While I remember, there was a maxi CD single of Gett Off with amazing mixes - one by Steve Silk Hurley. That is THE JAM. This thread is making me so sentimental, so I am gonna stop now!
---------- >From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: Re: (313) Prince Album Recommendations >Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 8:08 PM > > It was much easier to get the bootlegs in the late 80s or early 90s, esp in > Europe. > We used to trade tapes a lot, the fans, that's what I mainly did. It was > ace, I had friends all over the world. Having pen pals in MPLS or Detroit or > London was ultra cool, as these were P's cities. It was a status thing! ;) > The whole subculture created amazing friendships, transcending race, > nationality, gender... > There was always a question how the studio material leaked out - during the > Warner fall-out some speculated that P was intentionally leaking stuff. I am > not sure. Later Prince became very sensitive about the bootlegging - > understandably - and there was a lawsuit with the Swedish mag Uptown over > their bootleg guides. > I think that most fans would buy the official and the bootleg stuff, so > there was no loss there, but I guess an artist wants to control what is out > there, not have demos circulating. I totally appreciate that. > The Australian 'zine was careful not to cover bootlegs. I think that's why > Paisley Park gave us tacit support. We saw a copy of our 'zine, 7, in a > Prince video and couldn't believe our eyes! > I think Uptown is still extant so if you're serious fan, maybe look it up on > the 'Web. > > > ---------- >>From: "jurren baars" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: 313@hyperreal.org >>Subject: Re: (313) Prince Album Recommendations >>Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 7:46 AM >> > >>>Can anyone make an album recommendation for a newcomer to Price's work? >>> >> how about bootlegs [yes, bootlegs again...] i was listening to the interview >> with THE man harco pront up on the musicforspeakers website [dutch only] >> where they were comparing his work to '80's prince bootlegs, the high >> pitched quasimoto-voice for instance. >> >> so what bootlegs should i look for? >> i know it's an impossible question as there's dozens of 'm, but i can at >> least try. >> >> jurren >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. >> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >>
