Prince has upset record labels all over the world by opting to give away his new CD away for free in The Daily Mail and to people seeing his concert there. Personally if anyone should be getting that CD for free it is the schmucks that are paying over $2,000 to see him here in LA. I never got the whole Prince thing, I know he can play a bunch of instruments, but ever since he became a symbol his music has gone to crap. Seriously I thinking giving away the album for free is probably what it is worth because I doubt there is at least one hit on there.
BTW Sony BMG gave this as a reason why they will not be releasing the CD in The UK according to Entertainment Wise, “Given the sheer number of copies we are talking about here it seemed the right thing to do for retailers to become exempt from the deal in the UK." I wonder how this will change the way record labels will promote CDs?
Prince's run at the Rio might be a brief one. Alicia Jacobs, entertainment reporter at KVBC-TV, Channel 3, reported Sunday that Prince will end his Rio deal on March 31. Jacobs said Prince, who took over the Club Rio showroom in November, is going on tour to promote his latest CD. But a 3121 rep said the show is indefinite, and "there's not a confirmed end date as of yet." Perhaps most revealing, however, was the group of uber entertainment executives who attended a private Prince performance about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, after his main show at his 3121 club. Among 30 guests in a small backroom were ABC entertainment honcho David Saltz; Apple Records boss Jonathan Clyde, who produced most of Usher's major hits, and Siegfried & Roy's longtime manager, Bernie Yuman. Saltz is reportedly working on a huge Beatles-related Prince project. Prince spent most of the private concert singing arrangements of Beatles songs.
Don Henley dropped a bombshell during a private concert in Las Vegas on Saturday: The Eagles are working on their first album of all new music in 28 years. "It’s coming out in 60 to 90 days, if we don’t kill each other first," Henley told a VIP crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. It would be the group’s first such album since "The Long Run" in 1979, which included their last Billboard No. 1 hit, "Heartache Tonight." Henley, one of the original members, later told the crowd of 10,000 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, "I’ll see you this summer," hinting at an Eagles tour. The Eagles disbanded in 1982 but reunited in 1994 with Henley, Glenn Frey, Don Felder, Joe Walsh and Timothy Schmit. The band’s last release was "Hell Freezes Over" in 1994, which included some new songs and past hits recorded for an MTV audience.
1. Tonight You Belong To Me – Patience & Prudence
2. Jet Boy Jet Girl – Elton Motello
3. Ain’t Got No Home – Clarence “Frogman†Henry
4. I’d Love To Take Orders From You – Mildred Bailey
5. In Spite of Ourselves – John Prine with Iris DeMent
6. All I Can Do Is Cry – Ike & Tine Turner
7. Big Girls Don’t Cry – Edith Massey
8. Imitation of Life – Earl Grant
9. Sometimes I Wish I Had A Gun – Mink Stole
10. Johnny Are You Queer? – Josie Cotton
11. (Night Time Is) The Right Time – Ray Charles
12. Hit The Road To Dreamland – Dean Martin
13. If I Knew You Were Coming I’d’ve Baked A Cake – Eileen Barton
14. Bewildered – Shirley & Lee
A Date with John Waters comes out on Tuesday, February 6th! You know I hate to admit, but there are some really good songs on that album! I might actually have to go pick it up and have him sign it at one of his album signings:
2/2 – Towson, MD @ Record and Tape Traders, 6:30pm
2/6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Amoeba (Sunset Blvd), 6pm
2/8 – San Francisco, CA @ Amoeba, 6pm
2/10 – New York, NY @ Barnes & Noble (Chelsea), 1pm
