I have just brought myself a brand new record player and have got out all my Prince Vinyl for the first time in ages. What is your top three prince vinyl?

Mine.

Purple Rain Album (Purple Vinyl) - It's such a nice colour.
Amererica - Over 20 minutes long - Amazing
Paisley Park - Shaped Disc - So Cute

I'm a total sucker for gimmicks. During Diamonds and Pearls and the there were loads of nice picture discs, and a shaped picture disk for Sexy MF 12" (in the shape of a ) which was quite cool.

That said, my favourite 12" singles are probably from Around the World in a Day album - funky, distinctive cover art. The "Eye wish U heaven" 12" looked great too.

I have LOADS of Prince 12" singles and some 7" singles and I can't listen to any of em coz I don't have a record player. However a while back I saw this cool thing on the net where you can scan in your record using a normal PC scanner and a piece of software will scan the image and churn out an MP3 for you That's cool!

swiftyweb said:[quote]I have just brought myself a brand new record player and have got out all my Prince Vinyl for the first time in ages. What is your top three prince vinyl?

Where in the world did you find a brand new record player? Are they still making them?

Satsuma said:

Yep. I got a technics one, they make them mostly for DJ's. I am not a dj but I wanted to hear good old vinyl again.

swiftyweb said:

That's my problem... I'd love a record player so I can check out all my old vinyl but all that's available is turntables aimed at DJs and they can be a tad pricy.

Extended versions of La,La,La,He,He,Hee, and Shockadelica!!

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My absolute favorite is I Wish U Heaven 12"

that is my favorite Prince evtended version EVER

honorable mention goes to the glyph shaped Sexy MF single...

ian said:

I just read an article on how turntables are the hot thing right now, with the most popular being an updated version of the old portable suitcase style. A couple years ago, I found a real nice older one for about $140 in a record store that also sold used equipment.

my "sexy dancer" '45, how I cherish that thing

Don't have any rare vinyl, but I do have the "Virgin vinyl pressing" of Lovesexy; that's pretty cool. My favorite is the Sign 'o' The Times record. I think it sounds better on vinyl than it does on CD.



BTW, I just bought a Sony turntable at Best Buy. It was around $130 or so. They definately still make 'em.

ian said:

Check out 'What Hi-Fi' magazine - you can buy good record players (non-DJ ones, but excellent quality for regular users) for around £100, most good independent hi-fi shops will have a good range.

Yup Decks are still available, my wife bought me a Project Debut turntable for about £110, and its brilliant!!
my fave vinyl is hot thing/never take the place 12" picture disc, get wild 12" that plays inside out, and my name is prince picture 12".