From Rolling Stone
The NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves will cap off their final Prince-inspired “City Edition” game by offering fans an exclusive seven-inch vinyl version of “Rock and Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives in Minneapolis).”
All attendees to the team’s Friday, April 5th game versus the Miami Heat will receive a collector’s edition 7″ of the track, which originally appeared as the B-side to “Gold,” a single from the Minneapolis native’s 1995 LP, The Gold Experience (issued under his shortly lived stage name, an unpronounceable symbol).
The vinyl release — a collaboration between the Timberwolves, Sony and the Prince Estate — caps off a run of eight games honoring the late musician, who, as immortalized in a classic Chappelle’s Show sketch, was a massive basketball fan. During “City Edition” nights, the Timberwolves wore special, Nike-designed jerseys featuring a purple base and lettering, along with lettering that mimics the Purple Rain art font. The team also hosted Prince-themed halftime performances from Sheila E., Liv Warfield, Morris Day, Sounds of Blackness and Judith Hill; the final act for the April 5th game has yet to be announced.
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- Prince - Purple Rain + Poster - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £30.00, $41.70, €35.10 (New Item) (arrived 22-Jun-2021 09:19)
PRINCE Purple Rain (1984 UK limited edition 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including God Instrumental & God Vocal, picture sleeve with 20" x 30" fold-out poster. The sleeve has a faint sticker mark in the top right corner and the vinyl has only a couple of light paper scuffs to show for its 30 years! W9174T)
- Prince - 1999 - Nineteen Ninety Nine - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $27.80, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 27-May-2021 10:57)
PRINCE 1999 (1983 UK 11-track double LP manufactured in Germany for the UK market, complete with original illustrated lyric inners, wide spined single pocket picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in superb condition with only light signs of play)
- Prince - One Nite Alone.. - Purple vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $34.75, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 19-May-2021 09:46)
PRINCE One Nite Alone.. (2020 UK 10-track LP pressed on PURPLE VINYL, featuring solo piano and voice by Prince, including U're Gonna C Me and A Case Of U, picture sleeve with download code - still sealed in its hype-stickered shrinkwrap)
- Prince - One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! - Purple vinyl - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £35.00, $48.65, €40.95 (New Item) (arrived 19-May-2021 10:13)
PRINCE One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! (Up Late With Prince & The NPG) (2020 UK limited edition 9-track double LP pressed on PURPLE VINYL featuring Prince's legendary late-night aftershow concerts from 2002, released for the first time on vinyl. Housed in a gatefold picture sleeve - still sealed in its hype stickered shrinkwrap)
- Prince - Purple Rain - 'Awards' Stickered Sleeve - German - vinyl LP - £20.00, $27.80, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 19-May-2021 10:22)
PRINCE Purple Rain (1984 German 9-track vinyl LP including the classic hit singles When Doves Cry & Purple Rain, with original lyric inner and 'Awards Winner!' hype stickered glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some edge wear and the vinyldisplays little evidence of play 925110-1)
- Prince - Purple Rain - 'Awards' Stickered Sleeve - EX - German - vinyl LP - £15.00, $20.85, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 19-May-2021 10:29)
PRINCE Purple Rain (1984 German 9-track vinyl LP including the classic hit singles When Doves Cry & Purple Rain, 'Awards Winner!' purple & white hype stickered glossy picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve shows some light edgewear, whilst the vinyl looks barley played)
- Prince - Let's Go Crazy + Stickered Sleeve - UK - 12" vinyl - £20.00, $27.80, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 21-May-2021 11:56)
PRINCE Let's Go Crazy (1985 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single featuring the 7:35 Extended Version of the classic from the Purple Rain album, also including Take Me With You plus the 7:24 Erotic City. The picture sleeve retains its song hype-sticker on the front and shows just light wear while the vinyl remains in barely played condition W2000T)
- Prince - Girls & Boys - UK - 12" vinyl - £12.00, $16.68, €14.04 (New Item) (arrived 24-May-2021 15:18)
PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION Girls & Boys (1986 UK 3-track 12" single featuring the LP Version, Under The Cherry Moon & Erotic City Make Love Not War... The delicate picture sleeve shows some ring wear scuffing yet the vinyl is excellent & appears barely played W8586T)
- Prince - 1999 - RSD18 - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $41.69, €35.09 (New Item) (arrived 26-May-2021 11:42)
PRINCE 1999 (2018 UK/EU limited edition 'Special 1-LP 7-track version' originally released in 1983 and now available pressed on 180-gram vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day. Includes the singles 1999, Little Red Corvette, Delirious and Let's Pretend We're Married. Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed)
- Prince - Purple Rain + Poster - Japanese - vinyl LP - £45.00, $62.55, €52.65 (New Item) (arrived 28-May-2021 12:12)
PRINCE Purple Rain (1984 Japanese 9-track LP, housed in the iconic picture sleeve complete with Japanese insert, 28" x 22" fold-out poster & 'Prince Is The Drug' obi-strip. The packaging shows few signs of its age & the poster is unused. The vinyl is Excellent to Near Mint with merely the odd faint hairline not affecting play. A great copy! P-13021)
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