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Thread started 06/11/09 7:31pm

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What happened to Love Symbol Album?

I was shopping on iTunes the other day and noticed they no longer sell Love Symbol Album. I also checked Rhapsody and you can only listen to 30 seconds of most of the tracks, not buy it. I also don't see it on Best Buy's website. WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
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Reply #1 posted 06/11/09 8:02pm

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If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot.
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Reply #2 posted 06/11/09 8:03pm

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PimpandCircumstance said:

I was shopping on iTunes the other day and noticed they no longer sell Love Symbol Album. I also checked Rhapsody and you can only listen to 30 seconds of most of the tracks, not buy it. I also don't see it on Best Buy's website. WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?



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Reply #3 posted 06/11/09 10:06pm

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I have 2 of them.

1 without the symbol

and 1 with the symbol
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Reply #4 posted 06/11/09 10:17pm

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when did they get rid of the symbol on the front?
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Reply #5 posted 06/11/09 10:33pm

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alandail said:

when did they get rid of the symbol on the front?


Someone posted something about it on the org one time.

Another example is Diamonds and Pearls

I have 1 that has a hologram on the front and another 1 without the hologram
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Reply #6 posted 06/11/09 11:09pm

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luv4u said:

alandail said:

when did they get rid of the symbol on the front?


Someone posted something about it on the org one time.

Another example is Diamonds and Pearls

I have 1 that has a hologram on the front and another 1 without the hologram


The first pressing(s) of prince had the Symbol silkscreened on the jewel-case lid, so if the jewel-case was replaced with a standard one by a previous owner, there wouldn't be a Symbol. Subsequent pressings had the Symbol printed on the booklet and used a standard WB embossed jewel-case.

The Euro pressings of Diamonds And Pearls had a blue tinted booklet cover without a hologram. US pressings got the hologram on a full color booklet.
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Reply #7 posted 06/12/09 8:44am

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squirrelgrease said:

luv4u said:



Someone posted something about it on the org one time.

Another example is Diamonds and Pearls

I have 1 that has a hologram on the front and another 1 without the hologram


The first pressing(s) of prince had the Symbol silkscreened on the jewel-case lid, so if the jewel-case was replaced with a standard one by a previous owner, there wouldn't be a Symbol. Subsequent pressings had the Symbol printed on the booklet and used a standard WB embossed jewel-case.

The Euro pressings of Diamonds And Pearls had a blue tinted booklet cover without a hologram. US pressings got the hologram on a full color booklet.

This is not the intent of this forum. I was wondering did they take this album off the self. Is it out of print?
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Reply #8 posted 06/12/09 9:37am

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Its still in print but there aren't that many floating around as usual. The Gold Experience is definately out of print so if you don't have that one you better find one on the net because one day they will be all gone just like the limited copies of the Black Album from 1994.
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Reply #9 posted 06/12/09 1:32pm

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Oopps... wrong post.

Great album though. Many gems!
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Reply #10 posted 07/12/09 11:26pm

Imago

It would be a damned shame if this album is lost to memory.

It was a fierce album, and instrumental in my converting 3 of my friends to Prince fans.
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Reply #11 posted 07/13/09 1:29am

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I was in a used record store yesterday and they had a couple of used European copies of prince @ $5.99. I never noticed before how much nicer the Euro prince is. It's a shinier and thinner shaped silkscreen. The US version is more of a matte finish with a chunkier prince . The "Offensive Language" sticker is in color and adhered to the jewel case on the Euro version, as well.
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Reply #12 posted 07/13/09 6:03am

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luv4u said:

I have 2 of them.

1 without the symbol

and 1 with the symbol

me too: Uncensored is with the symbol, and the censored is without symbol...
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Reply #13 posted 07/13/09 8:09am

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squirrelgrease said:

The Euro pressings of Diamonds And Pearls had a blue tinted booklet cover without a hologram. US pressings got the hologram on a full color booklet.

You're wrong on this point, the first german press came with the hologram.
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