Glam Slam & Escape (Collective)

The Legendary Cancelled Funk Apocalypse Originally scheduled for untitled, anonymous release on December 8, 1987 — Prince’s The Black Album —was dramatically cancelled by Prince himself just days before shipping. The entire pressing was recalled and destroyed, making it the most bootlegged album in history. Prince reached out to Warner Bros. chairman Mo Ostin to request the album's withdrawal. He cited a "spiritual epiphany" as the reason, saying the album embodied the "anger

A True Love Ways Winter’s Tale David Essex & Catherine Zeta Jones’s “True Love Ways” was released as a 7-inch vinyl single, limited edition with poster, CD maxi-single, and two cassette variants in the UK on November 14, 1994, on PolyGram TV (catalogue: TLW 7 / 851 118-7). Backed with David Essex’s “A Winter’s Tale,” this romantic Buddy Holly cover (Holly/Petty) and festive Mike Batt/Tim Rice ballad, both produced by Jeff Wayne (A) and Mike Batt (B), were issued to promote Es

A Cosmic Funk Journey Prince’s “Space” 7-inch vinyl single, and 12" Maxi Single were released on November 1, 1994, on Warner Bros. Records. This ethereal funk track, produced, arranged and composed by Prince, The B-side of the single is actually the album track. The A-side is the Universal Love Radio Remix of "Space", with completely new lyrics. In the album version of "Space" Prince sings about being obsessed with a lover and wanting to take their love higher comparing to th

Prince’s Come one-page August 15, 1994.

Prince’s Come  was released as an album in the US by Warner Bros. Records (catalog number 9 45700-2) on August 16, 1994, with a UK release in September 1994. At the time, Prince was publicly disputing with Warner Bros. The album received minimal promotion from both the label and Prince, leading to its underperformance on American charts, peaking at No. 15, and becoming his first album since "Controversy" (1981) without any top 10 singles in the US. However, it achieved greate

Prince’s Come  was released as a promotional 2 LP album in the UK by Warner Bros. Records August 15, 1994, with one side featuring remixes of "Space"  and "Letitgo" . "Come" is the fifteenth studio album by Prince, released by Warner Bros. Records. At the time, Prince was publicly disputing with Warner Bros. The album received minimal promotion from both the label and Prince, leading to its underperformance on American charts, peaking at No. 15, and becoming his first album s

Call Now! Prince's 1-800 New Funk One-Page August 12, 1994.

Various Artists’ 1-800 New Funk , featuring music primarily written and produced by Prince and performed by artists from Paisley Park Records and NPG Records, was released as an album in the US by NPG Records (catalog number 0061032NPG) on August 12, 1994, with a UK release in September 1994. While some tracks had been previously released, most were new and did not appear on any other albums. The booklet included images that might have been intended as album covers for each a

0(+> Breaks the silence cover and advert Vibe magazine, August 1994.

A Hits-Era Glam Slam Extension Released as a CD/7"/cassette single in the UK on December 6, 1993, on Warner Bros. Records (catalogue: W0215CD / W0215), Prince’s “Controversy” was reissued to promote The Hits 1, The Hits 2, and The Hits/The B-Sides . This exclusive UK release — three months after the albums — featured the 1981 title track edit alongside lesser-known gems not on the Hits collections (including “The Future (Remix)”, “Glam Slam”, “D.M.S.R.”, and “New Power Genera