2 years of nothing and they are sitting on thousands of unreleased songs and albums ...

has anyone heard anything from the estate?

are they waiting for Prince to barely be a memory like Elvis?

I dont know a lot about marketing albums, but one thing seems pretty obvious ... we are ready to buy anything new, and the iron is hot right now ... so they should strike while the irons hot

i just dont get it..

They said they have albums for the next hundred years if they released one album a year ... and still there's plenty more songs in the vault besides that ...

i just dont get it...

To say this is mismanaged would be an understatement - Also, Prince fans are just getting older and older - I consider myself to be a late starter as a Prince fan - Was 16 when it really happened - I'm 50 now - We'll all be dying off. or getting too old to care in the next few decades

The overwhelming majority of the money is to be made by the fans who were alive when Prince was - Give me a goddamn new album a month - I'm old enough to pay for it.

To drip feed the music would be a stupid attitude - Our numbers will dwindle, and there's no chance of a Prince fan resurgence.

Anyway, I'm just shouting in the wind, and/or preaching to the converted

Sigh

I don't think the dry spell has been because of mismanagement or a lack of a desire to release content. It's been the result of the legal issues around the estate wrapping up and the new regime of the heirs and Primary Wave taking over, which only happened back in August. I imagine it takes a while to figure out and execute the new direction but one would think that we'll start to see a flow of music in 2023.

mclihah2 said:

To say this is mismanaged would be an understatement - Also, Prince fans are just getting older and older - I consider myself to be a late starter as a Prince fan - Was 16 when it really happened - I'm 50 now - We'll all be dying off. or getting too old to care in the next few decades

The overwhelming majority of the money is to be made by the fans who were alive when Prince was - Give me a goddamn new album a month - I'm old enough to pay for it.

To drip feed the music would be a stupid attitude - Our numbers will dwindle, and there's no chance of a Prince fan resurgence.

Anyway, I'm just shouting in the wind, and/or preaching to the converted

Sigh

Co-sign

mclihah2 said:

To say this is mismanaged would be an understatement - Also, Prince fans are just getting older and older - I consider myself to be a late starter as a Prince fan - Was 16 when it really happened - I'm 50 now - We'll all be dying off. or getting too old to care in the next few decades

The overwhelming majority of the money is to be made by the fans who were alive when Prince was - Give me a goddamn new album a month - I'm old enough to pay for it.

To drip feed the music would be a stupid attitude - Our numbers will dwindle, and there's no chance of a Prince fan resurgence.

Anyway, I'm just shouting in the wind, and/or preaching to the converted

Sigh

I also think that they need to find something to cater to the Gen Z generation to keep his legacy alive.

The youngins seem to love him, he was recently featured on some tik tok challenge (Cuff it). The estate should look into that as well.

paisleyparkgirl said:

lurker316 said:

Steelclawz said:

has anyone heard anything from the estate?

If anyone heard something, it'd be here en masse.

TrivialPursuit said:

LoveGalore said:

TrivialPursuit said:

If anyone heard something, it'd be here en masse.

Acting like we out here keeping secrets. Look how thirsty the org is!

Right? AND as if someone on here has some inside track. And if they do, they're probably precluded from ever saying anything about it until it actually happens anyway, lest they burn that bridge of confidence. So for someone to "hear anything from the estate" is sort of a moot point anyway.

When they want folks to know, we'll know. Periodt!

lust said:

mclihah2 said:

To say this is mismanaged would be an understatement - Also, Prince fans are just getting older and older - I consider myself to be a late starter as a Prince fan - Was 16 when it really happened - I'm 50 now - We'll all be dying off. or getting too old to care in the next few decades

The overwhelming majority of the money is to be made by the fans who were alive when Prince was - Give me a goddamn new album a month - I'm old enough to pay for it.

To drip feed the music would be a stupid attitude - Our numbers will dwindle, and there's no chance of a Prince fan resurgence.

Anyway, I'm just shouting in the wind, and/or preaching to the converted

Sigh

I couldn't have said it better myself.Release the music now while we are still around to purchase and enjoy it!

The real problem here isn't the estate.

It's the fans.

Prince fans - because Prince is probably the most bootlegged artist in history - are spoiled. They are so used to a leak spreading like wildfire, especially in the digital age, that to not have something in their greedy paws every six months is just an assault on their senses.

Well, get over it. Of course I want something new, too. The top thing on my list? Parade Special Deluxe Edition. Will I get it in 2023? Maybe. Maybe not. Is me going on the Org or elsewhere with a dumb faced expression, pouting out "I just don't get it" change it? Nope.

You, we, don't need to get it. We aren't running the estate. And just because they aren't doing what we wish they wouldn't doesn't mean they're doing it wrong. No one here has run a dead rock star's estate, remastered their music, and developed a business plan that will keep the estate monetized and liquid.

So, maybe just settle down. When it happens, it happens. Leave it to the folks who are already ten steps ahead of you.

TrivialPursuit said:

The real problem here isn't the estate.

It's the fans.

Prince fans - because Prince is probably the most bootlegged artist in history - are spoiled. They are so used to a leak spreading like wildfire, especially in the digital age, that to not have something in their greedy paws every six months is just an assault on their senses.

Well, get over it. Of course I want something new, too. The top thing on my list? Parade Special Deluxe Edition. Will I get it in 2023? Maybe. Maybe not. Is me going on the Org or elsewhere with a dumb faced expression, pouting out "I just don't get it" change it? Nope.

You, we, don't need to get it. We aren't running the estate. And just because they aren't doing what we wish they wouldn't doesn't mean they're doing it wrong. No one here has run a dead rock star's estate, remastered their music, and developed a business plan that will keep the estate monetized and liquid.

So, maybe just settle down. When it happens, it happens. Leave it to the folks who are already ten steps ahead of you.

I couldn't disagree more.

All the fans (at least the resasonable ones) expect is one SDE edition per year. Do you really think that's "spoiled"??? One friggin' album per year is neither unrealistic or greedy.

And do you really think the people running the Estate, just because of the position they're in, automatically know what they're doing? We fans should simply assume they know what's best? Most of them have never managed a rock star's estate either, so they have no more experience than us fans.

Yes, they are being advised by proper business people from within the industry, and now Primary Wave is involved. But a.) that doesn't mean the Estate is listening to them. And b.) those advisers and Primary Wave are not infallible. Experienced business people in positions of power make bad choices and screw things up all the time. Contrary to what you're suggesting, they're not above question or critique.

lurker316 said:

I'm afraid it's going to take awhile. I've heard Sharon has taken to remastering the entire catalog herself, to make sure we get "that good sound."

dodger07 said:

I’m expecting an announcement from Sharon N and OMG Productions for a John L Nelson piano album in the new year

lurker316 said:

johnpiex said:

I should add - I believe SOTT SDE was such a huge and anticipated release, that a full year - at least - for it to absorb feels like a reaosnable approach.

And yes, sometimes fans expecting one SDE per year is being spoiled... to an extent. Of course to me it sounds reasonable, but the money put into these things front to back is a lot, and fans aren't the only ones buying them either. So - again that's a spoiled fan talking. It's what we expect, but the general public doesn't, and the estate is selling records to everyone.

TrivialPursuit said:

love2thenines2003 said:

I expect disappointment around the corner with the new Estate!

Then that's exactly what you'll receive.

TrivialPursuit said:

love2thenines2003 said:

I expect disappointment around the corner with the new Estate!

Then that's exactly what you'll receive.

Yes like a lot of us ....i don't live in a parallel world !!

love2thenines2003 said:

Well, I'm still very happy with the vinyl copy of The Gold Experience I got this year...

LoveGalore said:

love2thenines2003 said:

With the new Estate IMO there will not be another SDE like SOTT ...the new projets (reissues) will be far from our expectations and desires... I expect disappointment around the corner with the new Estate!

People will be begging for Howe back.