Has anyone here got or heard these? I have been wondering what they are like...

I seem to recall this being a fake.

Definitely a fake.

Really!? After all these years I have been tricked!

What about the scans on Sleevographia2?

12" Test Pressing • USA • 28399
Sign "O" The Times (Bailey Edit 6:32)
Sign "O" The Times (King/Lemon Re Edit 6:36)

Do these mixes exist? The scan looks pretty convincing...

funkylust said:

That's interesting. Never heard of these.

Looks like it's probably an unoffical DJ mix or something.

BorisFishpaw said:

I didn't think Sleevographia was prone to add unofficial items to their listings.

squirrelgrease said:

Yeah thats what I thought too. From what I heard years ago, they were pressed as test pressings and then the remixes were aborted.. I just want to hear them...

There is a picture of the sleeve on the site too... Looks like a scan to me..

squirrelgrease said:

Well, they've had unofficial items on there before.

The reasons why it's almost certainly not offical are...

1. It's pressed by Artisan... I've never seen any offical WB Prince items
use this pressing plant before (just look at all the other test pressings
and actetates shown on the site and elsewhere).

2. It's dated 3/29/87... a month and a half AFTER Sign O' The Times had
already been released as a single! (a true test pressing or acetate would
HAVE to be dated prior to the record's release)


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BorisFishpaw said:

Isn't it possible that it was pressed as a potential remix 12"? I have seen this happen before, the original version is released with full length album version with a B Side and then later, dance mixes come out for clubs.. Perhaps Prince didn't like the remixes and felt the song's message was important to be heard..Maybe he felt the track wasn't appropriate as a remix..

He would save that for Hot Thing... Just a theory..

I'm pretty sure these mixes were on a boot a few years ago...they were heavy handed re-edits.

Definitely a fake.

funkylust said:

No, that's way too late for a remix to be released. Even when the record
company decides to stagger the release or release 2 12"s, this would still
all have been sorted out well in advance of the release date.

There's no way an acetate dated a month and a half after the commercial
release date would ever be seriously intended for release.

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BorisFishpaw said:

Good points. I'm sure you're correct - something doesn't smell right with this acetate. I noticed that Sleevographia has a Fake page dedicated to things like this, but since it wasn't linked to that page made me wonder about this particular item. The Sleevographia folks don't answer their emails, so it's hard to question their motivation behind stuff like this.

Anyone ever heard these mixes?

The first thing I did was check the fake listings at Sleevographia. As stated, it's not there.

Still sounds like a fake to me.

I'm confused as to why this is even a question. We know the remixes that came out with most any song, especially from the 80's.

curious
when sign o the times placed at #2 on the dance charts it is listed as a remix.the 12inch maxi single that hit number 1 on the maxi-single chart(a lil prince chart history for ya) however isn't listed as a remix
Reply #5 posted 10/09/09 4:29am
funkylust



BorisFishpaw said:



2. It's dated 3/29/87... a month and a half AFTER Sign O' The Times had
already been released as a single! (a true test pressing or acetate would
HAVE to be dated prior to the record's release).



Isn't it possible that it was pressed as a potential remix 12"? I have seen this happen before, the original version is released with full length album version with a B Side and then later, dance mixes come out for clubs.. Perhaps Prince didn't like the remixes and felt the song's message was important to be heard..Maybe he felt the track wasn't appropriate as a remix..

He would save that for Hot Thing... Just a theory..

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The feeling you get when...

(you squeeze your balls?) no that's not it...

so....
perhaps it's the mix that was played