Friday, March 29, 2024

Paisley Park, Prince Estate Sue Producer of New Prince EP ‘Deliverance’

George Ian Boxill
George Ian Boxill

*The producer of “Deliverance,” a new six-song EP featuring unreleased Prince music due for release on April 21, has been sued by Paisley Park and the late singer’s estate…as expected.

According to court documents obtained by Minnesota’s KTSP, the lawsuit claims longtime Prince engineer George Ian Boxill possesses five unpublished Prince tracks recorded in 2006, including “Deliverance,” and that he is “now trying to exploit one or more songs for his personal gain at the expense of the Prince estate.”

A rep for Prince’s estate confirmed and said a statement is forthcoming, reports Variety.

The suit, which was initially filed in a district court Friday but re-filed in federal court on Tuesday, claims the recordings are worth more than $75,000 and that Boxill had violated an agreement with Prince that stated all recordings he worked on with the artist would remain Prince’s “sole and exclusive” property and that Boxill would not use them “in any way whatsoever.” The suit also says that Boxill has refused to return the recordings.

As previously reported, the “Deliverance” EP contains three previously unreleased songs dating from 2006-2008. It’s being released on an independent, apparently Christian label called the Rogue Music Alliance based in Vancouver, Washington. A substantial marketing plan is apparently in place, as the firm has hired a top PR firm and says it has deals in place with iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Walmart, Target and others, reports Variety.

While Prince left possibly thousands of unreleased recordings in his infamous “Vault” — which is a central part of the recorded-music deals — just one song has emerged thus far: the 1982 song “Moonbeam Levels.” A full album of previously unreleased material is scheduled for release as part of the “Purple Rain” deluxe reissue on June 9.

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