SOLD – Thanks to everyone for their interest Recordmecca.com is proud to offer what can truly be described as one of the rarest records in the world. We have just listed on Discogs.com a previously unknown Canadian vinyl copy of Prince’s legendary The Black Album. In the 30 years since The Black Album was cancelled […]
We’re proud to offer here Prince’s original handwritten lyrics for the chorus of the song ‘Mr. Goodnight’, from his 2007 album Planet Earth. Prince wrote out the chorus of this song for a background singer, during his 2007 run of 3121 shows at the Rio in Las Vegas. The lyrics, written on a 6 x 9 page read: “Call Mr. […]
A pair of custom-made purple shoes, owned and worn by Prince. Hand crafted in purple satin with a black leather interior, each features a large silver ‘love symbol’ charm used as a zipper pull. These boots were extensively worn by Prince—in addition to having been re-soled, they have metal reinforcement brackets attached between the sole and heel. The […]
A pair of purple grosgrain custom-made pants owned and worn circa 1982-1985 by Prince. These pants are identical in color and fabric to a jacket Prince wore during a photo session with legendary photographer Richard Avedon on December 22, 1982 (which later appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone’s Prince memorial issue.) As detailed in […]
An original RIAA Platinum Record Award for Prince’s worldwide smash hit single “When Doves Cry”, presented to his longtime tour accountant. “When Doves Cry”, released in May 1984, was a #1 single in the United States for five weeks, and the top selling single of that year. It reached the top of the charts around […]
All available copies have been SOLD. Read the new Rolling Stone article about the discovery this album and our listing! Just listed: The Rarest Bob Dylan album in the world. Recordmecca is proud to offer what is surely one of the rarest vinyl albums in the world—a factory-sealed 1987 U.S. pressing of Prince’s legendary The […]
A pair of custom-made high-heeled boots, owned and worn by Prince during the 1990’s. These shoes have a blue linen exterior and black leather interior, with gold metal “love symbol” zipper pulls. The rubber soles are marked Translite, and the heels are reinforced with metal brackets to prevent them from breaking during Prince’s exuberant stage […]
Prince’s handwritten working lyrics for the unreleased song “Electric Rush”. The words “electric rush” appear in the 2007 song “Here Eye Come” by Prince and Bria Valentine, but the two songs are otherwise unrelated. The lyrics here are: Electric Rush (Guilty Pleasures) (Love this **et) Been working so hard all day Lookin 4 ward 2 […]
From the collection of a former employee of Paisley Park, we are proud to offer a custom-made, crushed velvet vest, worn on stage by Prince . Prince is pictured wearing a similar vest in the live photograph on this page. Paisley Park had its own custom tailor shop, where designers created clothes for Prince and […]
An ultra rare, unplayed promotional White Vinyl copy of Prince’s Black Album — one of only 300 made by Warner Bros. Records. These highly sought after rarities were pressed in 1994, when Prince finally gave Warner Bros Records permission to release the Black Album. Each copy was gold stamped with a number from 1 to […]
An original custom-made Batman mirrored wristband, made for Prince and worn by him during concert performances. We obtained this directly from Prince’s former guitar technician and occasional photographer, Joel Bernstein, who kept it in his personal collection from the time he worked with Prince. Bernstein is a legendary music photographer, Neil Young’s longtime archivist, and […]
An original custom-made Batman mirrored wristband, made for Prince and nearly identical to the one he wore in the “Batdance” video. Prince’s former guitar tech, Joel Bernstein, explained to us that a number of these were made for Prince with a more substantial elastic wrist attachment than the one in the “Batdance” video, so they […]
From the collection of a former employee of Paisley Park, we are proud to offer a pair of Prince owned and stage worn black tasseled gloves. Prince can be seen wearing these custom-made gloves (with matching pants) in two separate full-page photographs from the 1990 Nude Tour program, a mint copy of which is included. […]
One of 50 grey/marbled vinyl, numbered copies of Prince’s The Black Album, from the archive of Recordmecca’s own Jeff Gold, who was responsible for this ultra rarity. This unplayed and mint condition example is stamped #005 of 50 produced. Gold’s included letter of authenticity details it’s history: This letter is to authenticate an ultra rare […]
An original RIAA Gold Single Award for Prince’s 1984 hit “Purple Rain”. Prince himself gave this to the late Don Thorin, the cinematographer of Prince’s film Purple Rain. Years later Thorin gave it to a close friend, from whom we obtained it. Thorin was a well known director of photography who also shot An Officer […]
The original Clapperboard used during the filming of Prince’s 1984 classic Purple Rain. This was given by the late Purple Rain cinematographer Don Thorin to a close friend, from whom we obtained it. Thorin was a well known director of photography who also shot An Officer and a Gentleman, Against All Odds, Scent of a […]