Se7en said:

Aside from the cardboard boxes, I think it's actually very well maintained!

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It really isn't. There's a significant lack of care thoughout the vault. Tapes etc. need to be carefully stored.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Given that just about half of all the "new" songs released so far were songs previously released in some form and out of all the song titles we can see only a few are unheard songs, I am wondering just how fast the vault is.

I wonder too if they shifted songs around when they built albums tracklists. For instance Crystal Ball 1 and persumably 2 if they were pulled and moved to different spots in vault.

ForbiddenFruit said:

love2thenines2003 said:

The follow up of the Vault>Follow the link

http://imagizer.imageshac...8xydGM.jpg

....i couldn't imagine to see a such thing in my life.....very detailled boxes on this picture above!!

Thank you! Amazing picture...

Woh!

y

MattUK said:

SquirrelMeat said:

I've been randomly looking through the non-vault photos to, including the additional rooms that were used to house video stock. I've noticed:


Hand written on his notepad in his real green bedroom

'Wolf Alice - Bros'

New Song "(R Ur) Lights On"

New Song "Pay My Rent"

New Song "The Next Generation will have 2 wait"

Odesza feat Zyra's "Say My Name"


In the Studio Storage Room

Kayla & Lanell Dance (DAT)

On the shelf old video masters, a video for "Starfish & Coffee - S???RD Elementary"

Two versions of the 'Kiss' Video

70mm Film cans of London dates of Lovesexy show.

Negatives for 2 hour video called "Gothic"

Tape for video call "The Documentary" - from the Act I tour

Tapes for video called 'Come Movie'

Japan film footage and tape called 'Documentary"

5 Hours of Mayte Footage

Tape on 'Mayte shelf' labeled 'Nothing Compares 2 U'

Stock of Camden 88 Aftershow (29s reels)

Stock of Wembley 88 rehearsals

'Best of Symbol' CD-R in a garage box.

In the yellow office next to the Conference room:

Various shows on DVDRs scattered on surfaces inc Welcome 2 America, P&M & Hit N Run II.

Various VHS inc Wembley 1990.

you know, Wolf Alice are a young UK rock band, right?

Yeah, Wolf Alice are the next big thing in UK. Personally I would consider it a travesty if Prince had never heard the Super Furry Animals. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, the best band of the new millenium by a million miles. Bar none. He may never have heard of them, or the orger 'SuperFurryAnimal', or the folk dressed up as super furry animals at The Flaming Lips gigs.

That would be sad; tragic even on the scale of a Greek epic tragedy.

-

I tried all afternoon to find out what's to see on all these tapes in this picture.

Here's a list from top left, to bottom right, per shelf : (check numbers at the end of each tape)

Please feel free to fill in or correct.

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[Edited 4/23/18 10:28am]

Vannormal said:

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I tried all afternoon to find out what's to see on all these tapes in this picture.

Here's a list from top left, to bottom right, per shelf : (check numbers at the end of each tape)

Please feel free to fill in or correct.

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top shelf, left :

Carousel (27 nov 1985) / W-9

Strange Relationship (?) / W-10

Teacher / W-11

Teacher / W-12

She's Always In My Hair , Dance Mixes, version 1 & 2 / Prince / Waner Bros. / X-...

She's Always In My Hair , Dance Mixes, version 3 & 4 / Prince / Waner Bros. / X-...

The Dance Electric / X-...

Let's Go Crazy / copy / X-...

... / X-5

Purple Rain / Credit Music / X-...

Raspberry Beret / Outtake / X-...

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top shelf, center:

... / Y-1

Annie C. / 6-12

safety copy II / 6-13

Let's Work / 6-14

Let's Pretend We're Married / Master / 6-13

Prince LP / All (...) Critics / 6-...

Something In The Water / Prince / Tonez / 7-1

Let's Work T3 / 7-3

Let's Work T2 / 7-4

Let's Work / master / 7-5

Sexuality / 7-7

Gotta Stop Messin About / IV / 7-8

Prince / 7-9

Prince / Warner Brothers / 7-10

Do Me / 7-11

Contro. / 7-12

Private Joy - Ronnie Talk To Russia / 7-13

Prince / Warner Brothers / 7-15

Sexuality / 7-16

Lords Prayer / Warners / 7-17

Jack You Off / 7-18

Live Show / Head / outtakes / 8-1

Intro + Uptown / 8-2

Treat Me So Bad / 8-3

Private Joy / 8-5

Controversy (long) / master / 8-6

Contro. T-2 / 8-7

Controversy - safety / 8-8

Warner Bros / Prince / 8-9

Gotta Broken Heart / When You Were Mine / Uptown / 8-10

Dirty Mind / Party Up / Do It All Night / 8-11

Head / 8-12

Head / 8-13

Controversy / Warner Bros / 8-14

Intro = Uptown / 8-15

Treat Me So Bad (3-27-1982) / 8-16

Head (3-27-1982) (3-29-1982) / 9-1

Uptown / O.T.(original track?) / edits / 9-2

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top shelf, right :

Controversy (?) #6 / Warner Brothers Records / 21-1

Cntroversy Groove / 22-1

Drums Only 3 takes trx #6 ... / 22-2

6-14-1984 / 22-4

L.A. Tape / 23-1

8-30-1984 / 23-2

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center shelf, left :

... / Z-3

... / Z-4

... / Z-5

safety / Z-6

Erotic City (...) / Z-7

Erotic City/ outtake / edits from.../ vocal version / Z-8

Erotic City / outtakes edits from .../ instrum. version / Z-9

Erotic City / Z-10

Let's Go Crazy / The Beautiful Ones / Z-11

Erotic City / Dance Mix / safety / Z-12

safety / Z-13

Life Can Be So Nice / master / 1-1

Kiss 1-2

... / 1-3

... / 1-4

... / 1-5

Take Me With U

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center shelf, center :

Take Me With U / breakdowns / ...

Prince / copy - copy / 1979-6-19 / 9-3

Sexy Dancer / 9-4

Prince Joy / 9-5

Prince Joy / 9-6

... / 10-1 (goes on (10-9) without info till blue tape)

Prince Cassette / Prince Grammys 85 / 10-11

Prince Cassette / Prince Grammys 85 / 10-12

Sunset 30IPS Tonez / 11-1

MRL 15-30 / 11-12

Prince 30IPS Tones / 11-3

Sound Effects / 11-5

Skip Song / Applause / 11-6

Divinity / 11-7

Prince Cassette / Prince Grammys 85 / 13-1

Prince Cassette / Prince Grammys 85 / 13-2

Prince Cassette / Prince Grammys 85 / 13-3

Prince AMA / 13-4

Prince AMA / 13-5

Prince AMA / 13-6

Prince Cassette / Prince Grammys 85 / 13-7

I Don't Wanna Stop / Too Tough / 14-1

John L. Nelson / 14-6

Party Tape / 14-12

Party Tape / 14-13

Party Tape / 14-14

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center shelf, right :

Groove / ... 1984) / Raspberry Beret (2 of 2) / 24-2

Dear Uncle George / 25-2

Wouldn't You Love To Love Me / #13 / Warner Brothers Records / 25-3

Forever ... / 25-4

Tune #3 / #15 / Warner Brothers Records / 26-1

Friction / 26-2

... / 26-3

lower shelf, left :

Parade ... / 2-10

Parade ... / New Position / 2-11

Parade album ... / outtakes / 2-12

... / 2-13

chocolate / 3-1

Love & Sex / 3-2

Come Elektra Tuesday / 3-3

Feline / 3-4

Velvet Kitty Cat / 3-5

Electric Intercourse / 3-6

All Day All Night / 3-7

Rough / 3-8

Don't Let Him Fool Ya / Can't Stop This Feeling I Got / 3-9

Manic Monday / Jealous Girl / Rough / 3-10

Moon Beam Levels / 6-8-1983 / 3-11

Free (Pee?) / 13-12

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lower shelf, center :

Do Yourself ... / 4-2

Groove Susan ... You / 15-1

She's Just A Baby / 15-2

Vanity Jam / Starr Studios / 15-3

Drums & Bass / Sounds Good / 15-4

The Girl O' My Dreams / 16-1

Never Take The Place ... / ... / 16-2

Don't Let Him Fool Ya / Can't Stop / 16-3

Vagina / I Can't Stop / ... / 16-4

Do Yourself A Favour / 17-2

Andre / Hard To Get / 17-3

Demo For Vagina / Ronnie / 17-4

... / Irressitable Bitch / 18-1

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lower shelf, left :

Warners / The Time / 2(?)-14-1982 / ... / The Walk / 28-2

Warners / The Time / 2(?)-14-1982 / ... master / 1) Gigolo's get lonely too / 2) Bold (?) Connection / master / 28-3

Just A Baby / I Don't Wanna Leave U / 28-4

... / ... / The Time / 29-1

The Time / My Love Belongs To You / Velvet Kitty / 7-17-1983 / 29-3

The Time / Jungle Love / 3-25-1983 / 29-4

[Edited 4/23/18 10:28am]

GREAT WORK!!!!!!

Here's a mystery: Why did Prince re-record Head and Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad in early 1982???

"Treat Me So Bad (3-27-1982) / 8-16

Vannormal said:

I Don't Wanna Stop / Too Tough / 14-1

"Too Tough" is AKA "Rough"

"I Don't Wanna Stop" was recorded by Prince but released by Ren Woods.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Vannormal said:

I Don't Wanna Stop / Too Tough / 14-1

"Too Tough" is AKA "Rough"

"I Don't Wanna Stop" was recorded by Prince but released by Ren Woods.

"Rough" is also listed separately on another box so "Too Tough" could either be a retitled re-recording or something different altogether.

Possibly some 'notes' on the backs of these tapes are just... 'notes'.

They don't always represent the actual song title(s).

Some were probably working titles.

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...and yes, mutiple tapes could be video recordings from various angles, or different audio concert recordings. Who knows.

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I questioned myself either why he rerecorded these songs : Treat me so bad, Head... (1982 ? hope the year is well readable).

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I tried to copy the exact readable words (from these horrible pix). (I wish these pix were sharper. :-/)

But hey, with Prince, there always needs to be a bit of a mystery to keep shit interesting. Right ?

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I'm going to try and do some more vault pix investigations tomorrow.

[Edited 4/23/18 13:19pm]

fortuneandserendipity said:

y

MattUK said:

you know, Wolf Alice are a young UK rock band, right?

Yeah, Wolf Alice are the next big thing in UK. Personally I would consider it a travesty if Prince had never heard the Super Furry Animals. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, the best band of the new millenium by a million miles. Bar none. He may never have heard of them, or the orger 'SuperFurryAnimal', or the folk dressed up as super furry animals at The Flaming Lips gigs.

That would be sad; tragic even on the scale of a Greek epic tragedy.

I like Super Furry Animals. But, yes, you're right, you're being very hyperbolic. I went to one of their gigs in LA...there was about 30 people watching and it was as dull as dishwater. Plus, they're Welsh, so...

Vannormal said:

Possibly some 'notes' on the backs of these tapes are just... 'notes'.

They don't always represent the actual song title(s).

Some were probably working titles.

-

...and yes, mutiple tapes could be video recordings from various angles, or different audio concert recordings. Who knows.

-

I questioned myself either why he rerecorded these songs : Treat me so bad, Head... (1982 ? hope the year is well readable).

-

I tried to copy the exact readable words (from these horrible pix). (I wish these pix were sharper. :-/)

But hey, with Prince, there always needs to be a bit of a mystery to keep shit interesting. Right ?

-

I'm going to try and do some more vault pix investigations tomorrow.

[Edited 4/23/18 13:19pm]

You have an eagle's eye.
Bravo. Fantastic job.
What shelves, pure gold, gosh...

"Vagina"...
Oh Lawd...

3 Paters and 4 Ave Marias won't do.

[Edited 4/23/18 13:49pm]

Vannormal said:

I'm going to try and do some more vault pix investigations tomorrow.

[Edited 4/23/18 13:19pm]

Did you see the link to the spreadsheet on page 3? Someone has already been busy.

BartVanHemelen said:

Se7en said:

Aside from the cardboard boxes, I think it's actually very well maintained!

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It really isn't. There's a significant lack of care thoughout the vault. Tapes etc. need to be carefully stored.

I agree. Especially due to the fact he kept all eighties masters close to himself.
I mean you gotta love the man for that.
The masters of his most personal creative streaks are in his basement.
As well as legendary official records.
His journal, mixed with "4 Prince" stuff.

Don't start me on it. Of course it had to be moved and 24/192'ed.
All of it, and ASAP.

Is Black Muse an analog recording? It doesn't look like Pro Tools was a thing,
all is full of tape.


Stock of Camden 88 Aftershow (29s reels)

HOLY SCHMOLY.

I notice in the video storage room he has a whole shelf of Carmen's Everybody Gets Up. Doesn't look like he could shift those for love or money.

This is capable of sending a Guinness Book's Workaholic of the Year
into depression. Wait till it's filled.

SquirrelMeat said:

I notice in the video storage room he has a whole shelf of Carmen's Everybody Gets Up. Doesn't look like he could shift those for love or money.

You must be talking about the shelves levelers spares shelf.

[Edited 4/23/18 14:08pm]

There were also 3 black binders that contained lyrics. I also saw a vhs tape in the boxes 3-11-88 I think was the date.

pricetag said:

fortuneandserendipity said:

y

Yeah, Wolf Alice are the next big thing in UK. Personally I would consider it a travesty if Prince had never heard the Super Furry Animals. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, the best band of the new millenium by a million miles. Bar none. He may never have heard of them, or the orger 'SuperFurryAnimal', or the folk dressed up as super furry animals at The Flaming Lips gigs.

That would be sad; tragic even on the scale of a Greek epic tragedy.

I like Super Furry Animals. But, yes, you're right, you're being very hyperbolic. I went to one of their gigs in LA...there was about 30 people watching and it was as dull as dishwater. Plus, they're Welsh, so...

Ah, Prince would have loved them. They were always pushing boundaries. And their last album was funky as hell, not a typical sound for them! As for live stuff, I wouldn't know having barely even checked youtube. Idiosyncratic Valley boys, they're Wales' answer to the Beatles.

bonatoc said:

This is capable of sending a Guinness Book's Workaholic of the Year
into depression. Wait till it's filled.

Un-fucking-believable !

Who did this ?

Waaw !

Vannormal said:

bonatoc said:

This is capable of sending a Guinness Book's Workaholic of the Year
into depression. Wait till it's filled.

Un-fucking-believable !

Who did this ?

Waaw !

Mostly a single Little Prince.
¡Caramba!

What baffles me is actually seeing all of it (not even close!).
But all the glory days are there.
Big fat multi-track tapes. Analog master tapes,
magnetic particles holding Prince's visions.

I mean it's one thing, the typical "Yeah, I have a box of tapes in my garage
from when I had a band back in the day" and this, right?

When they're going to 24/192 the 2 track master of "All My Dreams",
when this is going to blast from the past on Genelecs and Crowns,
when the tape is going to be softly pressed against the head,
check check, rollin', you know what it'll be? Orgasm.
1985. Back To The Future.

And that's just one song. Next!

I mean whenever I fear
I'm not going to be impressed ever by SKipper,
there he goes again:

But I dont care what people may say
I ain't gon' let it ruin my day
The best remedy for a basket full of lies is funk

There's nothin' like funky music
Let the music play
I'm crazy 4 Cocoa Rock


Still he laughs about it.
You cannot not love this man.
Music was his life — Duh!.

[Edited 4/24/18 0:40am]

bonatoc said:

Stock of Camden 88 Aftershow (29s reels)

HOLY SCHMOLY.

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Magnoli was doing a documentary at the time, and we know there was footage of that aftershow since it was used in the BBC documentary.

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Now that would be an amazing Blu-ray: one of the legendary 1988 aftershows, with alternate angles, etc.

Vannormal said:

bonatoc said:

This is capable of sending a Guinness Book's Workaholic of the Year
into depression. Wait till it's filled.

Un-fucking-believable !

Who did this ?

Waaw !

.

Old-timer from the a.m.p days.

nelcp777 said:

There were also 3 black binders that contained lyrics. I also saw a vhs tape in the boxes 3-11-88 I think was the date.

There's another of those binders tossed in one of the boxes in the room outside the vault itself.

leecaldon said:

ForbiddenFruit said:

Thank you! Amazing picture...

Woh!

"La Vo" OMG SO CUTE.

Glass O' Cola

The Trouble With Emma.

These titles are amazing

NME01 said:

When we have bootlegs and think we already got track from Vault we simply do not know how much more work was done. I believe we have few finished versions on bootlegs.