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I’m also not trying to break my bank account, what little there is of it, so a staggered pace is good. I try not to look at everything through purple-tinted glasses. I’m the first to be in line to hear new Prince music. For me, the pace of the estate seems to be working in everyone’s favor. It’s noteworthy that some of the releases from Warner and Sony have been in the same year, so most years (2017–2019) have seen multiple releases (albeit some are first-time vinyl reissues while others are unreleased material). They have to make money, but they also don’t want to overflood the market. Albums like Dirty Mind, Controversy, and 1999 had been remastered before that date.įans still balk at the limited feel of it. They were set for release before he died, which was part of the Warner deal. Some of his early albums were already reprinted and remastered. It’s more music than any other dead artist’s estate ever released in the same time frame. One has to appreciate the sheer magnitude of selling all the released products in four years since Prince’s death. It’s an incredible amount of work to compile, design, manufacture, market, and sell any product. (And that’s no shade to tricks everything we buy, we do so because of a gimmick.) Some are released to have a vinyl release in general the purple is the gimmick. All the Legacy releases have been on purple vinyl or some sort of colored vinyl as well as black 180g vinyl.

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Legacy Records (an arm of Sony) has handled reissues of newer albums not available on vinyl before, like Chaos and Disorder (1996), Musicology (2004), 3121 (2006), and Planet Earth (2007), The Rainbow Children (2001), plus his first post-Warner album Emancipation (1996), and a set of albums and a video-centric to Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic. It will take fans months to absorb and appreciate everything in the 1999 set.

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1999 Deluxe is an exhaustive look at the 1982 recording period, including the remastered album, all the b-sides, and edited singles, plus two full disks of unreleased music. The estate, in conjunction with Warner Bros., also released Purple Rain Deluxe†. For me, I wanted a copy of “Moonbeam Levels.” It’s been released twice, once on 4Ever, and on the more recent 1999 Deluxe set (said to be remastered but sounds more hissy to my ears). They’ve documented and released songs the fans wanted. To their credit, the estate has listened to the fan base, whether on social media or fan sites like. (I’m assuming all that, but it’s plausible.) I remained patient.

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Michael Howe, the estate archivist, continues to archive Prince’s vault music, song by song, day by day, ensuring there is an exhaustive list of music with title, date, an indexed master tape, and more. Hell, it’d take time even to know what’s in the vault, what is decaying beyond repair, what needs to be digitized, cataloged, indexed, etc. I also knew it would take time to put it all together. So when the estate released 4Ever, it wasn’t surprising. The record company puts a button in that era, and everyone moves on. The first compilation was released within months of his death, Prince 4Ever, including a new song, “Moonbeam Levels.” Most saw it as a cash grab, but it’s never been unusual to release a greatest hits set after an artist either leaves a label because of an expiring contract or their death. Paisley Park was turned into a museum open for tours in less than a year, generating income. One thing that the court-ordered was that the estate monetizes itself. But the fan’s need is counter-weighted against the efforts of the Prince estate.Īfter Prince’s death, the courts got involved. The mere logistics of that make it impossible. Fans want to hear all the music, and right fucking now. Prince fans know there are thousands of songs in the vault. Yet some Prince fans see it as not enough. Since Prince’s passing in 2016, the estate has released a slew of albums and singles (many on color or black 7' vinyl), videos, clothing, guitars, item replicas and books (including his autobiography).