Prince – 1999
Label: |
Warner Bros. Records – 9 W1-23720 |
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Country: |
US |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Funk / Soul |
Style: |
Pop Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | 1999 | 6:22 | |
| A2 | Little Red Corvette | 4:58 | |
| A3 | Delirious | 3:56 | |
| B1 | Let's Pretend We're Married | 7:20 | |
| B2 | D.M.S.R. | 8:05 | |
| C1 | Automatic | 9:24 | |
| C2 | Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) | 4:00 | |
| C3 | Free | 5:00 | |
| D1 | Lady Cab Driver | 8:25 | |
| D2 | All The Critics Love U In New York | 5:55 | |
| D3 | International Lover | 6:35 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Sunset Sound
- Mixed At – Sunset Sound
- Mastered At – A&M Studios
- Published By – Controversy Music
- Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Copyright © – WEA International Inc.
- Copyright © – Controversy Music
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA International Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Manufactured By – Columbia House – 9 W1-23720
- Licensed To – Columbia House – 9 W1-23720
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
Credits
- Engineer [2nd] – Don Batts
- Lacquer Cut By – Chet* (tracks: D1 to D3)
- Management – Cavallo, Ruffalo & Fargnoli
- Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer [Performed By] – Prince
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Peggy McCreary
Notes
This version is the Columbia House record club pressing. It can be identified by the manufacturer's information printed on the back cover and by the alternate catalog number on the spine.
Side B label is misprinted with "Made in S A" on top-left printing instead of "Made in U S A" correctly as on the lower printing.
There is also a RCA Music Service record club pressing.
Catalog number on the labels: 1-23720
Catalog number on the spine: 9 W1-23720
Back cover and labels:
© 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
℗ 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Inner sleeves: All songs © 1982 Controversy Music
Side B label is misprinted with "Made in S A" on top-left printing instead of "Made in U S A" correctly as on the lower printing.
There is also a RCA Music Service record club pressing.
Catalog number on the labels: 1-23720
Catalog number on the spine: 9 W1-23720
Back cover and labels:
© 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
℗ 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Inner sleeves: All songs © 1982 Controversy Music
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Other (Inner-sleeve): 23720-1
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Variant 1 Etched): <B. MP> W1-23720 B G1C 11 G1 A7
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Variant 1 Etched): (H-TR) WI-23720-A G1A G1 A11
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C Variant 1 Etched): W1-23720C-1E G1 A8
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D Variant 1 Etched): <chet MP> W1-23720D G1D A10
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Variant 2 Etched; except "11" Stamped ): <JxmP> W1-23720-A GIC 11 G1 A3
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Variant 2 Etched; except "D" Stamped ): <B. MP> W1-23720 B GIC D G1 B8
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C Variant 2 Etched; except "D" Stamped ): W1-23720C-1G D G1 D6
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D Variant 2 Etched): W1-23720D-1B G1 C7
- Matrix / Runout ( Runout Side A Variant 3 Etched): (H-TR) WI-23720-A G1A G1 A1D
- Matrix / Runout ( Runout Side B Variant 3 Etched): <B.MP> WI-23720B G/C G B1D
- Matrix / Runout ( Runout Side C Variant 3 Etched, E is stamped): ᴱ WI-23720C-1B G1 A8
- Matrix / Runout ( Runout Side D Variant 3 Etched): WI-23720D-1B G1 C11
- Pressing Plant ID: G1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Variant 4 Etched): <JxmP> W1-23720-A GIC G1 A15
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Variant 4 Etched): <B.MP> WI-23720B G/C G1 E3
- Matrix / Runout ( Runout Side C Variant 4 Etched): WI-23720C-1G G1 D10
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D Variant 4 Etched): <chet MP> W1-23720D G1D G1 A17
Other Versions (5 of 268)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| 1999 (2×LP, Album, Jacksonville Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | 9 23720-1 F, 9 23720-1, 23720-1, 1-23720 | US | 1982 | |||
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1999 (Cassette, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | 92. 3720-4, 923 720-4 | UK & Europe | 1982 | ||
| 1999 (2×LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | 23720-1 | Australia & New Zealand | 1982 | |||
| 1999 (2×LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | 92 37201 | Canada | 1982 | |||
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1999 (Cassette, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | 9 23720-4F, 4-23720 | US | 1982 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Mine is a Columbia House club edition of some kind. My copy has everything in the notes except on the back-side at the very bottom mine says:
“c 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc.”
Instead of (as indicated in the notes)
“c 1982 Warner Bros Records Inc. for the US & WEA International Inc. for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the US”
Is mine the club edition Pitman pressing or another club edition I do not see ed on Discogs? I’d appreciate if someone had some info! Thanks! Also, my copy is still sealed from 1982. -
This one takes me back, hard to believe it's been 41 years since it was released. All the big hits are packed on side one, but the other three sides maintain a high level of consistency. "Let's Pretend We're Married" never gets old, "Lady Cab Driver" remains an absurd masterpiece. This pressing sounds pretty good, honestly better than I expected, I the CD sounding pretty thin, and this is no sonic masterpiece, but it sounds more full, less compressed, and I'm pleased with it. Picked up a gently used copy on the cheap, there's some light surface noise at the beginning of each side, but this thing is pretty clean. -
Edited 3 years agoPrince's royal funk statement, which finds him taking elements of the core Parliament-Funkadelic aesthetic and putting his own spin on them. Even more than that, this sprawling, expressionistic statement had P fusing all of his dance roots with a unique new wave sensibility that was all his own. For me, this breakthrough classic is not only the consummation of Prince's earlier promise, but his legacy in dance music as well. Prince's unique consolidation of new wave, electro-funk and dance elements stretched across the entire spectrum and had everyone going back to their labs to reevaluate their gameplay. "Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)" alone unarguably predated 70% of what is hailed in contemporary black music as avant-garde or "alternative," post-1982. Scratch that--two-thirds of 1999's third side (save "Free"), along with "D.M.S.R." and "Let's Pretend We're Married" live up to that statement. "Something in the Water," in particular was rhythmically and sonically ahead of the curve,
I never felt the need to upgrade my 1982 original Columbia House pressing of this classic, as it sounds solid. For a not-so-well recorded album that always sounded on the flat and "cold" side, it's still very much full of dynamics. -
It's Prince and it's a good record idk what to say. A2 sounds a little distorted/overdriven but whatever.
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