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: [email protected] >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 >
