Posted on 01/26/2018 11:11:21 AM PST by Red Badger
Frankly, Prince’s last decent music was on Sign o’ the Times in 1987! After that, it was all self-indulgent crap.
Then you’re in luck!
A lot of this material is from that era...................
LOL!...................1969 and still it’s going..................
Given the quantity of unreleased stuff he has, it could be mind blowing. He completed albums, all the way to test pressings, and then just locked them in his vault. Depending on which confidante you listen to every actually released Prince album is matched by 1 to 3 unreleased fully cooked albums in the vault. Then there’s the movies. We could be getting “new” Prince stuff into the 22nd century before they have to dig into the rehearsals and other junk that’s typically released as posthumously new.
In Prince’s case it’s often just that he was a moody guy and by the time he finished a product he often had lost interest. One of the problems of being a touring musician is that you carry your songs with you. You release an album then go on tour you’re expected to play some stuff from that album, and if it’s stuff you really really liked playing ONCE that can be a burden. And with as much stuff as this guy produced, he really just seemed to have a need.
Whatever it is, I doubt it will top his 1986 album, Sign Of The Times. For my money, that was the last breakthrough record of his career.
Good point. Can’t say I’m a fan so I am not aware of his legal battles.
They may face even more legal battles, if some of these songs are prior to his contract expiring with WB records, they will want a ‘piece of the action’........................
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