surprised no one has brought this up .

I hope the vault is safe in L.A.

"

Don't give Londell any ideas.

They're safely at Iron Mountain. No need to worry.

nosajd said:

I keep hearing the last little tidbit from Baltimore in my head: We have to interrupt the regular scheduled programming to bring you up to date on a developing situation in Los Angeles

WOW.

BSonmor said:

They're safely at Iron Mountain. No need to worry.

Iron Mountain is not completely immune to fires.

surprised no one has brought this up .

Does anyone know for sure which Iron Mountain location holds the Prince vault? Isn't it in that Pennsylvania mine?

Kares said:

Does anyone know for sure which Iron Mountain location holds the Prince vault? Isn't it in that Pennsylvania mine?

It is safely stored away in a secret underground location on a remote Caribean island controlled by evil Dr. No - no need to worry

I'm more worried about the PEOPLE faced with losing their lives in the wild fires.

ghostof82 said:

Let it burn, we'll never see it released anyway. At least the Estate would have a reasonable ("it's all toast!") excuse for all the non-releases.

honestly I agree, if it did burn I wouldn't really care. Last few years have been nothing but disappointment. By now we could have had a large collection of material.

guitarman81 said:

TheTruth123 said:

BSonmor said:

They're safely at Iron Mountain. No need to worry.

Iron Mountain is not completely immune to fires.

Iron Mountain's music storage facilities are designed to be safe from fire. They have advanced fire protection systems, alarms, and 24/7 security monitoring.

For those of you who say let it burn... seriously, what the hell is the matter with you? Petulant children. D&P box was amazing, patiently waiting for the next release.

BSonmor said:

I care for people, their lives and homes, and we all should.

The rich or poor... doens't matter.

Jeez!

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Fuck Prince's tapes.

Even if all of 'm get lost in a fire.

Bash me.

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By the way, lots of it is already in the hands of the elite.

It will find a way to our ears, somehow.

RODSERLING said:

They should release that Prince vault in order to raise money to pay for the victimes of the fire. That would make for great publicity- but that wouldn't raise that much money.

You're contradicting yourself : You're saying they should release the vault to raise money and then you're adding "but that wouldn't raise that much money". Make it make sense lol.

purplethunder3121 said:

I'm more worried about the PEOPLE faced with losing their lives in the wild fires.

well yeah... that seems to go unsaid. you are correct, songs and art and landmarks and stuff falls under lost of life.

Arnold Schoenberg: Compos...n LA fires

Luckily Prince's r ecodings are in Iron Mountain (or did Sharon have them moved back to paisley Park?)
I do care about some people but honestky I find tghis kind of material more important for historical purposes than some people I don't know or there homes

RODSERLING said:

They should release that Prince vault in order to raise money to pay for the victimes of the fire. That would make for great publicity- but that wouldn't raise that much money.

Dumb plan and the money earnd from vault releases should go right into financing Prince's legacy and preserving the history. Let the insurance companies do there jobs or have some of those millionair actors out there donate something to helpo there peers and neighbours

paisleyparkgirl said:

Vannormal said:

By the way, lots of it is already in the hands of the elite.

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I do believe whatever we (or anyone other than the Paisley archivists) already have or heard, is only the smaller portion of the entire vault.

The "elite" always likes to frame it like they've had the entire contents of the Vault since 1997, but I feel like each SDE has unearthed a certain # of tracks they were unawares of. Given we've had like, what, two 1/2 SDEs (one was basically glorified 'Original 2', D&P SDE with the truplicate show using up 3 discs), wouldn't it therefore be reasonable to assume each project (i.e. not just the main 40 records but like the 3 Time albums, 3 Sheila albums, etc) has a certain # of tracks the "elite" are unawares of?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I am more worried about Sunset Sound.

Not near the fires. It's fine.

First of all: I find it incomprehensible when Prince fans say they wouldn't care if Prince's archive/vault was destroyed. Sorry if I sound a bit aggressive, but this is actually insane. We're talking about an irreplaceable treasure trove of musical history here. While "elite collectors" have copies of some of this material, they're far from having everything.

Many wealthy people lost their homes. I don't understand the schadenfreude going on on some forums/social networks. Yes, they have insurances or the means to rebuild. But they likely also lost valuable items like rare paintings and irreplaceable artifacts.

Yes, human lives are important, but cultural artifacts are also critically important. Bash me all you want: I'm a humanist, but I'd gladly sacrifice the lives of a few strangers to save Prince's vault. And I suspect many others would make the same choice. Am I a monster? Maybe I am. But I don't think so.

olb99 said:

First of all: I find it incomprehensible when Prince fans say they wouldn't care if Prince's archive/vault was destroyed. Sorry if I sound a bit aggressive, but this is actually insane. We're talking about an irreplaceable treasure trove of musical history here. While "elite collectors" have copies of some of this material, they're far from having everything.

Many wealthy people lost their homes. I don't understand the schadenfreude going on on some forums/social networks. Yes, they have insurances or the means to rebuild. But they likely also lost valuable items like rare paintings and irreplaceable artifacts.

Yes, human lives are important, but cultural artifacts are also critically important. Bash me all you want: I'm a humanist, but I'd gladly sacrifice the lives of a few strangers to save Prince's vault. And I suspect many others would make the same choice. Am I a monster? Maybe I am. But I don't think so.

You're not.

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It's like mixing up apples and oranges. We don't have to choose. I'm sure (or hope) any living creature feels sorry for the devastated lifes of those affected. And if anything happened to Prince's archive it would be like burning down the Louvre museum or any other significant cultural space with hundreds or thousands of work of art. Both things are tragedies.

olb99 said:

First of all: I find it incomprehensible when Prince fans say they wouldn't care if Prince's archive/vault was destroyed. Sorry if I sound a bit aggressive, but this is actually insane. We're talking about an irreplaceable treasure trove of musical history here. While "elite collectors" have copies of some of this material, they're far from having everything.

Many wealthy people lost their homes. I don't understand the schadenfreude going on on some forums/social networks. Yes, they have insurances or the means to rebuild. But they likely also lost valuable items like rare paintings and irreplaceable artifacts.

Yes, human lives are important, but cultural artifacts are also critically important. Bash me all you want: I'm a humanist, but I'd gladly sacrifice the lives of a few strangers to save Prince's vault. And I suspect many others would make the same choice. Am I a monster? Maybe I am. But I don't think so.

Also, imagine losing your home overnight. Your home is your safe place, your sanctuary, where you raise your kids, where you go to sleep after a long day. Whether you're rich or poor, losing it in a sudden fire is traumatic. We're not talking about someone's beach home here.