TRON said:

You see; not everyone takes the time or consideration to thank everyone for participating in their thread...

The stuff ICONS are made of...

How dare you make me break out the vinyl!



the radio years: Soft & Wet, I was 7 yrs old, too young to buy records but I loved that one on the radio, as well as I Wanna Be Your Lover - my sister had both singles on 45. Remember hearing Head Uptown on the radio (I think, help me out DavidEye), I was SO intrigued w/ this guy. My sister bought Controversy but they would hide it from me b/c of Do Me Baby, didn't want me hearing that. I snuck & played it anyway, really dug Private Joy & Let's Work, the poster wasn't so bad either (my sister had it on her wall). I was officially in love by now...

the vinyl years: my first purchase was 1999, that's when I started going back into the catalogue, picked up each one as I could. Meanwhile PR, Around the World In a Day & Parade came out, bought all those of course. Remembered hearing Alexa de Paris & Love or $ in UTCM but not on the album - Parade was my first excursion into searching for B-sides. I found both, which sent me back to collect all the B-sides I could find for Around the World, PR & 1999. I still look for B-sides, force of habit.

the cassette years: SOTT was my last vinyl purchase, I'm pretty sure Lovesexy was my first cassette-only purchase. My sister melted my 1999 album in the back of her car & replaced it w/ a cassette, so I have a few albums on cassette (1999, Parade, Batman, D&P, Graffiti Bridge) but not all that lead up to Lovesexy & I'm not sure why. I guess I preferred vinyl still (who wants to fast forward?). I think I went back & got some protegee stuff around this time too (The Time, V6, A6). I have a few B-sides on cassette but the earliest one is Batdance & I have cassette & vinyl so I'm not sure when that hunt started...

the CD years: D&P started it off, went back & got the entire collection on CD, not sure how long it took, probably not longer than a few months. Started hunting for B-sides on CD...

the video years: first video purchase was the Gett Off video & the D&P Video Collection. Started taping stuff (besides the movies) off TV around this time too (performances, specials & music vids).

the boot years: when I was in college some dude who was completely in LOVE with Prince gave me a tape of Small Club. I knew it was great but I rarely listened to it, couldn't really get with the sound of an audience recording. Over the years a few people have given me things here & there. I still find the videos most interesting since I missed the Lovesexy & Nude tours. Audio stuff didn't really turn me out until now...



Funny discovery while writing this - I have The Family, Vanity - Wild Animal, & Andre Cymone on vinyl!! LOL!!!




Good NESS I'm long winded!
[This message was edited Wed Jan 22 1:21:55 PST 2003 by CalhounSq]

I had heard 1999 on the radio once or twice in 1984 and thought it was good, but I didn't know who was singing.
Then I heard the first single of Purple Rain(can't remember which one it was) and I knew I had to buy the album.

I went to my local record store but they didn't have it yet, but the had 1999...so I took a chance and bought it instead...2 months later I bought Purple Rain and by the end of 1985 I had all the older albums as well...

So it should be somthing like this:

1999
PR
Controversy + Dirty Mind +Prince on the same day
ATWIAD
For you (I think it wasn't available in Sweden until PR got big)

CalhounSq said:

SmallClub is a Soundboard show

Joshy84au said:

The one I have is on cassette, who knows what generation copy I had. It's hissy & shitty sounding...

*bump*

I was seven years old in 1984 and had "Purple Rain" on my wish-list for christmas. I got the album and the tape for Christmas. It was the only thing I listened to for many months. Then I lost interest in Prince. I rediscovered him with the Batman-Soundtrack (I heard "The Future" on radio). I bought that LP but did like it only in parts. Anyway, I bought "Sign O The Times" and a book about Prince after that. I read the whole book and could´nt wait to gat the albums. I bought them in the following oder:

1)Sign O The Times
2)1999
3)Around The World In A Day
3)Parade (both on the same day)
4)Lovesexy
5)Dirty Mind
6)Controversy
7)Prince

"Graffiti Bridge" was the first album I bought on it´s release date, as I did with all the albums since then. After I got all the albums, I started collecting the 12-inch-singles and some boots. I got a CD-Player in 1991 and the first Prince-CD I bought was the japanese "New Power Generation EP", followed shortly after that by "Diamonds And Pearls". Since that day, I only buy CDs.