as ya'll call them "vinyl digs"
I went to the wrecka stow
this past weekend

the folks there know me & my taste so well
that they had 2 records already stashed for me
when I walked in the door


this one because last time I was there
I had bought No Jacket Required on accident
thinking "In The Air Tonight" was on it


this one because he knows I collect Prince
now the only albums I NEED on vinyl are
For You, Parade, and Batman.. I have all the others

oh yeah V6 & A6 wouldn't hurt me either
and that Glamourous Life LP by Sheila E
and I will have all my purple favorites on vinyl

I'm on right now

"It" and "IIWYG" and "Strange Relationship"
all sound wonderful with the crackles & pops

Cool find!

sexxydancer said:

merci beaucoup

the Face Value is mint fucking condition

SOTT has some wear on the cover
but the vinyl is great
it only skips on one of the tracks

did I mention I got em for $5 a piece?

***I meant to put this in non-Prince
but I guess it is Prince-related in a way
[Edited 2/12/07 9:21am]

That is so awesome! Vintage anything is cool!

Krystal666 said:

"Play In The Sunshine"

BTW... this vinyl seems to be
better quality than tha CD I have

(I have to turn my CD waaaaay up
to get some "knock" from tracks like "Play In The Sunshine")

whereas it knocks fine from the vinyl

a quick question...
are there any gatefold copies
of this album floating around?
I coulda sworn I saw this record a while back
and it had the gatefold cover
boggles my mind
[Edited 2/12/07 9:29am]

DirtyChris said:

Sign of the times is one of my favorite Prince albums. I'm sure it is almost everyone's too but I just think period was amazing. Great songs, great imagery, great movie. Having it in record format is really precious.

Krystal666 said:

you know, I started to discover
projects outside of Purple Rain
about maybe 4 years ago
I was in college...

For You, Dirty Mind & ATWIAD
were the first I found

I didn't get into Sign O' The Times
until maybe a couple years back

I mean I always liked "UGTL" "ICNTTPOYM" and "Adore"
but I had never heard the album
once I heard it I didn't get the big fuss about it

I don't think I fully appreciate an album
of that era, until I hear it on vinyl
(original format)

SOTT took more effort to get into
unlike a Dirty Mind or a Controversy

but this album is really great
from top to bottom
only ones I can do without
are "Slow Love" & "Forever In My Life"
I know...

now I'm anxious to find this concert movie
to finally lay eyes on it...

I remember as a kid when SOTT was out
and the "UGTL" video was hot
VH1 did a Prince thingthing one Saturday
where they played all his videos
I sat my handheld tape recorder
right by the television speaker
and recorded all my fav Prince tunes right there LOL

one of em was "ICNTTPOYM"
which I put together the video version
is probably from this concert movie

cuz when I got the album
it was slightly different

anybody know where I could find an mp3
of that version from the movie?
[Edited 2/12/07 10:23am]

DA WRECKA STOW (guess what I fount)



too bad they don't sell ebonic to english translators!!

mary sharon coulda used one!




just kidding...

BobGeorge909 said:

awww just sound it out

DirtyChris said:

FOO! I know howz tuh read da ebonics!

BobGeorge909 said:

that's great

everyone should learn
if they don't know how

(vinyl geek mode)

"in the air tonight" is on no jacket required, IIRC. face value is a really good album, too, but i like njr more.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

"In The Air Tonight" is found
on Face Value

NJR is cool too

DirtyChris said:

ohh yeah...i used to have both albums, back when i still had a vinyl collection.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

what's your favs from NJR?

from Face Value I like
"You Know What I Meam"/"Thunder And Lightning"
that whole side B is nice

DirtyChris said:

i like all of njr..."one more night" is the cut to me, though. "i'm not moving" and "thunder and lightning" are my two fave tracks on face value.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

and isn't "In The Air Tonight" that KNOCK!!!
major knockery right there!!!
love it when the drums kick in

DirtyChris said:

It sounds better because it was mastered with vinyl properties in mind, then that master was used for CDs for which it was not designed. The reason why so many people think Sign needs a remaster.

I don't think there is a gatefold copy. The 2 lps should have come in 2 sleeves with pictures on one side and the lyrics on the other, did you get that included?

The best reprint of the Sign O' The Times concert movie on DVD is available from amazon.ca in ntsc format by Atlantic Alliance and from amazon.co.uk in pal format by Network. But you sound like a guy who wants a bargain, not to pay the full price!

DirtyChris said:

I had a friend of mine in High School who was all into Phill Collins. Every time I was trying to put a Prince CD on in the band room, he was there trying to put a phil Collin's album on. Of course I felt I should win...but phill is cool. Tho I used to laugh at him at the time.

Some people have all the luck.

The only records that my record store has are these:

All the compilation albums,
1999
Purple Rain
Musicology (which I have yet to buy)
3121

I own all the rest that was available.

metalorange said:

I was probably high
but yes mine has two sleeves
with lyrics & pics

is that Cat in the BG?
on the one with his pant leg & boot
I will check amazon out...
I just wanna see the movie
never laid eyes on it

BobGeorge909 said:

ITAT is like LOL

cool story
it was like that with rappers
and me & one of my homeboys
I always wanted to hear Too $hort
he liked Spice One...

DirtyChris said:

Yeah,Cat. Can't believe some people thought it was Prince, it is clearly a woman's body.

metalorange said:

who thought it was The Kid?

DirtyChris said:

I've heard many people on the Org saying originally they thought it was Prince cross-dressing! The pic appeared without Prince's boot on one of the singles, Sign O' The Times maybe, this was before anyone knew or had seen Cat perform with Prince so I guess they thought it must be Prince on the cover of his own single...

The Sign O' The Times concert is fantastic, you have to check it out. It's not really live as the music was re-recorded and then they mimed to it when it was re-shot at Paisley Park - but even so, visually and musically it is one of his greatest achievements.