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Prince
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale

By David Dodson

It's important to remember that The Vault is a Warner Brothers release, which at this point means it’s a package Prince probably wouldn't have wanted released and one The Artist probably doesn’t want you to buy. But to a fan of The Artist's music, that means absolutely nothing - you just want to hear the music. Or, maybe when you hear there’s a new collection of unreleased material, you don’t really care anymore. That's truly a shame, but who can blame you.

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This collection represents material from 1985 to 1994 and during that period there was probably a Prince song or album that caused you to remark, "the man is a genius." And the reason for that is Prince was and The Artist is a dedicated musician and what dedicated musicians do is make music. There aren’t any real radio hits on this album and as a whole it sounds like a well-recorded jam session with Prince playing extended solos and singing those "on the fly" lyrics that made you like him in the first place. You can tell he was having fun making this music. That the music spans such a broad time period, yet still flows together perfectly, is a testament to the timelessness of truly dedicated musicians.

Now the bad part. The liner notes list all of the musicians together as if they all played on every song during this nine-year period. Dates for individual songs are missing from the credits so you also don’t know when what was made. In addition, a footnote alerts you that the songs were "originally intended for private use," but Warner Brothers doesn’t care it will distribute it if it will sell. You can laugh you can cry, both are appropriate; but even if you don’t buy The Vault, go buy an old Prince album.
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October 1999

 

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