Agree with wokeupnew on Dirty Mind being a good entry point, it got me hooked on Prince too. On top of the other albums already mentioned, I regularly listen to Originals, which collects songs by Prince that he gave to other artists.
My No Format pass package arrived yesterday, just in the time for the AOTM release. Listening right now to Les Égarés and enjoying it very much. Thanks for this great AOTM thread! I had never heard of No Format before.
Being hung up on the Uncle Buck soundrack now thanks to Clue #3, I´m going to guess it is something by the Chordettes, as they are a quartet and their song Mr. Sandman appears on the Uncle Buck Soundtrack. Maybe The Chordettes - The Chordettes (1957) ?
Here´s my ranked list with the assigned points in brackets. Many usual suspects on here, but I would like to highlight Mystic Jungle as I didn´t see them on any year end list. They´re from Naples and if you´re into electronic funk/disco, you might want to check out their album. The vinyl for...
March is supposed to be jawdropping in some way, right? Would be cool to see Jai Paul getting the vinyl treatment, but I guess it is more likely to be Justin Timberlake or Pusha-T.
Dj Quik released Book of David in 2011 but started recording in 2009 according to Wikipedia. He´s from Compton. I´ve never heard of this album before though 😅
I stick to my first guess: The Beatles - White Album.
I tried to obsessively link all the hints and I come up with the following:
1: Three animals involved: Several types of animals to choose from on the tracklist, including a bunch of three from the same species: Blackbird, Rockey Racoon and...
I agree with you on the quality GOD pressing of Hell Hath No Fury. It sounds very flat and doesn´t do justice to the production of the album. Especially compared to the VMP version of Lord Willin - if they would press Hell Hath No Fury with a similar mastering, that would be great.
My copy has got a lot of sibilance on every side. The overall mix is just awful. But there are different promo copies, hope you have a better one if only side C is affected.
But judging from the formulation in the hint "not properly released", I hope we get a proper repress of this D.I.T.C...