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PrintableIfsixwuz9 said: Got everything from "For You" to "Lovesexy" on vinyl.
Me too, although I might have stopped the vinyl @ SOTT - I truly can't remember & ain't going in the closet to dig them out, lol. A few 12" beyond that point, I think up to Grafitti Bridge (Thieves remix). 45's too (up to SOTT) & just recently bought a 45 just to get "Tricky". I don't ever play them, replaced them all w/ CD's (though some of those 12" seem hard to come by). But the covers are sweet & I'll never sell them! I still have cassettes too, up to Diamonds & Pearls. Damn - that's the same collection 3 times over!  Prince  I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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June7 said: Yeah, Vagina...I wouldn't ever sell them either.
If I came across one at a yard sale, or used album store...u know, I'd probably pick that one up 2, even if I already own it! We r a sad yet fickle bunch! as it were, this sunday i came across around the world in day (of which i already have 2 vinyl copies) and sheila e. in the glamorous life (which i also own on vinyl) at a sale in the hollywood hills. i take the albums up and pay $4, telling the sellers i saw sheila the night b4 in marina del rey. then the woman noticed the 1999 tattoo on my arm. "r u a prince fan?" she asked. "a little bit," I grinned. "u know the song slow love?" she asked. "yeah." "i wrote it." i ran thru the prince history in my brain and offered up the following profound statement: "davis?" "yes, carol rafaelle davis," she answered. we spoke 4 a few minutes, and i wandered away singing slow love 2 myself. i love l.a. http://elmadartista.tumblr.com/ http://twitter.com/madartista | |
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Let's Work 2 copies with warner promo paper Purple Rain Purple Vinyl I would die 4u/Anoterlonelychristmas Pop Life/hello America/girl Mountains promo long/edit Anotherloverholehead/girls n boys Alphabet St. I wish u heaven Thunder Sexy MF promo Gold Vinyl 2 copies 7 picture disc Face Down/I can't make u love me promo Full Length Faike Black Album Rainbow Children Rave Purple Rain Pirple Vinyl Purple Rain regular Parade promo with Press kit 45's Soft & Wet b/w So Blue Little Red Corvette/1999 picture disc Delirious/Horny Toad with 1999 calendar When Doves Cry/17 days Purp[le Vinyl Girls n boys/under the cherry moon/She's ALways in My hair/17 days Anotherloverholehead/I wanna be u're Lover (credited 2 Prince & the Revolution with Free Poster Kiss/Love or $ Kiss U.K. Picture Disc Paisley Park U.k. Picture Discs 2 copies Others Mazarati 12 inch Players Ba;; Wendy & Lisa Sheila E Koo Koo Sheila E Glamourous Life Ingrid Chavez Hippy Blood UNTITLED SHH 12 inch Carmen Electra go go dancer Carmen Electra Fantasia Erotica Taja Trouble Having You Near Carmen Everybody get on up Taja Sevelle first album The Family Madhouse 8 two copies Madhouse 16 2 copies Madhouse 10 Silence Speaks A Thousand Words. | |
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madartista said: June7 said: Yeah, Vagina...I wouldn't ever sell them either.
If I came across one at a yard sale, or used album store...u know, I'd probably pick that one up 2, even if I already own it! We r a sad yet fickle bunch! as it were, this sunday i came across around the world in day (of which i already have 2 vinyl copies) and sheila e. in the glamorous life (which i also own on vinyl) at a sale in the hollywood hills. i take the albums up and pay $4, telling the sellers i saw sheila the night b4 in marina del rey. then the woman noticed the 1999 tattoo on my arm. "r u a prince fan?" she asked. "a little bit," I grinned. "u know the song slow love?" she asked. "yeah." "i wrote it." i ran thru the prince history in my brain and offered up the following profound statement: "davis?" "yes, carol rafaelle davis," she answered. we spoke 4 a few minutes, and i wandered away singing slow love 2 myself. i love l.a. 2 cool. Only in L.A. |
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moderatorsabaisabai said: giotto said: Prince on vinyl is still a necessity, bearing in mind all the above releases have not yet been made available on CD. I too have all the released Prince tracks and versions not available on CD (save for edits - I'm not a psycho collector), and they're great. I love digging out any number of the records giotto mentioned. The eighties remixes and extended versions of album tracks and b-sides are superb. I worry about wearing out the vinyl, but I just can't help putting on Sexy Dancer (Long Version) or the Pope remix.. 'a loop is a loop is a loop uh'. They're my two fave 12" records. I also have a lot of the greater Paisley family on vinyl: Madhouse 8/16, JJ, The Family, Mavis Staples, Vanity and Appolonia. Unfortunately, all of these and my stereo too are 7000km away from where I now live and work... The enjoyment of these releases is doubled by the fact that vinyl sounds so much better than CD. I am not an audiophile and my system is nothing special, but I can still hear a huge difference between the quality of the two mediums. To me, vinyl sounds softer, and it fills the room, whereas CDs sound harsh and the sound seems to emanate directly from the speakers. There's a certain warmth to putting on a crackly 17 days  . The opening notes of The Family sound alive on vinyl but empty on CD.
I can think of two reasons why CDs sound inferior to vinyl. Humans can detect something like 3 million levels of sound, and anything squeezed into fewer levels will sound worse. CDs are limited to 16 bits, allowing only 65,536 levels of sound, an approximation which is jarring. Vinyl on the other hand can in theory replicate an infinite range of sound, and basically, that's a lot more pleasant to the ears. The second factor is the frequency limitation of CDs. 44 KHz can handle frequencies up to 22 KHz, which I think is above human hearing, *but* any musical sounds above this range that may effect harmonics in the audible range are lost. I'm not an expert, so please feel free to correct me on this. Not to forget that record covers look great, and that they're a joy to collect . I became a P fan in 92, and started scouring the wrecka stows. I found a ton of vinyl in the UK in 1995.
Is Rainbow Children still available on LP anywhere? you are very right about the harmonics and the frequency range of the human ear. i mentioned the same thing earlier in the thread. you may still be able to grab TRC from cdnow or amazon. i dont know though. i really am enjoying this thread!! | |
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yes I do - but I don't have my list with me at this time...
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I have 1999 and GB on vinyl, and a 45 of Wanna Be Your Lover. | |
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I stopped collecting vinyl back in '88, so that abbreviates my list somewhat. I still have a turntable, but I don't play my vinyl records anymore. Anyway, here is the list:
Prince: 'Prince', 'Dirty Mind', 'Controversy', '1999', 'Purple Rain', 'ATWIAD', 'Parade', 'Sign 'O' The Times' The Time: 'Ice Cream Castle' Apollonia 6: 'Apollonia 6' Sheila E.: 'Romance 1600', 'Sheila E.' The Family: 'The Family' Mazarati: 'Mazarati' Jesse Johnson: 'Jesse Johnson's Revue', 'Shockadelica' | |
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I have all the prince albums on vinyl up to the symbol album. i also have all the records released on paisley park on vinyl. But my pride is my collection of princes 7' singles released in the us. From soft and wet to the batman singles. I woke up sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt
and the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one more for dessert | |
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For a few years, I bought a lot of old albums, simply because I could find them for extremely good prices. I have most of Billy Joel's albums on vinyl and have yet to make the switch to CDs.
The last album I bought was Controversy off of eBay, simply for the shower poster (which I'll be framing this weekend). That's the only Prince album I have on vinyl, though. I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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djdredd said: sabaisabai said: giotto said: Prince on vinyl is still a necessity, bearing in mind all the above releases have not yet been made available on CD. I too have all the released Prince tracks and versions not available on CD (save for edits - I'm not a psycho collector), and they're great. I love digging out any number of the records giotto mentioned. The eighties remixes and extended versions of album tracks and b-sides are superb. I worry about wearing out the vinyl, but I just can't help putting on Sexy Dancer (Long Version) or the Pope remix.. 'a loop is a loop is a loop uh'. They're my two fave 12" records. I also have a lot of the greater Paisley family on vinyl: Madhouse 8/16, JJ, The Family, Mavis Staples, Vanity and Appolonia. Unfortunately, all of these and my stereo too are 7000km away from where I now live and work... The enjoyment of these releases is doubled by the fact that vinyl sounds so much better than CD. I am not an audiophile and my system is nothing special, but I can still hear a huge difference between the quality of the two mediums. To me, vinyl sounds softer, and it fills the room, whereas CDs sound harsh and the sound seems to emanate directly from the speakers. There's a certain warmth to putting on a crackly 17 days . The opening notes of The Family sound alive on vinyl but empty on CD.
I can think of two reasons why CDs sound inferior to vinyl. Humans can detect something like 3 million levels of sound, and anything squeezed into fewer levels will sound worse. CDs are limited to 16 bits, allowing only 65,536 levels of sound, an approximation which is jarring. Vinyl on the other hand can in theory replicate an infinite range of sound, and basically, that's a lot more pleasant to the ears. The second factor is the frequency limitation of CDs. 44 KHz can handle frequencies up to 22 KHz, which I think is above human hearing, *but* any musical sounds above this range that may effect harmonics in the audible range are lost. I'm not an expert, so please feel free to correct me on this. Not to forget that record covers look great, and that they're a joy to collect . I became a P fan in 92, and started scouring the wrecka stows. I found a ton of vinyl in the UK in 1995.
Is Rainbow Children still available on LP anywhere? you are very right about the harmonics and the frequency range of the human ear. i mentioned the same thing earlier in the thread. you may still be able to grab TRC from cdnow or amazon. i dont know though. i really am enjoying this thread!! This has been a great thread. Thank you for your posts djdredd. They were very informative. | |
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Man, I was thinking of just LP's... I forgot all about the 45's I have! | |
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To add to my list of vinyl albums I also have the following VINYLS:
CONTROVERSY 12" Let's Work 1999 7” 1999 12" 1999 12” LET’S PRETEND WE’RE MARRIED 12” LET’S GO CRAZY – MAXI SINGLE 12” LITTLE RED CORVETTE – MAXI SINGLE PURPLE RAIN 7”PURPLE RAIN/RASPBERRY BERET, 12” PURPLE RAIN - IMPORT 7”WHEN DOVES CRY , 7”LET’S GO CRAZY AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY 7” POPLIFE 12” POPLIFE 12” RASPBERRY BERET 7" SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR - SHAPED DISC PARADE 7” ANOTHERLOVERHOLEINYOHEAD, 7” KISS, 12”INTERVIEW ’86 12” INTERVIEW – PICTURE DISC 12’ GIRLS AND BOYS SIGN OF THE TIMES 12” SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES 12” I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN 12” I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN - IMPORT LOVESEXY 7” I WISH U HEAVEN, 7”GLAM SLAM, 7”ALPHABET STREET, 12” ALPHABET STREET 12” I WISH U HEAVEN BATMAN 12” PARTYMAN 12” SCANDALOUS SEX SUITE – MAXI SINGLE 12” THE ARMS OF ORION – PICTURE DISC GRAFFITI BRIDGE 12” THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE 12” NEW POWER GENERATION – PICTURE DISC 12” SHAKE DIAMONDS AND PEARLS 7” GETT OFF 12” GETT OFF – MAXI SINGLE 12” CREAM – MAXI SINGLE 12” MONEY DON’T MATTER 2NITE – PICTURE DISC 12” THUNDER – PICTURE DISC SYMBOL 12” MY NAME IS PRINCE 12” SEXY MF – PICTURE SHAPED DISC THE GOLD EXPERIENCE 12” GOLD LIMITED EDITION PROMO RAVE UNTO THE JOY FANTASTIC 12” THE GREATEST ROMANCE I think that's all. And they aren't for sale! (Yet) | |
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While I'm not a vinyl nut, I do appreciate the nostalgia that comes along with listening 2 a record on a turntable. It's almost like stepping in2 the past.
--- Here's what I liked about vinyl: I miss the elaborate album covers that u don't get anymore with CD. I miss the sleeves/jackets that the albums and 45's came out in... I miss the lyrics on the jackets...the artwork, the credits. Although u still get them on cd, it's not as large or impressive... I miss the "picture albums" u used 2 b able 2 buy...I still have a few. I miss the smell of opening a double album...there's really nothing like it. I even miss the "snaps and pops" u sometimes heard on an unclean album (sometimes). Here's what I didn't like about vinyl: I don't miss forgetting my album outside, or in the car and coming back 2 a warped mess. I don't miss the scratches and skipping that comes with age. I don't miss how easy it is 2 actually break an album or 45. I don't miss having to lift the needle and placing it on the track u wanna hear. I don't miss stacking albums or 45's on the "holder" so that when the 1st album ends, the next one drops down to play...damn...that's funny! I don't miss the cost of replacing a needle...it was expensive then, and it's even more expensive now. I don't miss all the room it took 2 place ur albums on the shelves... --- Anyway...it's been fun reminiscing. |
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Hell ya, I've grooves upon the shelve deep purple concord jams on vinyl. Most of the Mix. has been made up of it.
The great thing about vinyl is that you can continue the song after it skips. You can 4get that on cd. | |
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Some CD's have a fast fwd button...  |
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