Catch is, it has NO case/booklet...

Does the original have ANYTHING in it apart from the black cover?

Is it worth it??

This album is so hard to find but I hate the idea of not having the case, etc!!

GRR..

iamchris90yall said:

Catch is, it has NO case/booklet...

Does the original have ANYTHING in it apart from the black cover?

Is it worth it??

This album is so hard to find but I hate the idea of not having the case, etc!!

GRR..

Take it before Prince finds it.

iamchris90yall said:

Yes if you don't already own it.

1. What you've found is NOT an original black album from 87. Therefore you didn't find a rare item.

2. Either it's a cheap bootleg OR the 90s reissue.

3. Both cheap bootlegs and the 90s reissues DO come with booklets and stuff.

4. Both cheap bootlegs and the 90s reissues can be bought for $4 any time - WITH booklets etc.

So, go for it or let it be... You're not going to make a huge mistake either way.

iamchris90yall said:

Catch is, it has NO case/booklet...

Does the original have ANYTHING in it apart from the black cover?

Is it worth it??

This album is so hard to find but I hate the idea of not having the case, etc!!

GRR..

There was nothing inside the 1994 CD release of The Black Album.

I truly don't know why anyone would debate spending 4 bucks. It's like Steve Martin said in one of his stand-up bits (about the price of a ticket to his show)...

Gee...I got four dollars...I think I'll throw it out in the street. Oh - I can come in here for four dollars? Okay.

What happens?

Genesia said:

There was nothing inside the 1994 CD release of The Black Album.

Don't know what you mean "inside", but this is the 94 CD release of The Black Album:

On the tray is a sticker. The black thing behind that sticker is a black booklet, even though it's only a single sheet. Behind that is a CD, placed in front of a black tray insert, which makes up the "back cover" of the album. So what exactly is "not inside" the 94 CD release of The Black Album?

^^Oh, and you can find that on ebay for $4 every week.

yes there is a black booklet (although a single sheet hardly makes a 'booklet' in my opinon) but i think what was meant as far as there be nothing inside was meant as being no information/lyrics/pictures or other material that you usually find in a 'booklet'. as for rare, you can find them on amazon right now starting at $8 and they are always on ebay too

savagedreams said:

yes there is a black booklet (although a single sheet hardly makes a 'booklet' in my opinon) but i think what was meant as far as there be nothing inside was meant as being no information/lyrics/pictures or other material that you usually find in a 'booklet'. as for rare, you can find them on amazon right now starting at $8 and they are always on ebay too

Mine, either. Which is why I said what I did.

$4 ?? Is that all?? I hope by now you have bought it. I remember when it first came out in London. People were parting with £100 or more for it !! I'm serious. Yes you should own it. Anyone who appreciates prince and his music needs this cd. It bridges the gap nicely between Sign O the Times and Lovesexy. Its funkalucious. Its got classic songs. Rock hard in a funky place, Bob George, to name but two. Its a party album, its got the funk, its the one you want!!!

Hate having no sleeve?!?!? The black album as I remember didn't have much apart from the black sleeve and song titles in peach I think. I didn't recall any credit notes. Just print some paper and colour it black, fool !! Its the music you want.

Just print a black glossy sleeve. It's my favorite Prince album.

"Don´t buy the Black Album. I`m sorry."

OK, i give up. You guys must be out of your mind, talking about $100 and stuff.

Attention:

The Black Album was officially released in 1994. Officially, dig? As in: "in record stores, all over the world"...

It's not rare in any way. $4 is not an amazing bargain. The 94 CD is all over ebay, etc. There's no reason to buy it and "print a black glossy sleeve" etc. Wait a week or 2 and go get a stickered copy WITH the booklet from ebay for $2 or $3. Ah, well, whatever...

FunkyDissCo said:

OK, i give up. You guys must be out of your mind, talking about $100 and stuff.

Attention:

The Black Album was officially released in 1994. Officially, dig? As in: "in record stores, all over the world"...

It's not rare in any way. $4 is not an amazing bargain. The 94 CD is all over ebay, etc. There's no reason to buy it and "print a black glossy sleeve" etc. Wait a week or 2 and go get a stickered copy WITH the booklet from ebay for $2 or $3. Ah, well, whatever...

You do realize a real black album sold (previous to '94) for $10,000 once?

FunkyDissCo said:

Genesia said:

There was nothing inside the 1994 CD release of The Black Album.

Don't know what you mean "inside", but this is the 94 CD release of The Black Album:

On the tray is a sticker. The black thing behind that sticker is a black booklet, even though it's only a single sheet. Behind that is a CD, placed in front of a black tray insert, which makes up the "back cover" of the album. So what exactly is "not inside" the 94 CD release of The Black Album?

I bought that online years ago but some jag off pulled off the sticker. Moron!

Get it. It's just FOUR DOLLARS.

.

It's amazing, people come onto this site about "Prince" and yet they dont own the records.

ufoclub said:

You do realize a real black album sold (previous to '94) for $10,000 once?

LOL yeah but you do realize that was a 87 pressing which was withdrawn in the first place, which is a rare collectors' item, one of the most bootlegged albums in the history of pop music, and maybe the most famous bootleg as well, surrounded by stories, legends and myths, with every copy being sold over the internet worldwide being watched by the hardcore collectors until this day...

...while the 94 release, especially the CD release, is nothing of all that?

FunkyDissCo said:

ufoclub said:

You do realize a real black album sold (previous to '94) for $10,000 once?

LOL yeah but you do realize that was a 87 pressing which was withdrawn in the first place, which is a rare collectors' item, one of the most bootlegged albums in the history of pop music, and maybe the most famous bootleg as well, surrounded by stories, legends and myths, with every copy being sold over the internet worldwide being watched by the hardcore collectors until this day...

...while the 94 release, especially the CD release, is nothing of all that?

the '94 release is now a 16 year old discontinued album. Is it that easy to find? Lemme see...

powersoul99 said:

It's amazing, people come onto this site about "Prince" and yet they dont own the records.

Ditto! Especially when we're talking about one of his very very best works!

What?! I found it for 15 bucks after almost a year!! Only copy in town too. Dammit.

It's actually not that easy to find in stores and especially for under $20. If they go for $4 on eBay or Amazon, that's a really good price for an out-of-print limited item. Remember, these 1994 CDs were pulled off shelves after a certain date and returned to Warners as part of the terms of Prince's contract. So if they pressed 500,000 copies, not all were actually sold and are in collections or circulation - many would have been destroyed.

iamchris90yall said:

Is it worth it??

"All the boys, say 'yeah, yeah'!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

"All the girls, say 'Oh, yeah'!"

"Oh, yeah!"

"Now, all you others, say 'hell yeah'!"

"HELL, YEAH!"

I saw the CD (1994 reissue) recently for $8. I bought the cassette of it in 2007 for $2

ufoclub said:

I BOUGHT IT GUYS!!!

WOOO!

I have to print off my own covers but its worth it!

This album is pretty much impossible to find in this country!

purpledoveuk said:

ufoclub said:

It's not RARE rare but it's printed in limited(ish) numbers, only available in stores between certain dates and discontinued...so it has some rareness compared to other stuff....a notch above The Gold Experience on my scale

a google search didn't come up with one official CD under shopping (some bootleg black album vinyl did come up, and I can't believe this shit has any value, I own them all, and they are worthless now in my opinion)... I'm scratching my head about people saying it's not rare... for example a google shopping search of "gold experience prince" turns up a CD as the first listed.

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