thereabouts.

SquirrelMeat said:

dangling carrots!

Silvertongue7 said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Sounds promising. I hope they do their homework and get it right, unlike the rushed Purple Rain set.

1999 Deluxe?

Roadhouse Garden?

Prince's version of family album would be timely with NC2U

Crystal Ball?

I hope its a Prince 'project' as opposd to a simple collection of tracks.

This quote makes me think that it will be a Prince ‘project’, particularly the bit in bolds: “Michael Howe, who’s been working with us on the archive, has done a tremendous job of finding some special pieces of work, and one of the pieces that he found, all of us fell in love with it and decided this was special enough for fans to hear. So we’re putting the final touches on it — it’ll come in the fall.” My first thought was Dream Factory, which would be great because it is a great album, but also a huge letdown because we all have it...

Actually, I'd be happy for getting a mix of previously released and unreleased, if it was in the form of aborted projects that only didn't see the light of day because of band/label politics or got superseded by other projects. i.e.

Dream Factory (Revolution)

Dream Factory (The Flesh)

Camille

Crystal Ball

Rave

Roadhouse Garden

I would rather individual unreleased tracks turn up on remasters in the relevent eras.

This coupled with the recent release of the NC2U material are the most promising signs in a long time for someone is actually doing things to get some of the vault material released. It is a bonus that he gets Prince enought to have tears in his eyes while finding some wonderful unreleased video. Can you even imagine what that would be like going through all that material?! Bring it on!

Important thing to note.

"Full-length album of previously unreleased music"

Not bonus disc of a reissue or vaulted/cancelled project Prince put together.

Genesia said:

Strive said:

Exciting news!

Sep 28th.. my birthday

Can anyone explain the deal (or no deal) that Universal were involved in? Was it just for more recent unreleased material or 80s era stuff?. It doesn't make sense them buying old stuff when Warners hold the rights to albums needed for the reissues.

Also wish he had been asked or confirmed they are not going to try and finish anything off. Hopefully the estate understands this would not go down well..

Crump said:

Sep 28th.. my birthday

Can anyone explain the deal (or no deal) that Universal were involved in? Was it just for more recent unreleased material or 80s era stuff?. It doesn't make sense them buying old stuff when Warners hold the rights to albums needed for the reissues.

Also wish he had been asked or confirmed they are not going to try and finish anything off. Hopefully the estate understands this would not go down well..

I think the Universal deal was for music publishing:

In the music industry, a music publisher (or publishing company) is responsible for ensuring the songwriters and composers receive payment when their compositions are used commercially. ... They also secure commissions for music and promote existing compositions to recording artists, film and television.

grantevans said:

Crump said:

Sep 28th.. my birthday

Can anyone explain the deal (or no deal) that Universal were involved in? Was it just for more recent unreleased material or 80s era stuff?. It doesn't make sense them buying old stuff when Warners hold the rights to albums needed for the reissues.

Also wish he had been asked or confirmed they are not going to try and finish anything off. Hopefully the estate understands this would not go down well..

I think the Universal deal was for music publishing:

In the music industry, a music publisher (or publishing company) is responsible for ensuring the songwriters and composers receive payment when their compositions are used commercially. ... They also secure commissions for music and promote existing compositions to recording artists, film and television.

Universal also had the 31M deal for music itself (not publishing component) that was nullified as they were not aware it did not include the Warner year unreleased recordings.