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Prince's Estate Launches 23 of His Albums and New Anthology on Apple Music and Other Streaming Services

Rogifan said:
Something very odd with that track. Grayed out on AM.
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You can’t even see it over here in the UK despite it being his only number one.... (not counting his tracks covered by Chaka and Sinead).

Having had a look on Wikipedia (I know!!) it would appear the rights were given to someone other than Warner/Sony which may explain why?
 
Wow who wrote this up on iTunes? I thought these were supposed to be fact based not someone’s personal opinion. :rolleyes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/anthology-1995-2010/1421530791
Few artists have created a body of work as rich and varied as Prince. During the '80s, he emerged as one of the most singular talents of the rock & roll era, capable of seamlessly tying together pop, funk, folk, and rock. Not only did he release a series of groundbreaking albums; he toured frequently, produced albums, wrote songs for many other artists, and recorded hundreds of songs that still lie unreleased in his vaults. With each album he released, Prince showed remarkable stylistic growth and musical diversity, constantly experimenting with different sounds, textures, and genres. Occasionally, his music was inconsistent, in part because of his eclecticism, but his experiments frequently succeeded; no other contemporary artist blended so many diverse styles into a cohesive whole.

Prince's first two albums were solid, if unremarkable, late-'70s funk-pop. With 1980's Dirty Mind, he recorded his first masterpiece, a one-man tour de force of sex and music; it was hard funk, catchy Beatlesque melodies, sweet soul ballads, and rocking guitar pop, all at once. The follow-up, Controversy, was more of the same, but 1999 was brilliant. The album was a monster hit, selling over three million copies, but it was nothing compared to 1984's Purple Rain.

Purple Rain made Prince a superstar; it eventually sold over ten million copies in the U.S. and spent 24 weeks at number one. Partially recorded with his touring band, the Revolution, the record featured the most pop-oriented music he has ever made. Instead of continuing in this accessible direction, he veered off into the bizarre psycho-psychedelia of Around the World in a Day, which nevertheless sold over two million copies. In 1986, he released the even stranger Parade, which was in its own way as ambitious and intricate as any art rock of the '60s; however, no art rock was ever grounded with a hit as brilliant as the spare funk of "Kiss."

By 1987, Prince's ambitions were growing by leaps and bounds, resulting in the sprawling masterpiece Sign 'O' the Times. Prince was set to release the hard funk of The Black Album by the end of the year, but he withdrew it just before its release, deciding it was too dark and immoral. Instead, he released the confused Lovesexy in 1988, which was a commercial disaster. With the soundtrack to 1989's Batman he returned to the top of the charts, even if the album was essentially a recap of everything he had done before. The following year he released Graffiti Bridge (the sequel to Purple Rain), which turned out to be a considerable commercial disappointment.
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justperry said:
AFAIK know the songs I liked most aren't even available for purchase anywhere, one is "Motherless child" and the other one is "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
*Both live
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Check this out:

 
adamjackson said:
I don't see this brought up often but I like supporting the artist but after they die, you're only supporting the people who had the better lawyer to benefit from the post-death sales

So is it morally okay to pirate music or works from an artist after they've passed away? I guess you're still taking money from the other artists, writers, producers of the album but from what I can tell, Prince did it all himself so you're only stealing from his heirs / named beneficiaries, right?

I'd actually be pretty pissed if someone I hated won all of my assets after I died in a legal battle and kept making money off my name long after I died.
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Be sure you don't add any of these albums to your music library, then. That would be immoral.
 
Rogifan said:
Wow who wrote this up on iTunes? I thought these were supposed to be fact based not someone’s personal opinion. :rolleyes:
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that is a strange review, since i had fun following his progression of music from the beginning, but stopped after "love sexy". i think they missed some points.
1999 launched him and "red corvette" was on a lot of people's walkman cassettes because of the "hidden" lyrics. Prince did get swallowed up by fame, and decided to to make albums instead of pop songs. The reason why he was always mainstream because he had a dedicated following by media and SNL promoted every album he recorded.
 
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iGeek2014 said:
Anyone happen to know why Most Beautiful... isn’t available to download at all?

Like a lot of his work and it’s one of my favourite tracks... still Gold is now there to purchase.
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a legal issue in Europe I think. The entire album The Gold Experience doesn't seem to be available
 
This is coming about 2 years too late. This should’ve been done when Prince died for maximum profit.
 
This is particularly exponentially true in this case. He fought them a lot. He even changed his name bacause if it.
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lec0rsaire said:
This is coming about 2 years too late. This should’ve been done when Prince died for maximum profit.
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Or maximum *********, that know what they’re doing.
 
dannyyankou said:
I’m glad, but I know Prince wouldn’t have allowed this.
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This was my thoughts as well. It's great for those of us who are fans I guess, but with Prince it wasn't about the money, it was all about the principal and who rightfully owned the collection. I guess with his heirs, it's all about the money and will sell to the highest bidder.
 
iGeek2014 said:
Anyone happen to know why Most Beautiful... isn’t available to download at all?

Like a lot of his work and it’s one of my favourite tracks... still Gold is now there to purchase.
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The song is complicated, contractually. It falls between the cracks of his old Warner deal and the eventual deal to get him out of it.

That said, the version on The Gold Experience is actually a re-recording, so it shouldn't be bound by the same rules as the original single. Its quite possible the Estate don't realise.
 
ioioos said:
The song is complicated, contractually. It falls between the cracks of his old Warner deal and the eventual deal to get him out of it.

That said, the version on The Gold Experience is actually a re-recording, so it shouldn't be bound by the same rules as the original single. Its quite possible the Estate don't realise.
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They also have the video up on Prince's official YouTube account.

Edit: Nevermind. Could have sworn it was there just a month ago.
 
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