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Uptown mag best issues? It looks like I'm going to have a chance to dive into a complete collection of Uptown mags. I may not be able to go through them all so I'm just wondering if anyone can point me to must-read issues? Thanks! Gimme some horns ... uh! | |
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How long did Uptown run for? |
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About ten years I think. I became a member with # 6 which was about the Diamonds & Pearls tour in 1992 and stopped reading it when Rave came out. I think the issues where they did a day-by-day tour report aren't so interesting anymore unless you really want to know where Prince played on July 6 1992. But the articles where Per Nilsen traced the evolution of the Dream Factory and Sign O' the Times were pretty good. | |
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I believe there were 60 issues altogether. I have some of the earliest ones from 1991-92 and they seem to have come out every other month or so. Gimme some horns ... uh! | |
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I always found those album reviews very fascinating to read. In which they explained what the songs were about. Produced, Arranged, Composed & Performed by PRINCE
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Thanks for the tips. I will check them against the issue descriptions here. Gimme some horns ... uh! | |
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I miss that magazine |
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What is Per Nilsen up to? (He asked, knowing no one knows the answer.) | |
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My favorites are Issues 4, 14, and 15. | |
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MattyJam said: How long did Uptown run for? If u have controversy zine issue #29 see page 6 "prince files lawsuit" against john branca law firm. June 1991. | |
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suomynona said: What is Per Nilsen up to? (He asked, knowing no one knows the answer.) And Harold lewis | |
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can't tell ya the best issues but I really miss that mag! | |
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Bebop17 said: It looks like I'm going to have a chance to dive into a complete collection of Uptown mags. I may not be able to go through them all so I'm just wondering if anyone can point me to must-read issues? Thanks! If u r a prince collector uptown posterography issues #19 & #30, bootleg discography issues #4, 15, & 25 (I,II, III) are helpful as well as uptown book turn it up, turn it up 2.0 book, and uptown days of wild book. [Edited 6/24/16 22:45pm] [Edited 6/24/16 22:51pm] | |
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Bebop17 said: It looks like I'm going to have a chance to dive into a complete collection of Uptown mags. I may not be able to go through them all so I'm just wondering if anyone can point me to must-read issues? Thanks! Controversy I'm guessing started with parade or SOTT era 1986/1987 my oldest issue I have is #12 May/June 1988 LoveSexy era. My last issue is #43 oct/nov 1993. Uptown issue #1 is october 1st 1991 nude tour era and my last issue is #60 August 31st 2004 musicology era. I've always wondered which fanzine stems off from the original new breed fan club in May 1986. I have some issues of crystal ball and new power generation from LoveSexy and batman eras and of course the later official issues of the truth Zine 1998 and 4 NPG Zines that started in 1994. I also have all the prince family newsletters. Ran around the same time as controversy and uptown. Debbie Oberacker is a name of writer or something for the newsletters. I'm going off memory on that. That are packaged away in closet. [Edited 6/24/16 22:48pm] [Edited 6/24/16 23:02pm] | |
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If you manage to find the Days of Wild CD ROM it has issues of Uptown in PDF format. Some like the infamous bootleg issue aren't included but it's a way to check them out and IIRC there's also pics of memorabilia and other things on the disc too. | |
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1991-2004. | |
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I always loved the bootleg issues. The album reviews and discographies were interesting too. Not dead, not in prison, still funkin'... |
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I enjoyed the issues where it would tell the story behind a particular album, be it Prince or one of the side projects, always informative and well written. | |
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djThunderfunk said: I always loved the bootleg issues. The album reviews and discographies were interesting too. Yeah, but I don't think anyone is interested in tracking down twenty year old bootleg CDs anymore. The album reviews however, yes, they are still worth reading.  | |
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Summer 86 | |
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