What is your most prized associate artist piece in your collection?

Mine: Autographs from The Family Jamm!

purple1nc said:

You lucky so and so!! I would have LOVED to have been at that.

Mine would have to be a Vanity signed picture (of course) with her lipstick kissed on it. Also certain memories, which I think count.

Sheila signed her Sex Cymbal for me and wrote me a short message. Unfortunately I can't read it. She writes backwards. I held it up to a mirror but it didn't help.

A pair of Sheila and John B's drumsticks.

Lovesexy tourbook signed by Dr.Fink and the What Time Is It? vinyl signed by all the original memberz of The Time.(inherited from an older brother)

Efan said:

She writes BACKWARDS? can you post a picture?

ToraToraDreams said:

The Sex Cymbal cover won't show up, because it's dark and she just used a ballpoint pen. But here's another signed one, which also has an indecipherable message. Not that I'm complaining. I think it was nice of her to sign more than her name, even if I don't know what it is. (The other signature is Lynn Mabry, her manager, who also sings on the album.) I have a couple other things signed by Sheila and it's the same; the "E" in her name is like a "3" (she also wrote backwards in the Lovesexy tour booklet). It's a fun little quirk.

You got Lynn's autograph too, huh?

SCNDLS said:

Yeah, Lynn's a sweetheart. And she was so great that night (it was one of the La Va Lee concerts).

Efan said:

Thanks for posting that Efan. I think it's cool she writes backwards. Is there anyway to interpret it?

khoskhal said:

I'd like to see someone figure out what that says. She had just finished her second set of the night, so I'm sure she was tired, and writing backwards is a tough thing, so of course it's going to be hard to read. But as for why she does it, I'd love to ask her.

1)Picture of me & Morris Day from '98
2)Picture of me & Jellybean & my friend D from '98
3)Picture of me & Monte Moir from '98

signed 8x10 of Vanity (1984) -- she responds to my letter on the back of the 8x10
signed 8x10 of Tyka (1988) -- she responds to my letter in a letter of her own
-- envelope's return address says, "from your #1 MPLS fan"

hmmmm

my "The Time" CD autographed by Jerome and Jellybean

my "Purple Rain" tourbook autographed by Dr. Fink

and a few others like that but my new favorite is my "3121" CD Autographed by Tamar
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my 1-800-NEW-FUNK cd signed by Mayte, Sonny T, Mr. Hayes and Tommy Barbarella.

Sheila E, Rhonda Smith, Kat Dyson signed my ticket for the concert of the COED concert.

I have the ONA tourbook signed by Rhonda, Candy and Greg

Hard to say. I have all the Time cd covers and vinyl albums signed by the group as well as hard to find vinyl 45 and 12 inch covers Tons of pictures with the fellas. The family album cover signed by Jellybean and Jerome. I guess the absolute coolest one is a large poster from a gig they did in Bay st Loius, MS at a casino. I got all the guys in the group to sign it

Efan said:

It looks like it says "Love Sheila E." to me.


(edit: or did you mean what she wrote on the Sex Cymbal album...)
[Edited 3/30/08 17:48pm]

DevotedPuppy said:

Hmmm, maybe. But I think the part you're thinking is "Love" is really "Sheila." The part below it might just be a doodle.