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Who is Goldies Parade?

Goldie’s Parade the song – is the eighth track on the NPG’s GoldNigga album. This website is named in honour of that little known album and to draw credit to Prince’s full released discography. The most well-known songs from GoldNigga are 2gether, which was also released on the much overlooked 1-800 New Funk compilation CD, and of course the fantastic – Johnny.

Goldies Parade the website – was launched in 1998, back when Newpower Soul was Prince’s latest album, and when Excite was a bigger search engine than Google, and Facebook not even a concept. It keeps fans informed of all Prince related news, tours and releases ever since.

Goldies Parade the alter ego – me – championed Uptown magazine’s counter suit against Prince in 1999 over its use of the Prince love symbol Prince love symbol. I have throughout my entire life seem to have always known Prince’s music. Like most Brits, I became aware of Prince in 1983 watching him on TV busting splits in Little Red Corvette. I found the music, the showman, the spins and those flying splits totally captivating. My Prince epiphany did not come until 13 December 1991 when watching an Omnibus special on the BBC “The Prince of Paisley Park” and in spending the following morning rushing to Our Price to buy my first Prince album Diamonds And Pearls which had just come out. It was in that moment point my life changed forever and became an instant fanboy and set about feverishly collecting his then back catalogue of twelve albums, discovering ever more material not known to be before, such as Dirty Mind, For You and Controversy. I was fascinated how different Around The World In A Day sounded to Purple Rain; how I was only previously aware of one song on Lovesexy, and that Graffiti Bridge had all but passed me by; and the shock discovery that D.M.S.R. was missing from my copy of 1999 and immediately purchasing the re-pressing to rectify that. Prince rocked my world then and continues to do so even now. After I got all Prince’s albums and quickly came to cherish and admire how each was and so different to one another: their diversity and the fact we got one album, sometimes two, per year. Then I discovered The Time and other related artists and my musical horizons expanded into corners I never imagined would. Finally, there was those countless concerts, where I made many of the happiest moments of my life. My first Prince show was at Earls Court in 1992 and my mind was blown. Seeing him play stadiums, arenas, theatres and clubs and getting to the front row of his aftershows, so close in fact that in Las Vegas 2006 he reached out and handed me his guitar pick.

In 1998 I became the hands behind this website, creating a fan space independently owned and creatively grown, it’s filled with 500+ pages dedicated to Prince’s music which forms the soundtrack to mine and countless of other readers worldwide. Quoted on MTV.com, GoldiesParade.co.uk brings fans up-to-date with straightforward digest of the real uncensored news on what they want to hear about the greatest musician of our generation. The site contains information on every tour Prince staged and every release officially issued.

Prince had a knack of hiring band members who were both delightful to meet and love what they do. This website is also homage also to their work: The Revolution, New Power Generation, 3RDEYEGIRL, Hornz, Diamond and Pearl, Twinz, even you Tony M, we fondly remember you all. Rest in peace Prince.

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1. Goldies Parade is a non-profit making and completely unofficial and independent Prince fan site and does not have nor pretends to have approval from or affiliation with either Prince, Prince love symbol, his band members, Warner Brothers Records, NPG Records, Sony Music Entertainment or any other record company, Paisley Park Enterprises, PRN Productions, The Prince Estate, or any of their associated subsidiaries, executors, imaginations, websites or affiliates; of whom their copyrights, including trademarks, intellectual property and images, are respectfully acknowledged – as is the freedom of speech and the public domain. Any images displayed on this website is to convey news stories pertinent to Prince and provide pictorial reference points to chart his life, and are observed under the fair use doctrine.

2. All information contained in this website and the opinions expressed or implied within are those of this website. goldiesparade.co.uk is unofficial and not affiliated in any way with the people or organisations listed in clause 1 above.

3. This website is neither a mouthpiece, nor responsible or necessarily endorses the views of Prince, his estate, or the content contained within any web pages (referred to in clause 1) displayed or accessed from any page on this website.

4. Goldiesparade.co.uk is a fan site run for non-commercial purposes but purely to share Prince’s legacy with the fan community and to the world at large for purposes including commentary, news reporting, research and critical assessment. The images displayed on this website are done so under the fair-use doctrine and observing full respect to the original copyright owner. Copyright owners have been painstakingly researched and credited to their respective work(s). Where possible, images are of inferior quality to render them unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original work. Some images are additionally watermarked in the intention to render them unusable elsewhere as substitutes for the originals and not to complete with the purposes of the original and affect the potential market for or value of copyrighted work. That is to say, the use of imagery on this website are used for the purpose stated above and for identification in the context of critical commentary and to make a significant contribution to the reader’s understanding of content which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. Goldiesparade.co.uk will gladly amend any errors or omissions in respect of picture crediting.

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7. Any errors or omissions are entirely unintentional.

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