An album written and recorded by Prince under his feminine alter-ego in 1986 is reportedly going to see the light of day, 36 years later, thanks to Third Man Records.
Mojo reports [via Billboard] that Ben Blackwell, who co-founded Third Man alongside noted vinyl pressing plant advocate Jack White, vowed to release Camille: "We're finally going to put it out… Prince's people agreed, almost too easy" — and we know the musician's estate has historically not had an easy time with things like taxes, getting hit with a massive IRS bill last year.
Recorded somewhere between 1986's Parade and 1987's Sign o' the Times, the album initially made it to the test pressing stage — but a finished version was never released. Camille was self-titled after Prince's alter-ego, channelled through pitched-shifted vocals and androgynous fashion.
All eight tracks eventually went on to be included on other albums, but they've yet to appear in a collection together as the icon intended.
Prince's estate has issued a steady stream of posthumous releases since the artist's accidental fentanyl overdose in 2016, the most recent being last year's previously-unheard 2010 album Welcome 2 America.
See the album tracklist below.
Camille:
1. Rebirth of the Flesh
2. Housequake
3. Strange Relationship
4. Feel U Up
5. Shockadelica
6. Good Love
7. If I Was Your Girlfriend
8. Rockhard in a Funky Place
Toronto Raptors coach and vinyl aficionado Nick Nurse is in hot pursuit of Prince's hyper rare 1987 LP The Black Album, while Sinéad O'Connor labelled the polymath a "violent abuser of women" in her 2021 memoir.
Mojo reports [via Billboard] that Ben Blackwell, who co-founded Third Man alongside noted vinyl pressing plant advocate Jack White, vowed to release Camille: "We're finally going to put it out… Prince's people agreed, almost too easy" — and we know the musician's estate has historically not had an easy time with things like taxes, getting hit with a massive IRS bill last year.
Recorded somewhere between 1986's Parade and 1987's Sign o' the Times, the album initially made it to the test pressing stage — but a finished version was never released. Camille was self-titled after Prince's alter-ego, channelled through pitched-shifted vocals and androgynous fashion.
All eight tracks eventually went on to be included on other albums, but they've yet to appear in a collection together as the icon intended.
Prince's estate has issued a steady stream of posthumous releases since the artist's accidental fentanyl overdose in 2016, the most recent being last year's previously-unheard 2010 album Welcome 2 America.
See the album tracklist below.
Camille:
1. Rebirth of the Flesh
2. Housequake
3. Strange Relationship
4. Feel U Up
5. Shockadelica
6. Good Love
7. If I Was Your Girlfriend
8. Rockhard in a Funky Place
Toronto Raptors coach and vinyl aficionado Nick Nurse is in hot pursuit of Prince's hyper rare 1987 LP The Black Album, while Sinéad O'Connor labelled the polymath a "violent abuser of women" in her 2021 memoir.
