The only one I can remember right now was this Prince book that I got for my XIVth birthday in 1996. It was that documentary by Per Nilsen, y'all know which one I'm talking about. But I was so happy on that day. I thought I wasn't going to get anything, but to my surprise, I got that book. And the timing could not have been perfect. I was full throttle with my comeback obsession for my purple hero. That summer I saw "Under The Cherry Moon" finally (which I got as another gift after my junior high graduation), "Chaos & Disorder" came out which was great, and VH1 had "Purple Rain" in heavy rotation. So I was into him and his musical legacy again. Before all that, My hero worship had been very low. But 1996 saw me come back to the one man that started the whole idea of music for me.

But anyways, I was very happy to get that book. Also, I believe I got the Hits collection on video for Christmas of that year too. Anyone else?

Never~~

Hubby & son wouldnt have a clue about WHERE to go to find Prince stuff~~ Can you believe,,I havent even seen "Under the cherry moon"~~~

I'll have to get right on that...lol
& Im suppose to be a fan?...haaaa

The other day I found a CD of The Hits (prt2)~~ hooray for me~

sonic said:

Yes, you really should...RIGHT AWAY!!!!!

That is to say, if you consider yourself a true Prince fan.

a friend of mine got me an old copy of controversy on tape for my 17th birthday...i still have the tape, but it's in iowa at my dad's house.

NWF said:

Actually a few days ago my husband bought me the Musicology CD. My birthday is June 8th but he got tired of hearing that I wanted it. Besides, I am still upset that I did not get a ticket to the concert. Back when the box set of Hits came out my friend bought me that for my birthday. Whenever there is a new CD or something Prince out around a holiday, my husband buys it for me. I am pretty easy to buy for. It is pretty cool having my birthday a day after Prince's. Though he is a few years older than me.

i got the hits dvd for christmas, but thats it...oo oo AND tickets to the June 5th show as a graduation present from my boyfriend!

yeah, but only from other Prince fans.
my DH has only given me money to buy myself a Prince item, he''d have no clue where to buy one.

A couple of years ago I would go to the record store every Friday with my friend, and every Friday I would point at Crystal Ball and complain about how ridiculously overpriced it was ($45). She got it for me for my birthday so I'd shut up about it.

If it wasn't for my ma buying me "For You", "Prince", "Dirty Mind", "Controversy", "1999", "The Time" and "What Time Is It?" for my 14th birthday (all on vinyl, no less), my spoiled rotten only child ass probably wouldn't be typing this right now.

My brother gave me a ticket to the 1999 tour (Triple Threat) for my 11th birthday. He also let me pick anything I wanted from the show, I picked the poster of the Time against the chainlink fence. God I love my brother.

i got the Purple Rain DVD from a friend for my birthday ( i bet that's all he know's about Prince )

yes, many times

a friend gave me a signed cd one year
the next year the same friend gave me a vintage "purple rain" shirt along with Prince stamps and postcards.....

yes.

um, my girlfriend bought me the video of... what was the one with the naked chicks swimming in the pool with mayte? that one.

1999 cassette on my 10th birthday. Thank you grandma and grandpa!!!!

My husband always wants to. One year he got me both Crystal Ball and Emancipation, and last year he got me 2 DVDs and two concert tickets, even though my birthday was 8 months later. A very generous guy!

my friends are so cute... last week was my birthday and my friend dee was telling me about this pince thing she got 4 my birthday and how much i was gonna love it...

i told her to take it back before she even told me what it was.... she was a little offended...i told her that im eternally grateful but im sure ive already got it... she told me it was the live in aladin dvd... she is sooo cute...

A Zippo lighter from Glam Slam, MPLS. Although not an official Prince item it looks pretty cool and has the symbol on the reverse side.

Mom gave me Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas DVD last year.

I think the important birthday gift was getting Prince The Hits 1 for my birthday in 1993.

My mother bought me 'Sign O' The Times' on cassette back in 1987. She later bought me '1999' on CD - I think it was Christmas 1991. That was a pretty cool Christmas because she also bought me the Andy Warhol Diaries and John Waters' 'Female Trouble' on VHS.

A friend bought me 'The Very Best Of Prince' on my birthday, the year it came out. I was a bit underwhelmed when I unwrapped it, but later realised that it saved me having to buy it myself - so it was cool, I guess.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Yay Iowa!!!

Prince himself played 2 Paisley Park shows on my birthday.

But during one of them RaspberryWoman was talking over "The Beautful Ones" totally ruining it for me


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[This message was edited Sat Jun 5 13:39:35 2004 by lovemachine]

lovemachine said:

OK...how many times do I have to be reminded of this? I was trying to talk to a guy who was like almost 7 feet tall so I had to scream up to him.

NWF said:

Yes! My older sister had "Graffiti Bridge" (Vinyl, beautiful artwork i think) for me as a birthday present Aug26th1990.

For Christmas in 1999 i bought all of the official cd`s that were missing from her collection (-;
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I got a 'geetar' pic with the symbol on it from a concert as a wedding gift and the cd FOR YOU as a bridal gift.

BinaryJustin said:

Your mother gave you Female Trouble???

Did she realize what she was giving you? Or do you just have the hippest mother in the British empire?

Yes,
Tickets to the Lovesexy Tour at the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans in 1988. I was in the 15. Ahhh the memories!!

S

Never, but it would have been great.

i just had a white cloud guitar for my 30th of my girlfriend... good eh?