Third Man Records to Drop Prince’s Unreleased Album ‘Camille’

Jack White’s Third Man Information is reportedly planning to launch Prince’s unreleased 1986 album, Camille.

The label’s co-founder Ben Blackwell broke the information in a latest interview with Mojo (through the fansite, Ultimate Prince, and social media screen grabs). Whereas no launch date or particulars got, Blackwell confirmed the label obtained the rights to the 1986 LP, saying, “We’re lastly going to place it out. Prince’s folks agreed — nearly too simple.”

A rep for Third Man may neither affirm nor deny the deliberate launch. A rep for the Prince Property didn’t instantly return Rolling Stone’s request for remark.

The fabled Camille happened as Prince started experimenting with pitch-shifting his vocals, and he deliberate to launch the album beneath his female alter-ego, “Camille.” Whereas a handful of test-pressings of the album have been made, a full launch was in the end scrapped.

Within the many years since, these check pressings have turn out to be main report collector grails, often popping up at public sale. White instructed Mojo he paid $49,375 for one of many copies as a result of, as he put it, “We needed to present we had some pores and skin within the recreation.”

Whereas Camille by no means noticed the sunshine day, all eight tracks have been finally launched in a unique type. The report consists of a number of Signal o’ the Occasions cuts, together with “Housequake,” “Unusual Relationship,” and “If I Was Your Girlfriend,” plus B-sides like “Really feel U Up” and “Shockadelica.” Different cuts embrace “Good Love,” which later appeared on the soundtrack of Vivid Lights, Large Metropolis, and “Rockhard in a Funky Place,” from 1994’s The Black Album.