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The Black album... While out on my shopping spree I bought the Black album then read here that it's rare.... is that true? It's black and says I Own The Black Album in a whit oval. I can't see finding it for 7.99 if it really IS rare...
and why didn't Prince want us to buy it? (Don't buy the black album, I'm sorry) Sorry if I'm asking "silly" questions... Thanks in advance! -April (lilred) | |
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OKay, first I laughed out loud at your post, but then I realized that maybe you're quite new to Prince's music, looking at your age....So welcome to the .org!
Congratulations with your Black Album purchase, how can you go wrong for only $7.99? If you would have paid that price for that album between 1988 and 1994, it would have been very rare. The BA was supposed to be released then Prince pulled it back because of the 'dark content' and released 'Lovesexy' instead. A few copies allegedly got on the market, I got a boot in 1991, got it on tape in 1989. Later in 1994 Prince decided to finally release it in order to fullfill his obligations to Warner Bros. So no, it is not that rare.....unless you'd have it on vinyl! | |
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 I am quite a baby in the "fan club". I've casually liked his music for a long time but only recently have I become THIS interested in where he's been, the how's, why's ect.
For 7.99 I'm perfectly happy with a readily available CD 
I'm currently in hot pursuit of Come, For you, and Dirty mind..... the people at the CD stores around me are on the look out
Thank you for the welcome  I love it here so far!! I've learned A LOT (not so sure about the toilet paper thing but.... )[Edited 9/18/04 17:10pm] | |
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nevermind.... I found the link at the top of the screen for albums.
(grin) I'll be back later | |
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Lilredvettish said: nevermind.... I found the link at the top of the screen for albums.
(grin) I'll be back later Here is a good prince discography http://users.pandora.be/m...albums.htm "Thinking like the Keys on Prince's piano, we'll be just fine" | |
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Soulchild82 said: Lilredvettish said: nevermind.... I found the link at the top of the screen for albums.
(grin) I'll be back later Here is a good prince discography http://users.pandora.be/m...albums.htm VERY Thank you Soul!! | |
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Lilredvettish said: I'm currently in hot pursuit of Come, For you, and Dirty mind..... the people at the CD stores around me are on the look out
and don't let anyone convince you that Come is a bad album until you hear it for yourself   "Hyperactive when I was small, Hyperactive now I'm grown, Hyperactive 'till I'm dead and gone"
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NEWBIES!!! , GOTTA LOVE EM'.
Enjoy your discoveries, with some well debated exceptions, Prince has done mostly quality work, and you won't go wrong with anything you buy. I own just about every commercially released album from him, minus some of the downloadable only music from his website. Jeux Sans Frontiers | |
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It sounds like you may have picked up a bootleg copy of the Black Album, so the sound
quality may not be all it should be. A genuine copy (we're talking the officially released 1994 edition here) should be all black apart from some peach writing on the spine, which should have the catalogue number: CDW 45793. | |
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You have a bootleg alright.
See this thread for places online where you can grab an official 1994 copy: http://www.prince.org/msg...sg_1942316 The official release looks like this (the 'promo only' stamp at the bottom of the cover (left side) is only on promo versions - but the Black sticker with Peach writing above it is on all official releases): 
Pictures of the official 1987 (non-)release: Vinyl: http://sleevographia2.fre...0USA11.htm CD Longbox: http://sleevographia2.fre...0USACD.htm // [Edited 9/19/04 2:12am] | |
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The ones that have the OVAL sticker are not even the Prince ones. It is the one from the cover band that replayed the black album. I think they were German or French.
So this is not even a bootleg. | |
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dualboot said: The ones that have the OVAL sticker are not even the Prince ones. It is the one from the cover band that replayed the black album. I think they were German or French.
So this is not even a bootleg. 
I'm listening to it now.... if this isn't Prince I'd be floored! Who knows... *shrug* it DOES have an oval sticker... but it also has peach print on the spine... says 2-45793 warner bros records 3300warner blvdburbank ca 91505-4694 75 rockafeller plaza ny ny 10019-6908 either way... it doesn't suck
I'm happy with my purchase
*side note* I belong to another forum... www.corvetteforum.com... over 50K members world wide... you guys know about prince what they know about corvettes. I've stumbled onto a VERY cool site. Thank you for being here and not laughing at me too hard as I make my way through *Prince* :cheers: -April | |
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Lilredvettish said: I've stumbled onto a VERY cool site. Thank you for being here and not laughing at me too hard as I make my way through *Prince*
:cheers: -April Welcome! It's always great to help others out on their journey through the Prince musical universe... I am even jealous for you are able to listen to all of that great music for the very first time. Just you wait until you find out that for every officially released album there are three bootleg albums to compliment it... |
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HamsterHuey said: Welcome!
It's always great to help others out on their journey through the Prince musical universe... I am even jealous for you are able to listen to all of that great music for the very first time. Just you wait until you find out that for every officially released album there are three bootleg albums to compliment it... Thank you
I know!! I can't even wrap my brain around how many songs he's done!! He has A LOT to say
I've discovered kazaa and am wrestling with myself over it now.... I'm on dial-up, it would take me the rest of my life to dload them all | |
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Lilredvettish said: dualboot said: The ones that have the OVAL sticker are not even the Prince ones. It is the one from the cover band that replayed the black album. I think they were German or French.
So this is not even a bootleg.
I'm listening to it now.... if this isn't Prince I'd be floored! Who knows... *shrug* it DOES have an oval sticker... but it also has peach print on the spine... says 2-45793 warner bros records 3300warner blvdburbank ca 91505-4694 75 rockafeller plaza ny ny 10019-6908 either way... it doesn't suck
I'm happy with my purchase
*side note* I belong to another forum... www.corvetteforum.com... over 50K members world wide... you guys know about prince what they know about corvettes. I've stumbled onto a VERY cool site. Thank you for being here and not laughing at me too hard as I make my way through *Prince* :cheers: -April Ok maybe memory didn't serve me well. Then its a boot (you will hear the difference so if u don't then it can't be the other one). Enjoy | |
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Lilredvettish said: I'm listening to it now.... if this isn't Prince I'd be floored! Who knows... *shrug* it DOES have an oval sticker... but it also has peach print on the spine... says 2-45793 warner bros records 3300warner blvdburbank ca 91505-4694 75 rockafeller plaza ny ny 10019-6908 Well, if it's got that catalogue number and that info printed down the spine, then it certainly sounds like a proper official copy (asuming the cd looks like the one in the picture NouveauDance posted earlier). Interesting, I've not heard of official copies having the oval sticker you describe before. [Edited 9/20/04 0:44am] | |
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There are some boots that have the catalog info on the spine (old ones) | |
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chewymusic said: Lilredvettish said: I'm currently in hot pursuit of Come, For you, and Dirty mind..... the people at the CD stores around me are on the look out
and don't let anyone convince you that Come is a bad album until you hear it for yourself Come is in my top five Prince albums. Good hunting! When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act as a prism and form a rainbow. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors. Regardless of the day, I'm glad you were born. | |
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abierman said: OKay, first I laughed out loud at your post, but then I realized that maybe you're quite new to Prince's music, looking at your age....So welcome to the .org!
Congratulations with your Black Album purchase, how can you go wrong for only $7.99? If you would have paid that price for that album between 1988 and 1994, it would have been very rare. The BA was supposed to be released then Prince pulled it back because of the 'dark content' and released 'Lovesexy' instead. A few copies allegedly got on the market, I got a boot in 1991, got it on tape in 1989. Later in 1994 Prince decided to finally release it in order to fullfill his obligations to Warner Bros. So no, it is not that rare.....unless you'd have it on vinyl! I thought that WB released it after Prince told them NO and that just fueled more of the fight between the 2. I am probably wrong but that's what I heard. | |
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EverSoLesa2 said: I thought that WB released it after Prince told them NO and that just fueled more of the fight between the 2. I am probably wrong but that's what I heard.
You did hear incorrectly. Prince cancelled the original release a meer 7 days before it's projected release, Warners were more than accommodating to this extraordinarily late request - showing the esteem Warners had for Prince. When Prince got all pissy in '93 and wanted out of his just-inked mega-contract, he wanted to line up as many releases as he could to get out as soon as he could. Seeing as WB already had the Black album, signed, sealed, delivered, it was an easy way to knock off another notch on his contract. I don't recall now if it was actually part of the contractual obligation (or a one-off cash thing), there were a few deals purported regarding the Black album, and I remember a great article in Uptown many years back all about it. It was also on the cards for release in 1991 as part of a 2 album set, inc. a best of, WB were up for releasing a best of after the terrible performance of the Graffiti Bridge project, but again, they were very accommodating to their little Prince, who already had Diamonds & Pearls under-way, and wanted that to be his next release. // [Edited 9/20/04 11:47am] | |
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NouveauDance said: EverSoLesa2 said: I thought that WB released it after Prince told them NO and that just fueled more of the fight between the 2. I am probably wrong but that's what I heard.
You did hear incorrectly. Prince cancelled the original release a meer 7 days before it's projected release, Warners were more than accommodating to this extraordinarily late request - showing the esteem Warners had for Prince. When Prince got all pissy in '93 and wanted out of his just-inked mega-contract, he wanted to line up as many releases as he could to get out as soon as he could. Seeing as WB already had the Black album, signed, sealed, delivered, it was an easy way to knock off another notch on his contract. I don't recall now if it was actually part of the contractual obligation (or a one-off cash thing), there were a few deals purported regarding the Black album, and I remember a great article in Uptown many years back all about it. It was also on the cards for release in 1991 as part of a 2 album set, inc. a best of, WB were up for releasing a best of after the terrible performance of the Graffiti Bridge project, but again, they were very accommodating to their little Prince, who already had Diamonds & Pearls under-way, and wanted that to be his next release. // [Edited 9/20/04 11:47am] Cool thanks for clearing that up, I always wondered what really happened  | |
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NouveauDance said: You have a bootleg alright.
See this thread for places online where you can grab an official 1994 copy: http://www.prince.org/msg...sg_1942316 The official release looks like this (the 'promo only' stamp at the bottom of the cover (left side) is only on promo versions - but the Black sticker with Peach writing above it is on all official releases):
Pictures of the official 1987 (non-)release: Vinyl: http://sleevographia2.fre...0USA11.htm CD Longbox: http://sleevographia2.fre...0USACD.htm Ya thats what I have. Wow! I'm glad Prince released "When 2 r in Love" on the LoveSexy album. That would still b in the vault if it didn't.  [Edited 9/20/04 14:47pm] U led me on thinking u was moses. Hurtin sheep blinded through a fantasy | |
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scandaloussex said: Wow! I'm glad Prince released "When 2 r in Love" on the LoveSexy album. That would still b in the vault if it didn't.
Until 1994 any way  | |
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NouveauDance said: scandaloussex said: Wow! I'm glad Prince released "When 2 r in Love" on the LoveSexy album. That would still b in the vault if it didn't.
Until 1994 any way Ya intell then we would of bootlegged the shit U led me on thinking u was moses. Hurtin sheep blinded through a fantasy | |
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sorry it took so long to get back... busy day!!
I'll take a pic tonight of the CD and the case. Why does the Crystal Ball disc set I bought not have a scan code on it? It came with the 3 crystall ball discs and The Thruth. I thought they were seperate CDs
Thanks again
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PS... I can't get any of the pics on this site to load... something in my site settings? Took pics, looking for cord | |
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found the cord... finally..
I resized them and lightened them.... if these are crappy I have the originals... didn't want to post huuuuuge pics... let me know if i need to.. -April | |
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those are horrible lol
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the spine is impossible to take a decent pic of...
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Never seen that oval sticker before, but it looks bonefide to me | |
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