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|date = 1995 | |date = 1995 | ||
|label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] / [[NPG Records]] (assumed) | |label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] / [[NPG Records]] (assumed) | ||
− | |studios = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed); [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA (assumed); | + | |studios = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed); [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA (assumed); [https://www.guillaumetell.com/ Guillaume Tell], Suresnes, France (assumed); Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia (assumed); Warner Pioneer Studio, Tokyo, Japan (assumed) |
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As both [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] were submitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] in April 1996, the common assumption has been that these albums made up two of the volumes of '''The Vault - Volumes I, II and III'''. | As both [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] were submitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] in April 1996, the common assumption has been that these albums made up two of the volumes of '''The Vault - Volumes I, II and III'''. | ||
− | + | Six tracks included on the two releases ([[I Rock, Therefore I Am]], [[Into The Light]], [[I Will]], [[Dig U Better Dead]], [[Had U]] and [[Sarah]]) were recorded between February and April 1996, however, after the press release announcing '''The Vault - Volumes I, II and III''', indicating that some changes took place before the formation of [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]]. | |
− | Tracks believed to have been included on '''The Vault - Volumes I, II and III''' include [[Chaos And Disorder]], [[I Like It There]], [[The Same December]], [[Right The Wrong]], [[Zannalee]], [[The Rest Of My Life]], [[ | + | Tracks believed to have been included on '''The Vault - Volumes I, II and III''' include [[Chaos And Disorder]], [[I Like It There]], [[The Same December]], [[Right The Wrong]], [[Zannalee]], [[The Rest Of My Life]], [[It’s About That Walk]], [[She Spoke 2 Me]], [[5 Women]], [[When The Lights Go Down]], [[My Little Pill]], [[There Is Lonely]], [[Old Friends 4 Sale]] and [[Extraordinary]]. |
It is likely that several more tracks were included, but no details are known. It is possible, however, that the project was announced in the press release without any corresponding albums completed (indicated by the generic title '''The Vault - Volumes I, II and III'''), and that the project was never completed before work on [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] took over. | It is likely that several more tracks were included, but no details are known. It is possible, however, that the project was announced in the press release without any corresponding albums completed (indicated by the generic title '''The Vault - Volumes I, II and III'''), and that the project was never completed before work on [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] and [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] took over. | ||
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|see also = | |see also = | ||
{{SeeAlso| | {{SeeAlso| | ||
− | |item1 = [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder<br>( | + | |item1 = [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]]<br>(Album) |
|image1 = [[File:Chaosanddisorder.jpg|60px|link=Album: Chaos And Disorder]] | |image1 = [[File:Chaosanddisorder.jpg|60px|link=Album: Chaos And Disorder]] | ||
− | |item2 = [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] | + | |item2 = [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]]<br>(Album) |
|image2 = [[File:Thevault...oldfriends4sale album.jpg|60px|link=Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] | |image2 = [[File:Thevault...oldfriends4sale album.jpg|60px|link=Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
|trivia = The press release mentioning '''The Vault - Volumes I, II and III''', issued on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_22|22 December 1995]]:<br> | |trivia = The press release mentioning '''The Vault - Volumes I, II and III''', issued on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_22|22 December 1995]]:<br> | ||
:''"[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] has officially given notice to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros. Records] (WBR) of his desire to terminate his recording agreement with the company. Over the course of their nearly two decade long relationship, The Artist and WBR have developed irreconcilable differences. Most recently, the unstable and ever changing management structure within WBR has made it impossible for the company to effectively market and promote its flagship artists, including [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. The Artist is prepared to deliver the three (3) remaining albums under his former name Prince which will fulfill his contractual to WBR. Currently, the albums are titled: [[Prince]]: '''The Vault – Volumes I, II and III'''. [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] will release a new recording entitled [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] once he is free from all ties with Time Warner."'' | :''"[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] has officially given notice to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros. Records] (WBR) of his desire to terminate his recording agreement with the company. Over the course of their nearly two decade long relationship, The Artist and WBR have developed irreconcilable differences. Most recently, the unstable and ever changing management structure within WBR has made it impossible for the company to effectively market and promote its flagship artists, including [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. The Artist is prepared to deliver the three (3) remaining albums under his former name Prince which will fulfill his contractual to WBR. Currently, the albums are titled: [[Prince]]: '''The Vault – Volumes I, II and III'''. [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] will release a new recording entitled [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] once he is free from all ties with Time Warner."'' | ||
− | *[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] further elaborated on this press release on [[ | + | *[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] further elaborated on this press release on [[Thedawn.com]] when it opened in February 1996:<br> |
− | :''"The press release | + | :''"The press release wasn’t very detailed, but it outlined my feelings as the Holiday week approached. While it was a message to everyone, it was more for the ears of the entertainment industry, and specifically it was geared towards the music industry and its musicians – both young and old, green and seasoned, struggling and successful. These words from [[Paisley Park Studios|Paisley Park]] are from me. My ultimate message is a cry for solidarity amongst artists and a reprieve from the greed of entertainment executives. '' |
:''My message stems from a lifetime of development as an artist and as a businessman, and my increasing awareness of a greedy structure within the music industry that unjustly rewards large, slow corporate management teams, while overlooking and not protecting its bread and butter – the artists. '' | :''My message stems from a lifetime of development as an artist and as a businessman, and my increasing awareness of a greedy structure within the music industry that unjustly rewards large, slow corporate management teams, while overlooking and not protecting its bread and butter – the artists. '' | ||
− | :''As difficult as it is to admit now, when I began my career with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner] in 1978, I had a lot to learn. The transition into the artist I am now | + | :''As difficult as it is to admit now, when I began my career with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner] in 1978, I had a lot to learn. The transition into the artist I am now hasn’t been a smooth one. I don’t want other young artists to be mislead in the same way. I’m expressing my feelings so that others will learn from my mistakes. I also want all established artists to understand the issues and know that there should be a better way and to join with me to create that new path. '' |
− | :''At 37 years old, I have been a recording artist for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records | + | :''At 37 years old, I have been a recording artist for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Music] for what will be seventeen years this April. I was only 19 years old when I recorded my first album as [[Prince]]. Recording for a large label was new and exciting. I had an opportunity to reach millions of people around the world, not just my faithful following here in Minneapolis around the club scene. As time passed, the realities of the music industry and its current hierarchical pecking system sunk in. Artists are last on the totem pole in terms of recoupment. '' |
:''My path has been a long and arduous one. In the beginning, both youth and excitement towards the opportunity to have an album produced made me, as [[Prince]], naive. Savvy lawyers claiming to have my interest at heart, long in bed with the record companies they pimp, offered me what seemed to be a lucrative contract, without fully explaining the ramifications of its terms. I wrote an album a year for many years until I realized a trap had been laid. I would never be able to leave the legacy of my music to my family, my future children or anyone, because "[[Prince]]" did not own the Masters – I did not, and still do not, own my Art.'' | :''My path has been a long and arduous one. In the beginning, both youth and excitement towards the opportunity to have an album produced made me, as [[Prince]], naive. Savvy lawyers claiming to have my interest at heart, long in bed with the record companies they pimp, offered me what seemed to be a lucrative contract, without fully explaining the ramifications of its terms. I wrote an album a year for many years until I realized a trap had been laid. I would never be able to leave the legacy of my music to my family, my future children or anyone, because "[[Prince]]" did not own the Masters – I did not, and still do not, own my Art.'' | ||
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:''For most of all of my adult life, I have labored under one construct. I compose music, write lyrics, and produce songs for myself and others. My creativity is my life; it is what guides my everyday, my sleepless nights. My songs are my children. I feel them. I watch them grow and I nurture them to maturity. I deliver them to my record company, and suddenly, they are no longer mine. The process is painful. I have been long ready for a new program. The time is now. '' | :''For most of all of my adult life, I have labored under one construct. I compose music, write lyrics, and produce songs for myself and others. My creativity is my life; it is what guides my everyday, my sleepless nights. My songs are my children. I feel them. I watch them grow and I nurture them to maturity. I deliver them to my record company, and suddenly, they are no longer mine. The process is painful. I have been long ready for a new program. The time is now. '' | ||
− | :''As an artist, I want to share my music with others. I crave the experience of writing and sharing with others. It is what I do as an artist; as a human being. I take pleasure in the fact that others are able to share in my joy once the process is complete. My fans are my | + | :''As an artist, I want to share my music with others. I crave the experience of writing and sharing with others. It is what I do as an artist; as a human being. I take pleasure in the fact that others are able to share in my joy once the process is complete. My fans are my children’s friends; I respect them and want to communicate with them.'' |
:''As a businessman and the owner of [[NPG Records]] – the label that released [[Single: The Most Beautiful Girl In The World|The Most Beautiful Girl In The World]] – the 1994 Number One release by an independent, I realize that record companies are a natural part of the food chain. It is the record label that allows a musical artist to reach out to his or her audience, but that does not mean that whichever organization markets and distributes the music should own the final product, i.e. the Masters. '' | :''As a businessman and the owner of [[NPG Records]] – the label that released [[Single: The Most Beautiful Girl In The World|The Most Beautiful Girl In The World]] – the 1994 Number One release by an independent, I realize that record companies are a natural part of the food chain. It is the record label that allows a musical artist to reach out to his or her audience, but that does not mean that whichever organization markets and distributes the music should own the final product, i.e. the Masters. '' | ||
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:''The first step I have taken towards the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] was to change my name from [[Prince]] to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. [[Prince]] is the name that my Mother gave me at birth. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name [[Prince]] and all related music marketed under [[Prince]]. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.].'' | :''The first step I have taken towards the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] was to change my name from [[Prince]] to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. [[Prince]] is the name that my Mother gave me at birth. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name [[Prince]] and all related music marketed under [[Prince]]. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.].'' | ||
− | :''By my 35th birthday, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_7|June 7 | + | :''By my 35th birthday, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_7|June 7 1993]], I was beyond frustrated with my lack of control over my career and music. It seemed reminiscent of much that had been experienced by other African-Americans over the last couple of hundred years. They had turned me into a slave and I wanted no more of it. The dilemma had only one clear solution. I was born [[Prince]] and did not want to adopt another conventional name. The only acceptable replacement for my name, and my identity, was [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], a symbol with no pronunciation, that is a representation of me and what my music is about. This symbol is present in my work over the years; it is a concept that has evolved from my frustration; it is who I am. It is my name. '' |
:''I look forward to the release of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] in the near future. It will be The Dawn of the next phase of my life as a musician. It will represent my freedom from the past and it will be a continuum of what I have started here today."'' | :''I look forward to the release of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] in the near future. It will be The Dawn of the next phase of my life as a musician. It will represent my freedom from the past and it will be a continuum of what I have started here today."'' | ||
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− | |references =[[Book:_The_Vault| | + | |references =''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
*http://new.prince.org/msg/3/351553?&pg=3 | *http://new.prince.org/msg/3/351553?&pg=3 | ||
|categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | |categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | ||
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