databank said:

From his sister Sharon, who gave me the CD. Also, the guitar work is credited to "Gemini".

Have you heard it? It's Prince, no doubt.

yankem said:

Sure, as soon as I get my scanner to work. Give me a day or so.

RodeoSchro said:

AAAAARGH!!! I used to have that Platinum boot years ago which featured the 4 songs of this EP but i sold it years ago and didn't copy these songs because i had no clue Prince was involved!!!

andrewm7 said:

the sleeve and label credit it as a remix with no mention of "prince vocals or anything like that I will see if I can post a picture .

More directly on topic though, I think the gatefold longbox cd of Purple rain would fit the bill as rare and precious. There are very few of these around and it has broad appeal
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I'd be grateful to know how exactly it was credited & which year it was released, for my discography (see link below), thanks for either posting a pic or just telling me

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Here's all the info from the John L. CD, "Father's Song". Scanner's on the fritz but I'll post a scan as soon as I'm able:

TRACK LISTING

1. Yes Again
2. There'd be no-way for you and I
3. As I recall
4. Fallin' Down

Executive Producer - God
Producer - Ron Long
Music - John L. & Ron Long
Lyrics - Eleanor Landrau
Co-Producer - Sharon Nelson
Smooth Rap - Sharon Nelson
Piano - John L.
Organ - Ron Long and Gary Montoute
Guitar - Gemini

Dedicated to the memory of Vivian Nelson

"We always thank God, the father of our Lord, Jesus Christ" - Sharon

Recorded at Acme Studios, Mamaroneck, NY
Engineer: Derrick L. Garnett
Front cover photography: Don Aderley
Cover Design by Pasework Creative Studios

Copyright 1994 Vive Records (There's also a "P" with a circle around it before the copyright symbol. Don't know what that means)
Copyright 1994 Maken It Music (BMI)

RodeoSchro said:

Thanks.

The (p) means that the master-tape is owned by whoever owns it while the copyright is only about the packaging. I've never known why a "p" ("property" maybe?)

For the record, "The Inner Sanctum" bootleg has the John L songs on it also and it's easier to find than "Platinum". Just a heads up for anyone that's on the hunt for these songs.

BartVanHemelen said:

Bart I am rather sure that U are more correct on the dates than I am, but I can assure U that whenever I purchased that album it was quite "precious" in the sense that I did not have $100 bucks laying around to buy an album. It was my actual first purchase of a bootlegged item and I was amazed then (and now) that I was able to find that particular item in such a random manner.

databank said:

The people of Alaska could always open an Ebay and/or Amazon account.....Plenty copies of both on these websites.

MikeyB71 said:

Of course not: the connection cables are frozen!

I have a promo LP version of the black album...could that be worth much?
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databank said:

RodeoSchro said:

Listening to it right now thanks to a cool someone . It's funny i remembered something quite uninteresting and actually it's cool music, the piano playing is ambitious.

The bass definitely sounds like it's Prince on every track, much more than the guitar on track one & four which actually doesn't sound that much like Prince (but i wouldn't doubt his sister's word about it). I guess the "guitar" credits include bass since there's no bass credit.