PRINCE - The Black Album

Item Description

Vinyl,
LP Album

Cover:
UK: WX 147 925 677-1 [spine, the rest is plain black]
Embossed [Warner Music "W" logo]

Barcode sticker:
UK: WX 147
Warner Bros. Records, Inc., a Warner Communications Company [Warner Music "W" logo]. 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 91510. 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019. © ℗ 1987
Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the US and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the US. [...]. Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf
Pressé en Allemagne par Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf
[Warner Music "W" logo] a Warner Communications Company

Labels:
WX147
All songs published by (G.B. only): Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH
All songs published by Controversy Music ASCAP © ℗ 1987 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the US and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the US. Warner Bros. Records, Inc., a Warner Communications Company [Warner Music "W" logo] 3300 Warner Blvd. Burbank, Calif. 91510.

Remark:
This is the original/withdrawn edition made for Europe, an unknown quantity have been already dispatched before the entire production was destroyed.

The most prominent characteristics to spot an original:
The cover is embossed with the [Warner Music "W" logo] and features a barcode/legal text sticker
On the labels the '33' inside the orange triangle, is white ¹
'Side 1' and the tracklist numbering are on the same margin ²
Correct spelling of 'Rockhard' [track B4] and 'Outside' [rim text] ³

¹ = On counterfeits* & subsequent bootlegs the '33' is black
² = On counterfeits* & subsequent bootlegs it's the first letter of the titles
³ = On counterfeits* & subsequent bootlegs it's 'Rockard [sic: read Rockhard] in a funky place' and 'OUTISIDE' [sic: read OUTSIDE]
* = Example: [r=263933]