databank said:

At least a few medias are reproting the fans' frustrations... at long last!

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Isn't it beyond sad that this 10th anniversary is overshadowed by this nonsense? And fans predicted this when Londell came to be in charge! Great job they're doing with Prince's legacy.

Some short interview clips with Londell in this video: https://www.youtube.com/w...z9T7ql-8SE

themanfromneptune said:

bizzie said:

ElGorillos said:

«McMillan, who has become the face and de facto spokesman for all things Prince these days, acknowledged, “there is a role that we can play better in communicating and embracing fan input.”»

And yet, he still does not get it... <facepalm>

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The video linked above says how the Q&A started with Lonnie talking at the people present for a long time at the start, and listing their accomplishments (I hope someone challenged him to list all 50 he was boasting about on Twitter). And the rest of it seems to have been him whining how hard is job is while accidentally revealing that the estate is incompetent.

Exactly!

He's counting releases from the previous Estate management as his own accomplishments.

He also did this at last years Vault panel and during some recent interviews.

And the irony: asking for fan input and then putting an NDA on it?
That is the opposite of transparency.

SoulAlive said:

themanfromneptune said:

"There are plans for a deluxe edition 40^th anniversary release of the celebrated Prince & the Revolution cult favorite Parade soundtrack from the 1986 film Under The Cherry Moon, set for next year"

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Uh, next year?

Yeah,apparently it takes them YEARS to compile a bunch of songs that have already been recorded decades ago,lol

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Ah but you see, it has to be presented at the perfect moment.

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These clowns didn't have a release ready for when the vault was free, and seemingly best we can get this year is a bunch of singles that will get compiled into an album (buy the same shit twice, kids!), so max a dozen unreleased tracks. And perhaps some deluxe releases (i.e. no new music).

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But they're too busy with their "real jobs", and managing the estate (a job they chose to do, against the wishes of fans who knew these clowns would bungle it) is just too much effort. But I bet they can manage to cash their paycheck each month.

As infuriating as it is to have to deal with these idiots, it's kind of nice that our mutual contempt for Spicer and McMillan is like the ONE thing that has ever united the Org.

(Which says a lot about their total ineptitude.)

bizzie said:

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These clowns didn't have a release ready for when the vault was free, and seemingly best we can get this year is a bunch of singles that will get compiled into an album (buy the same shit twice, kids!), so max a dozen unreleased tracks.

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TBH I wouldn't spit on the only decent project that might actually see the light of day. I'd rather have a series of Vaults than some expensive SDE where I only care about the vault songs.

themanfromneptune said:

happyshopper said:

andrewcherry said:

happyshopper said:

They don’t have an archivist at the moment. They fired 2 and haven’t employed another. They have lists of tracks to include probably, from Duane and Michael, but someone’s got to find it all and get it all remastered. Good luck! 😫

speaking of duane - does anyone know what’s happened to him? his book was almost finished a while ago

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No it wasn't. It takes a long time to write such books, and especially since the years he is now writing about have less documented studio work (no studio records from PP,...). First book was published in 2017, second in 2021, so he isn't taking that much longer.

andrewcherry said:

happyshopper said:

They don’t have an archivist at the moment. They fired 2 and haven’t employed another. They have lists of tracks to include probably, from Duane and Michael, but someone’s got to find it all and get it all remastered. Good luck! 😫

speaking of duane - does anyone know what’s happened to him? his book was almost finished a while ago but i haven’t seen any updates in a very long time. i wondered if his estate dismissal complicated the publication process in some way.

My understanding is that he's still at it. Be patient

bizzie said:

bizzie said:

FrankieCoco1 said:

dustoff said: