Dont remind me... I have tons of VHS tapes, Cassettes, & Vinyls that i started purchasing back around 1988 I purchased EVERYTHING that i could find and i had a really great contact that seemed to get new stuff at least every two weeks. The internet is beautiful but, it sure diminishes the value of some things.

unique said:

i sent them newpowersoul as it was so shit i thought it was a bootleg. the fuckers sent it back marked "return to sender"

Finally you came up with a funny joke

In 1990,I remember walking into a local 'mom and pop' record store in my area and seeing a ton of Prince bootlegs! I was shocked they had vinyl copies of The Black Album for $25...it was on a label called Erotic City Records.They had a 3-LP Lovesexy Tour vinyl set.....the Crucial vinyl album....the Chocolate vinyl album...and other goodies.

Needless to say,I walked out of there with my hands full

Buying boots was FUN.

Last nigth i had a dream i awas in mexico buying Prince bootlegs. ANd beyonce was the person helping me in the store. SHe took me to the prince section which was in the back of the store gave me a ton of boots and the rest of the dream i don't i can describe here on the org . anyways thanks guys lol this was the last post i read before going to bed.

I have brought bootlegs in the past, but am glad now that we can source them off the net if we want too - and it is much easier to store them on portable harddrives instead of trying to store actual discs (I am a minimalistic person these days). And also it is great as you can find things you may never have found before.

Also many of the bootlegs were terrible and not worth what we paid for them.

BUT back when I was collecting the physical stuff, it sure was wonderful to trade - I really loved doing that BIG TIME - swapping and sending parcels off over the world and making friends - that was mega fun - watching out for the postman !!!!

But times change I guess.

8up said:

Just a quick question. Who remembers buying bootlegs

of Prince stuff from back in 1999 and earlier?

I do.

And yes, prices have come down.

In 2004 I bought the Gold Experience for like $30. I bought it on cassette tape in 1999 for a lot. Is po folk so that wa a lot at the time. Also I was a child, so any $ was a big deal. Tell me more about this torrent thingy?!?!!? I just have bought for real things only. :/

violectrica said:

In 2004 I bought the Gold Experience for like $30. I bought it on cassette tape in 1999 for a lot. Is po folk so that wa a lot at the time. Also I was a child, so any $ was a big deal. Tell me more about this torrent thingy?!?!!? I just have bought for real things only. :/

I wish I could tell you about torrents, but I'm afraind I'll get in trouble. I guess I can just

tell you that they are a way people share files through the internet. Use your google.

8up said:

I wish I could tell you about torrents, but I'm afraind I'll get in trouble. I guess I can just

tell you that they are a way people share files through the internet. Use your google.

Aren't the interwebz verboten in your area?

They wake people up and we can't have that!...

I didn't buy too many. Got a few vinyls, tapes etc. but to this day I've never bought one on CD. Found my first boots in about '86 and got into trading. That was a buzz. Swapping parcels all over the place, made some good friends too.

no

I remember my credit card bills.

I was well into the 4 figures on Prince boots.

I'm glad those days are over.

Yes I used to go the the Village in NYC and buy my prince boots!

The most I spent was $100 on a double cd set of the 1990 Nude Tour Toyoko and $100 on 86 Price and the revoloution in Japan. It was their last show together.

Still have them..a TON more.

I do !! Bills Records in Dallas Texas

I used to love going to CD & Record Fairs and trawl through the dodgy stalls for boots. Takes me back to 94-95 when you could pick up some real gems. At the time we thought it was Prince releasing some of the better quality ones because of the WB fallout. Whether he liked it or not those bootlegs managed to drum up some excitiement about future releases / rumors about what was coming next. I remember being so dissapointed with the Gold Experience after hearing the over-polished version of Endorphin Machine.

SoulAlive said:

In 1990,I remember walking into a local 'mom and pop' record store in my area and seeing a ton of Prince bootlegs! I was shocked they had vinyl copies of The Black Album for $25...it was on a label called Erotic City Records.They had a 3-LP Lovesexy Tour vinyl set.....the Crucial vinyl album....the Chocolate vinyl album...and other goodies.

Needless to say,I walked out of there with my hands full

Yeah those small little record stores were awesome back in the day.

Wreckastow in Rotterdam

(Nieuwe Binnenweg...)

Not too far from what was Nighttown.

I probably bought 60 or 80 of them between 1991 and 1997, most of them overpriced and some that really SUCKED hard in terms of content or sound quality but it sure was lotsa fun

Only 80?

8up said:

thedance said:

in the past, I have spend a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$ on boots,

I have kept all the vinyls and a few CDs,

most of them CDs I gave away for almost nothing.

Prince boots makes me bored, they don't turn me on like they used to.

(I only like good soundboard recordings -- and when they are not like jazz.. - I hate Prince doing jazzy music).

Bored? Songs like All Day, All Night, Chocolate, Do Yourself A Favor, etc...Wow...

you get bored easily.

I looove those songs, outtakes..

the boots I gave away were mainly audience live recordings, lot and lots of them.

I still own The Work vol 1 - 5 (20 cd's), incl those outtakes...

(but, I'm never listening to the set though)..

thedance said:

8up said:

Bored? Songs like All Day, All Night, Chocolate, Do Yourself A Favor, etc...Wow...

you get bored easily.

I looove those songs, outtakes..

the boots I gave away were mainly audience live recordings, lot and lots of them.

I still own The Work vol 1 - 5 (20 cd's), incl those outtakes...

(but, I'm never listening to the set though)..

but, I'm never listening to the set though.....why is it the same by every collector...i also have that stuff and seldomly listen to it.....