what would be awesome is if people would accurately name their topics, instead of baiting for clicks.


"pimps and thangs like 2 hang outside and bait 4 clicks"

They will NEVER release "Neurotic Lover's Bedroom"

Think about it...

I don't think chronological releases make sense.

And that's also true.

leecaldon said:

I don't think chronological releases make sense.

From a fan perspective or from a fat cat sychophant wannabe business exec greed-obsessed believes-1984-can-happen-twice delusional perspective?

FJODOR said:

what would be awesome is if people would accurately name their topics, instead of baiting for clicks.


"pimps and thangs like 2 hang outside and bait 4 clicks"

click baiting maybe if you discovered Prince yesterday.

Everyone/anyone knows this title is pie-in-the-sky dreamery, the Estate wouldn't consent to a headline like this in any/every alternate reality.

I'd prefer releases from all periods at the same time. Life's too short.

I think Chronological would make sense as the older a recording is, the more chance it has of deteriorating. By releasing the early recordings first allows us to preserve it for longer... Unless of course everything is already digitized.

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ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

Wouldn’t it be awesome if The Estate released Prince’s Vault chronologically? Starting with the very first recordings from 1973 or so? Just his daily output…released as they were recorded? Everything. All demos, live recordings, rehearsal sessions, studio recordings, TV appearances, live concerts… In order. Maybe a year of output every month?? Our kids would melt it would be so amazing.. A central compendium of his output…linked to Tidal and Spotify and Apple Music…

Exactly what I think ExTAFKASoladeo1 !!
And this is what I tried to explain in my topic. I actually managed to sort all the outtakes we have by their production dates, and it makes sense.
Sorry as I didn't see your topic earlier, or I wouldn't create a new one 🙏
Prince, chronologically speaking

WhisperingDandelions said:

FJODOR said:

what would be awesome is if people would accurately name their topics, instead of baiting for clicks.


"pimps and thangs like 2 hang outside and bait 4 clicks"

click baiting maybe if you discovered Prince yesterday.

Everyone/anyone knows this title is pie-in-the-sky dreamery, the Estate wouldn't consent to a headline like this in any/every alternate reality.

The fuck does an org thread title have to do with the estate?!

Tchisaii said:

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

Wouldn’t it be awesome if The Estate released Prince’s Vault chronologically? Starting with the very first recordings from 1973 or so? Just his daily output…released as they were recorded? Everything. All demos, live recordings, rehearsal sessions, studio recordings, TV appearances, live concerts… In order. Maybe a year of output every month?? Our kids would melt it would be so amazing.. A central compendium of his output…linked to Tidal and Spotify and Apple Music…

Exactly what I think ExTAFKASoladeo1 !!
And this is what I tried to explain in my topic. I actually managed to sort all the outtakes we have by their production dates, and it makes sense.
Sorry as I didn't see your topic earlier, or I wouldn't create a new one 🙏
Prince, chronologically speaking

I don't think it's a suitable idea for Prince's output. It might work for certain periods for amazement reasons (see Tudahl books), but it's also noticeable that Prince went back and forth many times revisiting ideas and stuff until reaching perfection (or, at least, his ultimate vision of whatever that was).

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Also, this was precisely the concept they used for D&P SDE, and I guess most of all agree the Vault discs lack any kind of flow or cohesiveness (let alone comprehensiveness).

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I can see the charm of the chronological order for live recordings - With a more or less complete set of a tour you can trace the change of moods: from warming up on the first dates to its peak as the tour progresses; changes on the arrangements, evolution of the set lists...

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But to apply this concept on Prince's output as a whole doesn't make much sense to me, personally. I'd much rather it to be curated with any well-thought criteria, as debatable as that can be.