Was wondering if anyone could help. I have two difterent 1999 12" vinyl singles. One is the cover same as the 1999 album and it has Little Red Corvette as a double A side. The other is with DMSR as the B side. The cover is of prince in his purple coat standing between two windows.

Why are there different types? And are there more?

Sorry is question sounds dumb lol.

I have the 12" of the "1999: The New Master" single. It's on purple vinyl. The actual vinyl label was the same face picture from the CD single. The cover was just a white cover, like a regular white label sleeve with the center cut out to see the record label itself.

It also had a sticker on it. That's the one I have.


Of course the New Master has a picture to itself:


Then there is this one from the 1999 reissue by Warner Bros


The 45 cover I have:

ernestsewell said:

The one at the bottom is my favorite pic of him.

fantasticjoy said:

It's a drawing, not an actual photograph.

Dave1992 said:

it's probably both but mostly a photo

FunkiestOne said:

No, it's a drawing. The original picture still exists somewhere.

FunkiestOne said:

It is a photo, because I had a huge poster of that, and it was a longer shot. You could see more of his jacket, shirt, and chest. NO artist is THAT good to make it look THAT real. It might have been pseudo-photoshopped back then, but it's a photograph, to my knowledge. My poster never had the 1999 and "PRINCE" on it though.

ernestsewell said:

I remember someone posting a picture of the original drawing quite clearly, though. Besides, it wouldn't be that difficult to simply cut something off of the original to make a poster out of it.

these are other cd singles I have of 1999 - not my scans though

Dave1992 said:

It's a retouched photograph.

squirrelgrease said:

Yeah.....pseudo-photoshopped. hahahahaha

ernestsewell said:

Alright, I apologise. I was sure someone said it was a painting!

Dave1992 said:

Since this pic precedes Photoshop, the retouching process would have involved airbrush painting and the use of traditional paint brushes. I suppose it's possible to look really closely at it and conclude that it's a full illustration based on the retouched elements.

Dave1992 said:

If it makes u feel better, at that time, they actually had to use a paintbrush to retouch a photo.

ernestsewell said:

This is a great help thanks for taking the time. Love the last pic of him.

squirrelgrease said:

Thanks very much for the link. Never heard of this site before, has so much information. Excellent!!!

Australian 12"




3 different UK 12" singles:







The last one is actually the second part of a double 12" that came with "When doves cry".

2 different US 12" promos:




US picture disc 45, coupled with "Little red Corvette":


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dutch single cover

...and the Dutch 12" single:




and the German 12":

djdaffy1227 said:

Thanks very much for the pics. Its the middle and last of the uk 12" that I have. I didn't realise the last one was in two parts with When Doves Cry.

djdaffy1227 said:

I love the Dutch 12" cover...possibly the only on-stage photo of Prince wearing jeans.

The worst 12" cover must be the one for the original French 12" of "1999".

jjam said:

Jordache.

squirrelgrease said:

it's like seeing a rare bird