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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…
Legendary Prince concert to premiere on YouTube
Prince fans rejoice! The Purple One’s celebrated Sign O’ The Times New Year’s Eve concert from 1987 will premiere on YouTube this week. In the early hours of Friday morning…
Previously unheard version of Prince’s I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man is released
Prince’s legendary vault has offered up more treasure. A previously unheard version of I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man from 1979 has been revealed and acts as…
Classic Pop Issue 63 is on sale now
In the latest issue, we speak to Bob Geldof and Pete Briquette about The Boomtown Rats’ comeback as they return with their first studio album in 36 years. Elsewhere, we…