Growing up in Holland I first bought 1999 on a cassette tape.

It was shorter than the album.

I could only find this configuration:

http://www.discogs.com/Pr...se/7100820

According to discogs only Australia has this "mini album" version.

I think the track listing matches what I had.

The artwork was different.

It must have been German or French.

Can someone confirm?

I can't answer the question, but I don't have that version, I wish I'd bought the one that was on ebay a while back. Oh well.

In France we had a shorter version w/out Automatic I think (and maybe one or 2 others) and with HCDUCMA added to it. That was the first version I purchased.

"1999"... this was my first Prince cassette tape, from 1983:


[img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/ecnirp2004/Billede0170%20mindre_zpsqkau1yxg.jpg[/img:$uid]




[img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/ecnirp2004/Billede0174%20mindre_zpszkonhb2z.jpg[/img:$uid]

"2 extra tracks not available on the album"

^ this is the single LP edition of the "1999" album...

Extra tracks on the cassette tape:

How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore (side A)

+ D.M.S.R... (Side B)

http://www.discogs.com/Pr...ase/130714

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I used to have a short version with this cover. I don't remember it having "2 extra tracks not available on the album" though.

airth said:

I used to have a short version with this cover. I don't remember it having "2 extra tracks not available on the album" though.

That's the one! because of it HCUDCMA was the first b-side I ever heard.

airth said:

I used to have a short version with this cover. I don't remember it having "2 extra tracks not available on the album" though.

^ Ok... like I wrote before, 2 extra tracks:

Not on the single-LP version - but on the cassette tape:

How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore (ends side A)

+ D.M.S.R... (ends Side B)

thedance said:

airth said:

I used to have a short version with this cover. I don't remember it having "2 extra tracks not available on the album" though.

^ Ok... like I wrote before, 2 extra tracks:

Not on the single-LP version - but on the cassette tape:

How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore (ends side A)

+ D.M.S.R... (ends Side B)

I noticed that but I'm saying I don't remember my cassette having those tracks. It certainly didn't have that label on the front. Look at the tracklisting on side 1 of the cassette in the picture: There's no HCYDCMA.

Here where I grew up (Detroit), I had the LP, then cassette, then finally CD.

The cassette was missing D.M.S.R.

Se7en said:

Here where I grew up (Detroit), I had the LP, then cassette, then finally CD.

The cassette was missing D.M.S.R.

You're from Detroit too? awesome! I know you know about The Electrifying Mojo, since you're an Prince fan.

Scarfo said:

Se7en said:

Scarfo said:

You're from Detroit too? awesome! I know you know about The Electrifying Mojo, since you're an Prince fan.

Sure do. I still think of his sign off often. "If you feel like you're at the end of your rope…"

"...don't slide off. Tie an knot, because their ain't nobody bad like you!" Great memories!! ^_^

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thedance said:

"2 extra tracks not available on the album"

A1	1999	6:22
A2	Little Red Corvette	4:58
A3	Delirious	3:56
A4	Free	5:00
B1	Let's Pretend We're Married	7:20
B2	Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)	4:00
B3	Lady Cab Driver	8:25

^ this is the single LP edition of the "1999" album...

Extra tracks on the cassette tape:

How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore (side A)

+ D.M.S.R... (Side B)

http://www.discogs.com/Pr...ase/130714

[Edited 1/6/16 4:52am]

Great. Thanks for posting the pictures as well.

I'll add the pictures to the Artwork directory along with the album.

Maybe create these alternative configurations as playlists.

Nice that you still have these cassettes!

All I know is that DMSR (and HCUDCMA) was not on the first Europe CD release of 1999.

I got them on CD only after the 1998 re-release of the 1999 CD-single.

The Japanese one is kind of funny. At the bottom it lists Delirious and Let's Pretend We're Married in brackets. LPWM is called "Yoru No Pretender" = "The Evening Pretender"! I had no idea any of the titles had been changed into bizarre Japanese. I'll go and check other releases for other mistranslations.

These are cool. All I have is a CD which is missing DMSR. The Best of Purple Rain and 1999 is an interesting tape. I have lost most of my tapes except for 4U and Prince and a few later 1990s albums.

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The condition of your 9 track 1999 tape is really good condition too.

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12 inch singles are a different story, I have a German 1999 single (Black Music cover), Delirious demo record with a 2 and a half minute version and 3 and a half minute version and the Lets Pretend were married 12 inch. Also the British Double A side from Jan 1985, with 1999/ Little Red Corvette and the single has the 1999 cover on one side and the sleazy inside image i have part of on my avatar on the back.

A bit outta topic but since we're into old collectibles/formats, has anyone ever heard of, or seen the alleged Head 5-track promo from 80 or 81, that is supposed to contain an edit of Head that was nowhere else?

Someone mentioned it on a thread last year but they didn't have it nor any visual but swore it existed. However it's never been reported by either Uptown, Princevault or Boris.

I'm pretty puzzled by this.

I'd never heard of a 5-track promo before, but could it be the one listed here? Head clocks in at 4:38.

http://eil.com/StaticProductPages/index.asp?item1=Prince&item2=Gotta+Stop+Messin%27+About&item3=Prince+Gotta+Stop+Messin%27+About+3219

Here it is on e-bay:

http://www.ebay.es/itm/Prince-Gotta-Stop-Messin-About-12-US-Promo-PRO-A-937-5-Track-Head-Partyup/331747684187?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140620074313%26meid%3D8f444e1ea01b483a98a066072e79ed04%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D331732029641

monkeytennis said:

And a few more. [img][img:$uid]http://i280.pho.../img:$uid]

This one is an unofficial Polish "release." My partner is Polish and she says that takt music used to churn out unofficial compilations and the like, a bootleg company.

I've seen a takt music "Sexy M.F" cassette before which had tracks from Graffiti Bridge among others.

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Neat wee collectable though.

airth said:

Here it is on e-bay:

http://www.ebay.es/itm/Prince-Gotta-Stop-Messin-About-12-US-Promo-PRO-A-937-5-Track-Head-Partyup/331747684187?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140620074313%26meid%3D8f444e1ea01b483a98a066072e79ed04%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D331732029641

Mmmh, amazing, thx a lot!

It's not what I was told of but nevertheless there IS an edit of Head.

Or is there? I wonder: could it be there was a mistake in the length on the label (it's happened before)?

Or did everyone just miss it so far?

Do you by any chance own a copy of it?

databank said:

Mmmh, amazing, thx a lot!

It's not what I was told of but nevertheless there IS an edit of Head.

Or is there? I wonder: could it be there was a mistake in the length on the label (it's happened before)?

Or did everyone just miss it so far?

Do you by any chance own a copy of it?

I'm afraid I don't have a copy. I was also amazed to see it on ebay, especially as I'd never heard of it before. I'm willing to bet that it's simply an early fade to avoid the transition into Sister. If it were anything more interesting than that, we'd all undoubtedly have digital copies of it by now.