Prince & Tidal sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G

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Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

My last Prince thread fell into the archive.

So far Tidal has his new album, that acoustic video he teased on the Yahoo webcast for Art Official Age, a Purple Pick Of The Week featuring "New tracks, exclusives, and rarities from the Vault curated personally by Prince" and a number of rare out-of-print NPG Music Club albums like C-Note, Xpectation, The Slaughterhouse, The Chocolate Invasion and One Nite Alone.

(current missing albums are: Lovesexy, The Black Album, The Gold Experience, Chaos & Disorder, Crystal Ball, ~~The Truth~~, Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, The Rainbow Children, One Nite Alone...Live!, Indigo Nights, ~~N.E.W.S~~ and 20Ten)

I give it a month before he's bored of it and this thread is in the archive. But still I'm excited to see if anything unreleased pops up. Or if he's just going to recycle stuff from the old NPG Ahdio Show.

ps. the deluxe version of purple rain is never coming out. same with hit n run vol 2. and 20ten deluxe. and everything else on this list http://www.princevault.com/index.php/Albums:_Unreleased

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Sep 8, 2015

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 16:20

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

alfred... posted:

i mean... maybe prince reads sa and hell leave a little treat for the good goonds this year under the christmas tree

i guess you're right. sorry prince. thanks for adding the truth and the war npg single to tidal.

on a related note

SgtScruffy posted:

Thread Discussion Topic: "Gold" is one of his best songs

welcome 2 the dawn says ffffffffffffuck you

# ¿ Sep 8, 2015 01:16

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

N.E.W.S was added today.

I finally signed up for a trial of Tidal today and I've been enjoying myself. Didn't have the highest hopes for HITNRUN Vol 1 since I already heard most of the tracks but Like A Mack was worth the price of admission and FALLINLOVE2NITE is about a million times better without Zooey Deschanel's bland vocals all over it.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2015 23:21

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

The Purple Pick Of The Week isn't even a Prince song so lol. I'm glad he dashed my hopes early.

Stones by The Golden Hippie

SgtScruffy posted:

Does Welcome 2 the Dawn officially declare you as a member of the New Power Generation when it's done? Sorry I can't hear what you're saying I'm too busy hangin out with my crew - the New Power Generation.

There ain't even any spelling in that song. I need some spelling to take me to that next level of enjoyment.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2015 22:04

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Free Urself (the song, not the rumored album) is up on Tidal. It's fantastic. Quirky classic sounding Prince.

I hope there's an Xtended version in the vault somewhere.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2015 04:48

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

An early configuration of Diamonds And Pearls leaked out and it's awesome.

quote:

November 27, 1990 configuration

1. Something Funky (This House Comes)
2. Daddy Pop (alternate version)
3. Walk Don't Walk (alternate version)
4. Diamonds And Pearls (alternate version without Rosie Gaines)
5. Schoolyard
6. Strollin'
7. Interlude (Joyful Sound)
8. Willing And Able (drum solo intro, Prince background vocals without Tony M.)
9. Insatiable (longer version with extra lyrics)
10. Money Don't Matter 2 Night (alternate mix)
11. Horny Pony (alternate version)
12. Live 4 Love (alternate version)

that's all

(actually, how the hell did that demo version of horny pony morph into the (equally) awesome thing we got)

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Oct 29, 2015

# ¿ Oct 29, 2015 05:07

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Wow, Prince actually followed through on something (which is mostly old songs but still)

BALTIMORE
ROCKNROLL LOVEAFFAIR
2 Y. 2 D.
LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT U
STARE
XTRALOVEABLE
GROOVY POTENTIAL
WHEN SHE COMES
SCREWDRIVER
BLACK MUSE
REVELATION
BIG CITY

http://tidal.com/us/store/album/50767183

also

quote:

FROM THE @Prince3EG & #3RDEYEGIRL LIVE IN PARIS DVD: CRAZY 2 COOL is coming 2 @TIDALHiFi Fri 8pmET 4 24hrs only!!!

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Dec 13, 2015

# ¿ Dec 13, 2015 00:53

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Creature posted:

On first listen, "ROCKNROLL LOVEAFFAIR" is a re-recorded version of the single from a few years back. At least the horns are slightly different.

Screwdriver's also a new version. New intro. Less harsh guitars. New vocal dubs.

(And am I crazy or is Baltimore a new mashup of the original version and the strings version he released on Tidal? Or a new drum track on top of what was already there?)

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Dec 13, 2015

# ¿ Dec 13, 2015 01:28

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Ha. Prince did an interview with Ebony and tried to claim afterwards that it was all off the record.

quote:

Prince asked me to keep some secrets. I may still have a few, truth be told. This past summer, a call went out to a few music journalists to visit the purple rock, Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis. Joshua Welton, 25, had a few words to share about producing his first Prince project, Hit N Run. The operative word being �few.� After 10 minutes of talk, Prince himself entered Studio A and took over the conversation for two enlightening hours, discussing everything from Jay Z�s Tidal streaming service to the origins behind �Purple Rain� and �The Beautiful Ones,� and the reformation of The Time. Bob Seger, Esperanza Spalding, Kendrick Lamar and beyond.

Our couple of hours raced by faster than the accelerated voice of Camille. Then Prince disappeared, pulling up later in front of Paisley Park in a Cadillac sports car to play his already finished, secret follow-up to Hit N Run. On December 12, Hit N Run: Phase Two arrived on Tidal for streaming and digital download. So now you know. The following is a feverish transcription of more of our August convo from the summertime, previously unpublished. There may be more; Prince is full of secrets.

EBONY: Do you ever see yourself writing a memoir?

Prince: You ever heard of checking your list to see who�s naughty and who�s nice? I just let people talk. I was talking to somebody about �The Beautiful Ones.� They were speculating as to who I was singing about. But they were completely wrong.

If they look at it, it�s very obvious. �Do you want him or do you want me,� that was written for that scene in Purple Rain specifically. Where Morris [Day] would be sitting with [Apollonia], and there�d be this back and forth. And also, �The beautiful ones you always seem to lose,� Vanity had just quit the movie. To then speculate, �Well, he wrote that song about me�? Afterwards you go, �Who are you? Why do you think that you�re part of the script that way? And why would you go around saying stuff like that?�

So we just let people talk and say whatever they want to say. Nine times out of 10, trust me, what�s out there now, I wouldn�t give nary one of these folks the time of day. That�s why I don�t say anything back, because there�s so much that�s wrong.

EBONY: But you could set the record straight.

Prince: There�s too much! They get down to, �See, what he was thinking at that specific time was� His mindset at the time�� They psychoanalyze you.

There was one engineer who said that their sole purpose in life was to get the stuff out of the vault, and get it copied so it wasn�t lost to the world. I�m trying to figure out if that�s illegal. Should I fear for my safety that you might need some medical attention? You want to come up in my vault and you feel like that belongs to you and that�s your purpose? You better find something to do. That�s scary.

EBONY: You�ve never had a producer. What made you choose Joshua Welton for Hit N Run: Phase One?

Prince: His faith in God really struck a nerve. And you know how you can just feel that something�s gonna work and it feels right, it�s a good fit? I knew the band was going to work, I knew the relationship with him was gonna work. I check people out now to see how faith-based they are and how real they are about it. That goes a long way, I gotta tell you. Because I can trust them. I can give him the key and don�t have to worry.

EBONY: A lot of initial media reports wanted to count out Tidal.

Prince: With a million-plus subscribers. Spotify has 10. So if you imagine a million people in front of you? That�s a lot of people. So you gotta talk to them, and you getting ready to drop something, and all of �em are gonna get it. What do you wanna say? How are you gonna move all of �em? Oh, now it gets interesting. It�s always going to be the peanut gallery and that�s all right.

My thing is this. The catalog has to be protected. And some of our fans were actually disingenuous. Taking the time to get their playlists together, and yeah, it�s gone. Now you got to actually go subscribe to get the music that you lost on Spotify. Spotify wasn�t paying, so you gotta shut it down.

EBONY: I talked to people about switching from Spotify to Tidal who didn�t want to recreate their playlists all over again.

Prince: That�s the line in the sand. That is exactly what I�m talking about. When you make issue of those things, that is exactly what ownership means. It doesn�t mean that you just get pimped by somebody. And none of our kids should be subject to this.

You can�t give away Google. You can�t give away the country. Nobody can just come up and just start selling the Statue of Liberty, stuff like that. So the Prince catalog now�and again, I don�t want to sound like a megalomaniac�but I have to manage it, that�s Americana now. You gave the Beatles $400 million and then tried to squash the news? That�s why Apple held out. I had more albums than they did.

EBONY: Did you hear the last album by The Time, Condensate?

Prince: No. You know, it was Morris playing drums and me on the bass. That�s how we would make the basic track. Naked. Just like that, and nobody would know. And then when you put the keys on it and the guitar, then that�s what The Time was. And it was perfect. Going through it now, I can hear all that stuff. Like �The Walk.� I hadn�t heard �The Walk� in ages. It�s like you can�t believe that you did it. I don�t even know how it�s possible. I don�t. I do but I don�t. That can never be duplicated again. It was a time period. His son [Derran Day] sings now, and look just like he did. So it should be like Steph and Dell Curry. Let�s do this. The Time can still be alive, he just needs to do it. I�m gonna see him in a minute anyway to work together. Musicians I�m cool with. But other folks standing around talking about they gon� take out the vault? Boy�

EBONY: Will you be remastering the catalog?

Prince: Hopefully, yeah. A new Greatest Hits. Because I never had anything to do with [The Hits/The B-Sides]. But put great liner notes in it to explain what record came from what and why. Explain the backstory of it. Somebody said �Purple Rain� was inspired by Bob Seger! I said, call him in. �Sit down, man. Y�all got to have everything, huh? Bob Seger?! You gon� put that in the ether? OK.� [laughter]

EBONY: Let�s talk about horns in your music. The lore is that you went to a Bruce Springsteen concert and saw how much Clarence Clemons brought to winning his crowds over. And then you incorporated horns into your live shows afterwards, with Eric Leeds on the Purple Rain Tour.

Prince: How do you get �Hot Thing� from �Born in the USA�? �Cause that�s where Eric shines, on �Hot Thing.� But how do you get Madhouse from �Dancing in the Dark�? I have a lot of respect for Bruce and everything he�s done. He�s one of my favorite bandleaders of all time. But he wouldn�t even say that.

But seriously, here�s the thing. There�s half of me that understands that. Because I don�t talk about it, they have to fill in the gaps because there�s nothing. There�s nobody saying anything about it. So they gotta say something. But what I notice is that they keep naming names that there�s no connection. Clarence Clemons don�t play funk. There�s nothing about Clarence that�s funky. He plays old �50s saxophone that was on those types of records, Frankie Valli and that type of stuff.

If you notice when Eric showed up, it was during the Purple Rain tour. And I was the only soloist in the band if [Matt] Fink wasn�t soloing. And he had his solos that were planned out. He didn�t improvise. There�s the channel and then there�s the practiced, technical way that somebody plays. And Fink, he�s incredible at that: something he�s practiced.

No Doubt, you know that group? Friends of mine. Came in here and jammed together. They don�t know how to jam. They don�t know nothing about that. You get them to play one of their songs? They�ll pound you in the ground. Girl jumping on top of tabletops and all of that, all kinds of stuff. But you get them to do anything other than what they done practiced at the house, they don�t know where they are. You know what I�m saying? Esperanza Spalding, that�s a different story. She�s gonna actually lead.

So there was no other soloist in the band. So Eddie M., one of the horn players, and Eric was brought in. But Clarence Clemons, that�s just a sideman. One of the greatest sidemen in history, and he�s a star in his own right. Them two was nothing like that. C�mon, man. That�s a whole different thing. Clarence�ll smile and you�ll forget every solo Eric ever did. Like Louis Armstrong. Beautiful dude. Aura was huge.

And you can�t copy Bruce. I would never mess with somebody whom I respect and who was actually gigging at the same time.

EBONY: I�ve read �The Beautiful Ones� was based on Susannah Melvoin.

Prince: Any ballad like that, you know it�s not going to be about anything, uh, what�s the word? Carnal. It�s not gonna even be based in flesh. Regardless of what I�m singing about, it�s all spiritual. This is a channel. I�m trying to do �Somewhere over the Rainbow.� It�s not about somebody human that I�m looking at right now. It wouldn�t have worked if it was. This was literally for that character. And that�s why it worked. Everybody thinks the song is about them. �This song�s about me and the other one�s about Bob Seger.� [laughter]

[Prince leaves Paisley Park Studios, pulls up later in a sportscar and plays Hit N Run: Phase Two in his Cadillac. Plays �Stare�]

This bass is wicked, you understand? That�s why none of �em will come to the gig anymore. They�ll just stand in the back, because they know what they said. Making up all these names about people and giving credit where credit ain�t due. Kendrick [Lamar], this is his year now. I asked him to come up here just to visit. This is related: I told him, �You got the whole year. Don�t worry about it. Ain�t nobody gonna bother you.�

EBONY: I interviewed him for the June cover. He said he came to Paisley Park, but he wouldn�t talk about the conversation.

Prince: We talked about a lot of stuff. Listen. A lot of times I don�t talk about the past because you can�t do it without naming names. I�m not bitter by no stretch of the imagination. But I grew up poor, so I�m used to something: if it�s mine, I�m used to it being mine. If somebody takes it from me, it�s taken. It�s taken a lot to get used to that. That, ok, you�re somebody else. But I�m like, that�s my coat that�s in Hard Rock Caf�. They�re not supposed to have that. Get that outta there. And second of all: how did they get it? And then they�ll say, �well, a bandmate.� I say, �oh really? Go get the band member and bring him to me.� And then they sit down and come in with their head down. I ain�t gonna say who it is, but that�s what I�m talking about.

�Why? What do I say to your wife now?� �I came on hard times, I don�t know what to tell you.� Now in my heart, I forgive them. But like I said, it�s like, you won�t hear from him anymore. See, back in the day, he was making some comments too. We�ve all had to deal with it, but I just, wow.

I didn�t wanna go this far, because it�s about Hit N Run and Josh and all that, but this is where �Baltimore� is. It starts this whole album. Check this out.

[Plays �Baltimore�]

And it goes right into this.

[Plays �RocknRoll Love Affair�]

EBONY: How close is this to being�?

Prince: It�s done.

EBONY: It�s done! My man�

[Plays �2 Y.2.D.�]

Prince: They say that stuff when I ain�t around. Ain�t nobody else heard this.

[Plays �Look at Me, Look at U�]

EBONY: Are you feeling more oriented to the bass lately?

Prince: Yes. I spent years on the guitar, so.

[Plays �Groovy Potential�]

This came out briefly on a file on SoundCloud or something, but never been on an album. You know the sequencing is perfect into this one. This is driving music.

EBONY: You produced this album?

Prince: Yeah. Josh did the other one. And just so you know, where Josh is to me, he�s like me, younger. But I�m trying to get him to cut through all the junk that I had to learn on my own. I�m trying to throw it all on his desk at once. Because he can grasp it. He�s learning quickly. Mixing is the thing that he appreciates. It�ll float. It�ll literally levitate when you find the right spot for it. When he hears it, I see his light bulb go on. If his light bulb didn�t go on, I wouldn�t waste the time. I would say maybe he�ll be a beat manufacturer or something like that. But to do the whole thing, you need to learn how to make stuff float. And it�s hard. It doesn�t work all the time.

Paisley Park is an academy any which way you look at it. Musicians have gone through here. We�ve jammed, we�ve shared with one another. And ultimately there�s now a storehouse of great music to learn from, productions and arrangements you can study. And we pride ourselves with working with the best people. Eric and those guys were some of them, but not the only ones. And so what people can�t do is say, �oh, well, that team was better than any.� Please. It�s actually just getting better. I�m not saying that �cause it�s us. I just hear it.

[Plays �When She Comes.�]

Recording like Al Green. I don�t need no words. I don�t need nothing. You know, Doug E. Fresh told me�we used to hang out when he was touring with us�he said, �Man, Prince, Rakim is so bad, Prince, he don�t have no friends. Just no friends.� I said, �Why?� �Nobody wanna be around him, they just feel small.� And that�s why I always know I�m doing alright: nobody comes around. Be quiet around here. I love it just like this.

EBONY: Did you do all the instruments on this?

Prince: No, no. Keyboards a little, just parts. I�m getting in the habit of that now. I did it on one album a long time ago. I love schooling musicians on just one track. �You are gonna do a masterpiece today. You just gotta listen.� And when they get it, it�s so fun, because you see them go through what I go through. It�s magic, you know? You gotta feel that you did something magical. It all blends, and you get everybody to calm down and listen to when they�re playing and get outside of themselves, like they�re listening to the record rather than playing it.

[Plays �Black Muse�]

This is the oldest one on here, and I loved it so much I just saved it.

EBONY: I like this album better than Hit N Run: Phase One. No disrespect.

Prince: Hit N Run sounds like today. Tidal is sinking money into it, and they need it. And my heart is always on because I want them to do well. [Beyonc� and Jay Z] have taken a lot of abuse, their family has. A historic amount of abuse between the two of �em. And when we win on this, none of us�ll gloat. He�s not the gloating type anyway. He�s slick with his. He says to brush the dirt off your shoulder. �Y�all just need to stop. Just calm down! Everybody calm down! There ya go.�

When this does well, nobody gloats, we go about our business. But we�ll do another one. And this is a way for Josh to step up. �Cause he�s not gonna stay around here forever. So I gotta work with him while I can. And you remember: Teddy Riley was under somebody before; Pharrell was under somebody before. Jimmy and Terry were under me.

EBONY: �America� is my favorite Prince 12-inch, an extended version over 20 minutes long. Those 1980s Prince singles weren�t remixes.

Prince: It blew my mind too. I brought them �I Hate U� and I thought it was one of the greatest records I had ever done in years. And they said, �Yeah man, this is dope. Now we gonna have Puffy do the remix.� Like, I was in shock. �OK, I�m out.� That wasn�t the reason; that was just another compound to the thing.

All the musicians that played on this, they go, �He just records and he puts it in the vault.� All of them have stories. �He�s recording stuff you would not believe. He just threw it away.� I didn�t throw it away. It just has to be on the right project. And all of these fit together now. It reminds me of this time period. I can see all of their faces. And this is probably the last record I�ll do with Shelby J. She�s all in here too. And Andy Allo�s singing background here too.

EBONY: Shelby�s a powerhouse.

Prince: So�s Liv Warfield. Watch this though. [listening to a song transition] You know: where else would it go except there? But before, I had that whole song starting another album sequence. And it didn�t work. So now, where it�s placed, it�s right where you wanna be at that point on the album.

[Plays �Revelation�]

EBONY: �Housequake� really starts with the end of �Play in the Sunshine.� It�s not thesame without that interruption.

Prince: When I was doing that, there�d be no way I could hear this. Now I think this is the best stuff. This is �Revelation.� That�s Marcus Anderson on soprano.

EBONY: That moody keyboard effect works.

Prince: When I did the track, it was about an hour and a half of just messing around with the groove. He just kept messing around with programming. When he got that one, it sounded like �U Got the Look.� I said: �That. Stop.� Then he didn�t have to play that much on the keyboard. And that�s why this song has the sex appeal it does.

And those types of records you can�t make unless you had a hit prior to that, you get what I mean? You do it out of confidence. �I can do anything now.� So then you try anything. And that�s what this is.

And that�s when faith comes into it. [Listening to the end of �Revelation�] What that�s about is Moses. Remember they said he put his hand into his cloak and pulled it out and it was white? [Exodus 4:6] What color was it before he put it in? So now we can start talking about that stuff. We couldn�t do that until you had a [Black] president. Couldn�t do that until hip-hop.

Hip-hop is its own force now. It took a minute. And that�s why Jay has to succeed. Our entities have to succeed. Baby and Lil Wayne ain�t supposed to be fighting. That�s supposed to be where cooler minds sit down and say, �Check this out fellas: for all of us, stop. �Cause we said so. Everybody�s gonna calm down.� Rap ain�t gonna be a ghost town. Nobody�s gonna shoot nobody.

I�m saying: now we can start talking about this stuff. And without faith� I was telling a friend of mine who was here was that I wouldn�t have met Josh if it wasn�t for faith. We wouldn�t have had nothing in common. He�d have thought I was crazy, and vice versa.

Religion, when used properly, actually is like a health regimen. And they�re finding now that people who have faith live longer. I mean, it says so in the book. That�s what it�s supposed to be. You ain�t supposed to die. If there�s God, then that�s what God would be.

EBONY: What do you say to people who are more spiritual than religious?

Prince: That�s okay. Because eventually they�re gonna get more responsibility. And that�s where religion will come into it. Because you have to have some sort of glue that�s gonna keep people honorable. Even if you�re thieves. And that�s what religion is. It�s order. Just think about it like that. The word�s been muddied. We forget what it was in the beginning. Did you see Tut?

EBONY: No.

Prince: It was interesting. �Cause that�s the way it was in the beginning. And it�s all explained out there. Remember: all of that was African. If you just look at it for its African properties, then everything�s straight. It�s all in there. Every story is based upon that story, the story of Tut and his father. They just keep retelling it in different ways. And the Bible is just the same story, that story, told different ways in several different parts in the Bible. Once you know that, then you don�t get overwhelmed by what�s in the Bible. That�s if it�s taught properly. You don�t get overwhelmed by it, and there�s nothing to fight about.

Like, this supposed to be like wings. Take you up higher. Now do your work from a higher place, get more done, cover more ground, and whoop your competitors. Comparisons with this, that and the other, we never thought of ourselves as having competition with anybody.

I think it's interesting how Stare, Xtraloveable, Screwdriver and Big City weren't on that early version of Vol 2. That and Prince not knowing how Groovy Potential was originally released.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2015 05:36

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Saw video of him playing Purple Music and it was goosebump inducing. How many of you were lucky enough to see that live?

# ¿ Feb 28, 2016 07:51

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Prince is playing two shows in Atlanta.

Motherfucker, I may have to drive to Atlanta in a week. This is the closest Prince will get to Florida.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2016 00:51

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Testekill posted:

It sounds like he just rapidly deteriorated over the last week.

It's looking a bit darker

quote:

Prince was treated for a drug overdose 6 days before his death ... multiple sources tell TMZ.

We broke the story ... Prince's private jet made an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois last Friday, hours after he performed in Atlanta. At the time his reps said he was battling the flu ... something we questioned because his plane was only 48 minutes from home before the unscheduled landing.

Multiple sources in Moline tell us, Prince was rushed to a hospital and doctors gave him a "save shot" ... typically administered to counteract the effects of an opiate.

Our sources further say doctors advised Prince to stay in the hospital for 24 hours. His people demanded a private room, and when they were told that wasn't possible ... Prince and co. decided to bail. The singer was released 3 hours after arriving and flew home.

We're told when Prince left he "was not doing well."

http://www.tmz.com/2016/04/21/prince-treated-drug-overdose-dead/

And he was photographed coming out of a Walgreens on Wednesday night.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2016 01:58

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

If you never seen Lovesexy Live, get off your rear end and jam.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODMwMDY2ODQ.html

# ¿ Apr 22, 2016 06:20

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

El Miguel posted:

Is there an official live record from the 2014 tour? I've come across a few live videos on youtube, and they're amazing.

Not official but there's a bootleg called From The Soundboard - Montreux 2013. Three nights. Three different setlists. Absolutely amazing.

Night 1 is normal Prince. Night 2 is more dance and NPG. Night 3 is 3rdEyeGirl and a sampler set that ends with the wildest version of Housequake I ever heard.

http://yourlisten.com/MaskedUploader/housequake

Happy Hippo posted:

I don't think there's any official live releases, aside from a few tracks off of The Hits/B-Sides. 39 studio albums and no live album? That's completely weird.

There is. One Night Alone...Live! (more jazz Prince) and another disc that includes the aftershow. Both OOP though.

And he tried to submit a couple live albums to get him out of his contract with Warner and they rejected them.

There's also this live show from 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAYQUbh8HHA and couple live dvds. Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas, Rave un2 The Year 2000, Sign 'O' The Times (blu-ray in japan), Prince & The Revolution Live (VHS), The Undertaker (laserdisc), The Sacrifice Of Victor (laserdisc) and a few others.

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 01:21 on May 4, 2016

# ¿ May 4, 2016 01:00

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

fDeluxe (aka The Family) released a new version of Nothing Compares 2 U in his honor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt1YhpQb8go

SCA Enthusiast posted:

Who wants to tear up today?

I was more depressed finding out that he lived in Paisley Park full time after his second divorce.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/prince-remembering-the-rock-star-funk-lord-provocateur-genius-20160504

That probably means he was living weird for, at least, the last 7 years of his life.

# ¿ May 4, 2016 23:33

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Creature posted:

Sign O' The Times was also released on Blu-Ray in Australia. I watched it a few weeks back... as a movie it is complete garbage but at least the music is good.

Also, 'U Got The Look' inexplicably reverts back to VHS quality. It's really jarring and makes no sense.

They probably used a tape SD source of U Got The Look for the movie itself. So, when they scanned in whatever film print they had for the Blu-Ray release, there was no improvement for that section since it used an inferior source. I can't find anything about what the U Got The Look music video was filmed on so I guess it's possible it was also shot on film.

# ¿ May 5, 2016 01:06

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

DrVenkman posted:

So, I'm sure people knew this but despite being a fan I had no idea; the recording of 'Purple Rain' is actually a live version. In fact its the first time the song was performed live, so Prince just cut it short (Including a whole other verse which doesn't fit the song at all), added string overdubs and called that sucker complete. It makes sense that the song ends with live crowd noise, since I just assumed that was an overdub. Anyway, here it is EDIT: Already been taken down sadly.

There's a full video bootleg of that show called The Makings Of Rain. It's fairly easy to find and it's amazing.

quote:

Let's Go Crazy
When You Were Mine
A Case Of You
Computer Blue
Delirious
Electric Intercourse
Automatic
I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm A Star
Little Red Corvette
Purple Rain
D.M.S.R.

Three songs from this show: I Would Die 4 U, Baby I'm A Star and Purple Rain were reworked in the studio and released on Purple Rain

http://princevault.com/index.php?title=03_August_1983

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 19:21 on May 7, 2016

# ¿ May 7, 2016 19:18

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Listening to Black Sweat (Live) from Tidal. It's crazy to think that a week later he'd be dead.

I really hope his estate releases the full show while everybody's still paying attention. Even Prince realized he captured lightning in a bottle with that performance.

# ¿ May 9, 2016 07:12

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

DrVenkman posted:

Given that they're still probably arguing over money and who's controlling what, it'll likely be a long time before any of that stuff, outside of bootlegs, gets any sort of official release. Even then his vault material will get priority I imagine.

Speaking of, it's somehow oddly poetic that his final public performance was of Purple Rain.

I'm hoping it won't take too long after the value of the estate is figured out and any possible kids are ruled out. The only two siblings making a media play are Tyka and Alfred. And both of them seem to be in agreeance that his music needs to be released. Everybody else seems fine with a payday. The live album's already done. They just need to hand it off to a record label.

It was really cool how he weaved The Beautiful Ones and Diamonds & Pearls through Purple Rain. The show had a few moments like that (he weaved the Peanuts theme through Dirty Mind and Little Red Corvette)

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 11:31 on May 9, 2016

# ¿ May 9, 2016 11:27

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Here's an interesting article.

quote:

Unfortunately, the big headline everyone remembers about Prince and the Internet is when he said it was �over� in 2010. Many people with short memories used him as the poster boy for the old guard of musicians who �just don�t get it.�

But the reality is that Prince was a pioneer: Over 20 years ago, years before iTunes, iPods or broadband, he already understood that the Web would change the whole industry, and he had a vision for how fans would access his music through the Internet.

�Welcome 2 the Dawn, playground for the New Power Generation,� begins Prince�s 1994 song �Interactive.� �There are over 500 experiences to choose from. Here�s a sample. ��

The song kicked off his underground film, �The Beautiful Experience,� starring Nona Gaye. Don�t bother looking for it on Amazon, it was never officially released. It only got screened during special viewing parties across the United States.

I saw it in Chicago at the Park West, and my eyes lit up. Prince showed me songs I had never heard before, like �Pheromone� and �The Days of Wild,� with videos for all of them. This was the visual album 20 years before Beyonc�. And according to this film, you could only access the album through a computer, a computer with a �Come� button on its keyboard. This experience didn�t exist yet, but Prince�s vision of the future was clear. And I knew I wanted to be a part of it.

Six years later, I found myself in the position of brainstorming ideas with Prince for what would become his first official online music club. I had been doing professional Web design for years by that point, and through a mutual friend I got the opportunity to work on Prince�s charity website, Love4OneAnother.com. That led to work on two more Prince sites, 1800newfunk.com, and NPGOnlineLTD.com, which is where the real planning began on how we could use this Internet to make a real business.

During this time, Prince and I often had long conversations about the music industry at his Paisley Park Studio. One time he described a fairly standard contracting situation, in which a musician signs a multimillion-dollar deal with a record label, but it�s got clauses that make all the payments contingent on specific numbers of album sales.

�Guess who�s counting the album sales?� I recall him saying.

The record label does.

�So you�re told, �Oh sorry, you didn�t sell enough,� � Prince railed. �Meanwhile you�re selling out stadiums and everyone knows the words. The creators of the contract control the whole distribution chain.�

In his view, they could make up whatever number they wanted.

Prince�s goals for his own online business were simple. As the creator of the music, he wanted to control the distribution chain himself with as little dilution as possible. �Let the baker bake the bread,� he would often say.

The recording industry had been all about gatekeepers before the Internet. Record labels, radio stations, and music store chains were all middlemen that needed their cut or else you wouldn�t get through. Now he saw the Internet as a perfect way to level the playing field. If he built his own online record label, his own online radio station, and his own online music store, he had just as much access to his audience as the traditional channels did. He finally had a way to skip all the barriers and go direct.

Anyone who has followed his career knows that he was a huge advocate for artists� rights and a fair payment system. Technology was catching up to his vision.

On Valentine�s Day 2001, we launched the NPG (New Power Generation) Music Club. We started out with monthly �editions� that delivered multiple new song downloads per month, plus a downloaded radio show curated by Prince and the NPG that featured new music, commentary and comedic skits. All that came for either a monthly fee or a premium annual fee that got you bonus songs.

This was the first step in realizing the dream of Prince�s film �The Beautiful Experience� from seven years earlier: New music was flowing directly from Paisley Park to your computer.

Prince was always changing things up � that was one of his signatures. And each year, we changed our approach to the NPG Music Club. Sometimes we distributed downloads, other times we sent CDs directly to members. Finally, we settled on the Musicology Download Store, the only place where you could download Prince�s independent catalog. During this time, we also attracted an amazing community of club members, many of whom got the best seats on his One Nite Alone and Musicology concert tours, as well as access to sound checks, press conferences, and week-long summer celebrations at Paisley Park.

This direct connection between the fans and an artist on Prince�s level didn�t exist before the NPG Music Club. There was no Twitter, Facebook or even YouTube. At the time, he saw direct Internet distribution as a model for all artists. He would tell me, if you could build your own music club, why would you need to pay anyone else a share and give away all your fans� information? Why not do it all yourself � downloads, concert tickets, streaming concert events, and even a hub for emerging artists? He was leading the way to a new artist-owned music business.

�Why do I need to give my music to iTunes,� he would often tell me. �We�ve got our own iTunes right here. This is how it�s supposed to be done.�

As a result of this work, Prince received a well-deserved Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006; the award cites how he �forever altered the landscape of online musical distribution� and �reshaped the relationship between artist and fan.� The NPG Music Club also received its own Webby Award that year for Best Celebrity/Fan Site, and when I accepted the award, it felt like a real validation.

But after the awards, Prince again felt the need to change things up. He believed the club had proven itself a legitimate business model, and once we won the Webby, it was a good time to go out on a high note. I had a lot of mixed feelings about this. We had done so much; I didn�t want to see it end. But as I said, Prince liked change. So after a lot of back and forth with him, I had to accept the decision and move on.

The NPG Music Club doesn�t always get the acknowledgement it deserves in the never-ending debate about Prince�s relationship with the Internet. But for a moment in time, we had something special no one had ever seen before � and something prescient, that predicted some of the questions about online distribution and artist agency that would come later.

Over the past few years, Prince warmed up to the Internet again: He used Twitter as his preferred communication tool, and threw his full catalog in with Tidal. I never heard this directly from Prince, but I believe he saw Tidal as the next evolution of what the NPG Music Club could have been: an artist-owned distribution channel that could release his music as fast as he could make it and pay the artists involved a fair rate.

It was not a surprise to me then when several of Prince�s NPG Music Club releases reappeared on Tidal, ready to be streamed all over the world once again. I�m just sorry that I won�t have another chance to watch him change the rules.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...lped-him-do-it/

# ¿ May 11, 2016 08:17

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

The nuttiest thing about the Vault is thinking how many different versions of a song there must be in there.

And who knew there was an Xtraloveable music video made.

Lala Escarzega posted:

The last video we shot together.

He never released this and the day I arrived at Paisley, I had no idea I was shooting it. I've actually never even seen the video myself. This was the first time I got him to dance with me. It was all my choreography. -He believed in me more than I believed in myself.

There was a moment during shooting where I was on stage dancing. It was just him, me and the camera man. P could tell I was a bit nervous because I felt unprepared. But that was the thing with him, u never knew when he was going to want to perform or shoot a video and not tell you. U always had to be prepared with him.
He stood off stage just to my left. I glanced over at him... He said, "Dance from here" *points to his heart*, "Not here" *points to his head*. He had a gentle way with me when he critiqued me and he could always sense exactly what I was thinking or feeling without me saying anything. #telepathy

quote:

This is a silhouette of Prince and I, from the video Xtralovable, which I used to tease Prince that it was spelled wrong.
I miss him so deeply.
Posting this is bittersweet.
If you know me, you know that I don't care for fame or hype. It means nothing to me without him here. I see many using his name now for the wrong reasons.
But this video, I learned, was important to him.
He was my friend first, & an icon 2nd in my world. I used to tell him, "I think I forget who you are sometimes". And he would give me big eyes and a funny face and say, "uh, yeah!" Lol!

That is one thing I know he appreciated about me. Prince just wanted to be normal around his inner circle. That is why he stayed in Minneapolis.

Because people treated him normal.

We would go to the movies (albeit, he'd still shut down the theatre), the store, coffee shops & drive around MN and he could do so because he knew he was "safe" there.
Sometimes when we'd drive around, Prince would do this hilarious thing where he'd say "watch this" and then he'd find some random stranger walking down the street and very animatedly stick out his hand and wave "hi" to them.

Most people would casually wave back.
I thought it was so funny. And he'd do it all the time because he knew it made me laugh.

We had so much fun together. But we also argued, as those who are close, inevitably do. During December of 2015, we hadn't spoke in a few weeks. We were distant.
I got very very sick in January of this year and when he found out I was in the hospital, he reached out to me immediately. That was Prince's way of demonstrating his love for me.
No matter the distance between us.

Which for Prince, if you know him... He can ignore you for a long time if he wants to. And he had... Up until when he found out I was sick.
It makes me sad, that I could not do more to save him. It breaks me inside & makes me angry.

I had just spoken to him a few days before he transcended, (after his plane scare), and told him how much I missed him & how badly it had scared me when I heard of an emergency landing.

He told me he was ok & with a smile. He told me not to worry.

We both talked about meeting soon.

# ¿ May 14, 2016 21:51

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

DrVenkman posted:

Still, it's weird that same of his main catalogue is still missing but Tidal release these.

I'm more surprised that 20Ten still hasn't been added.

Also somebody at prince.org noticed this.

"Prince left his masters where they safe and sound
We're never gonna let the elevator take him down" - Jay-Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ODny2oztGY&feature=youtu.be&t=1m44s

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Jun 7, 2016

# ¿ Jun 7, 2016 22:31

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Lutha Mahtin posted:

begun, the estate wars have

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/06/07/prince-entertainment-consultants-court

They ruled in favor of the trust. We may see some official things much sooner than people expected.

quote:

A Minnesota state judge Wednesday (July 8) granted the trust overseeing the late pop superstar's assets limited authority to hire entertainment industry experts to help manage his music holdings and court investors for a summer celebration at his Paisley Park compound in suburban Minnesota.

Judge Kevin W. Eide agreed with special administrator Bremer Trust that there was an urgent need to begin monetizing Prince's intellectual property, rejecting opposition from a potential heir who wanted the process delayed until the court has determined who is legally entitled to inherit Prince's estate.

The judge also noted, however, that Bremer's appointment as administrator would end no later than Nov. 2, 2016, and insisted that any agreements set to extend beyond that date must be submitted to Prince's presumed heirs for review and would require court approval.

Judge Eide's order addressed the concerns raised by Bremer and by Prince's presumed heirs over an hour-long hearing at the Carver County District Court in Chaska, Minnesota, on Tuesday.

At that time, Bremer Trust argued that it required broad authority to immediately begin monetizing Prince's intellectual property assets, citing an enormous tax bill on the horizon and lucrative incoming offers.

Attorneys representing nine of Prince's potential heirs offered a variety of responses to Bremer's proposal, ranging from support to opposition to compromise.

Bremer Trust stepped into its role as special administrator for the estate on April 27 -- six days after Prince's death -- at the request of his sister, Tyka Nelson, who told the court her brother had apparently died without a will.

At Tuesday's hearing, Douglas Peterson, an attorney for Bremer, said the special administrator has a duty to maximize the value of Prince's estate and that any delay in entering negotiations would interfere with its exercise of that duty.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7400354/prince-estate-open-for-business-judge-ruling

Honestly, I hope they put together a Experience ~~Hendrix~~ Paisley Park tour with The Time, The Family, Shelia E and any other former protegees they can rope in.

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Jun 9, 2016

# ¿ Jun 9, 2016 05:42

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

SgtScruffy posted:

The Revolution are reuniting to tour as a tribute

I wish they'd get Andre Cymone to do lead vocals.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2016 04:21

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

20Ten was finally added to Tidal so there's his entire discography.

And there's a cool new site that collected all of Prince's websites.

http://princeonlinemuseum.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V9SbfLA4Zw

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 19:06

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Worth a double post. The Revolution are playing two nights at First Avenue and Dez and Andre Cymone are also going to be on stage

http://first-avenue.com/content/2016/09/therevolution

# ¿ Jul 6, 2016 20:50

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

This is the Prince thread. My last one made around the time when 3rdEyeGirl debuted fell into the archive. And this was the most recent news about him.

Post on the org. Have a bunch of bootlegs. Never seen him live.

From what I read, if somebody buys Tidal, they'll have to renegotiate with Prince's estate to try to keep the rights to stream his catalog.

BiggerBoat posted:

Not sure if you ever heard "Exodus" but that thing is funkier than 1999 and The Black Album combined. It's kind of a lost gem that only die hards know about and I everyone I turn onto it that loves Clinton/Sly style funk goes nuts for it.

For anybody who hasn't heard it https://listen.tidal.com/album/61495341

I have a bootleg of an earlier configuration called The Exodus Has Begun and it's a fantastic ep if you swap out It Takes 3 with Return Of The Bump Squad from the final release. Love how it was suppose to be his version of Funkadelic.

I'm going to send you a PM of a NPG soundboard called Release Date Never that released shortly before Prince's death. Probably the dirtiest funk I've ever heard from him live. It's a short set cut off by the curfew at Glam Slam but they were on point that night.

29th May 1994 (am)
1) Sex Machine (Sly & The Family Stone Cover) 2) It's Alright 3) New Power Soul 4) Dolphin (Aborted) 5) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Mustang Mix) 6) Get Wild 7) Billy Jack Bitch 8) Days Of Wild (cut short - including Hair)

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Jul 13, 2016

# ¿ Jul 13, 2016 19:50

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Talking boots with BiggerBoat made me remember this Prince moment.

quote:

It must be said at this point, Prince was unhappy with the sound quality throughout the evening. All three shows were marred by technical problems, feedback and poor sound systems. By the time this show was in motion he had enough. During the early part of this set he asked for adjustments to the sound several times. Before the next song, he launched into an epic rant from the stage, directed at AEG who he had been working with for a number of years on his tours, including the massively successful Musicology Tour of 2004. AEG oversees the entire L.A. Live complex and Prince started naming names, specifically calling out AEG Live President and CEO Randy Phillips and AEG's President and CEO Tim Leiweke from the stage in a 90 second public lambasting.

"Before we play this, Randy Phillips, Tim Leiweke, they run AEG. And, uh, this is their building so the buzzes you hear you can talk to them about it. I'm gonna play through it, I'm gonna do my best. Now feel me, they spent a lot of money on the seats, and the lights are beautiful. But I done told them several times, let's work on that sound. I came to see Alicia Keys here and it was the worst sound I ever heard. But Alicia is a genius, bar none. She is music and she deserves the best, alright? So we're all in this together. So if we fix the sound, I'll be here every night. This is what I do. And I'll do it for free, I won't charge 'em. But now I got to go back to my three million a night!"

Prince then kicks into "She Spoke 2 Me" by shouting sarcastically "It's alright Tim and Randy, we love ya!", then during the performance gets the crowd to chant 'AEG, AEG' over and over. I cannot emphasize enough what a monumental night this then became. AEG made Prince a ton of money helping him make his 3121 shows in Las Vegas and his 21 Nights in London a reality. He planned to do a similar 21 night stand in L.A., but in one onstage rant, he called out the highest executives of the company by name, publicly embarrassed them and burned yet another bridge in the entertainment industry. His relationship with AEG, again a company that made Prince millions of dollars, was over and he blew it up right in front of about 2,500 fans. The fact we now get to see it on video is priceless. Prince closes the performance of "She Spoke 2 Me" by introducing the band then getting one last shot in at AEG by declaring, "And my name is Randy Phillips. Thank you, goodnight."

http://mikea7.typepad.com/now_its_on/2012/02/bootleg-review-prince-la-confidential-.html

Randy and Tim (I think?) talked about how they presented him with a $40 million dollar check at the final show of the Musicology tour and how he was so happy, he jumped on the keyboard and played a Stevie Wonder song for them. Can't find the link to their interview but it's hilarious how Prince destroyed his relationship with them in a single night over sound issues.

- edit It wasn't Randy and Tim but it's still a good story.

quote:

What was it like putting a major tour deal together with Prince?

When we worked with him, there was no manager, no lawyer, no agent, no business manager. It was just him and the two of us. And when we started this [Musicology] thing, Paul and I had a sit-down with [billionaire AEG owner] Phil [Anschutz] one day, we had to tell Phil that Prince won't sign anything, there's no contract. And Phil asks, "if he doesn't show up, how much are we going to be out?" And I think we would probably have been out $2-3 million in production expenses, a couple million in advertising, so if he doesn't show up we're going to lose $5 million. So Phil looks at us and asks, "do you think he's going to do it?" And Paul and I said, "yeah, we think he really wants to do this." And that tour was flawless. We produced and promoted it, there were no other people involved in that tour. We hired everybody.

When you say flawless, does that mean financially?

Flawless. The tour grossed $88 million, and his net, after we paid for everything, was $44 million. When he got paid at the end of that tour, we handed him a check for what he made from those shows, and all he had to pay out of that was his taxes. It was the night before the last show, and he was so excited when we handed him that piece of paper, when he saw the number he jumped up and down. Then he sat down at a little electric piano in his dressing room and did a 20-minute Stevie Wonder rendition for Paul and I. He was so happy.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7356901/prince-super-bowl-halftime-musicology-tour-guru-john-meglen-interview

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Jul 13, 2016

# ¿ Jul 13, 2016 21:50

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Jesus, how did he let this one sit in the vault?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I1YCYsqSgQ

# ¿ Jul 15, 2016 05:23

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

BiggerBoat posted:

Just for kicks, here's a poster I designed a while back:

edit: can anyone see it? My browser is blocking it

I'm much more interested as to why Prince is riding a bike through the middle of what looks like a LA Lakers award ceremonies.

- edit Oh, it's him riding around after a concert.

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Jul 16, 2016

# ¿ Jul 16, 2016 01:09

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

quote:

Hi Everybody...Can U Believe it's taken this long? But some things have come together so I wanted to jump on and give y'all the update regarding brother's Memorial... Whew and Yaaaayyyyyy!!!

Aug 12th � A Private Family Memorial for Prince will be held

Aug 13th � A Friends Memorial (by emailed invitation only) will be held

...Date still TBD � A Family/Friend/Fans Tribute for Prince - Details coming soon...

You along with all of us have been waiting patiently for the day when we could All extend our heartfelt feelings of disbelief and loss...A day when we can grieve, share stories and dance together for a man who touched our lives, in so many different ways...I regret not being able to give u this opportunity sooner, How-is-an evr' that day is almost here...So hold on...U R Much Appreciated and I promise we haven't forgot about cha...Stay Blessed, Much Love & Peace always ~Tyka

# ¿ Jul 22, 2016 00:54

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Official tribute show is set.

quote:

In a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday, Prince's family said the concert will be held on Oct. 13 at the U.S. Bank Stadium. Performers will soon be announced on a rolling basis. Tickets will go on sale next month.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/08568057d51c46f8a3daf99e36db5e38/apnewsbreak-official-prince-tribute-concert-set-october

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Jul 29, 2016

# ¿ Jul 29, 2016 01:52

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Guess this explains what happened.

quote:

Pills marked as hydrocodone that were seized from Paisley Park after Prince�s overdose death actually contained fentanyl, the powerful opioid that killed him, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

The musician, who weighed only 112 pounds at the time of his death April 21, had so much of the drug in his system, autopsy results later showed, that it would have killed anyone, regardless of size, the source said.

Prince did not possess a prescription for fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has been described as 100 times more powerful than morphine, the source said.

Despite the finding, investigators still aren�t certain how the 57-year-old megastar ingested the fentanyl. However, they are leaning toward the theory that he took the pills not knowing they contained the drug.

An autopsy report released in June by the Midwest Medical Examiner�s Office said Prince died from an accidental, self-administered overdose of fentanyl. But it did not indicate how he obtained the painkiller, nor did it list any other cause of death or �significant condition.�

(...)

A recent flood of �wholesale amounts� of counterfeit pills that contain fentanyl prompted the DEA last month to issue a report warning of a rise in �overdoses, deaths and opiate-dependent individuals.� The DEA said it tested eight times as much fentanyl last year as it did during the 2006 crisis.

�This is becoming a trend,� according to the DEA�s report, �not a series of isolated incidents.�

(...)

Prince was found dead in an elevator at his Paisley Park compound in Chanhassen the morning of April 21, a day before he was to meet with a California doctor who specializes in opioid addiction. Two members of his inner circle found his body about 9:40 a.m.

Prince was wearing a black shirt and pants � both were on backward � and his socks were inside-out, according to a source familiar with the case. A responding paramedic said Prince appeared to have been dead for at least six hours before his body was found.

Sources with knowledge of the investigation have said that autopsy results also revealed the presence of lidocaine, alprazolam and Percocet.

http://m.startribune.com/pills-seized-from-paisley-park-contained-illicit-fentanyl-same-drug-that-killed-prince/390816101/

quote:

The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said many pills were falsely labeled as "Watson 385." According to Drugs.com, that stamp is used to identify pills containing a mix of acetaminophen and hydrocodone.

About a dozen tablets were found in a dressing room at Paisley Park, but the vast majority was in bottles of Vitamin C and aspirin that had been tucked inside a suitcase and bags - including one Prince often carried with him.

(...)

One pill with the "Watson 385" stamp that was analyzed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension tested positive for fentanyl, lidocaine and another drug. Officials found nearly two dozen pills similar to the one that was tested, the official said.

Another aspirin bottle had 64 counterfeit tablets in it. Some pills that were analyzed contained fentanyl, lidocaine and U-4770 - a synthetic drug that is eight times more powerful than morphine.

Authorities also found a prescription bottle in someone else's name that contained 10 oxycodone pills, the official said, without revealing who was listed on the prescription.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PRINCE_DEATH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

On a less depressing note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXnVhQ0chvY&t=160s
(it's audio only)
http://princevault.com/index.php?title=05_October_1988

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Aug 21, 2016

# ¿ Aug 21, 2016 20:23

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

BiggerBoat posted:

That article explains a few things but still raises other questions.

The fact that they found him an elevator that Paisley Park staff said he never used and the disheveled nature of his clothes makes it sound like he simply popped a routine hydro and then wandered off half out of his mind to the elevator after loving up trying to dress himself. Prince was a notorious fashion hound and clothes freak so the idea that he had poo poo on backwards and inside out seems to me can be attributed to being out of it on the fent.

That's what I was thinking. By the time he realized something was wrong, he was so wacked out he couldn't think straight.

BiggerBoat posted:

On the other hand, where'd the loving pills come from? How can someone like Prince not be able to get a legit scrip for hydro? I get 60 10/mg pills a month.

I'd guess Kirk Johnson. The way he popped back up in Prince's life and immediately went into hiding after Prince was found dead struck me as very odd.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2016 22:00

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

Paisley Park is opening up to guests.

quote:

Paisley Park, Prince's recording studio, will now be a museum and it will be opening a lot faster than anyone anticipated with tickets going on sale this Friday, August 26th.

The Core Media Group, which runs Graceland, will now be running Paisley Park. The Core Media Group owns 85% percent of the rights to the name, image and likeness of Elvis Presley, and the operations of Graceland. Right now, they will be just running Paisley Park for the next four years at least.

The Core Media Group could pay cash immediately to the estate which is in desperate need of funds, which we reported earlier this month. Not including July or August, legal fees already totaled $2 million dollars. Also, the family will start getting money which is one of the main concerns.

Tyka Nelson, Prince's sister had this to say about Paisley Park being turned into a Museum;

"Opening Paisley Park is something that Prince always wanted to do and was actively working on," "Only a few hundred people have had the rare opportunity to tour the estate during his lifetime. Now, fans from around the world will be able to experience Prince's world for the first time as we open the doors to this incredible place."

Although true Prince was wanting to turn Paisley Park into a museum, there were certain things that he wanted in place and had designers working on, including new artwork for the studio, equipment being set up, and interactive items. None of this will be in place on October 6th when doors to Paisley open to the public. No recording engineer playing unreleased tracks or live recordings that were being mastered for release or for the vault. Nothing like that.

I know that in the past week, 2 people that were working for Prince/Paisley Park have been hired by Bremer Trust/Londell McMillan but it was not the people who was giving the tour in the past few years when Paisley would be open to the public for concerts and dance parties.

I spoke to someone who used to give the tours of Paisley Park about the changes being made. "It's like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory without Willy Wonka now. Paisley Park will now have a whole new meaning. Everything used to be in the now. Now everything will be past tense."

If this helps the fans heal, I'm for it. I would have liked it to be the way that he wanted it.

OfficialPaisleyPark.com is the place to get tickets and sign up for emails.

Tickets will be $38.50 and the tour will last for 70 minutes and guests can stay for an allotted time of 2 hours. There is also a VIP Tour Experience for $100 or more.

The hours will be scheduled from 10 A.M. til 10 P.M. during the week and will be from 10 A.M. until Midnight. Hours will change upon demand.

The tours will be done in 10 minute increments and will have 35-40 people per tour.

Core Media plans on hiring 20 to 60 people from the local area.

Paisley Park right now has 90 parking spaces. The ONLY construction to Paisley over the next FOUR years will be adding an additional 40-50 parking spaces to the East side of Paisley Park, which will include a cul de sac like entrance and exit for Paisley, making it easier for vehicles to enter and exit the museum. There will be also widening of the door ways which will be done before the museum opens October 6th. They will have parking attendants and plan on double parking vehicles. They will be also having a shuttle from the Minneapolis Airport which will take you directly to the museum.

Guests will also see his video editing suites, rehearsal rooms, private NPG Music Club, a massive soundstage and concert hall, where he rehearsed for tours and held private events, plus thousands of artifacts from Prince's personal archives -- yes, that includes his concert wardrobe, awards, instruments and motorcycles. Right now, what was in place before is still in place. Nothing new. If that changes, I will let you know.

They will also have 24 hour security.

One thing; they WILL be keeping with Prince's policy of only vegetarian items to be served and NO alcoholic beverages at all. I like that.

Merchandise: They will be having tour programs, apparel, and guidebooks.

They are expecting the studios to perhaps be ready to be rented out starting March 2017. Paisley Park is still a state of the art studio and can be rented as such for recordings or live performances. It will be whomever books the studio or the live performances. Anyone.

After four years, they will see if the state will approve for lodging (hotels) to be put on the property so people can stay at the museum. There is a chance as well for apartments to be built around the museum property.

http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2016/08/24/princes-paisley-park-to-open-its-doors-for-tours-starting-october-6th-tickets-to-go-on-sale-friday/

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Aug 25, 2016

# ¿ Aug 25, 2016 00:42

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

BiggerBoat posted:

Who sang lead? What was the set list?

Reviews I read of the first show said Wendy was lead until Andre and Dez came out.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2016 19:01

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

no reason to pm this one. just jam out and enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1hI4n4yOc0

# ¿ Sep 9, 2016 05:45

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

A vinyl test press of Camille is being auctioned off.

http://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=589

Anybody got a spare 6 grand?

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Sep 9, 2016

# ¿ Sep 9, 2016 20:42

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

The official tribute show has me a little worried about how they're going to handle his legacy.

quote:

On October 13th 2016, fans from around the world will have the opportunity to band together and celebrate the remarkable life and music of the legendary Prince at The Official Prince Tribute. The Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN will be home to this incredible event which features an all-star line up of icons and friends including Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Chaka Khan, John Mayer, Tori Kelly, Anita Baker, Doug E. Fresh, Luke James, Bilal, Mint Condition along with Prince�s inner circle, Morris Day & The Time, Judith Hill and Liv Warfield. The New Power Generation (NPG) led by Morris Hayes, along with and members of 3RDEYEGIRL, will perform all songs.

http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2016/0...irl-to-perform/

NPG as the backing band for a variety show cavalcade of guests. Eh.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 23:51

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 16:20

Call Me Charlie: Dec 3, 2005; by Smythe

New vault outtakes leaked.

[1980.06.00] Rough (5:34)
[1981.00.00] Strange Way (1:52)
[1983.12.27] The Glamorous Life (Prince version) (8:05)
[1984.00.00] Roadhouse Garden (3:27)
[1985.05.26] Come Elektra Tuesday (4:19)
[1985.12.30] Give Me Yo' Most Strongest Whiskey (1:03)
[1986.00.00] Mia Bocca (5:26)
[1986.07.08] Eggplant (5:15)
[1986.08.08] Make Your Mama Happy (1:29)

The Glamorous Life (Prince version) Roadhouse Garden, Come Elektra Tuesday and Eggplant are all gems.

There's also a 26 minute soundcheck version of Hallicination Rain (really 7 minutes of the song and 19 minutes of soundchecking). And a new 4DaFunk soundboard release of https://princevault.com/index.php?title=12_December_1994 that I've been unable to find yet.

Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 06:53 on Sep 19, 2016

# ¿ Sep 19, 2016 01:35

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > No More Drake > Prince & Tidal sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G

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