Prince - 1999 7" (1984)

I'm going try and blog a few 7"'s tonight. Because I have a shitload of them. Some are lovingly collected and sought out (Magic Dirt, PJ Harvey, the never ending stream of Madonna), others I just acquired somehow and may be just songs I like - I may not own any albums by the artist, but if I dig the song and stumble across the 45, I usually buy it.

I'm going to play a little game of 7" roulette. I shall close my eyes and pick a few at random. Hopefully, they'll make for short, snappy blogs. Let's see what we get.

First up:

Prince - 1999

Side A:
1999

Side B:
Little Red Corvette

Oh, lovely! If I remember correctly, I got this off eBay from a guy that would sell hundreds of a records at a time for a starting price of 1 cent. I'd go nuts, bid on a ton of shit, and inevitably end up with a rather interesting selection of bargain records. It was in the months after I'd returned from London, having tried (and failed) to find a job in London. I really missed those London record shops once I was back in Adelaide. This guy and his eBay bargains were just what I needed to get through.

At the time, I had a real thing about buying 45's. I'm not sure why. Maybe it was because they were plentiful (and cheap) in London. I've always bought them, but over the following year or so, I really stepped it up. And, I ended up with a lot from this particular eBay seller. This was one.

No prizes for guessing why I wanted this one. One of my favourite Prince songs on either side! I actually didn't realise these were released as a double A-side (my childhood love of Prince started around the time of Diamonds & Pearls. The Hits cassette I had was my only education I had in classic 80's Prince, at the time). It was also around this time that I (finally) started to seek out vinyl copies of Prince's 80's albums (the few I had as a kid were long gone). This one made a nice addition, too.

And, that back cover! Oh, Prince. Only he could get away with something so pompous - especially to the point of making it endearing. I guess that's why we love him.

Right. Next!