Like most of us, I've been collecting everything Prince related for 25+ years. Now that he is gone, I feel like my desire to collect things has greatly diminished. Does anyone else feel this way?

It is highly unusual for me to not have the constant bug to go search eBay (etc) for Prince items and for me to feel less enthuiastic about my standing collection. I even feel a bit blase about what the Paisley Park museum may offer in terms of items for purchase.

Maybe I've spent all this time establishing a close connection to Prince through collecting and enjoying memorabillia because I admire him so much but now that I know he is gone, that need ceases to be. On one hand, it is upsetting but on the other I feel as though my admiration now, "transcends the physical."

Just curious as to how other collectors feel. I imagine many have gone in the opposite path in terms of wanting to collect more now that he is gone.

I hope this lull in collecting doesn't last forever. Being a Prince fan/collector is a huge part of my identity that I do not want to lose.

There's stuff that was always a tad expensive to collect, and now it's been priced out of the market. I mean, $10,000 for The Black Album? Nope. Nothing is worth that - nothing. N.O.T.H.I.N.G.

However, what I've done internally, I've realized, is that I've simply taken a deep breath, and decided to wait. I had Bowie's ✮ on clear vinyl in my shopping cart but decided to wait a day or two to get it. (I always overthink stuff like that.) That was January 9.

So as far as collecting more Prince stuff - I'm going to wait. Emotions are obviously on the rampage in the last 4 months, and that isn't great for the wallet. You can't deal with money issues emotionally, and you can't deal with emotionally monetarily. For now, I wait. I've been constantly bracing myself every time a new item comes out of Paisley Park. Will it be a museum, what about the vault, etc. etc. I did the same, sort of when MJ died. They had a stumble with Michael but got it a bit more right with Xscape.

Whoever is in control of that music - I'm trusting them to give me something to build my collection, and make it worthwhile.

Side note: You'll never lose Prince as part of your history. Even now that he's gone, there are still new memories and experiences to have; they're just going to be slightly different. And what we already have experienced will never, ever leave us.

Great counseling TrivialPursuit. Your side note is especially comforting to hear. Thank you.

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You mention Bowie & strangely -- I realize now that I felt the exact opposite with him as I went out the day we lost him and bought two picture discs from my local record shop that I had been wanting. I've always loved Bowie - had a few CD sets, vinyl, DVDs, etc but I had not been as hardcore a fan as with Prince.

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I like your advice... just wait, and be careful to not mix emotions and money.

Yeah, its the exact opposite for me. I cant buy Prince vinyl and other things fast enough. Shit, I rarely have time to listen to it, but I must have it......even if I already have everything on CD. Damn coping mechanisms.

partyup77 said:

Like most of us, I've been collecting everything Prince related for 25+ years. Now that he is gone, I feel like my desire to collect things has greatly diminished. Does anyone else feel this way?

It is highly unusual for me to not have the constant bug to go search eBay (etc) for Prince items and for me to feel less enthuiastic about my standing collection. I even feel a bit blase about what the Paisley Park museum may offer in terms of items for purchase.

Maybe I've spent all this time establishing a close connection to Prince through collecting and enjoying memorabillia because I admire him so much but now that I know he is gone, that need ceases to be. On one hand, it is upsetting but on the other I feel as though my admiration now, "transcends the physical."

Just curious as to how other collectors feel. I imagine many have gone in the opposite path in terms of wanting to collect more now that he is gone.

I hope this lull in collecting doesn't last forever. Being a Prince fan/collector is a huge part of my identity that I do not want to lose.

I can relate.

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I too have collected for years, way back to the "New Breed Fan Club" and up until all the memorial mags.

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However, it no longer brings me happiness (except for the music) and am thinking about selling.

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I've decided to wait until the pain and shock (yes, still) subsides though.

bigtimefan said:

partyup77 said:

Like most of us, I've been collecting everything Prince related for 25+ years. Now that he is gone, I feel like my desire to collect things has greatly diminished. Does anyone else feel this way?

It is highly unusual for me to not have the constant bug to go search eBay (etc) for Prince items and for me to feel less enthuiastic about my standing collection. I even feel a bit blase about what the Paisley Park museum may offer in terms of items for purchase.

Maybe I've spent all this time establishing a close connection to Prince through collecting and enjoying memorabillia because I admire him so much but now that I know he is gone, that need ceases to be. On one hand, it is upsetting but on the other I feel as though my admiration now, "transcends the physical."

Just curious as to how other collectors feel. I imagine many have gone in the opposite path in terms of wanting to collect more now that he is gone.

I hope this lull in collecting doesn't last forever. Being a Prince fan/collector is a huge part of my identity that I do not want to lose.

I can relate.

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I too have collected for years, way back to the "New Breed Fan Club" and up until all the memorial mags.

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However, it no longer brings me happiness (except for the music) and am thinking about selling.

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I've decided to wait until the pain and shock (yes, still) subsides though.

Go ahead and let me know when you are ready to sell some things.

ITs quite the opposite for me as well. I have to catch my self or I will spend all my money. I have seen a few things that I want-I got the Jill Jones cd. I just paid through the nose for the first Madhouse cd.

I keep seeing Madhouse 24-is that real or fake??????

tish9311 said:

I keep seeing Madhouse 24-is that real or fake??????

24 is an unreleased third studio album by Madhouse, and was recorded from July-December 1988, with a planned release in early 1989. All tracks are believed to have been written by Prince, and all contain him playing most instruments, with Eric Leeds playing saxophone and flute, with minimal contributions from other musicians. Unlike the previous albums, neither Sheila E. nor Levi Seacer, Jr. were involved in the recordings. Following on from Madhouse's first two album, 8 and 16, all tracks are given numerical names (albeit written as numbers rather than written words, unlike the previous albums), but they are also given subtitles in brackets to give them more individual character.

The album was rejected by Warner Bros., but later in 1989, Eric Leeds compiled a new ten-track Madhouse album, 26, which later evolved into his first solo album Times Squared. In 1993, Prince recorded a new Madhouse album with his current band, also called 24, with entirely new tracks.

24 is an unreleased studio album by Madhouse (sharing the name with an earlier aborted Madhouse album, 24), and was recorded in 1993, with a planned release in early 1994. Unlike previous Madhouse albums, all tracks feature a full band, with Eric Leeds playing saxophone and flute, Michael B. on drums, Sonny T. on bass guitar and Levi Seacer, Jr. on guitar (Prince played keyboards and added other instrumentation). Unlike the previous albums, Sheila E. was not involved in the recordings.

Unlike Madhouse's first two album, 8 and 16, only the first track, 17, is given a numerical title; the rest receive names to give them more individual character. Unusually, two of the album's tracks also contain vocals, and also contains a cover version, (Got 2) Give It Up (a cover version of Marvin Gaye's track (titled Got To Give It Up) from his 1977 album Live At The London Palladium).

The album's six full tracks were recorded during a single five-hour session on 7 July 1993, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. Ricky Peterson added post-production work on the tracks in late August and September 1993, before Prince added more production and recorded musical segues with the band members.

The album was rejected by Warner Bros., but some tracks were later made available. 17 was released in 1994 on the album 1-800 New Funk (a compilation of mostly-unreleased music largely written and produced by Prince/, recorded by other Paisley Park Records artists). Space was released in 1994 on Come, although in its original vocal form rather than the jazzy mostly-instrumental version recorded for 24.

Clips of Asswoop (using the title Asswhuppin' In A Trunk) and Parlor Games, as well as the full Ethereal Segue, were included on the NPG Records Sampler Experience cassette given to some concertgoers on The Ultimate Live Experience tour; text on the cassette cover stated that 24 was an upcoming release (although no release was confirmed at the time). Asswoop was available in 2001 as part of NPG Ahdio Show # 6 (using the title Asswhuppin' In A Trunk).

After being rejected the album was revised in May 1995 for unknown reasons. This new configuration ran largely the same as the previous version, but had three tracks added following the Michael Segue: Overture #5, Overture #6 (both of which were later released on the The NPG Orchestra's Kamastura album in February 1997, and a mostly instrumental version of 18 & Over with a prominent horn line of the (sung) chorus, but omitting the rap lyrics. The next track (Got 2) Give It Up was now edited down to a bit over half its original length. The three new tracks were all presumably recorded in May 1995.

So, would you purchase a Madhouse 24 cd with numbers???? Is it worth buying??? I need your input.

Thanks

I love that the original concern in this thread got jacked by the spirit of collecting. Maybe this is a good sign that my fog will lift!!

tish9311 said:

So, would you purchase a Madhouse 24 cd with numbers???? Is it worth buying??? I need your input.

Thanks

No. It's fake. Save your money.