makes sense that there would be a ton of copies of around the world... since it was the less successful follow-up to a huge, huge album.* they probably printed a gazillion copies of it and sold slightly less.
*wikipedia sez purple rain sold 13 million (!!!) and around the world sold 2 million
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 04:44 (seven years ago) link
no one will EVER sell 13 million records again
wait, adele sold 30 million records? nevermind. wow.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 04:45 (seven years ago) link
Was gonna say..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 06:39 (seven years ago) link
unless you're looking for a very specific press of lovesexy it shouldn't be expensive at all https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?sort=price%2Casc&master_id=22006&ev=mb&format=Vinyl
only 80s album that should be a bit pricey (but not very) is black album, on then it looks like Come (1994) and records onwards can be expensive on vinyl
there are so many prince records I don't see the need for reissues but if it makes people happy it's good
― niels, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 08:03 (seven years ago) link
Amateurist, you're comparing US sales for one album to worldwide sales for another. 21 in all likelihood sold 10+ million more worldwide but it's 11 times platinum in the U.S. to Purple Rain's 13x platinum. Sorry to be pedantic but I'm a total geek for chart/sales stats and it still raises my hackles when everyone mixes this stuff up, even though no one cares (actually, it's probably because no one cares).
But yeah, Purple Rain was totally huge. Together with 1999 - at 4x platinum the runner up sales-wise in the U.S. at least - that was his moment. There's a reason why the singles from those two (plus "Kiss" of course) so thoroughly and irritatingly dominate all the tributes and the post-mortem public conversation around Prince; through "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" each record was good for one or two top 10 hits, but he never had a true blockbuster album again. Even Diamonds and Pearls stopped short of 3 million.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 08:34 (seven years ago) link
santana paying tribute with something that isnt purple rain (its a song from the rainbow children instead, which is surprising, but very cool (though santana gets the title wrong)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7TlFgj9jZ8
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 08:40 (seven years ago) link
On the face of it, it was something of a drop off post PR...3 million, 4 million, 2million..of course we're talking an album a year+ protégé + numerous singles...a lot of product up to the end of the decade
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 08:42 (seven years ago) link
a weird list of vault contents -
http://www.aux.tv/2016/05/99-items-found-in-princes-secret-vault/
some interesting collaborations i never knew existed.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 08:49 (seven years ago) link
Batdance Project — Remixes and expanded versions featuring Roxette as Catwoman.
I presume this means Roxette the Swedish band? I guess the writer doesn't know that "Roxette" isn't the name of the lead singer... Unless Per Gessle also plays Batwoman, which would certainly be interesting.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 09:12 (seven years ago) link
Oh, after reading the list a bit further, it's obviously a joke item. Still, get your artist names right, parody writer!
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 09:17 (seven years ago) link
i worked a U.S. Dream Academy event last night, and they revealed that Prince had once quietly donated a large sum to their organization.
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 09:28 (seven years ago) link
Well, now I have "Life in a Northern Town" stuck in my head.
― how's life, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 09:39 (seven years ago) link
re Diamonds And Pearls; that was his biggest UK album; triple platinum! Purple Rain only went double. baffles me that. D&P sold about 10 times as many copies as Sign O The Times.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 10:04 (seven years ago) link
Double albums be expensive.
Also, D&P was very CD.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 11:01 (seven years ago) link
"a weird list of vault contents -
some interesting collaborations i never knew existed."
hahaha, cute troll.
― diana krallice (rushomancy), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 11:43 (seven years ago) link
Some real things mixed in with the fake in that vault article.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 11:58 (seven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/65243-prince-died-one-day-before-scheduled-meeting-with-opioid-addiction-doctor-report/
fuuuck
― niels, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
god dammit
― clouds, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
niels, all those copies of Lovesexy are outside the US, and shipping is around $20
kinda blows my mind that almost every single copy of the US pressing that's on sale has been bought by ppl in other countries, I see this with other records as well
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link
and yeah that doctor appointment thing is so sad
My heart is broken
Fuck
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
U should read the star tribune story by the way, it is more detailed
The fucking opioid doctor's son went to the house carrying the first fucking dose of the detox drug, and found Prince dead.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
How the fuck did this story get even sadder
Having crying at work reprise 4/21 part 2 right now
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 15:48 (seven years ago) link
http://m.startribune.com/addiction-doctor-was-to-have-seen-prince-just-before-his-death/378051471/
Mauzy said that Andrew Kornfeld told him that the others “screamed” when they found Prince and “were in too much shock” to call 911.Unfamiliar with Paisley Park, Andrew Kornfeld simply told the dispatcher, “We’re at Prince’s house.”Asked again to give an address, he said simply: “The people are just distraught. … We’re in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and we are at the home of Prince
Unfamiliar with Paisley Park, Andrew Kornfeld simply told the dispatcher, “We’re at Prince’s house.”
Asked again to give an address, he said simply: “The people are just distraught. … We’re in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and we are at the home of Prince
― The WLS National Batdance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
btw "pussy control" is one of the great undersung (?) prince songs.
Check out the mix on Crystal Ball with the gospel choir singing the chorus.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 16:57 (seven years ago) link
Momus dayo & the Tim F
― The WLS National Batdance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Ha, sorry wrong thread
i was gonna say, what a strange choir
― ulysses, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 17:38 (seven years ago) link
This has to be bullshit, right?
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link
Yes
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
Duane train on WFMU today bumped four Billy Paul cuts (including very funny customization of "Let me in") and then 2:30 of PRN rarities, starting with what sounded like a very very rough pass at "the screams of Passion" which would be credited to the Time on Graffiti Bridge (calls out the chord changes to whomever) and then a STAGGERING rehearsal of "something in the water…" evidently from '84 and with a monstrous solo…was not familiar with the provenance of many in the next two hours, but thought they sounded like they would have been recorded in the past 20 years…nope, most from the '80s…finished up with a live "17 days," "1999" and a demo for the Mavis "dog in heat" tune.
all here…http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/66350
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 21:48 (seven years ago) link
a bunch (most?) of those tracks are on the Perfect Unreleased comp that's been circulating around here
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPGQicX-UZY
Love this version
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
everybody needs a thrill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMkayXy_7JM
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 23:47 (seven years ago) link
Which Prince would famously not let him record and release as a b-side. Wasn't Prince also one of the only ones who said no to "Weird" Al?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 23:54 (seven years ago) link
Think so.
― The WLS National Batdance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/weird-al-prince-is-one-singer-who-consistently-said-no-to-parody-so-2014247
― The WLS National Batdance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:14 (seven years ago) link
EC recycled his "Pop Life" backing track to make this (which is not nearly as good): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGhlUBtY8_I
― goodoldneon, Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:28 (seven years ago) link
Has Al ever talked about what the parodies would have been?
I have to admit that the other day I was making some sourdough in the breadmachine and came up with "Now morning, noon, and night/I bake you BREAD". I was ashamed though because I knew Prince wouldn't have wanted it that way.
― how's life, Thursday, 5 May 2016 08:50 (seven years ago) link
weird al was in the partyman video...
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 5 May 2016 09:13 (seven years ago) link
this is from the ivan julian benefit last night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eucV8xNPazk
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 5 May 2016 11:05 (seven years ago) link
"Purple Rain" is turning into the next "A Change Is Gonna Come"
― The WLS National Batdance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 May 2016 12:23 (seven years ago) link
By next year it'll be up there with "Imagine" and "Redemption Song."
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 5 May 2016 12:24 (seven years ago) link
It is a motherfucking karaoke SMASH, I can tell you. I sang it with a friend in Okinawa a couple of years ago and we screwed up the programming on the machine, it came on twice back-to-back. After a second of fear when it began again, I leaned to my friend and hissed "falsetto" and everything was all right forever.
― MatthewK, Thursday, 5 May 2016 12:27 (seven years ago) link
Purple Rain is the only song I've ever sung at karaoke. Apparently I nailed it though. There was a dude who was there that night, whenever I'd run into him in later years would greet me with "PURPLE RAIN!"
― how's life, Thursday, 5 May 2016 12:42 (seven years ago) link
That was my exact experience with people who were at that karaoke night. I had sympathy messages from some of them when P passed away.
― MatthewK, Thursday, 5 May 2016 12:53 (seven years ago) link
Nice!
― how's life, Thursday, 5 May 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpaVGh79_P8
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 May 2016 13:48 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD4rYdK3y9A
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 May 2016 13:50 (seven years ago) link