When audio engineer Peggy McCreary was recording Prince for his 1999 album, she didn’t immediately recognize his genius. “I had no idea who he was when I first started working with him,” she recalls.

Prince’s fifth album, rereleased on its 37th anniversary with a wealth of material from his vault, captures the moment he broke down barriers and became a rock star. By Jon Pareles Is this the first ...

Prince delivers a delirious rendition of “1999” in a previously unreleased clip from his December 29th, 1982 concert at the Summit in Houston, Texas. The entire show will be released on DVD as part of ...

On the role of "Prince's archivist:" The overarching thrust of the job is to organize and preserve Prince's audiovisual legacy — his vault — and the extension of that is to be the A&R guy for ...

Prince fans have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. On Black Friday, the Prince estate is releasing a remastered version of the late singer's 1982 album "1999," which spawned hits including ...

Dance, Music, Sex, Romance abbreviated to “D.M.S.R.”; that track title neatly sums up 1999, Prince’s fifth album, released in 1982. The purple one’s first double vinyl album (condensed to a single ...

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For the still-struggling Prince & the Revolution, it was a momentous occasion: free HBO in their motel. It was the fall of 1981 and they were touring the South to promote the album "Controversy." Not ...

The Prince Estate and Warner Records have outdone themselves with their re-release of Prince’s iconic “1999” album, with a massive boxed set containing tons of unreleased material and even a four-part ...