Why oh why was The Gold Experience deleted and how easy is it to get hold of?
BTW, do people think its any good?

Hows the cancer Eddie?

It's not easy to find, but it is his best studio album of the 90s.

True True. The Gold Experience was Princes last really great album. A majority of his work since then has been lacking and sub-par.

I see it everywhere, frequently in used bins, and the wrecka stows aren't hip to the fact that it's outta print now, or that they should be marking it up. I'd suggest going online and checking out amazon.com's used stock, or maybe spun.com or half.com. Good luck.

Moonbeam said:

Don't pay any attention to this. Chaos & Disorder, Graffiti Bridge, Emancipation, NPS, and Rave are all better

There's a store in Detroit that's even started to bootleg it for $20 a pop.

garnis said:

You must be x 10

garnis said:

It's a matter of taste, dude. I bet if you polled everyone, The Gold Experience would be his top 90s album.

It's good but I like Graffiti Bridge, Diamonds and Pearls, , Come and The Truth all better.

I was declared cancer free a couple of years ago, after they cut out some of my tongue.

The fags would have you believe it's all WB's fault, but surely if they could make money from it, they would sell it.

There must be reasons why TGE is hard to find.

I have to say, I can't remember the last time I looked in the Prince section of a record store, must be at least 4 or 5 years ago.

Your not Eddie..lol

Anxiety said:

Yup, I had to get mine from EBAY.

One of the moderators at NPGMC addressed this question a while back and said something about seeing an NPG logo on the sleeve, meaning NPG controls the rights to this recording and a re-issue is up to them.

I got mine from a second hand record shop for about £6

garnis said:

not really, rave is allright but it cant compare with tge

Moonbeam said:

I have to agree; it is one of his best...
although my fave 90s release is Chaos&Disorder.
thw raw guitar work on these is excellent.

I've also heard a boot' of Endorphine Machine live

I recently got a copy of one of the original pressings through a "small" local store -the paintwork on the cd is richer compared to subsequent presses, but it took me a long time to find it.

I've also heard a boot' of Endorphine Machine live in London I think. It was very heavy on guitar-Just Awsome.

Does anyOne have this?!? and what's the name of the boot?

TRON said:

sounds like something Flipside Records would do
[This message was edited Thu Nov 6 19:46:31 PST 2003 by smokeverbs]

"One of the moderators at NPGMC addressed this question a while back and said something about seeing an NPG logo on the sleeve, meaning NPG controls the rights to this recording and a re-issue is up to them"

Actually Prince confirmed this himself in one of the Rainbow roundtables at the 2001 Celebration. I asked him why it was out of print, and he said "That's the only one they don't own..."

Romance1600 said:

The who?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB...egory=1570

Best be quick!

soulsike said:

odd that he doesnt do himself, it all sounds so weird, i cant help but think things are all moving towards something, lets hope its remasters and reissues i guess. i imagine prince has had this plan for a while, but obviously has to keep it to himself etc. or just chooses to!

I think I must have bought it right before it went out of print, or whatever it is now. A great album.


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Is that you Icenine? Hey, no one is stopping you from coming back! In fact, the debating makes it more interesting but don't worry becuase there are still some Connie elements on the board.

soulsike said:

Well there you go! I think he's very much into the 'now' thing at the moment and really has no interest in re-issuing old stuff right now. His comments on that Australian interview will back that up.

its quite easy to buy n London, alot of places store it.

I think its one of his best albums to date. There are loads of a great songs on there.

BinaryJustin said:

The Cigarettes, I assume

TRON said:

Yep. At Melodies and Memories, right? They also have bootlegs of Appolonia 6, the Family, Vanity 6, and both Madhouse cd's.

IstenSzek said:

So I could say I hate fags because they give people bad breath and lung cancer??? SWEET . Also this is the only other definition of fags that I could find:


fags : to make or become very tired by very hard work.

An answer to my own original question:
I ordered TGE from Amazon.co.uk for £15 (actually one of their other sellers) and it arrived today (in a rather flimsy parcel with handwriting on it.) I've listened to it a couple of times and I definitely like it; its slick and has a lot of prominent guitar in it. The production reminds me a bit of the pop-style blandness of Emancipation but its more of a heavyweight commercial album IMHO. My thanks to all those that recommended it to me (and hisses for those that said it was no good!)