Hello, I have been a Prince fan since I first heard "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on WLOL in 1980. I had all his stuff, went through an ill-advised 'I will not listen to secular music' stint, gave it ALL away, and am now back to my Prince lovin' days. The last 'new' thing I bought was Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (I know, I know, don't stone me). I did recently purchase "One Night Alone", and "N.E.W.S." but I hear there is another disc I'm missin' with a cover of Joni Mitchell's 'Case of U' on it. I have just now replaced everything I got rid of, except my vinyls of "Raspberry Beret" and "I Wish U Heaven" (grrr!)

Could someone please tell me what I've missed!?! I know I need to pick up Rainbow Children. I know he's married to Mani now and Mayte is no longer with Tommy Lee. But what else? I feel like I've been in a coma for about 4 years! Help me! Thank u thank y thank u!

there are really young fans like ME :d!!!

yeah you need one night alone, the piano acoustic cd.

there are also about 2 albums worth of tracks that were offered as downloads in 2001, plus the limited edition box set of all his Warner albums, but rerecorded in the studio with the npg, these new recordings are awesome as anyone here will attest too, but i dont think u will be able to get hold of them now.
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when did you leave and what brought you back???

lust said:

You wanna know? Well, I went to the "Emancipation" show here in Mpls. in '97 I believe. I got engaged, and my fiance hated Prince so I got rid of ALL of my stuff (I had every 45" single except "Paisley Park". I had Jill Jones, Apollonia 6, Vanity 6, The Family - all on vinyl, both Jewel Boxes, the test pressing of "Come" - all gone). Then, blah blah blah, I stupidly decided to try anorexia and was hospitalized for a year. I spent the next two years just eating and trying to avoid death. Now I got my booty back (and then some!) and my husband says, "So what if I don't like Prince, get your records back!" I purchased "One Nite Alone" in October and have had a voracious Prince appetite ever since trying to acquire that which I gave away. It's been tough. Man, I am so upset about missing those downloads. Oh well, I'm here now!
Thanks for all the info!
[This message was edited Thu Feb 12 10:38:48 PST 2004 by jillybean]

oh wow, jilly...you're here in mpls too! so am i, i live downtown.

Then there are the two jazz albums..Xpectation and N.E.W.S

$25 gets a "lifetime" membership over at Prince's place NPGMC... and there is where tickets are sold and merchandise and music.
Oh there was a DVD...

Wow seems like you've been through a tough time, but good to see you're back again!

Well from memory, since Emancipation, I think all the official releases are as follows: -

Crystal Ball 5CD Set which also included 2 bonus CDs The Truth (brilliant by the way) and another instrumental used for his wedding to Mayte (someone help me here with the name)
New Power Soul (pretty average, but it does contain a great track called "The One" and one or two notable others
RAVE UNto the Joy Fantastic which you have already
RAVE INto the Joy Fantastic, with some mixes of previous UNto, plus Beautiful strange, and less one track which I can't remember. I think he should have released this one in the first place
One Nite Alone (Piano Improvisations) which has A case of you on it
Rainbow Children
Xpectation (not sure if was ever officially released I think but featured Vanessa Mae on Violin, and some great jazz guitar by Prince
One Nite Alone (Live) Box set also had One More Jam and ONA piano improvisations as well
N.E.W.S.

+ DVDs of Rave 2000 concert and ONA Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas.

I Can't remember anything else...I never knew about the re-recorded limited edition box set of all his Warner Albums that Lust mentioned - when was that released???

machinegun said:

kamasutra was the other crystall ball disc.

and wasnt the rerecording of p's albums with the npg just another rumour ???

The Truth, is that with Dinner W/ Dolores and A Man In A Uniform? What's this about Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic? This sounds great. I love that album so a bunch of remixes would be great!!! Know where I could obtain one? Thanks!

jillybean said:

Rave remix is only on NPGMC. A man in a uniform is on The Truth but Dinner w/ Delores is on Chaos and Disorder.

lust said:

now that's a lie.