muleFunk said:

what the fuck are you talking about?

lovebizzare said:

ummm...ditto, man...



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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

na I swear P-fans be trippin'

lovebizzare said:

people, please do not sip the purple kool-aid!!! i don't care how good it tastes or how much sugar's in it...put the pitcher down!!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

@ purple kool-aid

(in little kid voice)But I like kool-aid

lovebizzare said:

(motherly voice) get some out of the fridge...but don't touch that shit that ain't got no ice that's been sittin out on that table with the purple cloth on it...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

(little kid voice)okay

muleFunk said:

and by the way, mule, I do not like that comment about madonna...watch out or I"ll sic David and Mistermaxxx on 'yo ass
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BorisFishpaw said:

wha??? they ain't got 1999???

Now you know that's a damn shame

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Vinyl 12s and albums by Prince and associates that used to be hard to find are now showing up more often than they used to. That's because ppl who had been longtime fans are getting rid of their collections and rare Prince stuff is coming on the market.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Since Black people started recording music. They used to be called Race Records.

Quite honestly, I don't care what category they put the man under, because he does many different types of music, so they may as well invent the Fusion category for him - and I don't mean Jazz Fusion.

Supernova said:

Is that true? Man, that's wild.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

'Tis true.

FlyingCloudPassenger said:

i ordered Color Of Success fromBigStar in Adelaide here,they specialize more,dont just sell pop shit like ur HMV & Sanity.

most common here in Adelaide are:

Hits/b*sides
Controversy
Purple Rain
1999
AroundtheWorldInADay
D&P
(tho its deleted now,luckily i got a replacement when it was on the 'deletions' rack a couple months ago)
Rave
TRC

these r the ones i see at Sanity,or whatever...

Parade & Emancipation pop up now & then...
in Sydney u can get Lovesexy & the 1st 3 albums easier.

& since my local 2nd hand guy (Fraser at Rocktherapy) knows i love prince,he now has a named prince section,he has BlackAlbum,Come & The Vault in there on CD,then a couple of albums on 12" from the 80s.
i snagged Jerkout 12" there for $2 :wOOt:

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Well, if that's the case, I have to disagree.

If Prince is nominated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, or very soon, HMV, the exclusive record store inside the lobby of the Rock Hall, will have EVERYTHING in the Prince catalog on display for purchase.

I think I remember I was told by an employee at the Rock Hall of Fame that once an artist or band is selected for induction, their music is set asise and put into a separate Hall of Fame section and the entire back catalog would be made available for purchase.

The thing to remember is...
The wrecka stows don't take sides, they have no vested
interest in Prince one way or another. They just supply
what the majority of the general public want. If they're
only stocking a handful of Prince albums, that means that
the ones they're no longer stocking DON'T SELL enough to
warrant keeping them in stock. They base their range on
the hard facts of sales performance over time.

You'll also notice that, with the exception of The Gold
Experience, it's all the 'post warners' releases which
are now deleted. If only Prince and WB could've sorted
out their differences, I think Prince would still be in
the public conciousness (whether or not he was having
'big hits' still). The main reason for Prince dropping
under the radar is the total LACK OF SINGLE RELEASES.

As far as the general public is concerned, Prince's
last single was 'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World',
and that was a very long time ago! You cannot just
release one single off your album and expect it to be
a hit. Also, you HAVE to make a video. If you don't
have your video played on MTV or VH1, then you ain't
gonna have a hit.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

When Prince was at the height of his success, many record stores in the UK used to stock his albums in both the Rock/Pop and Soul/R&B sections, because he was so hard to categorise.

that apart from the various 'best of' albums, they
only stock 3 Prince albums!...

Purple Rain,
Diamonds And Pearls &
Sign O' The Times.

u're very lucky then...!
I go in2 the best and largest store in my whole town and guess what i find???
NPS
Purple Rain (of course)
And ONE!!! only one copy of Sign 'o' the Times!
What a biatch!!!

I still cant find the gold experience

True..You'd think they'd at least all have 'Rainbow children'

Free Record Store, Utrecht (Holland). They have in stock:
- Lovesexy (tracked)
- Dirty Mind
- For You
- Purple Rain
- The Hits/B-sides
- Emasturbation
- The Rainbow Children
- One Nite Alone ... Live
- Around The World In A Day
- The Hits DVD
- Rave DVD

Not bad...

The Free Record Shop is holland's biggest chain of record stores

ChocolateInvasion said:

i thought i wuz the only one who nicknamed it that...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Kinda have nicknames for all the CDs and use them.

you have to increasingly look harder and harder for prince records: but i dont care!!!

thecloud9mission said:

Check it out here!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB...37953&rd=1

That's it!

I'm going on a quest!

I actually got a few long boxes from way back! Whew!

But the Protoge's I overlooked!

This is a hunt!

Like a Jaguar! I'm gonna get ya!

stores stocking Prince albums ebbs and flows. for a long time, there'll be about 5 CD's in his section. then 6 months later, there's 2-3 copies of everything.

Yes, I can relate. The local music stores' collection of Prince music usually consists of "The Best Of..." collections, maybe 1 "Rave Unto..." and once I saw a "Lovesexy" and "Purple Rain." Oh, and also, a copy here and there of "TRC". I usually have to go to a place called "Been Around Records" to find a larger variety. Ironically, this is where people go to sell albums they no longer want.

rave hasn't been deleted. its in all the stores in loughborough. it's also in amazon.