Prince - Sign 'O' The Times 2xLP UK WX88
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Sep 6, 2016 Sold Date
Aug 30, 2016 Start Date
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Description

Prince ?– Sign "O" The Times

Label: Paisley Park ?– 925 577-1, Paisley Park ?– WX 88 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country: UK & Europe Released: 1987 Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Rock, Funk / Soul Style: RnB/Swing, Pop Rock, Funk

Tracklist

A1 Sign "O" The Times 5:02 A2 Play In The Sunshine 5:05 A3 Housequake 4:38 A4 The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker 4:04 B1 It 5:10 B2 Starfish And Coffee 2:51 B3 Slow Love 4:18 B4 Hot Thing 5:39 B5 Forever In My Life 3:38 C1 U Got The Look 3:58 C2 If I Was Your Girlfriend 4:54 C3 Strange Relationship 4:04 C4 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 6:31 D1 The Cross 4:46 D2 It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night 8:59 D3 Adore 6:29

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records
  • Copyright (c) – Paisley Park Records
  • Copyright (c) – Controversy Music
  • Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
  • Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf
  • Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
  • Recorded At – Paisley Park Studios
  • Recorded At – Sunset Sound
  • Recorded At – Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks
  • Mixed At – Paisley Park Studios
  • Mixed At – Sunset Sound
  • Mixed At – Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks
  • Lacquer Cut At – Allied Record Company

Credits

  • Arranged By [Strings] – Claire Fischer* (tracks: B3)
  • Arranged By, Composed By, Performer, Producer – Prince
  • Art Direction – Laura LiPuma
  • Drums – Sheila E. (tracks: C1)
  • Engineer – Coke Johnson, Prince, Susan Rogers
  • Guitar – Wendy* (tracks: B3)
  • Lead Guitar – Mico Weaver (tracks: D2)
  • Lead Vocals – Camille (3) (tracks: A3, C2, C3)
  • Lead Vocals [Co-lead Voice] – Jill Jones (tracks: D2), Susannah (tracks: D2)
  • Lyrics By [Co-written] – Carole Raphaell Davis* (tracks: B3), Susannah (tracks: B2)
  • Mastered By [Originally Mastered By] – Bernie Grundman
  • Music By [Co-written] – Dr. Fink (tracks: D2), Eric Leeds (tracks: D2)
  • Percussion – Sheila E. (tracks: C1, D2)
  • Performer [Recorded Live In Paris By] – Prince & The Revolution* (tracks: D2)
  • Photography By – Jeff Katz (2)
  • Rap [Transmississippirap] – Sheila E. (tracks: D2)
  • Saxophone – Eric Leeds
  • Sitar, Flute [Wooden] – Lisa* (tracks: C3)
  • Tambourine, Congas – Wendy* (tracks: C3)
  • Trumpet – Atlanta Bliss
  • Vocals – Camille (3) (tracks: C1), Sheena Easton (tracks: C1)
  • Voice [Background Voice] – Susannah (tracks: A2, B2)
  • Voice [Backing Voice] – Greg Brooks (tracks: D2), Jerome Benton (tracks: D2), Lisa* (tracks: B3),Wally Safford (tracks: D2), Wendy* (tracks: B3)

Notes

First innersleeve:
Created & mixed at Paisley Park, Sunset Sound & Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks.
All songs © 1987 Controversy Music ASCAP.

Second innersleeve:
D2 recorded live in Paris by Prince And The Revolution

Center labels:
? 1987 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the US.
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH

Spine:
UK: WX88 925577-1
© 1987 Paisley Park Records

Issued in a non-gatefold sleeve with two printed inner sleeves.

Unlike Sign "O" The Times, this version has no barcode on the rear sleeve.
Some copies may feature a big, heart-shaped sticker with a barcode on the cover with the album title and additional information - this sticker may be attached to the removable outer plastic shrink-wrap.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Only on heart-shaped sticker): 0 7599-25577-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 1, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-A4 XX [XX etched]
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 2, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-A5 XX [XX etched]
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 3, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 1, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-B4 XD [XD etched]
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 2, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-B4 X [X etched]
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 3, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C, variant 1+2, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-CXX [CXX etched]
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C, variant 3, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-C
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D, variant 1, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-D3 D [D etched]
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D, variant 2, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-D3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D, variant 3, stamped): R/S Alsdorf 925577-1-DX [X etched]
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 1, etched): 1-25577-A1-Intl- RE-1 [ARC logo] ? 15865 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 2, etched): 1-25577-A2-Intl- RE-1 [ARC logo] ? 15865 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 3, etched): 1-25577-A-INTL.-S-1 [ARC logo] ? 15865 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 1, etched): 1-25577-B1-Intl- RE-1 55 [ARC logo] ? 15865 X 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 2, etched): 1-25577-B1-Intl- RE-1 46 [ARC logo] ? 15865 X
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 3, etched): 1-25577-B-INTL. S-1 2 [ARC logo] ? 15865-X 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C, variant 1, 2, 3 etched): 1-25577-C-INTL- S-1 [ARC logo] ? 15866 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D, variant 1+2, etched): 1-25577-D-INTL- S-1 [ARC logo] ? 15866-X 1-2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D, variant 3, etched): 1-25577-D-INTL. S-1 [ARC logo] ?15866-X 1-1
  • Label Code: LC 0392
  • Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
  • Other (First innersleeve): 925 577-1 A
  • Other (Second innersleeve): 925 577-1 B

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