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Prince - The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Upon leaving Warner Brothers in 1996, Prince agreed to let the label release a
collection of unreleased recordings from his legendary prodigious vaults at
some point in the future. Warner unveiled that collection, unimaginatively
titled The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, in the summer of 1999. Instead of an
official release for several of Prince's legendary songs though, The Vault is a
brief collection (under 40 minutes) of ten songs, recorded between 1985 and
1994 according to the liner notes -- though they all feel like Graffiti Bridge (or
maybe Symbol) outtakes. That's not a complaint, actually. There's a wonderful
carefree feeling to the record, heavy on jazz and light funk, constantly
swinging, and nearly always engaging. Only the title track has the necessary
weight to announce itself as a major addition to his official catalog, but that
doesn't matter since the songs are all enjoyable. After all, it's hard not to be
impressed with Prince's songcraft or the casually sophisticated flair to the
musicianship throughout the album. That might not be what most observers
expected from The Vault, but consider this -- of these ten songs, eight tracks
have never been heavily bootlegged before. That means that even some
hardcore followers may not have heard all of this material, which is
noteworthy in itself. But the nicest thing about the compilation is that even
though it's a minor addition to his catalog, it holds together as an album better
than Come or Chaos & Disorder, the two other Warner-era odds-and-ends
collections, or even the tossed-off New Power Soul. It's an unassuming, jazzy
little record that's damn near irresistible.

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Artist...............: Prince
Album................: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale
Genre................: Electronic, Jazz, Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1999
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-vault-old-friends-4-sale-mw0000669013
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 9/21/2016
Posted by............: Grad58 on 9/21/2016
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front Back

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Tracklisting
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1. Prince - 5 Women [05:09]
2. Prince - Extraordinary [02:24]
3. Prince - It's About That Walk [04:22]
4. Prince - My Little Pill [01:05]
5. Prince - Old Friends 4 Sale [03:24]
6. Prince - Sarah [02:49]
7. Prince - She Spoke 2 Me (Extended Remix) [08:16]
8. Prince - The Rest Of My Life [01:37]
9. Prince - There Is Lonely [02:25]
10. Prince - When The Lights Go Down [07:07]

Playing Time.........: 38:45
Total Size...........: 91.40 MB

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