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The account formally known as RockitPoole Princeshop online. Escape in to the world and mind of Prince, for a truly unique view and experience
Poole, England
Joined February 2017
With heavy hearts we have to announce that we are now closed. As some of you will know Christopher has faced some serious health issues over the last two years and we have reached a point where it's just not possible to continue, at least for now. We will keep our social media
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“If you go to only one concert this year. the Prince movie is the one!” and even better in iMax 💟☮️✝️ what a beautiful night, THIS is how his legacy continues. With packed houses of all ages, many in the requisite Peach & Black, all united in the joy of such an epic live
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August 28th 1998 (12.15am approx) 27 years ago, what a privilege it was to be part of organising this incredible show at London’s legendary Café de Paris O{+>, The New Power Generation,Chaka Khan, Doug E Fresh and Larry Graham on that tiny stage 🔥 Filmed to be broadcast on UK’s
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August 24th 1999.The first copies of the Beautiful Strange video (ordered via 1800NewFunk) arrive. Featuring Spice Girl Mel B. at #PaisleyPark interviewing O{+> and amazing live footage of the incredible “Secret Gig” filmed in London in 1998 and shown on UK TV Channel 4. This was
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20 August 1990 35 years ago today! (21st in the US) Prince releases his 12th album, Graffiti Bridge How many UK fam rushed to buy it before heading to London’s Wembley Arena to catch #Prince live on the Nude Tour and saw the Thieves In The Temple video play before the show?
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18th August 1989 #Prince releases Partyman backed with Feel U Up as a single in the UK It was the second single to be released from the Batman album. The video was directed by Albert Magnoli who had previously directed Purple Rain & Sign O’ The Times (in 1989 he was also acting
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August 17th Happiest of birthday wishes to the wonderful Lisa Coleman 💜 @LisaColemanMu#HappyBirthdayLisa #LisaColeman #TheRevolution #WendyandLisa @therevolution #PrinceandTheRevolution
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August 16th 1994 the home video 3 Chains o’ Gold is released. Featuring videos of tracks from the O{+> album along side footage of #Mayte filmed in Egypt with Randee St. Nicholas in 1991 (which Mayte Garcia talks of in her 2017 book “The Most Beautiful: My Life With Prince”)
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August 15th 1994 (in the UK & 16th in the US) Later, when the #NPGMusicClub website included a discography of #Prince / O{+>’s music the album cover had a “Contractual Obligation” stamp across it, and #Prince never toured to promote the album. Warner Bros. released two (in our
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August 10th 1992 - 33 years ago today- #Prince and the #NewPowerGeneration shoot the video “2 whom it may concern” at #PaisleyPark as an advertisement for the O{+> album #Prince4Ever #NPG4Life #PrinceHistory #PrinceLegacy
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August 7th 1995 The Good Life by the New Power Generation is released as a single in the UK, who remembers when O{+> and the #NPG took over VH1 & played videos including #TheGoodLife before the #Love4OneAnother special aired? #NPG4Life #Prince
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August 3rd 1993 O{+> opens the first NPG Store at 1408 West Lake St. Minneapolis #Prince #Prince4Ever #PrinceHistory #PrinceLegacy #NPG4Life #NewPowerGeneration #minneapolis
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July 24th 1998 The New Power Generation appear on The Tonight Show with a 🔥Live performance of Come On from the album Newpower Soul with O{+> , Kirk Johnson, Rhonda Smith, Morris Hayes, Mike Scott & Marva King #NewPowerGeneration #NPG4Life #Prince #Prince4Ever #PrinceLive
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July 22nd 1994 Mayte releases The Most Beautiful Boy In The World as a single in Europe. The b-side, Quieres Ser El Mas Bello De Este Mundo?, is a Spanish version of the song. Released on #NPGrecords the track would also be included on the album #ChildOfTheSun 💜 #Mayte
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July 15th 2007 #Prince releases the album Planet Earth as a free giveaway with the Mail On Sunday UK newspaper Add the Newspaper & CD to your collection here ➡️ #PrincePlanetEarth #Prince4Ever
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July 13th 1985 40 years ago the world witnessed LIVE AID & today The Band Aid Charitable Trust is STILL supporting projects in Ethiopia and beyond, working to eradicating hunger and poverty. Although #Prince did not appear live on the day he did provide a specially recorded video
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July 12th 1994 O{+> along with Nona Gaye, Michael B. Sonny T. Tommy Barbarella, Morris Hayes & Mayte perform “Love Sign” on The Today Show #Prince #Prince4Ever #PrinceHistory #PrinceLegacy #PrinceLoveSign
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11 July, couldn’t let today pass without marking the release of Glam Slam (Escape)in the US and the UK on 7” and 12” back in 1988 One of our all time favourites, how about u? #Prince #Prince4Ever #PrinceLegacy #PrinceHistory #PrinceLovesexy
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July 10th 2010 2010 #Prince releases the album 20Ten FREE with Belgium newspapers Het Nieuwsblad & De Gentenaar and British newspaper The Daily Mirror (& Daily Record in Scotland) It is also released in France & Germany on July 22nd The album features Shelby J. Liv Warfield Elisa
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July 9th 1996 Warner Brothers release O{+>’s album #ChaosAndDisorder Described by O{+> as a “contractual obligation”, the liner notes for the album stated “Originally intended for private use only, this compilation serves as the last original material recorded by O{+> for Warner
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8 July 1995 O{+> provides 300 copies of a promo sampler cassette titled The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) to be given to attendees of the Versace shows during Paris Fashion Week. The cassette was eventually released to the public in 2019 #Prince #Prince4Ever #PrinceLegacy
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