there are so many bootlegs and special releases of prince. but whats the official most expensive and rarest album that would make every prince-fan very happy? something like "The Mauritius Post Office Stamp."
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Did i miss that one?

MikeyB71 said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w..._Office%22

I only started collecting in 1999, so my rare may not be most people's rare...

But I suppose I'd say Madhouse 8/16? I have Madhouse 16, never bit the bullet for 8, though I have it on vinyl/mp3 form.

Were any copies of Undertaker officially released?

Other than that, I'd say the NPG single "Peace" from the Hit N Run tour around 2000 I think it was. I managed to get ahold of Supercute and Daisy Chain, but that one sold out after a couple of stops.

That's all I got.

I guess the original pressings of the Black Album are the rarest?

is there any albums with the full 12 inch versions of singles and b-sides?

optimus said:

no there's none.

the rarest would indeed be the original pre-destruction Black Album or Undertaker for the unreleased ones, with maybe Milk & Honey, too.

for the released ones i'd say the 1st pressing of Goldnigga and possibly the Kamasutra CD & the War cassette, too.

now there are also a lot of really rare promo singles.

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A Warner Bros manufactured Apollonia 6 CD goes for a LOT on ebay!

Jill Jones, too!

databank said:

When you say the Kama Sutra CD, are you referring to the one that came with Crystal Ball?

If so, had no idea that was rare...

Also, I thought The War also came on CD, and that was the super rare one?

StonedImmaculate said:

Those are most likely fake

databank said:

Really? I remember seeing that in the NPG store accross from Calhoun square in the mid 90s and thinking "That looks stupid". How IS Goldnigga?

minneapolisFunq said:

yeah...I got burned for $75 on a Vanity 6. It was the album, just not Warners.

I did see a legit WB Apollonia 6 though...the bid was over $300!

^thats nothing. you can find a japanese pressing of the mazarati album on cd for $750


I also got burned on one of those fake joints (mazarati2) so i know how it feels.

purpuria said:

1987 Black Album LP (USA or Germany)
1979 Lewis Connection LP
1994 Black Album grey vinyl

StonedImmaculate said:

$75! wow! I bought my second Vanity 6 CD in a used record store in LA for $5 about a dozen years ago - and it was a legit pressing.

I got my genuine V6 CD for less than 5 bucks 2 years back lol, was lucky no one else saw it...

Now i'm 100% MP3 so i'm gonna sell my genuines Madhouse 8 & 16, Jill Jones, V6 & A6, The Family & other rare CD's on ebay in a few months, am i gonna b rich?

Strange Tales From The Rain Warner Japan 25-track promo only double vinyl LP was issued to radio and industry in 1984 to promote Purple Rain.

Side 1
Let's Go Crazy 7.32
Jungle Love / The Time 3.25
Take Me With You 3.55
The Beautiful Ones 5.14
God 4.02
When Doves Cry 3.49

Side 2
Computer Blue 4.01
Darlin' Nikki 5.13
Sex Shooter / Apollonia 3.01
The Bird The Time 7.40
Purple Rain 4.07
I would Die 4 U 2.50
Baby I'm A Star 4.13

Side 3
Soft And Wet 3.01
I Wanna Be YOur Lover 2.57
Sexy Dancer 4.18
Uptown 4.07
Dirty Mind 4.11
Do Me, Baby 7.47

Side 4
Sexuality 4.20
Controversy 3.35
Little Red Corvette 3.08
Delrious 2.36
The Glamorous Life 3.41

[Info from Eli.com]

black album!


wow- i was- er... a friend of mine was just telling her teen that her mom (teen's gramma) was the coolest, most hardcore mom back in the day and one day in 1987 had a square box with styrofoam packing come to the house from overseas, and in it was a black cover with a black album with a black label...

on it were some hardcore lyrics (for a fanatical, obsessed 14 year old back then) and some funky songs.

hm. it's in a crate with the other albums at said mom's house. would never think of selling it, but wonder what it would go for?

has all the madhouse ones, too. next time my uh friend is on the east coast, i think she said she's gonna burn them to cd.

fun! like my- her own little rare collection.

databank said:

why would you say the cassette but not the CD ?

Is the CD more easily available than the cassette ?

databank said:

100% in mp3.
Not even flac!?
Is the fluoride getting too much?
Wisdom you do not show.

You will only be rich if you set the reserve price high enough.

"For You," is getting hard 2 find. In my opinion it's the precious U need as a Prince fan...

The rare stuff is like trying to steal a man's diary. I'm not interested in any of that.

FunkyStrange said:

War is on cd? Keep frpogfetting that. I got the official casette and of course booted on cd but not official cd.

The German "Gold Disc" edition of Around The World In A Day is pretty rare. I've seen it go for over $200. And to think I bought it for £5 in a dusty indie record store, and didn't know that it was anything other than a normal version until a year later...

The "51 Hours" vinyl is pretty rare too.

xlr8r said:

Sure is, I've got about 5 of them - a dollar each

xenophobia2002 said:

Which doesn't contain Prince.

FunkyStrange said:

you sucka!

xlr8r said:

Yeah I know I got ripped off... I could only sell them for $250 each


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FunkyStrange said:

No, I meant 'you sucka' as in "I hate you I'm jealous!"..not as in you got rippe doff. Those are rare.


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Theres a Japanese promo hits collection called My Name Was Prince

Ive seen it on eli.com for about $1000

so im guessing thats pretty rare

BartVanHemelen said:

Really? Are you mixing this up with Elevation "Traitor", or do you know something I don't...