IstenSzek said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

WBR doesn't own The '4U' master....

[Edited 4/23/19 12:54pm]

i know, but they do own the licensing until 2021, right? so it would make sense to have
warners remaster, repack, expand and reissue the albums prince recorded while he was
with them, wouldn't it?

I seriously doubt it, Chris Moon was trying to sell the rights to 'Soft & Wet' which is part that album. I doubt he could do that if WBR owns the licensing of it.

IstenSzek said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

WBR doesn't own The '4U' master....

[Edited 4/23/19 12:54pm]

i know, but they do own the licensing until 2021, right? so it would make sense to have
warners remaster, repack, expand and reissue the albums prince recorded while he was
with them, wouldn't it?

.
Frankly I don't think Warners will put any effort into producing deluxe editions when their licensing deal will run out in 2021 so I don't think we will see any more deluxe editions before Sony Legacy would start coming up with them.

violetcrush said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

IstenSzek said:

i know, but they do own the licensing until 2021, right? so it would make sense to have
warners remaster, repack, expand and reissue the albums prince recorded while he was
with them, wouldn't it?

I seriously doubt it, Chris Moon was trying to sell the rights to 'Soft & Wet' which is part that album. I doubt he could do that if WBR owns the licensing of it.

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Chris Moon does not own the rights to the master recording. He owns half of the publishing rights. Those are two different things.
(Just checked the song's publishing info in Universal's database: it still lists Prince and C.Moon so it looks like Moon's share wasn't sold after all.)

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And just to be clear: Warners does not "own" the licensing. The masters (and their licensing rights) are owned by the Estate, and they have licensed the WB-era masters back to Warners for certain time periods (mostly until 2021). Probably that's what you meant too, just wanted to make sure it's clear for others as well.

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leecaldon said:

violetcrush said:

You're welcome

I'll stand by my response to the initial post. As it's going to contain 'scrapbooks and lyrics', that should at least be stuff in his own hand.

The memoirs would have been for financial gain. I have no idea on advance he may have received, but there clearly would have needed to be paid back if nothing was published, and the estate absolutely needs to make decisions that will enrich it (it still hasn't paid the huge death tax bill afaik).

This seems to me a perfectly reasonable release, and beyond that, not releasing it in a profitable way would be a dereliction of duty by those running the estate.

Their dereliction of duty is NOT releasing any vault music. But you have some good points in there.

Shockadelica9 said:

violetcrush said:

I get what you are saying as well. Of course the publisher must release the book in order to recoup any advance given to Prince, and also to attempt to make some type of profit for themselves. They will also give major "hype" to the book regardless of how much was written by his own hand. We don't yet know - other than the first 50 pages about his genealogy/birth/childhood - what other handwritten pieces will be included.

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From the description posted earlier on this thread it seems that the majority of the book will be a Biography from where he had stopped at his childhood up through Purple Rain. I am very curious about the person or people who organized and wrote the remaining pages. I guess still lots of questions to be answered...

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From the sounds of it i think this book is going to mainly focus on his geneology

It seems that Prince's written contribution to the book before he passed will be focused on his genealogy and some or most of his childhood. The other 3 parts seem to have been put together by another person or group, and will tell the story of his time up through Purple Rain. Very curious to know how many never-before-seen Prince-penned items they actually had for the book.

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I'm guessing someone found that purple notebook??

Kares said:

darkroman said:

Does anyone know why this is being released by two different publishers and if there will be any differences between them?

Maybe it's too early to know at this stage.

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It is not being released by two different publishers. Spiegel & Grau is an imprint of Penguin Random House.

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Was. S&G closed down in January 2019.

violetcrush said:

Pre-order from the Prince store

https://store.prince.com/...tiful-ones

Kares said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

I seriously doubt it, Chris Moon was trying to sell the rights to 'Soft & Wet' which is part that album. I doubt he could do that if WBR owns the licensing of it.

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Chris Moon does not own the rights to the master recording. He owns half of the publishing rights. Those are two different things.
(Just checked the song's publishing info in Universal's database: it still lists Prince and C.Moon so it looks like Moon's share wasn't sold after all.)

.

And just to be clear: Warners does not "own" the licensing. The masters (and their licensing rights) are owned by the Estate, and they have licensed the WB-era masters back to Warners for certain time periods (mostly until 2021). Probably that's what you meant too, just wanted to make sure it's clear for others as well.

[Edited 4/23/19 14:06pm]

Kares said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

I seriously doubt it, Chris Moon was trying to sell the rights to 'Soft & Wet' which is part that album. I doubt he could do that if WBR owns the licensing of it.

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Chris Moon does not own the rights to the master recording. He owns half of the publishing rights. Those are two different things.
(Just checked the song's publishing info in Universal's database: it still lists Prince and C.Moon so it looks like Moon's share wasn't sold after all.)

.

And just to be clear: Warners does not "own" the licensing. The masters (and their licensing rights) are owned by the Estate, and they have licensed the WB-era masters back to Warners for certain time periods (mostly until 2021). Probably that's what you meant too, just wanted to make sure it's clear for others as well.

[Edited 4/23/19 14:06pm]

I NEVER said C Moon did. I also NEVER said he didn't own half of the publishing either. I SAID WBR doesn't OWN the master recordings.

Ooooooohhh! I do how it's going to look in book form:

Purplebflogirl said:

Limited income here..I want to pre order but trying to stick to my monthly budget..Can fellow Purple Army members tell me the most reasonable priced site to pre order? I see Amazon has free shipping..which is good because I don't have prime..but with tax its showing the price at $32+.

If you have a local BN you can pick up at, this would be the best deal I know of: https://www.barnesandnobl...99589652#/

Kares said:

CatB said:

According to Tyka... orange...

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With a correct colour balance there would be no orange on this photo. His jumper is red.

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why correct color balance ?

if the origianl is faded, the better is suits the current situation.

And why always photoshop everything ?

Everything in life is imperfect, and that's perfect.

Cleaned up stuff always lacks reality.

Peace though.

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banishedones666 said:

That cover has to be a fake. My 6 year old niece could have made a better cover lol. No cover listed on amazon so I believe info is real but that cover photo is trash.

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Trash ?

It's the utmost best cover ever!

It's real, it's Prince without overdone make-up or hairdo.

This cover tells a story.

A guy in search of everything, and himself.

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This cover could've been a wonderful album cover for a good compilation release or (future) box set.

Instead of these horrible (The Hits 1 & 2) cover arts.

Prince for one had a huge amount of taste leaning towards (good) kitch.

His complete package of life, music, imagery, live performances, movies and videos was wonderful, and unique though, as a whole.

Many album covers i never liked. (90's and later). They lack of iconic images and leave less traces then his first 10 album covers, imho of course.

Always peace.

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ChocolateBox3121 said:

Kares said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

IstenSzek said:

i know, but they do own the licensing until 2021, right? so it would make sense to have
warners remaster, repack, expand and reissue the albums prince recorded while he was
with them, wouldn't it?

I seriously doubt it, Chris Moon was trying to sell the rights to 'Soft & Wet' which is part that album. I doubt he could do that if WBR owns the licensing of it.

.

Chris Moon does not own the rights to the master recording. He owns half of the publishing rights. Those are two different things.
(Just checked the song's publishing info in Universal's database: it still lists Prince and C.Moon so it looks like Moon's share wasn't sold after all.)

.

And just to be clear: Warners does not "own" the licensing. The masters (and their licensing rights) are owned by the Estate, and they have licensed the WB-era masters back to Warners for certain time periods (mostly until 2021). Probably that's what you meant too, just wanted to make sure it's clear for others as well.

[Edited 4/23/19 14:06pm]

I NEVER said C Moon did. I also NEVER said he didn't own half of the publishing either. I SAID WBR doesn't OWN the master recordings.

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Both you and IstenSzek were talking about licensing and licensing is a temporary transfer of reproduction/distribution rights of a particular master recording, it has nothing to do with publishing. You brought up Chris Moon trying to sell his rights and doubted he could do that if WMG "owns" the licensing. Again: the two things are totally unrelated.

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And I didn't claim you meant that "WMG owns the licensing rights", hence adding: "Probably that's what you meant too, just wanted to make sure it's clear for others as well."
But you did bring up Chris Moon which is confusing as his ownership of half of the song's publishing does not have anything to do with someone else's ownership (or licensing) of the master recordings.
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BartVanHemelen said:

Kares said:

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It is not being released by two different publishers. Spiegel & Grau is an imprint of Penguin Random House.

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Was. S&G closed down in January 2019.

It is odd and confusing Amazon list it with two different publishers - but I'm sure this will get cleared up nearer the time of release as Amazon's database is always full of issues.

Century : https://www.amazon.co.uk/...780899173/
Spiegel & Grau : https://www.amazon.com/Be...399589651/

I ordered the one listed as Spiegel & Grau as that was merely the first one I saw.

One would think ordering a book wouldn't be complicated.

darkroman said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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Was. S&G closed down in January 2019.

It is odd and confusing Amazon list it with two different publishers - but I'm sure this will get cleared up nearer the time of release as Amazon's database is always full of issues.

Century : https://www.amazon.co.uk/...780899173/
Spiegel & Grau : https://www.amazon.com/Be...399589651/

I ordered the one listed as Spiegel & Grau as that was merely the first one I saw.

One would think ordering a book wouldn't be complicated.

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You are making it look complicated, I'm afraid. Century is a UK imprint of Penguin. Obviously they'll publish the book in the UK.

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Could that be the reason why the announcement of this book is so 'late'?

Because of the shutdown of Spiegel & Grau ?

I mean, 55 pages... that doesn't take 3 years to release. Even with a ghostwriter next to it...

Or is this an attempt that creates more time to restore and organise the unreleased music for a propper, bigger release?

Cause honestly, there isn't much happening.

PR deluxe and P&M'83 in three years time...

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Vannormal said:

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Could that be the reason why the announcement of this book is so 'late'?

Because of the shutdown of Spiegel & Grau ?

I mean, 55 pages... that doesn't take 3 years to release. Even with a ghostwriter next to it...

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Or you could, I dunno, read the list of the contents. And then try to think of where those other contents come from.

Vannormal said:

banishedones666 said:

That cover has to be a fake. My 6 year old niece could have made a better cover lol. No cover listed on amazon so I believe info is real but that cover photo is trash.

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Trash ?

It's the utmost best cover ever!

It's real, it's Prince without overdone make-up or hairdo.

This cover tells a story.

A guy in search of everything, and himself.

-

This cover could've been a wonderful album cover for a good compilation release or (future) box set.

Instead of these horrible (The Hits 1 & 2) cover arts.

Prince for one had a huge amount of taste leaning towards (good) kitch.

His complete package of life, music, imagery, live performances, movies and videos was wonderful, and unique though, as a whole.

Many album covers i never liked. (90's and later). They lack of iconic images and leave less traces then his first 10 album covers, imho of course.

Always peace.

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Yep. It's young Prince - no make-up, no reservations, no "posing" for the camera, and without any professional editing. It's Prince starting out and ready to take that big climb up to the moutain top.

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BartVanHemelen said:

Vannormal said:

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Could that be the reason why the announcement of this book is so 'late'?

Because of the shutdown of Spiegel & Grau ?

I mean, 55 pages... that doesn't take 3 years to release. Even with a ghostwriter next to it...

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Or you could, I dunno, read the list of the contents. And then try to think of where those other contents come from.

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I'm blind and I can not read, let alone think.

And thàt's because I'm a Belieber !

Leave Britney alone !

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https://www.youtube.com/w...qSTXuJeTks

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[Edited 4/24/19 6:31am]

[Off topic snip - luv4u]

Vannormal said:

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Could that be the reason why the announcement of this book is so 'late'?

Because of the shutdown of Spiegel & Grau ?

I mean, 55 pages... that doesn't take 3 years to release. Even with a ghostwriter next to it...

Or is this an attempt that creates more time to restore and organise the unreleased music for a propper, bigger release?

Cause honestly, there isn't much happening.

PR deluxe and P&M'83 in three years time...

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I saw through the Estate billing that the contract for the book had to be renegotiated. This is one of the reasons it took longer than expected to be released.

suspect it wil be very much in the vain of the P we know & love...cryptic, puzzling, WTFUCKERY! ..Neon Manifesto ramblings if you will!

Mumio said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

PURPLEIZED3121 said:

suspect it wil be very much in the vain of the P we know & love...cryptic, puzzling, WTFUCKERY! ..Neon Manifesto ramblings if you will!

Wouln't want it any other way!

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

PURPLEIZED3121 said:

suspect it wil be very much in the vain of the P we know & love...cryptic, puzzling, WTFUCKERY! ..Neon Manifesto ramblings if you will!

Wouln't want it any other way!

[Edited 4/24/19 13:05pm]

Ain't NO way he was going to blatantly give his secrets away!!