We've all told our stories about we've got exposed to Prince and his music, but what about the Purple Underground? How and when did u get introduced? Don't name ur source lol, or the Spam monster will come out for them. What was that boot that you've seen or listened to?

In other words, how'd ur purple cherry get popped?

(Feel free to delete/lock, Mods, if this is considered against the rulez.)

4 me, at 15, I was searching the net for everything Prince and ended up at a music site (that the fedds raided heavily), and everything Prince was on there.

Met a few good ppl and asked a guy who was from Chicago some boot questions. We exchanged numbers and he helped me out a lot. I had to meet some Prince fan requirements and even teased me about true fan initiations. My proof of homework on Prince himself over a few months period of time made him even more in awe of my true passion for Prince.

Things progressed to links, then hard copy cds, then sites, I started doing things on my own. It was great. We talked about concerts together all the time. But we had a misunderstood falling out

But my purple cherry was popped when another person, of whom I'm still associated with, from the same site sent me a dvd of Syracuse 85'. It was the best thing I had ever seen in my life I was amazed for days. Then I finally had seen a dvd he had also sent of 4 concerts: Houston 81, Houston 82, First Avenue 83, & Atlanta 85. They were all fabulous! Especially 1st Ave. 83'. But I literally screamed when I saw Prince fall on the Atlanta 85' show durin I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'mm A Star, it was terrible. That's when God told me that Prince was human, too.

Tell ur story

My first Prince bootleg was a cassette copy of The Black Album that i bought for £3 at a record fair, this was in the late 80's. Back then we used to have to buy bootlegs, there was no downloading or internet, hell, bootlegs were not even available on cd (or not that i found), they were on tape, or vinyl.

As the years passed i began getting bootlegs on cd, always at record fairs. Then when i finally bought my own computer and started to learn about the internet, things changed for me bootleg wise. I pretty much taught myself how to search for and download boots, but i did get a few useful pointers and great advice from a few very good people (and still do).

And now? I have literally hundreds of live shows, and also a ton of rehearsals, soundchecks, outtakes, unreleased stuff etc etc. Some on original pressed cd, but almost all of them in FLAC stored on my external drives.

I learn about boots from different places, and people who are into the same.

I don't think that i would be as big a fan of Prince were it not for my bootleg collection, i feel that one really understands the extent of Prince's talent when listening to live shows, rehearsals etc, something that i personally do not get with the standard albums.

I love my bootlegs, and i always will, i don't think i could be a fan without them, and i know that the collecting will go on and on and on.

TheDigitalGardener said:

I pretty much taught myself how to search for and download boots, but i did get a few useful pointers and great advice from a few very good people (and still do).

And now? I have literally hundreds of live shows, and also a ton of rehearsals, soundchecks, outtakes, unreleased stuff etc etc. Some on original pressed cd, but almost all of them in FLAC stored on my external drives.

I learn about boots from different places, and people who are into the same.

I don't think that i would be as big a fan of Prince were it not for my bootleg collection, i feel that one really understands the extent of Prince's talent when listening to live shows, rehearsals etc, something that i personally do not get with the standard albums.

I love my bootlegs, and i always will, i don't think i could be a fan without them, and i know that the collecting will go on and on and on.

Same things here

It's an ongoing process, but an extremely enjoyable one. Hearing conceptions of songs and rehearsals give u a greater appreciation for the songs than one would think the studio albums might already give, as u said. It makes u think of the song a different way when u hear those extra embellishments, chords, and ongoing elongation of the song. It's like, "This guy is a genius, I'm sure he's already aware" when he's doing that extra extra on the song or performance.

4 me, I'm more into the late 70s and mid 80s bootlegs. Yes, I have almost all the later-years boots, and I understand, to b a true fan, u need to try and listen to everything. But some things don't capture my tastes that well, but that's okay too. In other cases I'm not to the later years. Kinda still sucking on the 80's Prince's jock, but I'm working my way up the ladder to late 80s and early 90s

The starter kit 4 every Prince fan is the Purple Rush series (audio) and Syracuse (video)

^^ I go through phases, listening to everything i have from a certain era or tour, then moving onto the next thing i fancy.

There are so many fantastic recordings that it would be almost impossibe for me to pick one or two favourites, The early to mid 80's has spawned some brilliant boots, but for me it has been the One Nite Alone tour for a long time. These shows are fantastic, and the soundchecks are are a great insight too, also, almost all the available ONA tour boots are in really brilliant sound quality.

Lately i have been in a Gold era mood, that era has produced some amazing recordings, Prince swearing like a trooper and just blasting pure funk with a great band.

I collect everything, even if i don't really like the particular show, such as the 20TEN tour for instance, i have all the shows available from last year, but i have only listened to a handful of them, they just are not my thing, but i feel a need to have them, it's like a compulsion to collect as many shows etc as i can get my hands on.

I would also say that a must have for anyone starting to collect boots is Sabotages Small Club or Trojan Horse as it is now called, brilliant brilliant boot.

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New Power Soul Tour in 1998 in Columbus. I'd been a casual fan since 1979 but never went to a concert. We were up in the rafters and my wig still was blown off! When it was over everyone left laughing and singing. After that I couldn't get enough and I started searching for anything and everything Prince. Collected concerts, boots, memorabilia - basically lost my d--n mind.

The next time he hit Columbus in 2001 I was a NPG Music Club member screaming my head off in the 3rd row and was the first one called on stage to dance. Danced for 5 minutes all by myself - hard work, but I shook my triple D's in a halter top for all it was worth. I also had a pint of Hennessey hidden in my jeans in the small of my back and I PRAYED the bottle wouldn't come out. It held tight in those tight jeans I had on. Dream come true and I have it on CD. I pull it out to hear him call me up there and he stopped another girl who tried to go in front of me. Good there's no video - I probably looked a hot, big girl mess, but it was fun.

I've sold some of my memorabilia, including a 14k gold symbol I had (wtf was I thinking?), but still have lots of concerts I can watch on vhs.

It all started with this cd:

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After that I was hooked. A few generous souls along the way "shared" the wealth. And I am so thankful.

The music and videos. The live shows, outtakes, after shows etc.; there is so much it is just mind boggling.

I love the live stuff

TheDigitalGardener said:

^^ I go through phases, listening to everything i have from a certain era or tour, then moving onto the next thing i fancy.

There are so many fantastic recordings that it would be almost impossibe for me to pick one or two favourites, The early to mid 80's has spawned some brilliant boots, but for me it has been the One Nite Alone tour for a long time. These shows are fantastic, and the soundchecks are are a great insight too, also, almost all the available ONA tour boots are in really brilliant sound quality.

Lately i have been in a Gold era mood, that era has produced some amazing recordings, Prince swearing like a trooper and just blasting pure funk with a great band.

I collect everything, even if i don't really like the particular show, such as the 20TEN tour for instance, i have all the shows available from last year, but i have only listened to a handful of them, they just are not my thing, but i feel a need to have them, it's like a compulsion to collect as many shows etc as i can get my hands on.

I would also say that a must have for anyone starting to collect boots is Sabotages Small Club or Trojan Horse as it is now called, brilliant brilliant boot.

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I keep hearing about ONA and Trojan Horse from everywhere! lol R they really that good? I have them, several versions of Small Club/Trojan Horse, but haven't listened to them yet. SOTT era right. or somewhere between SOTT and Nude?? Anyway, I've only listened to one ONA concert once. I know it's basically a hits tour on a piano, but it must be great since it's in that setup. I will try to actually listen to it. Just have to check them in my iTunes to go onto my iTouch.

I feel the same way with the 20TEN recordings. Have them, but haven't listened to them. I watched some of my video boots of them, but I literally fell asleep with my laptop in my lap on the couch. "What a fan, right?" lol

By the way, nice story Silk Gave a vivid pic in my mind

Controversy had me interested at age 7.

1999 hooked me at age 8.

Purple Rain sealed the deal at age 10.

ecstasy said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

^^ I go through phases, listening to everything i have from a certain era or tour, then moving onto the next thing i fancy.

There are so many fantastic recordings that it would be almost impossibe for me to pick one or two favourites, The early to mid 80's has spawned some brilliant boots, but for me it has been the One Nite Alone tour for a long time. These shows are fantastic, and the soundchecks are are a great insight too, also, almost all the available ONA tour boots are in really brilliant sound quality.

Lately i have been in a Gold era mood, that era has produced some amazing recordings, Prince swearing like a trooper and just blasting pure funk with a great band.

I collect everything, even if i don't really like the particular show, such as the 20TEN tour for instance, i have all the shows available from last year, but i have only listened to a handful of them, they just are not my thing, but i feel a need to have them, it's like a compulsion to collect as many shows etc as i can get my hands on.

I would also say that a must have for anyone starting to collect boots is Sabotages Small Club or Trojan Horse as it is now called, brilliant brilliant boot.

[Edited 1/19/11 19:28pm]

I keep hearing about ONA and Trojan Horse from everywhere! lol R they really that good? I have them, several versions of Small Club/Trojan Horse, but haven't listened to them yet. SOTT era right. or somewhere between SOTT and Nude?? Anyway, I've only listened to one ONA concert once. I know it's basically a hits tour on a piano, but it must be great since it's in that setup. I will try to actually listen to it. Just have to check them in my iTunes to go onto my iTouch.

I feel the same way with the 20TEN recordings. Have them, but haven't listened to them. I watched some of my video boots of them, but I literally fell asleep with my laptop in my lap on the couch. "What a fan, right?" lol

By the way, nice story Silk Gave a vivid pic in my mind

Trojan Horse/Small Club is a Lovesexy Tour aftershow on 19th Aug '88.

And yes, imo the ONA tour really is that good, from a musical standpoint, i think it is hard to beat. There are some very unique ONA shows, and it was the last Prince tour i attended...hehe.

However, it was NOT just a hits tour on piano, there was usually a piano segment to each show, but the emphasis on ONA from the start was that Prince was playing less known material, less hits than previous tours, hence the much smaller venues, for this tour he was playing theatres, not arenas.

ONA was all about the music, so there was no extravagent stage props or costume changes, the shows were basically TRC album, intertwined with rare songs and the occasional hit, but even if TRC album was not your cup of tea, give the ONA tour a try, you seem to be very much into his music, so i don't think you will be disappointed.

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TheDigitalGardener said:

Trojan Horse/Small Club is a Lovesexy Tour aftershow on 19th Aug '88.

And yes, imo the ONA tour really is that good, from a musical standpoint, i think it is hard to beat. There are some very unique ONA shows, and it was the last Prince tour i attended...hehe.

However, it was NOT just a hits tour on piano, there was usually a piano segment to each show, but the emphasis on ONA from the start was that Prince was playing less known material, less hits than previous tours, hence the much smaller venues, for this tour he was playing theatres, not arenas.

ONA was all about the music, so there was no extravagent stage props or costume changes, the shows were basically TRC album, intertwined with rare songs and the occasional hit, but even if TRC album was not your cup of tea, give the ONA tour a try, you seem to be very much into his music, so i don't think you will be disappointed.

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Alright, in ur opinion what's the best ONA show? I need to be heavily impresse

StonedImmaculate said:

Controversy had me interested at age 7.

1999 hooked me at age 8.

Purple Rain sealed the deal at age 10.

Theses are official releases. What about unofficial? If you'd heard or seen any yet

ecstasy said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Trojan Horse/Small Club is a Lovesexy Tour aftershow on 19th Aug '88.

And yes, imo the ONA tour really is that good, from a musical standpoint, i think it is hard to beat. There are some very unique ONA shows, and it was the last Prince tour i attended...hehe.

However, it was NOT just a hits tour on piano, there was usually a piano segment to each show, but the emphasis on ONA from the start was that Prince was playing less known material, less hits than previous tours, hence the much smaller venues, for this tour he was playing theatres, not arenas.

ONA was all about the music, so there was no extravagent stage props or costume changes, the shows were basically TRC album, intertwined with rare songs and the occasional hit, but even if TRC album was not your cup of tea, give the ONA tour a try, you seem to be very much into his music, so i don't think you will be disappointed.

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Alright, in ur opinion what's the best ONA show? I need to be heavily impresse

Well, that is a tough question, but i would say ONA Paris, or the Berlin show, One More Night In Washington is great too, with Carlos Santana guesting on stage with Prince.

Also ONA @ The Soundchecks is a great boot, and as for aftershows, you could do no wrong to pick up Whole Lotta Love 4 Paris....amazing show.

A large amount of ONA shows were released by Sabotage, and a lot of them have the soundcheck on one disc, then the actual show over a couple more, and i would say 90% of them are tip top quality.

TheDigitalGardener said:

ecstasy said:

Alright, in ur opinion what's the best ONA show? I need to be heavily impresse

Well, that is a tough question, but i would say ONA Paris, or the Berlin show, One More Night In Washington is great too, with Carlos Santana guesting on stage with Prince.

Also ONA @ The Soundchecks is a great boot, and as for aftershows, you could do no wrong to pick up Whole Lotta Love 4 Paris....amazing show.

A large amount of ONA shows were released by Sabotage, and a lot of them have the soundcheck on one disc, then the actual show over a couple more, and i would say 90% of them are tip top quality.

Thanks! I'll check those little boxes on iTunes now

Nice to have somethin' new to listen to on the bus to horrid high school, hehe

ecstasy said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Well, that is a tough question, but i would say ONA Paris, or the Berlin show, One More Night In Washington is great too, with Carlos Santana guesting on stage with Prince.

Also ONA @ The Soundchecks is a great boot, and as for aftershows, you could do no wrong to pick up Whole Lotta Love 4 Paris....amazing show.

A large amount of ONA shows were released by Sabotage, and a lot of them have the soundcheck on one disc, then the actual show over a couple more, and i would say 90% of them are tip top quality.

Thanks! I'll check those little boxes on iTunes now

Nice to have somethin' new to listen to on the bus to horrid high school, hehe

Enjoy.

ecstasy said:

cherry popped

iTouch

high school

ecstasy said:

We've all told our stories about we've got exposed to Prince and his music, but what about the Purple Underground? How and when did u get introduced? Don't name ur source lol, or the Spam monster will come out for them. What was that boot that you've seen or listened to?

In other words, how'd ur purple cherry get popped?

(Feel free to delete/lock, Mods, if this is considered against the rulez.)

Tell ur story

My wife (before we got married and were just what she calls 'Prince Friends') had a TON of unreleased music on Napster and a few shows of Prince from Glam Slam South Beach / Miami. All I had were the Prince albums up til Emancipation and Crystal Ball at the time, she broke my 'Purple Cherry' when it came to my unreleased music. I was totally against boots because Prince was but, then again, all I had were the albums, no CD singles or vinyl. I didn't even have the Related Artist music at the time.

I met these 2 girls in college back in 1989 who had all kinds of unreleased Prince stuff. The first tape I got from them had The Black Album on the A-side and the 1986 Mojo interview on the B-side.

The sound quality actually wasn't bad, and so I thought everything from them would sound just as good. But then when I got a tape from them called "Crystal Ball Outtakes", the sound quality was pretty bad on those, and because I was young and didn't quite understand the concept of what bootlegs really are, I actually complained 2 them about the sound quality. When they told me that's what their copy sounded like, and when I started hearing similar bad sound quality from other people's tapes and recordings, I eventually was able 2 set my standards a little lower.

ecstasy said:

StonedImmaculate said:

Controversy had me interested at age 7.

1999 hooked me at age 8.

Purple Rain sealed the deal at age 10.

Theses are official releases. What about unofficial? If you'd heard or seen any yet

StonedImmaculate said:

Controversy had me interested at age 7.

1999 hooked me at age 8.

Purple Rain sealed the deal at age 10.

These r official releases. What about unofficial, if you'd heard or seen any yet?

Ooops...I got the following bootlegs in this order.

The Black Album (on wax-summer 89)

Small Club (on wax-Christmas 89)

The search for boots never ended after that.

PurpleLove7 said:

ecstasy said:

We've all told our stories about we've got exposed to Prince and his music, but what about the Purple Underground? How and when did u get introduced? Don't name ur source lol, or the Spam monster will come out for them. What was that boot that you've seen or listened to?

In other words, how'd ur purple cherry get popped?

(Feel free to delete/lock, Mods, if this is considered against the rulez.)

Tell ur story

My wife (before we got married and were just what she calls 'Prince Friends') had a TON of unreleased music on Napster and a few shows of Prince from Glam Slam South Beach / Miami. All I had were the Prince albums up til Emancipation and Crystal Ball at the time, she broke my 'Purple Cherry' when it came to my unreleased music. I was totally against boots because Prince was but, then again, all I had were the albums, no CD singles or vinyl. I didn't even have the Related Artist music at the time.

Oh wow U r very lucky to have married a fellow Prince fan, must be great to have something that big and important ( ) in common. I love the term she coined. I hope that happens with me so I can have an excuse to never shut up about him. Dream come true. Great story!

ecstasy said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Trojan Horse/Small Club is a Lovesexy Tour aftershow on 19th Aug '88.

And yes, imo the ONA tour really is that good, from a musical standpoint, i think it is hard to beat. There are some very unique ONA shows, and it was the last Prince tour i attended...hehe.

However, it was NOT just a hits tour on piano, there was usually a piano segment to each show, but the emphasis on ONA from the start was that Prince was playing less known material, less hits than previous tours, hence the much smaller venues, for this tour he was playing theatres, not arenas.

ONA was all about the music, so there was no extravagent stage props or costume changes, the shows were basically TRC album, intertwined with rare songs and the occasional hit, but even if TRC album was not your cup of tea, give the ONA tour a try, you seem to be very much into his music, so i don't think you will be disappointed.

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Alright, in ur opinion what's the best ONA show? I need to be heavily impresse

The Los Angeles ONA Show from April 02 kicks ass & can also be found on video. I'm a little bias because I was there but having heard almost everything circulating its one of the top "main shows".

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Farfunknugin said:

ecstasy said:

Alright, in ur opinion what's the best ONA show? I need to be heavily impresse

The Los Angeles ONA Show from April 02 kicks ass & can also be found on video. I'm a little bias because I was there but having heard almost everything circulating its one of the top "main shows".

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Oh okay, thanks 4 the note. I might as well listen to all of them, lol. Just have to convert them out of FLAC 1st...

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I got a New Power Soul tour boot back in 98. I was a little teenager and was soooo happy. I had found my key to the real Prince experience.

My P bootleg obsession started in 1992 at a record show. I bought a VHS double video comp of TV apperances and clips (1979 to 1991) and I've been hooked ever since.

My 1st P audio cassette was the "Black Album" on 1 side and the "6/14/87" show on the other. Got that at the same show.

I really only like the 70's/80's and some of the 90's boots. But I dug "Coachella", the "Paisley Park 2002 Celebration Set" and "The Conga Room Mar 2009" with Sonny T and Micheal B (audios).

At the end of the 80's, I found this on vinyl:

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.

I then bought a Houston '81 show that was almost unlistenable, and it kind of turned me off of bootlegs... 'til now: Trojan Horse, comin' down the pipe!

back in the 80s i started frequenting a second hand record store that also sold bootlegs and indie releases, and there was a long period perhaps starting in the 90s where the store started opening on sundays for a few hours from midday. i had been going to the store since it first opened, but when it opened on sundays it was quiter than on saturdays and was mainly frequented by a small number of regulars who got to know each other very well and kept in touch over the years even after we stopped going to the store

the guy who was in charge of the store on sundays was a prince fan as well as being extremely knowledable about all sorts of music, and a very nice laid back guy. he knew that the half dozen or so regulars spent enough in the store to make opening on sunday profitable, so we had cups of tea and got to listen to whatever we wanted to. in fact, he made mixtapes for me in the store, letting me choose cds or records and taping tracks to listen to. that's how people got into new music before the days of the internet, word of mouth and cassette tapes

the store wasn't a million miles away from the store in the book/movie high fidelity, but a bit less geeky. it had plenty of vinyl as well as cds and videos, and later dvds. in the early days it even sold software when zx spectrums and commodore 64 games came on cassette tape

some of the guys in the store shared a flat together, which was just across from the store, and they had a huge list of bootlegs and ran off copies on order for people. most of the gigs were from a popular venue 5 minutes walk from the store, but they also had some other stuff, and the london wembley 86 gig with ronnie wood and sting was one of the first tapes i got

there was another older guy who frequented the store who was a big soul/funk fan, as well as a general music fan. james brown was to him what prince was to me, he had everything. he was also a big stevie wonder fan, and his pride of joy was a photo of him and stevie that he had on top of his tv in his flat come record storage space. i thought i had a massive record collection until i saw his, but then he had been collecting for a couple of decades or so longer than me

another guy who became good friends was also a prince fan, and very much a fanboy when it came to music, so we got to share and compare and fill gaps in collections of a few artists where we had literally every last rare item there was. he was also a fan of the beatles and bowie and i got some great boots there, and in return i knew another prince/bowie fan who helped bump his collection up

one day that guy gave me a tape of the 21st march 87 gig at first avenue, known as 4 those of u on valium my name is prince, an excellent soundboard recording. back in 87 this was a MAJOR deal to get such a recent and perfect sounding bootleg, and such a fucking amazing show

a few months later i passed by the store one day and they had a vinyl prince bootleg in the window, a black cover with orange sticker. they had the black album! this was before lovesexy came out. they played the whole thing in the store, the sound quality was shitty but the music was amazing, and to hear an unreleased album by your favourite artist was mindblowing at the time. people take these things for granted now that almost every album is leaked online before release and every idiot with a keyboard can download it. later we got a much better sounding copy of vinly that sounds about as good as the official release. around that time was the charade bootleg, of parade outtakes, and the chocolate box which had some other great outtakes. this was just incredible stuff at the time

the next revelation was the trojan horse small club 88 gig on a 2 cd set on x records. it was £40 at the time, which was a lot of money, but it was worth every penny. i still have that original set to this day. it's one of the best bootlegs of all time from any artist. perfect sound and musicianship and an amazing gig that was so much different to the standard arena show he was doing at the time. a soundboard aftershow party, 2 hours long and full of new songs and cover versions. this was the early days of cd bootlegs, we later got charade, the black album, and then crucial came along, which again was fantastic, we had a few of the tracks from prevoius bootlegs, but not on cd in this quality, there was another called crystal ball that was also pretty good

we then got the first of the moonraker/thunderball discs, but the next big things were the 6 disc collection of outtakes in amazing quality called studio nights, and the 11 cd collection of soundboard recordings called city lights. both were expensive sets, but well worth it for both material and sound quality and packaging. exciting times trying to get this stuff, listening to it and showing it off to friends

^^ Good times indeed, back then it was exciting getting a hold of stuff for the first time, and some of us had to hunt for bootlegs, now, it's still great, but almost too easy to get a hold of the latest boot.

Very convenient, but going to the fairs etc and the method you mention was all part of the fun.

Now, we can sit in front of the pc with a cup of tea and download the latest show or whatever.

things changed from people meeting face to face and trading or buying/selling physical stuff to downloading for free and the social experience moving online instead. it has devalued a lot of the items though, now that you can either download the family cd for free or buy it for £100, it makes downloading more tempting than in the old days when i paid daft money for a particular 12" promo or something

now i have the entire prince collection on my computers, i invite people over, ask them to pick a date in the last 30 years and then play them the prince gig on that date or closest to that date, on video if it's in circulation, otherwise audio. now with the volume it's not quite as exciting, especially now it's easier to get stuff. to think i built up my collection over 4 decades and now someone can download a large chunk of it for free with little effort. considering the time and effort and money i spent building my collection when a newbie can get most of it easily for free, it makes you think. and not just prince, but many other artists, spending £40 just for one song to complete the collection that you can download for free

i suppose the old way i met a few good friends in person, from the stores and record fairs. most of the people you come across online are in different cities or even countries, so it's not so easily to meet up, although through the concerts and parties and cellys i've met literally thousands of fans and orgers and quakers. it's strange meeting people face to face after you've chatted to them online for 12 years over 3 different decades

ecstasy said:

PurpleLove7 said:

My wife (before we got married and were just what she calls 'Prince Friends') had a TON of unreleased music on Napster and a few shows of Prince from Glam Slam South Beach / Miami. All I had were the Prince albums up til Emancipation and Crystal Ball at the time, she broke my 'Purple Cherry' when it came to my unreleased music. I was totally against boots because Prince was but, then again, all I had were the albums, no CD singles or vinyl. I didn't even have the Related Artist music at the time.

Oh wow U r very lucky to have married a fellow Prince fan, must be great to have something that big and important ( ) in common. I love the term she coined. I hope that happens with me so I can have an excuse to never shut up about him. Dream come true. Great story!

There's nothing like being married to a Hardcore Prince Enthusiast or 'Prince Friend'. Wifey never gets tired of me playing or talking about him, just the way I 'like' it.

My first bootleg was Small Club, but I didn't like it because Prince didn't play D.M.S.R. like the album version! My second was Tokyo '90, and I liked that one a lot more. I know I'm dumb...

I guess I started to early with bootlegs, at that moment I didn't appreciate anything but the hits and hadn't even heard all of Prince's albums. Of course I've changed my opinion about Small Club later on, now it's my favourite bootleg. And I don't hardly ever listen to Tokyo '90 anymore