BartVanHemelen said:

RODSERLING said:

when PR deluxe wasn t even spoken of last year. . That s why it s à better choice for WB than 1999 deluxe.

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Dude, don't fucking lie. PR Deluxe got plenty of reviews. Plenty of "major" ones as well, i.e. a full page. Both reviews I've posted here so far are regular ones, drowning in a sea of hundreds of other reviews.

No review in the September 2018 issue of UK music monthly Classic Rock...

I have nearly zero interest in this. I can not believe this was even considered to be put out this soon.

I much rather have 10 songs I already have released...

Video for "Mary Don’t You Weep", directed by Spike Lee using footage from his latest movie BlacKkKlansman (which features the song at the end).

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It looks like 17 Days will be released soon (tomorrow?), because on iTunes it now has it's length shown (6:22) and the other tracks don't. Normally that is only when a track will be available.

skipthecharades said:

It looks like 17 Days will be released soon (tomorrow?), because on iTunes it now has it's length shown (6:22) and the other tracks don't. Normally that is only when a track will be available.

then change the country to someplace like the UK or Japan where it is the 24th

BartVanHemelen said:

SquirrelMeat said:

When stickies auto lock, it tells you alot about the mish mash state of the stickies.

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It also speaks volumes that a topic about an upcoming official release doesn't get enough posts to stay unlocked...

Very true. Why talk about Prince new music when there are so more exciting new threads like 'If Emancipation was one disc'?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

BartVanHemelen said:

Video for "Mary Don’t You Weep", directed by Spike Lee using footage from his latest movie BlacKkKlansman (which features the song at the end).

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hhhmmm, P got some emotion in there on MDYW!

Something between an annoucement and a review from the Daily Mail:

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PRINCE: Piano & A Microphone 1983

Like Springsteen’s Nebraska, Prince’s Piano & A Microphone 1983 was made on a cassette recorder in a home studio. Rescued from the Paisley Park vaults, it’s an intimate, improvised reminder of his genius.

With a raw version of Purple Rain and an early take on his cover of Joni Mitchell’s A Case Of You, its nine tracks offer a taste of Prince’s creative process.

He shows the full scope of his vocal trickery on the bluesy spiritual Mary Don’t You Weep.

Out September 21 on Warner Music.

The September 2018 (no. 709) issue of French monthly Jazz Magazine has an interview with Lisa Coleman about the album; she is credited with having written the liner notes for the album (I think this is news, right? I can't recall reading this before). They also talked to Michael Howe.

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Jazz Magazine s’attarde également sur la sortie le 21 septembre de “Piano & A Microphone 1983” de Prince via un entretien exclusif avec Lisa Coleman, membre de The Revolution et auteure des textes du livret de ce document inédit aux oreilles du grand public. Michael Howe, archiviste du Prince Estate et découvreur de la cassette enregistrée dans le home-studio de Prince évoque de son côté le contenu et les perspectives d’exploitation du légendaire Vault.

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The newest issue doesn't yet feature on their website: http://www.jazzmagazine.c...zine-n709/ is currently a 404.

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(Funk-U's text seems to have been copied from http://www.muziq.fr/james...-magazine/ .)

alandail said:

No review in the October 2018 issue of UK music monthly Q Magazine (which does have a two-page article on the NPG, as part of a larger article about bands missing their frontperson and how they've coped with that).

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In fact there aren't that many album reviews in the magazine, whereas in the past Q would boast about the hundred or so albums that were reviewed in that month's issue. The cover boasts about its "25 pages of reviews", but eight of those are taken up by live reviews for Drake and George Ezra concerts. Several albums (McCartney, Weller, Christine And The Queens, Spiritualized,...) get a full page for their album reviews, which leaves not that much room for other releases.

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Perhaps the next issue? That will be released on 25 September.

jdcxc said:

If I understand this tweet from Warner Music Colombia correctly, then Spotify will have this new album a week before it hits stores:

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El próximo 14 de septiembre estará disponible ‘’PRINCE: PIANO & A MICROPHONE 1983’’ una edición que no te puedes perder, haz tu pre save en @SpotifyColombia y escucha ‘’Mary, Don’t you weep’’, aquí: https://tools.topsify.com/follow/8739/prince-a-piano-a-microphone-1983 … #Prince #NewMusic #SpecialPerformance #Pop

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BartVanHemelen said:

I'm excited for it and can't wait to get it!

It seems the October issue of the German version of Rolling Stone magazine will have a free 7" vinyl single of the P&AM1983 version of "17 Days": https://www.instagram.com...Ep0BPDsTy/

EmmaMcG said:

BartVanHemelen said:

If I understand this tweet from Warner Music Colombia correctly, then Spotify will have this new album a week before it hits stores:

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Nice one for the heads up, Bart. I'll listen to it on Spotify for free. Purchase not necessary.

+1 to buy! I already have the bootleg. My purchase to offset Emma...AZIFUCARE.

BartVanHemelen said:

It seems the October issue of the German version of Rolling Stone magazine will have a free 7" vinyl single of the P&AM1983 version of "17 Days": https://www.instagram.com...Ep0BPDsTy/

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Full page advert, as posted by Housequake:

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At this moment the URL at the bottom doesn't work. Well, it kinda does, as in it redirects to https://abo.rollingstone....ch-single/ , but that is a 404 at the moment.

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Germanegro said:

EmmaMcG said:

Germanegro said:

+1 to buy! I already have the bootleg. My purchase to offset Emma...AZIFUCARE.

LOL. I don't even have the bootleg. A live rehearsal doesn't excite me enough to warrant looking for it. I'll listen to it on Spotify though. If it's OK - good, I'll download a torrent or something. If it's really good - excellent, I'll buy it. But I don't have high hopes. The single did nothing for me.

...she says for, like, the 6th time in the thread

Germanegro said:

EmmaMcG said:

Germanegro said:

...she says for, like, the 6th time in the thread

I just don't think I'm getting my point across. Lol. Maybe a 7th time will do it.

I think you've made your point well enough!

I'm not excited for this but I'll be buying it. It's not what I want or would have asked for but I do want to support official releases. If none of us buy it and no money comes in from official releases, how long do you think they will continue?

TheEnglishGent said:

Rolling Stone Germany put up a page to order the previously announced exclusive 7" single featuring the "Piano Version" of "17 Days": https://www.rollingstone....e-1551308/

jaawwnn said:

EmmaMcG said:

I still don't really understand why this, of all things, is the first posthumous release. I get that there are/were issues over who owns what but surely there was a better choice than this. I'll probably download it at some point but it's not something I'm going to go out and buy.

They wanted to honour where he was (piano and microphone) while also selling what people generally like (his 80's work). You may disagree with their logic but it seems to be where they're coming from.

A Guess:

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this release is the last contract filler for WB (fine, I'll take it)

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Tidal's release next year - the same - I half expect that to be 'Prince, Piano & A Microphone 2016'

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maybe after all that label/contractual/mess is gone - focus will be put on what's in the vault and what's with Sony (one can hope, yes ?)