feeluupp said:

thanks2joniandu said:

I just picked up Sign O the Times at Best Buy on vinyl. It's exquisite!! I purchased Parade at Barnes and Noble but had to return it because the side A skipped in many areas!!!! They re-ordered it for me and it sounds SO amazing. Hearing "Sometimes it Snows in April" on vinyl is devastating.

I also have Purple Rain (NEW) on vinyl and found a gently used 1999 (amazing sound)...

I would LOVE The Rainbow Children on vonyl as well as PHASE 2. I think my next Prince on vinyl will be Around the World in a Day.

PHASE 1 and PHASE 2 are available on VINYL, not officially, but the quality is very good for vinyl.

They might sound "good" but as they would have to be from the CD I don't understand the advantage to having bootleg vinyl copies of any of the albums never released on vinyl.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/thevinylfactory.com/news/prince-kiss-cream-if-i-was-your-girlfriend-you-got-the-look-vinyl-reissue/amp/?client=ms-android-orange-gb

Rhino Records has released replica reissues of four 12″ singles by The Purple One, all available to purchase today.

The series includes his ubiquitous 1986 single ‘Kiss’, which has been covered by everyone from Tom Jones to Age Of Chance, and an expanded maxi 12″ of ‘Cream’, his 1991 hit with The New Power Generation.

Also reissued is ‘If I Was Your Girlfriend’ and ‘U Got The Look’, both singles off his 1987 double album Sign o’ the Times

Titles released so far:

Raspberry beret

Kiss

Cream

Let's pretend we're married

If i was your girlfriend

U got the look

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Just be careful with ordering "If I Was Your Girlfriend" though as some of them have an ugly printing error on the sleeve.

The album reissues have been so great. I'm one of those people who MP3-ripped their music collection 20 years ago and packed away the discs forever, so I'd kinda forgotten how amazing the real albums sound compared to digital formats.

I'm on a 12'' kick right now. Been listening to the original pressings in chronological order. Yesterday it was:

Let's Work (US)

Let's Pretend We're Married (US)

When Doves Cry (US)

Let's Go Crazy (US)

Purple Rain (UK)

I Would Die 4 U (US)

Raspberry Beret (US)

Pop Life (US)

Pop Life (UK)

America (US)

Paisley Park (UK)
Kiss (US)

Mountains (US)

Anotherloverholenyohead (US)

Sign "O" The Times (US)

If I Was Your Girlfriend (US)

U Got The Look (US)

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (US)

Today (so far) it's been:
Alphabet St. (US)

Glam Slam (US)

I Wish U Heaven (US)

Batdance (US)

Partyman (US)

The Scandalous Sex Suite (US)

Next up is:
Thieves In The Temple (US)

New Power Generation (US)

and I might grab some more off the shelf and keep going.

What a great way to get my purple fix...

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djThunderfunk said:

feeluupp said:

PHASE 1 and PHASE 2 are available on VINYL, not officially, but the quality is very good for vinyl.

They might sound "good" but as they would have to be from the CD I don't understand the advantage to having bootleg vinyl copies of any of the albums never released on vinyl.

The look, the feeling, the art....All things Prince stood for

feeluupp said:

LonelyStarfish said:

Don't forget the lotusflow3r/mplsound reissue that came out last year

Yes but reading the threads about that reissue, there was a mess up reprinting SIDE D on MPLSOUND... So i assume the french pressing is the only correct one??

I've seen a new pressing in stores with a "2017 edition" sticker on the front. Does anyone know if this means the pressing error has been fixed?

sexton said:

feeluupp said:

Yes but reading the threads about that reissue, there was a mess up reprinting SIDE D on MPLSOUND... So i assume the french pressing is the only correct one??

I've seen a new pressing in stores with a "2017 edition" sticker on the front. Does anyone know if this means the pressing error has been fixed?

ARGH!! Who knows lol. Who got it? Let us know rrat nah. LOL.

Not getting sidetracked, but couldn't pass this without commenting that this is an utterly ridiculous post.

Some records are crap, if they are mastered or pressed badly. And records 'scratch'? Sure. Just like CDs scratch - if you don't look after them. And that is the ONLY reason.

I have records that were my father's that are 50-60 years old that are in great condition and sound incredible.

I was recently lucky enough to pick up some first pressing Thelonious Monk albums on the Columbia and Riverside labels... they sound so much better than the CD versions that it's barely like listening to the same album.

Ultimately it all comes down to the source. Bad pressing, compressing or mastering will make any album sound like shit, regardless of format. There are great-sounding CDs and shitty ones.... great sounding records and shitty ones.

But the comment that vinyl 'scratches and sounds like crap' is what we, these days, call an 'alternative fact'.

See? no derailing of thread. Just making my comment and will now be moving along.

Morningstarlet said:

jazzz said:

I don't want "hip" vinyl re-releases... I want cd-reissues of remastered sources and added associated outtakes and remixes (before cd will be completely abandoned)

I don't understand this fascination with vinyl now. It scratches and sounds like crap. CDs are much better in my opinion having grown up with vinyl records.

Saw an original Rainbow Children on Discogs recently for $1,400.00

There's one on there now for €1,300.00 and one for €999.00

I'm glad I have mine. And I will not be selling it.

feeluupp said:

KingSausage said:

slvrhrt7 said: I would LOVE to get TRC on reissued vinyl.

Same.

THE RAINBOW CHILDREN before Prince's death was going for around $200 plus on eBAY... Now it's well over $500 each.

Same with that rare promo vinyl of MUSICOLOGY and 3121.

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thedance said:

^ thanx for the overview, feeluupp:


Cool, and I am proud to say I have them all...

Of course without Lovesexy, which hasn't been releaed yet......(?)

[Edited 1/10/17 12:37pm]

http://www.neosoul.com/riaa/artists/prince/singles/signothetimes.html

sign of the times was the first Prince album that I did not own on vinyl

djThunderfunk said:

I'm on a 12'' kick right now. Been listening to the original pressings in chronological order. Yesterday it was:

Let's Work (US)

Let's Pretend We're Married (US)

When Doves Cry (US)

Let's Go Crazy (US)

Purple Rain (UK)

I Would Die 4 U (US)

Raspberry Beret (US)

Pop Life (US)

Pop Life (UK)

America (US)

Paisley Park (UK)
Kiss (US)

Mountains (US)

Anotherloverholenyohead (US)

Sign "O" The Times (US)

If I Was Your Girlfriend (US)

U Got The Look (US)

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (US)

Today (so far) it's been:
Alphabet St. (US)

Glam Slam (US)

I Wish U Heaven (US)

Batdance (US)

Partyman (US)

The Scandalous Sex Suite (US)

Next up is:
Thieves In The Temple (US)

New Power Generation (US)

and I might grab some more off the shelf and keep going.

What a great way to get my purple fix...

[Edited 2/20/17 13:02pm]

Great list and records. I have all the following 12s in chronological order - all originals, only repressings I own are Controvery/Sexy Dancer fake and Dirty Mind/ SOTT albums.

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1999/Lets Pretend we're married - German

Delirious Promo single - USA

Lets Pretend were married/Irresistable bitch (Canadian)

WDC/17 Days (USA)

Lets Go Crazy/Erotic city (USA)

1999/LRC - British single released late 1984, got to #2

Lets Go Crazy/Take me with u (UK)

Raspberry Beret/She's always in my hair (NZ)

Pop Life/Hello(NZ)

America/Girl (NZ)

Kiss/Love or money (x2 with reverse colour labels - NZ and AUS)

Girls and Boys/Erotic City (UK)

Anotherlover.../Girls and Boys (NZ)

SOTT/Lalalaheehee (NZ)

U got the Look, xtended look/Housequake/ 7mins mo quake - NZ

- Singles after Aug 1987, were pressed in Australia

ICNTTPOYM/Hot Thing (NZ)

Alphabet St/This is not music, this is a trip (AUS)

Glam Slam/Escape (AUS)

I wish u heaven/Parts 2 and 3 (AUS)

Batdance/200 Balloons (AUS)

Batdance - Femi Jiya remixes (USA)

Partyman/Purple Partymix (AUS)

Scandalous sex suite/ Sex/When 2 R in Love (AUS)

Thieves in the Temple /Part 2 (AUS)

New Power Generation/ Part 2 (AUS)

Cream Maxi single (AUS)

Thunder Picture Single (UK)

Sexy MF/ Strollin (NZ)

7/ 2WHOM IT MAY CONCERN (UK)

Pink Cashmere (???? Promo)

TMBGITW/Beautiful (USA - NPG/Bellmark)

Let it go (USA)

Purple Medley (USA)

I hate you/Quiet night mix (USA)

The greatest Romance ever sold (USA - 2 record set)

Black Sweat/BLand Blessed (USA Picture)

Fury/Love (UK)

Controversy/Sexy Dancer (EU Modern fake/repressing)

.

So have a lot of listening to do there!

Apologies if i'm posting in the wrong thread but there's pics going round on twitter of a Purple Rain picture disc. Some were saying you could purchase it on amazon UK but i can't see it. Is it official?

It is - a super hardcore Prince collector who's worked on Prince releases has confirmed that it's official. Two marketplace sellers were selling it - some copies that obviously sneaked out early. Still no official word from Warners about it, which is crazy, but completely in line with the haphazard release of the reissue 12" singles...

feeluupp said:

dublinproud said:

Apologies if i'm posting in the wrong thread but there's pics going round on twitter of a Purple Rain picture disc. Some were saying you could purchase it on amazon UK but i can't see it. Is it official?

http://prince.org/msg/9/439466

paisleypark4 said:

sexton said:

I've seen a new pressing in stores with a "2017 edition" sticker on the front. Does anyone know if this means the pressing error has been fixed?

ARGH!! Who knows lol. Who got it? Let us know rrat nah. LOL.

I'll be able to tell you on Tuesday when my replacement copy arrives from Amazon.

They've assured me that the 2017 version does not have the misprint, so here's hoping.

Edit: I can confirm that the 2017 version addresses the problems. Side D is correct now. Look for the edition with barcode

5060421567273

[Edited 3/20/17 1:52am]