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Prince Signed CD- Purple Rain Or Purple Pain?

Hi Everyone- Would love to have opinions on this signed copy of Prince's Purple Rain soundtrack on CD. Real or not? All opinions greatly appreciated... -Syren

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 23, 2019 at 3:18pm

That does not look naturally signed to me - see what others say. He is very rare in any form.

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Permalink Reply by Syreena Sexxton on October 23, 2019 at 4:33pm

Hi! Unless I'm missing something there's no actual text in your reply. Thanks... I guess (lol)? Nice to hear from you as always and I hope you're doing well. -Syren

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Permalink Reply by Syreena Sexxton on October 23, 2019 at 4:35pm

Okay- now this is strange... I don't see MY text in my own reply to YOUR reply. Is the site experiencing some technical difficulties or am I going crazy here?

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Permalink Reply by Syreena Sexxton on October 23, 2019 at 6:24pm

Hi Eric. I don't know what happened but I'm now able to see your reply. By "naturally signed" do you mean it looks like someone is slowly trying to copy the flow of a signature that they're looking at in the moment rather than blindly signing it as if it were their own? Yes, authentic examples are indeed rare. I've been lucky to collect a few in person like the one seen below, but I'm always on the fence with even the most compelling of 3rd party offerings.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 23, 2019 at 7:12pm

I meant self conscious and as if forced. Odd forms. Looks like a kid with his hand in the cookie jar if that makes sense. It is also an incredibly distracting background...

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 23, 2019 at 7:21pm

The OP image also has a stylistic formation feature not seen in the second image, among other things.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 23, 2019 at 7:23pm

It would be interesting to blow out the distracting border pattern and see only the ink. That would have to be started in the exposure I believe. I suspect it would look quite odd.