Prince- 23 picture sleeves Gotta Stop, Corvette, Dirty Mind. NO VINYL

$

130

PLEASE LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURES. 

These were all made to resemble, and function as, picture sleeves for 7” Prince 45rpm records. They were created for promotion and were used at some US Sound Warehouse records stores. But none were ever meant to be sold, as far as I know. They are not considered official. I acquired these as part of a large collection in August 1997 in Memphis TN. The collection included all these, as well as display stands and posters, and a small record collection too. It is/was a mix of common official WB items, and items I thought were official until I couldn't find any info about them online. These were meant to be stapled to the wall in a display, but every one of them works as a sleeve.

NO RECORDS

1. Purple Rain-- Very good condition. This seems like the official plastic baggie-type pic sleeve we all know.

2. I Would Die 4 U-- Excellent condition, different than the regular release.

3. Let's Go Crazy-- Very good condition, Seems to me to be the regular release sleeve

4. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad—Excellent condition. Different front photo from US release.  Back says “Made in Greece”

5. Purple Medley—seems like ok condition. Dark. (No record of an official Purple Medley sleeve exist for 7")

6. 777-9311 by The Time-- excellent condition, except this one has a lot of smudges on the back of the sleeve.

7. Insatiable-- Very good condition. No 7'' sleeve is known to exist.

The next 3 are on a thinner paper than the rest.

8. Scandalous—excellent condition, just feels a bit flimsy. This has a different picture than the regular release and says promo use on back

9. Just As Long As We’re Together-- Promotional use only. Other than feeling like cheap paper, good condition.

10. Batdance—Again, a promo on cheap thin paper, in basically good condition.

The next 3 are on thick paper, like a promo flat, but they are fully folded, glued together little mini-album types. All 3 are in VERY good condition.

11. Gotta Stop --- This one is an actual stand alone functional picture sleeve on a sturdy weight thin cardboard. Excellent condition. But probably made specifically for promotion, not for sale officially.

12. Arms of Orion--- This one is an actual stand alone functional picture sleeve on a sturdy weight thin cardboard. Excellent condition. But probably made specifically for promotion, not for sale officially.

13. Dirty Mind--- This one is an actual stand alone functional picture sleeve on a sturdy weight thin cardboard. Excellent condition. But probably made specifically for promotion, not for sale officially.

The remaining are all on paper about the same thickness of a promo flat. In fact, they basically are promo flats, centerfolded. (They fit in a clear sleeve, so they are totally functional as sleeves for records). These are all in excellent, near mint unused condition. They may have been created for store display, but these show no pinholes or tape residue. I think these are all unused.

14. Do Me, Baby/Private Joy -- Beautiful condition, no record of an official sleeve issued for this 45. I love this one.

15. Thieves in the Temple---This is in fine condition but the back is just not good print quality. Blurry. Off.-- has Japanese writing.

16. Let’s Work/Ronnie Talk To Russia—Excellent condition. Meant to replicate a real life sleeve, but the back cover is different with the weird wrong Controversy pic.

17. Bambi/Still Waiting-- Perfect condition. Made to look like a color version of the version from Belgium (I think)

18. Dirty Mind---Beautiful condition. Looks just like the album cover, but with red letters. Back also mimics the album’s style. I think there is a small pen mark on this.

19. Money Don't Matter 2Nite--Excellent condition, different pic than regular sleeve.

20. High Fashion by The Family--Excellent condition

21. I Wanna Be Your Lover/Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad---great condition. This was a back to back hit release that never included a picture sleeve that I know of.

22. Little Red Corvette/All the Critics Love U in NY-- great condition. Similar to an official release, but not

23. Controversy/When U Were Mine-- excellent condition, looks like the French release, but isn't.

So that's it. I know a handful of "collectors" will freak out about things they have never seen and call them fake or counterfeit or bootleg or whatever. I do not really know their story before 1997 when I bought them, but based on everything else in the collection, they were used in store display at Sound Warehouse in the late 80s and 90s. Many do not appear on Discogs or PrinceVault or Sleevographia. These are NOT on the radar and are not considered officially released. If you are the type of collector who doesn't want bootlegs or unofficial, uncirculated to the general public releases, this is NOT for you. I really want this to go to a FAN, someone who loves Prince as I do. Kinda sick of those who buy things up just to resell it to screw over fans. That happened with the recent Estate 7" Boxset. Prince "fans" are not very nice to each other. My starting bid is less than $5 per item. Please only bid if you want this lot. If you don't have the records to put in them (I don't either), decorate your wall with them.