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  The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince) - The Gold Experience [19439953161 RSD2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Out-of-print since around time of release in 1995, The Gold Experience was finally repressed as a replica of the double LP US promo edition for Record Store Day in 2022. Initially the victim of an Italian appeal judge's bizarre decision that the Purple One had plagiarised a previously unknown Ital-disco single,  Takin' Me To Paradise by Raynard J.       Possibly my favourite Prince album since Sign Of The Times, and likely his raunchiest since The Black Album , original copies had been fetching high numbers on the secondary market. This double gold vinyl edition was mastered by Daniel Krieger at SST and pressed at Pallas in Germany. A1 P Control A2 NPG Operator #1 A3 Endorphinmachine A4 Shhh A5 We March B1 NPG Operator #2 B2 The Most Beautiful Girl In The World B3 Dolphin B4 NPG Operator #3 B5 Now B6 NPG Operator #4 B...

Prince - The Black Album [9362-45793-1 UK 1994 24-Bit FLAC] Originally unreleased as a vinyl album in 1987 (WX 147). My association with The Black Album goes back to before its release and a pre-release cassette offered up by a WEA rep at my suburban chain store as the album was pre-sold into retailers before Christmas 1987. A week before release The Purple One pulled the album and insisted that the label destroy all copies. Obviously not all were destroyed and on his next visit I enquired with that same rep who revealed a box of about 12 copies in pristine condition, which were obviously going to be offered up as leverage to persuade retail buyers to increase the orders on other WEA product! ...after all suburban Surrey was a long way from Minneapolis.  Following the application of a small "Promotional Copy - Not For Resale" sticker, I had a copy of the vinyl. That record is long gone as I was forced to liquidate chunks of my collection during the cash strappe...