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Slave Trade: How Prince Remade the Music Business

07/08/2014

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2hrs 15min

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Music

,Documentary

The revolution that changed the rhythm of the industry.

STORY

In the mid-1990s reports emerged that Prince had fallen into dispute with his record company. Having signed what was ostensibly a new, 100 million dollar contract just a couple of years before, Prince was now demanding - not unreasonably to most commentators - control of his masters and the freedom to release what he wanted when he wanted. After a bitter war of words, during which the star scrawled Slave across his cheek whenever he appeared in public and routinely dissed his label, the parties finally settled and Prince henceforth was free to take full control of his music and the way it was sold to consumers. Prince approached this task with devastating foresight as he routinely created new marketing concepts which, with time, became the norm across the music world.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Prince
  • Michael Bland
  • Alan Leeds
  • Marva King
  • Joe Levy

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Prism Films

      Production Countries

    • United Kingdom

    LANGUAGES

    • English

    Cast

    Prince

    Self (archive footage)

    Michael Bland

    Self

    Alan Leeds

    Self

    Marva King

    Self

    Joe Levy

    Self

    Sonny Thompson

    Self

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