Has anyone else ever seen one of these before? I am wondering if anyone knows what it says on the small sticker on the front...

http://users.skynet.be/yo...gbox_1.jpg


(My apologies to Yormeister for using his photo without permission...)

This is from the '94 release. I still have my sticker.

It says:

PRINCE
The Legendary Black Album
Limited Edition

No - the longboxes were deleted by 1994. This is a photo of an original sealed version of the 1987 CD release...

Jestyr said:

The Most Beautiful Girl...came in a longbox too-so they couldn't have been deleted by 94

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where do you all live where you still had longboxes in '94?

Tron-

I still have my sticker too! I affixed it to the outside of my Black Album jewel case.

Longboxes -- what a waste! RIP

Were 'long boxes' an American thing? They seem to be such a waste of paper, money, time, space...U get the picture.

Honeylove said:

In most cases, I agree, but the long box for Around the World in a Day was KICK ASS. It actually served a purpose...folded out to reveal the full album cover on the front, and the opposite side had lyrics printed over the color-saturated sky and trees, and it had a slit in the box where the CD went. Unfortunately, the CD was in a cardboard case, too, which doesn't hold up well.

Anyone else still have theirs??

Jestyr said:

Yeah I think this is supposedly been authenticated as one of the 87 releases that were pulled. YORMEISTER had another opened one that he was selling and had the documentation to prove it so I don't doubt that this lonbox is one.

It's sealed though--I guess that keeps the value at $5,000 Wouldn't it be a trip if that inside that box was an old Pepe Willie CD instead?

NuPwrSoul said:

NuPwrSoul said:

LOL!

thebumpsquad said:

Are you talking about the little single that came in a 'Valentine' sleeve and sold through 1800NEWFUNK? I can't imagine that the retail release was avaiable in an actual longbox, anywhere!

I still have the Around The World In A Day longbox too!
[This message was edited Wed Feb 5 12:47:51 PST 2003 by Jestyr]

Doozer said:

I do, I do!!! It's special.

The longbox was originally done to compensate for what used to be there before it's arrival - the large vinyl albums that stood so tall.

somewhere i've got longboxes from Parade, Sign, and Lovesexy... maybe Batman too -- don't remember for sure on that one.

madartista said:

At one time, I had them all.

Got rid of them because they took up too much space. The things we do...

I know as late as 92-93 there were still longboxes here in America. In 94 its possible there were a few more. Although I very much remember the 1994 release of the black album not being in a long box at Camelot Music where I live.

LaVisHh said:

Me too. I had never thought it would go this far though and didn't think of myself as a collector, so I would rip shit up just to get to the CD or rip the shrink wrap off just to get to the vinyl.

I didn't realize I was gonna be a fan, and start buying up his catalog, until the mid'90s. By then it was pretty much too late.

NuPwrSoul said:

I liked the artwork, so I carefully opened up the boxes...only one I still have is 1999 with DMSR. Besides the ATWIAD one.

I was also told to remove all the plastic shrink-wrap from everything, as it supposedly continues to shrink and can damage both the cover and the record inside.

Which is harder to find, 1999 with DMSR or without? I have both, just curious...