chopingard said:

The doubt about Musicology and 3121 I seem to remember is not wether they were official in the sense that Universal and columbia had pressed them. The debate was wether Prince had given them the go ahead to do it.

Similar to the controversy around Bellmark pressing stuff up just to create collectables. The Jacob Armen CD and a Mayte single Rythm Of Your Heart I belive

Planet Earth there is no debate about , It's obviously Pirate if you've ever held one in your hands the labels are diffrent to the Chelsea Rodgers/ Mr Goodnight 12" the NPG Records logo looks stretched and it comes in a cheapy non gloss plain sleeve

Musicology comes in the stock Columbia Urban Division sleeve and has the same label markings at the offical Musicology/Cinammon Girl 12" Promo

3121 again has the same label art as the Black Sweat/Beautiful Loved & Blessed 12" with plain black sleeve and sticker art on it.

Check for yourselves how they all look here (just for reference not as evidence)

http://sleevographia2.free.fr/0Chercher.htm

I seem to remember friends getting them (at least 3121) direct from people they knew at the label

I'm all up for being proven wrong but you'd have to have some pretty conclusive proof as to who faked them or some official denial from both Columbia and Universal

[Edited 6/2/13 4:51am]

Based on the scans at sleeveographia (sp?), if I had no confirmation and was just going by my own best guess, I would think Musicology & 3121 look legit while Planet Earth does not...

However, I would prefer confirmation from a source rather than trust my best guess.

Surely somebody has some facts?

If you are right and they were pressed by the labels but just didn't have Prince's permission, then, that makes them official pressings regardless of whether or not they are authorized releases. No?

In case anyone wanna sell me "Exodus" on German vinyl..

Please -- then let me know..

See this thread:

http://prince.org/msg/7/299606

The consensus of the wise ones of the org is that Musicology is legit and the others are not.

Well after going through my vinyl collection I decided to have a closer look at my 3121 vinyl and after a second close inspection I noticed some pixilation and stretching in the word Prince on the label that is very subtle and you'd only notice it held up against the Black Sweat vinyl........

Maybe I'm gonna have to conceed it's a pirate

[Edited 6/6/13 8:34am]