1980, my sister was a fan. She then bought Dirty Mind. My famdom started that day I heard the Prince album from 79 and loved I Wanna Be Your Lover. But it started for me with Dirty Mind album.

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kristy said:

What year did you say yep iam really into this man named prince? Not just when you first heard or saw him but, said i think iam a life long listener. Well prince music always been around me thanks to my dad so it's kinda hard for me, prince just always been in the house

1984 Summer Hysteria that was called Purple Rain.

I was 7 years old.

1979 was cool because it was my intro, but I have to agree with 1984. That was just an unbelievable time.

1993

1986

1991

My first P experience was Diamonds and Pearls on release, and never looked back. Starting with that album I bought the back catalogue and any associated stuff.

I come from a mostly hard rock background, but the UTTER GENIUS of albums like Sign O' The Times and tracks like I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend just made me go

1983. Just prior to my 14th birthday.

I heard Little Red Corvette on the radio here in the U.K and I was hooked. Got the 1999 album for my 14th birthday that year and there began 33 years of buying every new Prince album that became available. I'd love to say that back in '83 I knew that Prince was about to explode and become a worldwide sensation and pretty much be the star of the 80's, but the truth is I had no idea. I just knew I loved his music.

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2006

1984.

That summer of 1984.

When Doves Cry.

17 Days.

Purple Rain.

And then 1985......Raspberry Beret, Paisley Park....I still remember listening to those songs and how it felt to listen to them back then.

I lost interest in Prince´s music when I got very involved in the Hip Hop scene around the same time. The reason for that is that I found Prince too "pop", less funk, less RnB, less electronic than in 1983-1985 , and Parade and all that followed was music that I still liked but I lost track for a couple of years until a friend of mine who is a hardcore fan made a mixtape for me that got me hooked again.

I despised the Batman era but really liked the SOTT era, and while I liked Lovesexy, it took me a couple of years to fully appreciate it.

Still have that tape that I got from my friend.

1993, I was 11, my older brothers were heavy into Lovesymbol. I definitely knew WDC already, but couldn't connect the dots. 2001 my interest reached critical mass, the tipping point where I started collecting Prince albums. 2004, caught the Musicology tour in TO, started lurking on the Org thereafter.

Oh geez, that was a loooong time ago... 1982, I think.

2014

i stayed quiet this whole time..

1981

CalhounSq said:

"Soft & Wet" was on the radio when I was HELLA YOUNG, I always liked the singles & he was like no one I'd ever seen before - I dug him as a kid! 1999 was my first secret purchase but I'd say his hooks were firmly in me in with Controversy in 1981. I had to sneak listens of my sisters copy, Do Me Baby could only be played at a whisper So I was already nuts by the time PR hit (I was 13), & I started collecting as much as my allowance would let me, & was very proud of my tiny back-catalogue

2010

Will be my 6th anniversary in late June

......As if that were impressive

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This is obviously a competition, so I'll say 1957 when Prince was conceived.

Or 1984, about a year after hearing either 1999 or Little Red Corvette. (I wonder which one I heard first.) By the end of 84, I was all in, though I still hadn't managed to track down a copy of For You, which I don't think was released until later.

kristy said:

CalhounSq said:

"Soft & Wet" was on the radio when I was HELLA YOUNG, I always liked the singles & he was like no one I'd ever seen before - I dug him as a kid! 1999 was my first secret purchase but I'd say his hooks were firmly in me in with Controversy in 1981. I had to sneak listens of my sisters copy, Do Me Baby could only be played at a whisper So I was already nuts by the time PR hit (I was 13), & I started collecting as much as my allowance would let me, & was very proud of my tiny back-catalogue

Lol at do me baby being only played at a whisper

I would have been in soooo much trouble!! My parents wouldn't let my sis put the poster up from that album & they straight laughed at me when I BEGGED to go to the PR concert

There was a long courtship, started dating in '78, got exclusive in '80, got engaged in '81, made a life commitment by '82, had a couple of breakups, went our separate ways, but they never lasted long, I always came back, gave up trying to leave by '98, he could do whatever he wanted after that I didn't care I knew I was here to stay.

1984 when I bought the 45 for "Let's go crazy" although I do remember hearing "Little red Corvette" and "1999" 0n the radio in 1983.

1983 was a great year, I went to my first concert David Bowie's Serious Moonlight Tour in Sydney and discovered Prince, The Time and Vanity 6

Hmmmmm, it's hard to pinpoint a particular year but I remember my dad listening to Musicology alot when I was a wee youngling. It wasn't until I got my own iPod in 2007 and loaded some Prince tunes on it myself that I started to dig him more.