I don't think there's an actual Jamie Starr album. It seems far more likely that Prince wrote "Jamie Starr" on a tape box of protege recordings, and Charles took it at face value because he's an unqualified moron who doesn't know that Jamie Starr was Prince's producer pseudonym.

bozojones said:

I don't think there's an actual Jamie Starr album. It seems far more likely that Prince wrote "Jamie Starr" on a tape box of protege recordings, and Charles took it at face value because he's an unqualified moron who doesn't know that Jamie Starr was Prince's producer pseudonym.

Agreed.

As for which album I'd want, I'm so desperate now that I'd take anything.

something brand new never heard before

ill take parade sde or lovesexy sde

or one of the hundreds of unreleased album titles well probably never get anyways

MIRvmn1 said:

Madrid 2 Chicago

Rave 89

Camille

Piano and Microphone

New World

AS IF!

Madrid 2 Chicago

HIT'N'RUN III (if it exists)

Roadhouse Garden

New World

dont know

"Black Is The New Black" ...could sound out dated...

no "Madrid 2 Chicago" for me, yet

"Piano & A Microphone" preferably, seems more logical to me.

"Roadhouse Garden", in combination with that PR new SDE anniversary package. Why not! As a suprise release in the package. I can dream, can i?

Of course, as painfully expected, none of these are on the new 2025 RSD release list.

Remove "Camille" (we mostly already have this album, the tracks are slightly different mixes, not enough to excite me), "The Undertaker" (we have perfect bit-for-bit copies of the 1994 CD), and the Jamie Starr album (which might not exist), and pick anything from:

Black Is The New Black
Madrid 2 Chicago
Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic (1989)
New World
Piano and A Microphone (2016)
Roadhouse Garden
20Ten Deluxe

(roughly by order of preference).

Dirty Mind SDE, Parade and Lovesexy SDE's. Maybe a Batman SDE too.

This is what I want, in order of how badly I want it:

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1) Around The World In A Day SDE

2) Lovesexy SDE

3) Batman SDE

4) expanded Purple Rain SDE with EVERYTHING

5) Dirty Mind SDE

6) Parade SDE

7) Love Symbol SDE

.

...and from there, the proteges and side projects.

Honeslty I would be happy with a Deluxe version of "The Undertaker" without all the crappy video edits and perhaps a bonus set of Paisly Park 3 Piece Jams from around that time.

I would take a different approach

I personally don't care much for remastered versions of classic albums we already know very well.

I don't really care for 7" edits and all that fluff either.

I also don't really want anyone trying to complete unfinished Prince projects, yuck.

Lastly, I don't see the point of releasing things like Camille, we have all that stuff.

What I am interested in though, is:

1. well-recorded live performances and rehearsals
2. demos and unreleased studio work which is in a decent enough state for release without significant tampering

I think this is what the majority of Prince's surviving & ageing fanbase is most interested in, so I don't believe tethering vault content to album SDEs is the right strategy anymore. Perhaps that worked for major hit albums like Purple Rain, but we've all bought enough copies of Purple Rain at this point right?

Instead what I'd propose is creating a three different streams of releases:

1. Classic album remasters - with some extras (b-sides, alt versions etc)
2. The Vault Collection - collating / archiving Prince's unreleased Vault studio work chronologically
3. Prince Live Series - cherry-picked live performances + rehearsals, videos etc

Splitting into three streams means there's greater flexibility for the Estate, avoiding the boom-or-bust pressure of these huge expensive SDEs that don't always sell, and the they can tune the release cadence of each stream individually, and maybe even go digital-only or subscription only in some cases if that's more appropriate. This gives the Estate maximum optionality for monetizing the different parts of Prince's back catalogue while it still has value.

I'd also start to do more "out of band" releases for RSD each year, it can be small things but it's a nice way to sustain fan interest with minimal effort.

PS Londell / Spicer, feel free to get in touch haha

[Edited 2/7/25 23:45pm]

peedub said:

i think some of you didn't read the question.

Oh we read it. Just made our own choices instead.

MIRvmn1 said:

Madrid 2 Chicago

That.

This album is my holy grail.

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I think the 3 2009 LA shows for the Lotusflow3r release party would also make for a wonderful boxset. 3 shows, 3 bands, 3 stlists, 3 musical directions, all in one day. Lots of substance for a bragging press release

databank said:

MIRvmn1 said:

Madrid 2 Chicago

That.

This album is my holy grail.

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I share your enthusiasm, but let's beware of what we wish for

Perhaps the title track is the stand out one and the rest are leftovers from Kamasutra

.

Now, seriously, I'm also curious and it seems that could be a great unreleased album given what was going on musically at that time in Prince's world.

For You SDE

This is the nexxt disappointing release: https://recordstoreday.co...ease/18512

databank said:

Of the list offered, I'd choose Rave 89. I believe Prince was musically in an incredible place at the time.

Not on the list, but my top choice would be Parade SDE, closely followed by a series of 3121 era party-concerts at Carlos Boozer's LA home.


I wouldn't think 2016 Piano would come out before a 10th anniversary. Seems to me that's make the most sense. Make a big hoopla out of it.