You don't think Prince's family would agree to the status quo - no re-issues, keep songs at Tidal, etc?

Chevy is chomping at the bit.

My gut feeling is the estate will saturate the market with his stuff the way the Hendrix family has, but I hope I am wrong. Granted, there is a lot less Hendrix material for them to work with so it is probably more difficult to continue to make money from his catalog through music sales and so forth then it will be with Prince.

Prince music is all over YouTube already, for what it's worth--before he passed, you were limited to a few appearances on late night programs and not much more.

I'm gonna go with human nature and assume they'll go with whatever nets them the most cash - be it a shotgun blast of releases, laser-focused precision releases, lazy streaming options, or just all the above. Pretty sure they'll just want cash, and as much and as soon as possible.

I'm sure that re-issues will happen but the litigation between Prince's siblings will take YEARS to settle and then to find the proper curator to the Vaults will be another daunting task.

Jimi Hendrix fans will remember that it took ages to finally get his music rereleased and with new material because of the in fighting with his family. There's a lot of money on the table so everyone will try to get their cut.

I can see them merchandising like crazy. They're going to be putting the "symbol" on everything they can, issue a bunch of purple branded shit, tons of posters and other stuff.

He'll be next Bob Marley.

There's money to be made from clearing out his vaults, but the real cash is going to come from Prince wine glasses, Prince posters, Prince headphones, Prince action figures, and licensing out his songs. Get ready to hear "Let's Get Crazy" on a beer commercial.

"It's All About the s"

I wish I had the money to buy it.

Prince's 'Purple Rain' coat is up for auction.

A rare piece of movie memorabilia from Prince's 1984 classic film "Purple Rain" is hitting the auction block.

Prince donned the black and white blazer with leather sleeves while riding a motorcycle with co-star Apollonia Kotero.

"It's definitely the most important piece of screen-worn Prince clothing that's ever come up for auction," said Joe Maddalena, president of the Calabasas, California-based auction house, Profiles in History. "This is a signature piece of wardrobe worn from an iconic movie in his most famous role."

The coat is a unique find from the typically reclusive artist, who was found dead last week at his Paisley Park complex just outside of Minneapolis.

"Prince memorabilia in general, it just really doesn't exist. It seems like he controlled it all," Maddalena said. "This is the first time ever for something like this, and it might be the only time because the rest of the costumes may be in his (personal) wardrobe."

The original seller said her sister, a makeup artist, received the piece from Prince after they worked together on "Purple Rain."

The June 29th auction will also include costumes from Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Alicia Keys and a Swarovski crystal studded glove from Michael Jackson's 1992 Dangerous world tour.

Maddalena said he believes the "Purple Rain" blazer will be the "star of the show" and expects it to sell for much more than the asking price, $6,000 to $8,000.

"Hopefully it will reach a price that is equivalent to his stature as a musician," he said.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/29/

Rich people get all the good stuff.

As someone a good foot taller than Prince, I'd had no use for this except to look like a Fat Guy in a Little Coat, minus the fat part.

You could dress up your dog.

I wonder how Prince stored his vault songs?

Hard drives? CD-Rs? Vinyl?

I wonder if Prince simply didn't care what happened to his stuff after he died. It's not like he could take his stuff with him. Just a silly theory on my part.

Prince Reportedly Left Behind Over 2,000 Unreleased Songs.

While Prince may be gone, that doesn’t mean the new music has to stop coming. According to Hunting For Prince’s Vault, a documentary created by the BBC that sought to unearth just how much music the star had sitting around that even his biggest fans had never had a chance to enjoy, there are thousands of songs that the public hasn’t heard yet.

Some of the people that worked with the rock star for years estimate that there could be around 2,000 unreleased songs, and the final number might be even higher than that. All of this music is sitting in a vault at Prince’s Paisley Park estate in Michigan, and no, that’s not a fun nickname for a studio, either—there are supposedly thousands of recordings in what looks like a bank vault.

For the documentary, journalist and filmmaker Mobeen Azhar spoke to people connected to the legendary performer, including fellow musicians, engineers, and even those that worked on his management team and a woman who helped him organize all of this material, and they all back up the rumors that there are literally thousands of recordings that Prince never allowed out of the vault for one reason or another. In addition to studio recordings, the vault is also said to contain several music videos (some for songs that were also never released) and two full-length films.

While he was primarily known as a musician, Prince also made a name for himself as an actor in films like Purple Rain. It’s tough to believe that there are movies featuring the Purple One that he never shared, but if anybody would do such a thing, it’s Prince.

The rock star’s former tour manager also said that Prince recorded most of his concerts, so there are hundreds of live recordings as well. There might be a lot of music that could be released, but nobody knows if or when any of it will see the light of day. Universal Music owns the rights to much of the unreleased music, and it can’t be released without the company’s consent and that of whoever takes over his estate, and right now, it’s not clear who is in charge.

Prince didn’t leave a will, and members of his family might be gearing up for what could be a contentious legal battle over his valuable estate. Until there is someone that can sign off on all decisions relating to what happens to his brand now that he’s gone, there might not be new music for some time.

There has been one line that has made its way into several articles over the past few days that has given Prince fans in mourning some small bit of comfort: there are enough songs available in his vault to “put out an album a year for the next century.”

Whether this is true, or if the musician is able to keep up his release schedule even after passing is yet to be seen, but even the prospect of that much art waiting to be enjoyed is certainly exciting.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/...z&ocid=U305DHP

Or even the right state.

17 Days is my new favorite Prince song. Never knew it existed until the Groove played it on XM Radio.

Off topic but can anyone remember a great unreleased song or songs that were released after the death of a popular singer or band?

Nirvana - You Know You're Right?

Just to be sure we're on the same page here...you're not thinking 17 Days is an unreleased song that just came out since Prince died, are you?

Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay

http://www.ranker.com/list/best-song...y/ranker-music

Mother Love Bone's singer Andy Wood died a few days before their only full length album, [i]Apple[i/], was released.

Great album.

17 days isn't an unreleased song it was the B side to When Doves Cry. Yea a lot of the B sides back in those days were amazing. I listen to them more than I do the popular songs.

Prince stuff is everywhere now. I've never stopped loving his music at this point I have over 900 cds I bet. And never stopped listening.

The one thing I think would kill him to know is if they pulled a Jackson with his music and let others "finish" tracks or change the arrangement. He knew they'd be released he's talked about that before, He wasn't against it. He was against it leaking out from people he worked with droves him nuts. Which is why in the end only he could open the vault.

I know it was a B side since it was on that greatest hits album from 1993 which I ignored since I owned most of the records from the 80's and then discovered last week that it had B Sides and downloaded them off Itunes.

Maybe what I mean't to say is you don't see a lot of dead artists have a second career with unreleased music hitting the billboard top ten with the masses buying and those songs staying on the charts for years after that person or entity died.

Unreleased music usually only pleases the die-hards.

Prince filmed hours of footage intended for a possible movie of some sorts, around 1986, 1987, starring his back then bodyguards Wally Safford and Greg Brooks. This, and footage he filmed of Vanity (a personal home video) and Vanity 6 all went into his vault according to the book DanceMusicSexRomance. Who knows what other surprises are in there.

Really, CDs?

I have bunch of digi-bootlegs, too, but... Maybe if you burned them I suppose.