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Thread started 07/13/18 9:02am

yello1

The Prince Estate’s Big Plans: Inside the Upcoming Purple Reign

https://www.rollingstone....gn-698529/

NEW article about future plans!

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Reply #1 posted 07/13/18 9:18am

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one chronological release per year, starting with 1983....what a waste.

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Reply #2 posted 07/13/18 9:30am

Silvertongue7

peedub said:

one chronological release per year, starting with 1983....what a waste.


It’s ridiculous, isn’t it?
Do they realise how many bootlegs are out? If that’s their plan they are going to become completely redundant straight away - the bootleggers are decades ahead, and there doesn’t seem to be any interest in catching up!
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Reply #3 posted 07/13/18 9:31am

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One Monday in April 2016, Tyka Nelson received a call from her brother, Prince. Tyka worked for Prince in the last four or five years of his life, and he would routinely bounce ideas off her for projects he wanted to get off the ground.

Is this call listed in the documents or is she making this up again?

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Reply #4 posted 07/13/18 9:32am

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Silvertongue7 said:

peedub said:

one chronological release per year, starting with 1983....what a waste.

It’s ridiculous, isn’t it? Do they realise how many bootlegs are out? If that’s their plan they are going to become completely redundant straight away - the bootleggers are decades ahead, and there doesn’t seem to be any interest in catching up!

That was my first thought too. And I thought the Jackson's were bad at managing this stuff, but the Nelson's top it all.

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Reply #5 posted 07/13/18 9:42am

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Silvertongue7 said:

peedub said:

one chronological release per year, starting with 1983....what a waste.

It’s ridiculous, isn’t it? Do they realise how many bootlegs are out? If that’s their plan they are going to become completely redundant straight away - the bootleggers are decades ahead, and there doesn’t seem to be any interest in catching up!


...but the 'purple rain hotel' will keep the man relevant...smgdh til it rolls off my shoulders...

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Reply #6 posted 07/13/18 9:58am

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Wow! confused

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Reply #7 posted 07/13/18 10:07am

SilverNight

How many Prince experts does it take to ready a decent box set of unreleased tracks and rarities???

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Reply #8 posted 07/13/18 10:15am

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And Tyka also mentions releasing material even if it's 'not up to par'. Why even refer to Prince's legacy in such a way?
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Reply #9 posted 07/13/18 10:37am

Camileyun

So we'll finally be rocking out to Ps unreleased music in our 90s...good plan!
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Reply #10 posted 07/13/18 10:48am

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OperatingThetan said:

And Tyka also mentions releasing material even if it's 'not up to par'. Why even refer to Prince's legacy in such a way?

She didn't say anything nice about him or his legacy since he died.

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Reply #11 posted 07/13/18 11:05am

Strive

One box shipped from Paisley Park to the L.A. Iron Mountain storage facility included 8,000 cassettes.


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Reply #12 posted 07/13/18 11:13am

SkipperLove

Not entirely true. I know she has said some things that upset folks where his music was concerned, but there was an interview of hers when she referred to one of the NPG tributes stating that it was great and second best to her brother because no one is better than her brother. Also, she teared up when Purple Rain won best soundtrack at that AMA's.

ThatWhiteDude said:

OperatingThetan said:

And Tyka also mentions releasing material even if it's 'not up to par'. Why even refer to Prince's legacy in such a way?

She didn't say anything nice about him or his legacy since he died.

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Reply #13 posted 07/13/18 11:16am

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Ugh! mad

The music HAS to be first. And more than 1 project a year for sure. A music club for fans that offers material that is not commercial enough for the masses is looking even more essential every day, or, we (all of us that care) will be long gone before they scratch the surface. (Long live bootlegs!!)

I'm down for t-shirts and other merch, but much of what they mention doesn't interest me at all.

Here's a merch idea: A coffee table book that contains reprints of ALL of his concert tourbooks. I'd buy that. I'd buy a few t-shirts, maybe a ballcap. I'd love to see McFarlane Toys produce detailed action figures for different stages of his career, but, I guess that might be considered idolatry by some.

But really, it has to be about the music (and video)!! We need more than a single project per year and we need some love shown to the projects that were not the hits (not from the 80s). CD's, Vinyl, DVDs and Blu-rays are the way to go, and if physical media is not cost effective, then downloads are better than nothing.

But really, be smart about how many copies of any given project are printed and price accordingly and EVERYTHING can be profitable in a physical media format. Boutique labels prove this with niche audio & video releases all the time. Learn from them or license to them.

Just sayin'... neutral

Liberty > Authority
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Reply #14 posted 07/13/18 11:17am

SkipperLove

Isn't that good news?

Strive said:

One box shipped from Paisley Park to the L.A. Iron Mountain storage facility included 8,000 cassettes.
eek

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