In my experiences on the second-hand Sydney music scene:

1. Diamonds and Pearls
2. Come
3.
4. Batman
5. Around The World In A Day
6. New Power Soul
7. Graffiti Bridge
8. Lovesexy
9. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
10. The Black Album

Which albums do you see second-hand? I'm always amazed by the amount of times I see Come, and how little I see Purple Rain. Did Come do particularly well in Australia for some reason?

youve actually compiled a top ten???

in LP section: LOVESEXY and ATWIAD.

in CD section: , GRAFFITI BRIDGE

Amsterdam, Concerto.

2nd hand it must be Batman.

But on those extra-cheap cd sales in supermarkets, theres usually loads of 94east featuring Prince (for 0,50 euro) and Emancipation (3cd for 1,90 euro!). And then people go and decide to give Prince a chance and buy those 94east cds and continue thinking that Prince sucks.

In Finland.
(location edit)
[This message was edited Mon Jul 26 4:20:11 2004 by prinssi]

prinssi said:

Those 94 East CD's suck. I paid $AU10 for mine.

Well, in my experience of the second-hand Sydney music store scene:

1. Diamonds and Pearls
2. Emancipation
3. Come
4. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
5. Around The World In A Day
6. New Power Soul
7. Graffiti Bridge

I hardly ever see any others and I've patrolled pretty much ALL of the main second hand stored throughout Sydney.

MrDespuez said:

Ashwoods is my posse

MrSquiggle said:

Ashwoods? I usually hang at Egg Records, Enthusiasms and Red Eye Second Hand, all on Pitt St.

MrDespuez said:

Ah yes, the Egg rocks. I picked up Charade, The Royal Jewels 3-LP box set and the Black Album bootleg all from there.

i remember being in sydney in a cab when TRC came out..jumped out at redeye(my mates were pissed off) and it was SOLD OUT!!!

i had 2 wait 2 weeks 2 get it in real groovy in auckland...but redeye used 2 be great for p stuff!!!

wheres the egg?

purple rain

graffiti bridge

emancipation

atwiad

crystal ball

come

any of the 94 east crapola

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Really?

MrSquiggle said:

so YOU'RE the bastard who gets all the Prince stuff before I get there!

jonylawson said:

read my post again.

I have most of the older prince stuff on LP so I have been going to 2nd hand stores to get everything on CD - I have almost all of my collection replaced - which I was surprised by - I only have gone to one store in our area. So I think it might depend on where you live.

mrdespues said:

I know eh, I was so shocked when I found them. I've never seen a genuine factory-pressed studio bootleg before, let alone down here in our South Pacific neck of the woods, and on vinyl!

MrSquiggle said:

Why? What casual fan is gonna give up his most popular & successful album?

I'd say Graffiti Bridge, C&D, Emancipation, D&P, Batman & Come are the ones I see most.

MrSquiggle said:

here in mpls, yeah you'll see a used copy from time to time.

On cd, I see , Graffiti Bridge and New Power Soul the most. On vinyl I see Sign O the Times and 1999. Before the "comeback" there were shit-loads of copies of Crystal Ball and Emancipation everywhere. I haven't seen them since.

How funny~ I was just going to say that!!!!! There was tons of P CD's all over the used cd shops in South Florida, (especially crystal ball and emancipation) but now they are all gone.... after the "come back"... strange huh?

sorry double post
[This message was edited Wed Jul 28 0:03:00 2004 by PurpleAlegria]

i've seen lovesexy an awful lot.

strange. :confused: