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Prince
A conciliatory gesture to his label Warner Bros? Sell-out or heartfelt? A spiritually-motivated artistic statement? Either way, Prince rounded off an extraordinary 1980s with arguably his final masterpiece, 1989’s Batman……
Prince – the revolution will be televised
Prince owned the airwaves when his 1985 Purple Rain tour was beamed out to millions around the world and its legendary Syracuse show is now being released on Blu-ray and…
Issue 76 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
In the latest issue of Classic Pop we have an exclusive interview with Karl Bartos who reveals all about his life in Kraftwerk. We also serve up an exclusive chat…
Prince estate releases remastered performance of 1999
Ahead of the entirely enhanced and reconstructed release of Prince and The Revolution: Live on June 3, 2022, The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings have issued another preview track from…
Rare footage discovered of Prince, aged 11, from 1970
Archival footage has been found of Prince at a teachers’ strike in Minneapolis in 1970 when he was just 11 years old. The video was discovered by local TV station…
Making Prince: 1999
Prince: 1999 was a landmark album for the Purple One and his first truly classic release… By Felix Rowe As far as we’re aware, Prince is the only pop star…
Top 20 80s cover versions
Cover versions are sometimes bad, sometimes great. Here’s Classic Pop’s rundown of the very best cover versions of some of the 80s’ very best songs. It’s a testament to the…
The Time LP to get expanded re-release on 40th anniversary
Forty years ago The Time released their first eponymously-titled album, and now, to mark its anniversary, Rhino Records are releasing a 2LP expanded version. Originally released on 29 July 1981,…
The Prince Estate releases previously unreleased 2010 song Born 2 Die
The Prince Estate has shared a previously unreleased song by the late artist. Born 2 Die was intended for Welcome 2 America, an album that Prince recorded in 2010 and…
Lost Prince album to be released this July
Five years after his death, the treasures from the Prince vault just keep on coming, with a previously unreleased album set for release on 30 July. Recorded in 2010, Welcome…