Wait, so the HCYDCMA on this album is supposedly from Prince's final tour? If that is true, how come Londell said mere weeks ago that they're taking their time to release a recording from that final tour to make it juuuuust right... and now they've placed this random live recording on this compilation of random studio tracks? How the fuck do those two things line up?

themanfromneptune said:

...they deleted Stone from youtube? "Video unavailable This video is not available"

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Clowns.

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I so hope they get torn to bits at the panel on Friday (but I don't expect so) and they get so sick of it that they quit (yeah right, as if they're gonna say bye-bye to this lucrative side hustle).

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Can someone do me a favor and ask Lonnie how Prince came up with the idea for the song "1999"?

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I wish I was a millionaire so I could have an acctress follow them around whenever they appear in public during the celebration, with her dressed as the nun from GoT and ringing a bell and yelling "Shame" every 30 seconds.

Teh only way to take this rwelease seriously is if it is a sampler like the Emancipation one from 96 or Rave from 99 and TRC from 2001 for a full multi disc boxset filled to at least 74 minutes per disc and without single edits or whatever that edit of Heaven is supposed to be.

fredmagnus said:

In this meeting Londell had with a few fans just after the release of With This Tear, he said the previous team released too much music so there you go. 10 tracks (one of them being a live track) just to fit that on one shitty Vinyl.

Imagine someone having the balls to make such a utterly stupid comment like this in front of fans and expect them to agree with him

I miss so much the previous guys in charge : Troy Carter, Michael Howe, Duane Tudhal, Trevor Guy... They made mistakes but they were all commited to the hard task of honoring Prince legacy and they were all dedicating to serving his music.

After Bolas' mistakes/experiments on Originals, they listened to us and tried to release the original mixes when available and as time went by they tried to offer bigger SDEs so we can hear more music, etc...

Honestly, I miss the time they were in charge, it was so much more exciting to be a Prince fan than it is now.

I agree with U, I must say that many people complained very loudly when those guys were handling things too. So now maybe the thought may be that Prince fans will complain about releases no matter what. Which may be kind of true. We complained complained when the guy was alive and we still are. So maybe as the estate moves forward they may feel like we'll get the same old dissatisfied fans either way. Eventually there will be no more releases is what I believe. I also believe that a baby monkey could do a better job with Prince's musical legacy than this latest group.

psyche2 said:

lustmealways said:

Horrendous

truly is. a damned shame.

Just popping in to say that vinyl records are nice, and that CDs are not necessarily the end-all music format. If they wanted to add more songs they could have easily made it a double LP, as they did with Originals.

That said, I'd appreciate if the estate took more care in ensuring that their pressings weren't sub-par.

NICKthebrick said:

NICKthebrick said:

rockford said:

NICKthebrick said:

Such a strange release. Why only 10 songs. I'm guessing the live song is from piano and a mic. Heaven is a shorter version. Still the main song on the set for me. It appears to run in chronological order [Edited 6/4/26 5:34am] [Edited 6/4/26 5:41am]

It’s only 10 songs due to resurgence in popularity of vinyl. You can only fit about 23 minutes per side and the manufacturing costs double when it becomes a double vinyl. It’s a money thing. [Edited 6/4/26 14:24pm]

Indeed, that's obviously the reason why but they could easily have an expanded tracklist for the CD release and a shorter one for the vinyl release.

Other estates do that so i guess that's possible and this way we would not get ridiculously short tracklists.

We keep asking for a perfect porterhouse, but now they serve up a microwaved meatloaf!
(sorry, today is father's day and i was on the grill )

I think it's really important we keep up the constant negativity online. I've heard it bothers Londell. Do everything you can to make him as broke and uncomfortable as possible.

bizzie said:

lustmealways said:

I think it's really important we keep up the constant negativity online. I've heard it bothers Londell. Do everything you can to make him as broke and uncomfortable as possible.

yeah!
tell him he's a fat turkey who needs a nosejob and botox lips!!!

FrankieCoco1 said:

What sort of information behind the tracks are expected to be included in the package? Lyrics, personnel, recording dates, history behind songs? Or just some random photos. I’m not going to rush and pre-order this one, it’s about 15 quid on CD but £9 on iTunes; hi-res version on qobuz is also about £15 to preorder the download. [Edited 6/4/26 15:33pm]

I suspect the only credits included will say something like

Londell McMillions: Executive Producer, Estate Archivist, Prince Legacy Manager, God Emperor
Prince: Guitars and Vocals

lustmealways said:

lust said:

https://superdeluxeeditio...-timeless/

...all the comments here are also pretty harsh.
"Stone" is still up on YT, BTW.

You know they did this shit to intentionally underwhelm the fans so that when everyone inevitably complains, they can say "see? you ungrateful fans are never happy with anything, so we're not gonna try releasing anything else!"

SoulAlive said:

The only positive aspect of this release is the cover art.
i mean, it's super cheeky

This seems to be from a press release:

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Fans will get their first opportunity to experience Timeless during Prince Celebration 2026, taking place June 3–7, 2026 across Paisley Park and downtown Minneapolis. Serving as the official launch platform for the project, this year's Celebration will feature exclusive listening sessions, archival presentations, and conversations with Prince collaborators, offering unprecedented insight into the newly unveiled Vault recordings and the stories behind them.

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Source: https://x.com/funkatopia/...6152481182

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So am I crazy or does that sound like the listening session of unreleased music will be the new album?

nayroo2002 said:

"Stone" is still up on YT, BTW.

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No, they undid whatever they did wrong. It was offline for a significant time.

bizzie said:

This seems to be from a press release:

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Fans will get their first opportunity to experience Timeless during Prince Celebration 2026, taking place June 3–7, 2026 across Paisley Park and downtown Minneapolis. Serving as the official launch platform for the project, this year's Celebration will feature exclusive listening sessions, archival presentations, and conversations with Prince collaborators, offering unprecedented insight into the newly unveiled Vault recordings and the stories behind them.

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Source: https://x.com/funkatopia/...6152481182

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So am I crazy or does that sound like the listening session of unreleased music will be the new album?

I kind of hope that's true so that the people dumb enough to pay $1400 for this shit might finally feel ripped off for once

bozojones said:

bizzie said:

This seems to be from a press release:

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Source: https://x.com/funkatopia/...6152481182

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So am I crazy or does that sound like the listening session of unreleased music will be the new album?

I kind of hope that's true so that the people dumb enough to pay $1400 for this shit might finally feel ripped off for once

lmao had the same thought. fuck em to hell, sheep.

JorisE73 said:

ShellyMcG said:

On the one hand, it's nice to have a new Prince album to look forward to. But on the other hand, it's only 9 songs (I don't count the live version of a song that's already available). And of those 9 songs, I've already heard a few of them and I don't like them. So yeah, it's a bit of a disappointing announcement but it's better than nothing. And like I said in another thread, hopefully this will be the start of a more regular cadence of releases so we won't have to wait another 3 or 4 years for more music.

Of all the routes they could take (Bruce Springsteen, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan or any othgwer artist who make good to great archival releases) the choose the '90s bootleg route
40 minutes on a CD because there focus is on the shitty low quality vinyl medium is also embarassing.
Prince's 10th year of being gone and all they can come up with a is 40 minutes of music in the same format as an average 90s bootleg.

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I prefer this one from the 90's

NICKthebrick said:

Why on earth put a live version of a song we've all heard thousands of times on this release.

Because Llondel said it was more than 8 songs (meaning 9). It was probably then pointed out that they'd be accused of doing the bare minimum. So they slapped a live song on the end. 10. The bare minimum +2

Why in the name of Greek buggery would you (during an interview) openly muse about how it could possibly be a double album when he must have known at the time (since he must have had test pressings) that it was going to be a lean single album.

For all the grandstanding about how "It has to be done right" this looks rushed. The cover looks rubbish. It doesn't seem like there's any theme or cohesion, it's just 9 random songs + a live track (what fans have said from the beginning they don't want).

I'm going to assume (fully expecting to be dissapointed here too) that the previously released titles are alternate versions on here. Hopefully there will be some kind of update to the tracklist to give clarity as to which versions.

IMO this should be taken behind the nearest barn and shot. Replace it with a blues compilation album. At least there would be some merrit to that

This Estate will never get another dime from me.