Coldplay used their NPR Tiny Desk Concert as an opportunity to cover Prince‘s “1999.” The band, who also played their own “Cry Cry Cry,” “Viva La Vida,” “Broken” and “Champion of the World,” was joined by the nine-piece For Love Choir. See the full concert here. “Cry Cry Cry,” “Broken” …
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Published and previously unseen Prince images will appear in photographer-director Randee St. Nicholas’ upcoming book My Name Is Prince. The 380-page tome, out October 15th via Amistad, collects color and black-and-white photos from throughout their 25-year collaboration. The project includes shots of Prince on tour, at his home and throughout …
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“I was always hoping that these recordings were still around because of the feeling that’s in them,” Don Batts, Prince‘s personal recording engineer in the early Eighties, tells Rolling Stone. He’s reflecting on a demo cassette he made with the artist released Friday asPiano & a Microphone 1983, 34 minutes …
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There’s virtually no vinyl record in history more sought after by collectors than a genuine copy of Prince‘s Black Album. Warner Bros. pressed approximately 500,000 copies of the album in late 1987, but ordered them all destroyed once Prince decided it was “evil” and should never see release. The label …
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