A one-of-a-kind Stereo Review ‘Record of the Year Award’ for Prince and the Revolution’s Purple Rain, presented in 1884 to Prince’s record label, Warner Bros. Records. Stereo review was at the time, as the award says, “the world’s most widely read music and records magazine”. This award was presented “by the staff and critics of […]
A rare advance proof for an advertisement announcing the 1994 limited release of Prince’s Black Album and Warner Bros. Records’ “Amnesty Campaign” publicity stunt. This was run on the back cover of record industry trade magazine Billboard. As noted in the advertisement, counterfeit and bootleg copies of the Black Album had flooded the market, but for […]
An RIAA Gold Record Award for Prince’s album 1999. This award was presented to Russ Thyret (1944-2021), the former Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records, and the executive responsible for signing Prince to the label. In 1976, while head of promotion for Warner Bros., Thyret heard Prince’s demo tape, and immediately recognized that the […]
An exceedingly rare original 1987 U.S. compact disc of Prince’s legendary The Black Album. Scheduled for release by Warner Bros. Records on December 8, 1987, Prince cancelled The Black Album one week before its release date, and at his direction more than 500,000 copies were destroyed, on compact disc, cassette and LP. This is one […]
An original RIAA Platinum Record Award for Prince & The New Power Generation’s Love Symbol, presented to a former Senior Vice President of the Prince’s record label, Warner Bros. Records. Recordmecca’s Jeff Gold is a former executive vice president of Warner Bros, and obtained this from a former co-worker. The award is completely original and in excellent […]
An original RIAA Platinum Record Award for Prince & The New Power Generation’s Love Symbol, presented to a former Senior Vice President of the Prince’s record label, Warner Bros. Records. Recordmecca’s Jeff Gold is a former executive vice president of Warner Bros, and obtained this from a former co-worker. The award is completely original and in excellent […]
An RIAA Double Platinum Record Award for Prince and the New Power Generation’s album Diamonds & Pearls, presented to a former Senior Vice President of Warner Bros Records, Prince’s label. Recordmecca’s Jeff Gold, the art director of this album and a former Executive Vice President/General Manager of Warner Bros. who worked closely with Prince, obtained […]
An RIAA Platinum Record Award for Prince’s album 1999. This award was presented to Russ Thyret (1944-2021), the former Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records, and the executive responsible for signing Prince to the label. In 1976, while head of promotion for Warner Bros., Thyret heard Prince’s demo tape, and immediately recognized that the […]
An original RIAA Gold Record Award for Prince’s Album Graffiti Bridge presented to Russ Thyret (1944-2021), the former Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records, and the executive responsible for signing Prince to the label. In 1976, while head of promotion for Warner Bros., Thyret heard Prince’s demo tape, and immediately recognized that the unknown […]
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 1992 album known as Love Symbol. The album was a worldwide Top 10 hit, and included the hit singles “7,” “My Name is Prince,” and “Sexy MF.” This award was presented to Russ Thyret (1944-2021), the former Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records, and the executive […]
An original RIAA Gold Record Award for Prince’s 12″ single ‘Cream” from his 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls. “Cream” was a worldwide hit single, reaching #1 in the Billboard charts. This award was presented to Russ Thyret (1944-2021), the former Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records, and the executive responsible for signing Prince to […]
A beautiful and unplayed promotional 1984 first pressing of Prince’s Purple Rain album, pressed on purple vinyl (as only the early promotional copies were.) This has a gold promotion stamp on the front cover, as well as the original hype sticker. The disc is in mint/near mint unplayed condition, the cover is in beautiful near […]
An unplayed, mint condition example of the ultra rare 1994 promotional issue of Prince’s The Black Album, with a letter of authenticity from Recordmecca’s Jeff Gold, who oversaw the production of this rarity, limited to 300 copies worldwide. The accompanying letter of authenticity, on Gold’s old Warner Bros. Records stationary, reads as follows: This letter […]
An exceedingly rare 1987 German first pressing LP of Prince’s legendary The Black Album. Scheduled for release by Warner Bros. Records on December 8, 1987, Prince cancelled The Black Album one week before its release date, and at his direction more than 500,000 copies were destroyed, on cd, cassette and LP. According to the comprehensive […]
Recordmecca is proud to offer an original 1987 German vinyl first pressing of Prince’s ultra-rare The Black Album. According to the comprehensive website The Black Album Info, “Of the 500,000 German copies known to have been pressed, around 50 records are likely to have escaped destruction.” This is one of those ultra rare copies, literally […]