From what's been said here and from looking at online stores, I've come up with the following that seem to be hard to find as new purchases.

The Rainbow Children
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic
The Gold Experience
Chaos And Disorder
One Night Alone Piano CD
Crystal Ball
Black Album
All the NPG Music Club stuff.

all on vinyl:

Diamonds and Pearls
Come
Graffitti Bridge
BatMan
The Rainbow Children

I've been looking for back-up copies for a while.

I can't find his karma sutra album anywhere...I hear it makes you horny...

MoonHowler said:

I would be frightened to death of anyone who found that piece of crap arousing in any way, shape or form.

MoonHowler said:

You're better off with the thought of it!

TheEnglishGent said:

from what I've heard, only about 10% of the people here, maybe fewer, have anything positive 2 say about it.
I could care less if I ever find it, cuz I don't want 2b a Prince completeist... and that's one of those obscure albums that would make me one.

I've only got it because it was part of my Crystal Ball set.

MoonHowler said:

Try Ebay. Available on cassette

tony23k said:

I'd love to have these on vinyl!

thekidsgirl said:

you left off TRC,do you already have it?
I love the inner sleeve and artwork.

You should be able to find all the pre-name change WB albums in large music chainstores with ease. Emancipation should be dirt-cheap too.

The out of print stuff like TGE, Exodus, you have your trusty internet connection to help you out and should be able to find everything else you want at Amazon (check all the Amazon's, not just the one in your region for the best prices - that's .com, .ca, .co.uk, .fr, .de, even .co.jp, but you should be OK with the Northern American and European stores). And of course eBay too.

Besides price, no-one has any reason not to find all the albums, including all the related artists and side projects.

I can't seem to ever come by LoveSexy. So instead, I come in front of it instead.

Illustrator said:

Loovesticky..

It would take alot less time if I just said what is easier to come by.....

Parade -Have
Come -Have
For You -Have
The Vault {Old Friends 4 Sale}
Sign 'O' The Times -Have

Hits/B Sides -Have
New Power Soul -Have
LoveSexy
The Rainbow Children
Scandalous Sex Suite
I think I saw Chaos and Disorder
D&P -Have
Musicology -Have
3121 -Have
Controversy -Have
Dirty Mind -Have
Around The World In A Day -Have

The ones above I have to keep working on. But everything that's not on this list I'm basically assed out when it comes to those!

KidaDynamite said:

mplsmike said:

I know right!!!!

KidaDynamite need 2 get this fast.....


LoveSexy
Scandalous Sex Suite
Chaos and Disorder

christos7 said:

Okay I 4got to mark , this I have! The rest well....

christos7 said:

christos7 said:

something wrong

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

What country do you live in where it is hard to get these?

KidaDynamite said:

see if u had friends/neighbor like me ..thes cds would be in your collection (Cd-r's of course)

mplsmike said:

We r friends!

At least I think!

KidaDynamite said:

i think

mplsmike said:

Awwww, u've just made me a happy bunny!

I can see no real excuse for not having every official Prince album on CD. Even if you dont live in the US, there is the internet and eBay. If you are a true collector, youcan get them. Hell, I have japanese pressings of half of them as well as domestic versions. I have the tracked and untracked versions of the Lovesexy CD. I have the hologrpahic and non hologrpahic version of Diamonds and Pearls. I have a picture CD version of Graffit Bridge. I have the original CD release of 1999 that left out DMSR. I have the Batman album in the round black tin. I have the album in the limited gold foil cover. I have both verisons of Crystal Ball - the one in the clear plastic round case with the Kamasutra disc and the retail version inthe regualr jewel case with the booklet and no Kamasutra disc. I have 8 of the Musicology albums in the plain cardboard sleeve that were given out at the movie theater simulcast from LA and the Musicology concerts (I went to the simulcast and 4 Musicology shows). I just got the cardboard sleeve UK version of Planet Earth that was given away with that newspaper.

Everything I mentioned was offical. I acquired them through eBay/internet, being at the events in which they were distributed, record shows, and just plain beating the street and searching the stores. I have been a faithfull fanatic for Prince's entire career going all the way back to my palm tree WB label pressing of For You on vinyl. I am old school and proud of it.
[Edited 9/12/07 6:00am]

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

GREAT to see that there are younger Prince fans at work here. Yours truly as an "older" fan has bought all the stuff when it came out, starting from 1984 (no CDs back than). Getting the back catalog was quite easy (but vinyl...) I still have some "omissions" in my CD collection, as I could not be bothered to upgrade my LPs (yes, I still own a record player)

What is difficult to find now is not the Prinfce albums but his associated artists albums that he produced.

Try to find Apollonia 6 on CD (it was released in japan)
Mazarati (japan)
The Family (germany)
Madhouse (both albums)
Jill Jones
Ingrid Chavez

Brofie said:

been looking for this on cd forever..
when I read there were more cdr's floating around than originals I stopped.
I recently just went ahead and recorded it to disc.