Does anybody have pictures of the two NPG stores, Can't find that many pictures online

I used to love hanging round the store in Camden, Ah wish that store was still there

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imago said:

That's the one so beautiful

chopingard said:

imago said:

That's the one so beautiful

In all honesty though, I'd love to see the pics too. I've forgotten what they looked like.

I wonder if it's the way I imagine--sort of the Mustang Ranch lobby but reeking of GetWild.

So nobody knows how to use a sodding search engine?

This is the first (and one of the few) pictures in the results when you google 'npg store camden':

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Another one:

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Opening day:

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There's a couple of other photos of the camden opening day here: http://www.guide2prince.o...mden-1994/

^^ Check that Vauxhall Nova out! I had a blue one of those.

I was only at the Camden shop a handful of times what with living hundreds of miles away, loved it when I was there though, but thinking back, it was actually a load of shitty tat. They had a not bad selection of music the times I visited though.

Happy days.

AsylumUtopia said:

AsylumUtopia said:

So nobody knows how to use a sodding search engine?

I looked on google and there was not much to be honest.

I was actually wondering (and I should of said this before) if anybody had taken personal snaps of the inside or outside. I'm sure there's loads that nobodies put on line or arn't tagged with NPG Store

But thanks for the pictures, they bring back so many memories

Thinking of It I should probably change the title to share your memories and photo's of the NPG Stores

[Edited 12/18/11 13:07pm]

I have no pics, but these are my memories of the Minneapolis store.

The music selection was horrible, considering most music stores had way more than they did. They did have a few limited releases...The Truth single, The Ryde Dyvine single, Gold Nigga cd, and Together single.

Some cool stuff that I remember are canes from the Alphabet St video, My Name Is Prince chain hat, gold rings that were made to order, like the ones Prince and the NPG wore in the Love 2 The 9's video, a yellow cloud guitar, the thunderbird from the Lovesexy tour, a lot of 8X10 color and black and white photos, some proof sheets of photos taken by Jeff Katz of Prince where he had circled the pictures that he liked (those were abruptly removed after Prince found out they were selling them). A friend of mine bought one, from a photo shoot during the Graffiti Bridge era.

Upstairs they had a room for viewing videos, where they showed the Sacrifice of Victor, the Undertaker, 3 Chains O' Gold, the Detroit Parade show, the Lovesexy show, and some unreleased videos.

In the main part of the upstairs they had one of the motorcylces, can't remember if it was the Purple Rain or Graffiti Bridge one. The coolest thing for me was outfits from the Sign O' The Times and Lovesexy tours. When they were showing the Lovesexy ones, I sooooo wanted to grab the Bob George long coat and run for my life!

The only artist that I can remember doing an in store appearance was Mavis Staples, the day after she did a show at Glam Slam.

This is a really bad picture, but the bottom pic was the main floor.

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motherfunka said:

This is a really bad picture, but the bottom pic was the main floor.

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wow... I was 2 young 2 pay for travel in this time... but all those images are bring back some real great memories... it's bringing back the time..atleast for me.. when prince was a fairytale, a storyteller that transported u into dream... man I do miss those days.

sunflower7 said:

motherfunka said:

This is a really bad picture, but the bottom pic was the main floor.

wow... I was 2 young 2 pay for travel in this time... but all those images are bring back some real great memories... it's bringing back the time..atleast for me.. when prince was a fairytale, a storyteller that transported u into dream... man I do miss those days.

That picture is from the first catalog that they had.

Thanks for the posting & memories.

I know there's a pic with Prince and Mayte on the balcony waving to the crowd - probably opening day? I'll dig around for it...

Here they are: http://www.guide2prince.o...mden-1994/

Makes me wish I had a time machine and a massive bank account

motherfunka said: