But all of the stuff can't beat the experience of me dancing next to Prince, while he's playing keyboards at the oct 5th show in Londen and later shaking his hand while he's handing out percussion to the dancers. And then ending the evening in the 4rd row at the aftershow at the Marquee.

ChocolateInvasion said:

I was there, I saw it, you lucky SOB

*I bet nobody else has a 22in.X 22in. posterboard filled with Prince pictures on thier wall? It took me a two days to make and decorate, so I better be the only one!*

Handwritten lyrics (in pencil) on flowery stationary that eventually became the song Style.

When I managed a movie theatre in Mpls, Prince used to come in on occasion (yes, the first time he came in I nearly wet my pants, I held the door open for him and he said thank you, and I couldn't even speak to say You're welcome... Eventually, I ogt used to it.). One night, while he was there, I had an evening manager on duty, so I was leaving early. As I was walking to my car, I saw a folded up piece of paper on the ground outside of the back door of P's limo. I picked it up and continued on to my car. When I got in, I unfolded and low and behold, it was lyrics!
Months later, Emancipation came out and I discovered what song it was.

Other than that, I don't collect anything.

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[color=green:f8bb9e2ce5:531c7aa948]My Name Was Prince (promotion only CD for Japanese executives at WB for the release of The Hits B/Sides, has Herb Ritts shot of the mannequin on the cover.) Short of original release of "The Black Album" and the USA promotional CD single for "The Future", this is the rarest Prince CD in circulation among collectors.

Mazarati, Appolonia 6, Jill Jones, The Family, Madhouse 8, Madhouse 16 and others on Japanese CD. (All purchased at record stores except App6 which was purchase on ebay after I sold my copy to Warren Mason back in 1996.)

Graffiti Bridge Japanese promo only CD.

Endorphinmachine Japanese promo only CD single.

The Rest Of My Life Japanese promo only CD single.

TMBGITW Japanese promo only CD single 4U wallet size.

The War on CD.

Original version of "Gold Nigga" from the NPG store in 1994 (as well as the maxi single in the same order.)

Test pressing of "Chaos & Disorder" from WB with sample artwork.

Japanese gold pressing of "Purple Rain" on CD.

Sealed limited edition box of "Purple Rain" on CD and PAL VHS. (Official release... not one of those lame wooden box fake releases.)

German gold pressing of "ATWIAD" on CD.

Spanish promo CDs of "Pope", "Space", "Purple Rain" and "NC2U."

All of the NTSC laserdiscs including "The Undertaker," "SOTT," and "Sacrifice of Victor" (just to mention a few.)

Promotion only tracked version of "LoveSexy" on CD.

All of the USA promotional CD singles through 1998 except "The Future".

German 1 track promo of "Thunder" on CD.

German full length promotion only CDs of "Chaos & Disorder" and "The Gold Experience."

German promotional only CD single for "Sexy MF."

German promtion only "Crown Jewels" CD.

German promotion only "The Hits" sampler CD.

Various UK promotional CD singles including "Love Sign," "It's About That Walk," "5 Women," and many more.

All of the European & Japanese 3" CDs.

Japanese version of Batman in special packaging tin, still sealed..

I think there's other crap I have worth mentioning among the 500+ CDs I have (no cdrs), but this is what came to mind.

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[This message was edited Sun Feb 16 6:24:58 PST 2003 by suomynona]

I have a promo CD for Man 'o War that is on a clear CD. The CD has a 3" metallic print in the middle with the track listing on it.
Radio Edit
Radio Edit with guitar solo
Call Out Research Hook

Arista ARPCD-3830

I have a promo Gold Experience album on gold vinyl that noone seems 2 have mentioned yet. Apart from that Pope promo 12" loads of early vinyl and more bootlegs than U can shake a stick at!!!