That’s more than an album a year, for the next 100 years.
A new BBC documentary claims that Prince has recorded at least 2,000 songs that have never been heard by the general public.
They're believed to be stored in a vault under Paisley Park Studios, his recording complex. The claim is made in Hunting For Prince's Vault, a documentary airing on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday morning.
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The documentary is presented by BBC journalist and lifelong Prince fan Mobeen Azhar.
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Azhar wanted to investigate the legend that Prince has enough unreleased music to put out an album a year for the next century.
In the course of the documentary, he interviews a number of Prince's collaborators, including Hans Martin-Buff and Susan Rogers, his sound engineers for many years. He also speaks to Prince's drummer, Michael Bland (pictured above).
All testify to His Purple Majesty's incredible productivity, which he has likened to a "curse". Azhar claims Prince records something every day.
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The background vocal arrangements, the expression of it was just gorgeous. Of course he played all the instruments. We finished recording the song and then Prince said to me, "Erase it."' He said it very calmly. I could feel the fan in me screaming "No!"
I said, "Think about it. Wait til tomorrow at least." He reached over and hit Record. He erased it. It was gone.
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