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Reply #60 posted 03/08/10 2:32am

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His hair is massive there. That HAS to be the biggest hair he's ever sported. It truely is a mighty boosh.

Love em!

A picture thread that I'm glad I opened. Fantastic!
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Reply #61 posted 03/08/10 4:57am

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Serena said:

squirrelgrease said:

The camera used was most likely a Kodak Brownie Star Series. The tell is the little dot on the time stamp. What threw me was the fact that most 1970s pix were rectangular and not square, but Polaroids and Brownies were.


I'm an 70's teen and have a zillion pics just like this, all square with little dots by the date. I think it's just the standard instamatic print, it's for sure not a Polaroid and I never owned a Brownie.

They are awesome pics, thanks for posting them!
[Edited 3/7/10 16:52pm]


Gotcha. Thanks.
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Reply #62 posted 03/08/10 5:09am

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Joyinrepatition said:

Wouldn't it have been smarter to post the pics as thumbnails....already copied disbelief


The person that posted these on eBay for $1500 isnt that smart anyway. lol
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Reply #63 posted 03/08/10 6:13am

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dreamshaman32 said:

Can we post this pic whenever someone up here starts a thread complaining that he fails to innovate and write things that he's never covered before- that is a ong long time ago, he's made so much music since then, he deserves space to just do whatever and not be held against his former self.
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actually it's pics like this that will remind people of why he can't make music like that anymore

he needs to call up those pre Glam Slam 90's people, the people he hung out with lived with and ran around town with and hit that bassment and make some real music
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Reply #64 posted 03/08/10 7:31am

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WOW he had a BIG ..... fro
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Reply #65 posted 03/08/10 7:38am

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Well I guess this also answers the question if he has his guitars customized to fit his "size". Cause that fender strat looks HUGE on him compared to the ones he uses now.
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Reply #66 posted 03/08/10 8:32am

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ronnwinter said:

Well I guess this also answers the question if he has his guitars customized to fit his "size". Cause that fender strat looks HUGE on him compared to the ones he uses now.


The Stratocasters Prince uses now are standard size. I think that pic makes the Strat look bigger because his pants are pulled up to his chin and he has the guitar way up high like the Beatles used to wear them.
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Reply #67 posted 03/08/10 8:34am

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I think his fro might be bigger in that basketball team shot.
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Reply #68 posted 03/08/10 8:47am

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Look at Prince's afro....huge. That's how large most black guys used to grow their hair out, back in the day, because the females loved guys with big afros back then. The bigger the 'fro, the bigger their swag was. lol
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Reply #69 posted 03/08/10 8:53am

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squirrelgrease said:

ronnwinter said:

Well I guess this also answers the question if he has his guitars customized to fit his "size". Cause that fender strat looks HUGE on him compared to the ones he uses now.


The Stratocasters Prince uses now are standard size. I think that pic makes the Strat look bigger because his pants are pulled up to his chin and he has the guitar way up high like the Beatles used to wear them.

Wow.. Its just seems like the guitar is bigger. Of course maybe it is. Im not too familiar with the older strats. Could they have been made larger back then?
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Reply #70 posted 03/08/10 10:52am

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Paris9748430 said:

Very cool pics!!!

EDIT

Whomever is selling these on Ebay must be smoking that GOOD shit if they think they're gonna get a grand for those pictures!!!
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they could get more by going to the music press or rock n roll hall of fame publisher .....

Ebay is a waste of space ...go to these's sources and get some real money .. wink
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Reply #71 posted 03/08/10 12:40pm

1paradise

Hello everyone, how was the weekend 4 ya?

It is actually taken w/110 film camera. I still have the camera and some of that type of film that I forgot I had. I know tells my age, fro


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Reply #72 posted 03/08/10 12:44pm

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Reply #73 posted 03/08/10 12:47pm

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squirrelgrease said:

ronnwinter said:

Well I guess this also answers the question if he has his guitars customized to fit his "size". Cause that fender strat looks HUGE on him compared to the ones he uses now.


The Stratocasters Prince uses now are standard size. I think that pic makes the Strat look bigger because his pants are pulled up to his chin and he has the guitar way up high like the Beatles used to wear them.


Oh it's even better than that.

That's a '70s Strat, when 4 a short time, they had larger headstocks.

I had a friend who had a natural (Ash) version of that Strat.

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Reply #74 posted 03/08/10 12:49pm

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1paradise said:

Elle85n09 said:

This auction has ended and the seller didn't get the opening bid. I've sent him a message via ebay requesting more info on the pics. I also asked if he would re-list them. That's all the info. I have right now. Hope to hear from the seller. peace
[Edited 3/7/10 15:37pm]


Thanx Elle89n09 for sharing.

It's my pleasure. Folks like you keep me coming back. hug
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Reply #75 posted 03/08/10 12:52pm

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Elle85n09 said:

1paradise said:



Thanx Elle89n09 for sharing.

It's my pleasure. Folks like you keep me coming back. hug


Same here to you. cloud9
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Reply #76 posted 03/08/10 12:54pm

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Rinluv said:

guarinigirl2000 said:

Thank God for perms and flat irons! Prince is walking around like a human q-Tip. LOL.

Yeah but now its time for Prince to take that shit out of his hair

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No, why would anyone want to see P bald. He has a hugh head and it is going to be a bad look for him. Keep the perm and the weave/hairtranplant.
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Reply #77 posted 03/08/10 12:55pm

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OldFriends4Sale said:

dreamshaman32 said:

Can we post this pic whenever someone up here starts a thread complaining that he fails to innovate and write things that he's never covered before- that is a ong long time ago, he's made so much music since then, he deserves space to just do whatever and not be held against his former self.
[Edited 3/8/10 2:09am]


actually it's pics like this that will remind people of why he can't make music like that anymore

he needs to call up those pre Glam Slam 90's people, the people he hung out with lived with and ran around town with and hit that bassment and make some real music

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SHUT UP !!!!! biggrin
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Reply #78 posted 03/08/10 2:28pm

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Mmmm. That red shirt looks lovely on Prince. fallinluv




Thanks for posting, Squirrelgrease. biggrin
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Reply #79 posted 03/08/10 4:21pm

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So here's a pic with Prince on keys, Andre on bass and the same trap set. The MN Historical Society says that it's Morris on drums and date the photo to 1977 (were they not Champagne by 1977?). If you blow up the image you can see the electrical tape "G" for "Grand" on the left tom (drummer's right), plus the drummer is a lefty as in the eBay photos. It's known that MNHS has many factual/date errors on their website and if Morris was left handed, it must be him in the eBay shots.

Could this shot be from the gig they were practicing for? hmmm



http://collections.mnhs.o...109&bhcp=1

Fashion show at a local club: band in background includes Morris Day on drums, Prince on keyboards and Andre Cymone on guitar
Photographer: Charles Chamblis (1927-1991)
Photograph Collection ca. 1977
Location no. Collection I.368.127
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Reply #80 posted 03/08/10 4:57pm

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squirrelgrease said:

So here's a pic with Prince on keys, Andre on bass and the same trap set. The MN Historical Society says that it's Morris on drums and date the photo to 1977 (were they not Champagne by 1977?). If you blow up the image you can see the electrical tape "G" for "Grand" on the left tom (drummer's right), plus the drummer is a lefty as in the eBay photos. It's known that MNHS has many factual/date errors on their website and if Morris was left handed, it must be him in the eBay shots.

Could this shot be from the gig they were practicing for? hmmm



http://collections.mnhs.o...109&bhcp=1

Fashion show at a local club: band in background includes Morris Day on drums, Prince on keyboards and Andre Cymone on guitar
Photographer: Charles Chamblis (1927-1991)
Photograph Collection ca. 1977
Location no. Collection I.368.127

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! That's my best Gomer Pyle imitation. lol
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Reply #81 posted 03/08/10 5:01pm

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i wonder what the set list was like...
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Reply #82 posted 03/08/10 6:34pm

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BlackAdder7 said:

i wonder what the set list was like...


Judging by the sweet outfit on that chick and the "Oh, yeah" look on my man's face, I have to think "Theme From Love, American Style" was part of the set.
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Reply #83 posted 03/08/10 7:40pm

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squirrelgrease said:

So here's a pic with Prince on keys, Andre on bass and the same trap set. The MN Historical Society says that it's Morris on drums and date the photo to 1977 (were they not Champagne by 1977?). If you blow up the image you can see the electrical tape "G" for "Grand" on the left tom (drummer's right), plus the drummer is a lefty as in the eBay photos. It's known that MNHS has many factual/date errors on their website and if Morris was left handed, it must be him in the eBay shots.

Could this shot be from the gig they were practicing for? hmmm



http://collections.mnhs.o...109&bhcp=1

Fashion show at a local club: band in background includes Morris Day on drums, Prince on keyboards and Andre Cymone on guitar
Photographer: Charles Chamblis (1927-1991)
Photograph Collection ca. 1977
Location no. Collection I.368.127


Wow great find! Love this archival stuff.
"That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32
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Reply #84 posted 03/08/10 10:22pm

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Not sure if these have been posted yet in this forum. Thanks Elle85n09 for the link.

TWO PHOTOS ONLY. ONE OF PRINCE. ONE OF ANDRE.
PRINCE & ANDRE ANDERSON (CYMONE) PHOTOS.
PHOTOS OF GRAND CENTRAL THEIR FIRST BAND.
NOTICE THE INITIALS G C ON THE DRUM KIT. I DID
LIGHTEN PICS 3 & 4 TO SHOW THE G C INITIALS BETTER.
THE FIRST TWO PHOTOS ARE EXACTLY AS SCANNED.

THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AT A BASEMENT REHEARSAL/JAM IN MARCH OF 1975.
THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY A NEIGHBORHOOD FRIEND AND HAVE BEEN IN A FAMILY
ALBUM FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS. THIS FRIEND HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES AND ASKED ME
TO SELL THE PICS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. THERE ARE A FEW SMUDGES AND THE PICS
ARE CURLED A LITTLE. BOTH PICTURES ARE CLEAR AND 100% AUTHENTIC. GOOD LUCK!!!

SALE OF THIS ITEM IS FINAL. NO RETURNS ACCEPTED!!
TONKA TUNES 2313 COMMERCE BLVD. MOUND, MN. 55364 952-472-5731










http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB..._845wt_702


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Nice guitar*
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Reply #85 posted 03/09/10 2:42am

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OldFriends4Sale said:[quote]

dreamshaman32 said:

Can we post this pic whenever someone up here starts a thread complaining that he fails to innovate and write things that he's never covered before- that is a ong long time ago, he's made so much music since then, he deserves space to just do whatever and not be held against his former self.
[Edited 3/8/10 2:09am]


actually it's pics like this that will remind people of why he can't make music like that anymore

he needs to call up those pre Glam Slam 90's people, the people he hung out with lived with and ran around town with and hit that bassment and make some real music[/quot
Dreamshaman32 Says

I respect your point but i respectfully disagree, all of those people pictured and the ones you mentioned are in the same place in life he is or have completely given up music altogether. Im sure as far as the craft prince, andre,wendy and people like that are all on another level and i would love to hear them jam but urgency is for the young (not young at heart) and the innovation period is over for this group. Hell, a lot of innovation is the product of being poor, and none of these guys are poor anymore. alot of Prince's former urgency and creative mastery was coming from a kid who wanted his spot, his time, to make his mark. It's the silk sheet theory that we use in boxing which is as stated: It is hard for a fighter to wake up at 5 am and run at the crack of dawn, to have that hunger needed to fight when he's sleeping on silk sheets. Prince is a brand, an institution, the guy that was in the red with WB after controversy, that scribbled in that purple notebook on the 1999 tour was a beast of a different sort and no amount of rolling through the old hood or calling up old bandmates can re create that magic.That picture is magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it.
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Reply #86 posted 03/09/10 2:53am

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That 'fro is massive eek
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Reply #87 posted 03/09/10 3:26am

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I think Morris is a lefty.
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Reply #88 posted 03/09/10 6:10am

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dreamshaman32 said:

Hell, a lot of innovation is the product of being poor, and none of these guys are poor anymore. alot of Prince's former urgency and creative mastery was coming from a kid who wanted his spot, his time, to make his mark. It's the silk sheet theory that we use in boxing which is as stated: It is hard for a fighter to wake up at 5 am and run at the crack of dawn, to have that hunger needed to fight when he's sleeping on silk sheets. Prince is a brand, an institution, the guy that was in the red with WB after controversy, that scribbled in that purple notebook on the 1999 tour was a beast of a different sort and no amount of rolling through the old hood or calling up old bandmates can re create that magic.That picture is magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it.


Nicely put.
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Reply #89 posted 03/09/10 6:10am

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missjay23 said:

I think Morris is a lefty.


Can anyone confirm this?
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