{"id":483658,"date":"2019-03-20T11:35:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T17:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=810731"},"modified":"2019-03-20T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T17:35:19","slug":"prince-estate-to-give-away-exclusive-vinyl-single-at-minnesota-timberwolves-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/prince-estate-to-give-away-exclusive-vinyl-single-at-minnesota-timberwolves-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Estate to Give Away Exclusive Vinyl Single at Minnesota Timberwolves Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/GettyImages-73999282W.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The NBA\u2019s Minnesota Timberwolves will cap off their final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/prince\/\" id=\"auto-tag_prince\" data-tag=\"prince\">Prince<\/a>-inspired \u201cCity Edition\u201d game by offering fans an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/timberwolves\/news\/timberwolves-announce-prince-exclusive-collectors-version-seven-inch-vinyl-giveaway-april-5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">exclusive seven-inch vinyl<\/a> version of \u201cRock and Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives in Minneapolis).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All attendees to the team\u2019s Friday, April 5th game versus the Miami Heat will receive a collector\u2019s edition 7\u2033 of the track, which originally appeared as the B-side to \u201cGold,\u201d a single from the Minneapolis native\u2019s 1995 LP, <em>The Gold Experience<\/em> (issued under his shortly lived stage name, an unpronounceable symbol).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P8Ivz8lAv78?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The vinyl release \u2014 a collaboration between the Timberwolves, Sony and the Prince Estate \u2014 caps off a run of eight games honoring the late musician, who, as immortalized in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ff8LEx9Mw54\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">classic <em>Chappelle\u2019s Show<\/em> sketch<\/a>, was a massive basketball fan. During \u201cCity Edition\u201d nights, the Timberwolves wore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/minnesota-timberwolves-prince-inspired-uniforms-750592\/\">special, Nike-designed jerseys<\/a> featuring a purple base and lettering, along with lettering that mimics the <em>Purple Rain<\/em> art font. The team also hosted Prince-themed halftime performances from Sheila E., Liv Warfield, Morris Day, Sounds of Blackness and Judith Hill; the final act for the April 5th game has yet to be announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Timberwolves also collaborated with the Prince Estate during the themed nights to create a soundtrack of his music played throughout the games \u2014 including timeout songs, foul breaks and post-basket prompts. They also hired Prince touring DJ and Paisley Park resident DJ, Dudley D, to perform on turntables and help supervise the music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/prince-vinyl-single-minnesota-timberwolves-810731\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA\u2019s Minnesota Timberwolves will cap off their final Prince-inspired \u201cCity Edition\u201d game by offering fans an exclusive seven-inch vinyl version of \u201cRock and Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives in Minneapolis).\u201d All attendees to the team\u2019s Friday, April 5th game versus the Miami Heat will receive a collector\u2019s edition 7\u2033 of the track, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-483658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 18:13:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}