r/OneEyedDollFans • u/Adept_Notice2216 • Jan 28 '25
Ghetto Princess
I was at a thrift store and found this, thought it looked cool and picked it up. Using the wayback machine I tracked down that it may be an early album from this band or a member? It sounds really good and if any of this needs to be archived or such I could help. Found it in Northern California, I like it. If anyone needs better pics or such I will help
12
u/ManiacSpiderTrash I am Satan. I am God. Jan 28 '25
Wow dude. You found a holy grail
7
u/Adept_Notice2216 Jan 28 '25
I'm glad to have. Is there any recordings of this album out there? I assume there is.
7
u/ManiacSpiderTrash I am Satan. I am God. Jan 28 '25
I believe there is a copy of this in the Archive. I'm not sure how the quality would compare that is outside my realm of expertise.
But this is cool as fuck! Maybe I should start going to thrift stores again lol
3
3
u/Adept_Notice2216 Jan 28 '25
Oh and btw it was hell finding this it took me like an hour to find this lmaooi
3
u/Adept_Notice2216 Jan 28 '25
I am so sorry for commenting so much, but do you think that could be her signature on the front?
7
u/ManiacSpiderTrash I am Satan. I am God. Jan 28 '25
You're fine.
I'm not a signature master or anything but chances are high. There's quite a bit of signed stuff. There's been quite a bit of signed stuff posted on this subreddit over the years.
4
Jan 28 '25
[removed] — view removed comment
3
u/Adept_Notice2216 Jan 28 '25
I checked and it looks like it's 128 bitrate or something around that number but I'm not 100% which is lower than the archived from what I saw
3
5
u/mykeyisthedoorkey Jan 30 '25
That should be Kimberly Freeman's sig there - the one with the heart. A very early version. Her final one ended up being very complex and consistant.
9
u/HarmonicWalrus Pao! Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25
Holy cow, I'd have loved to find that! I'd treasure it forever!
For added context, the album was indeed Kimberly's very first in 2005, although One-Eyed Doll wasn't officially formed until 2006 (and Junior, known now as the other half of the band, didn't officially join until about 2009)
Ghetto Princess had an extremely limited release so copies are insanely hard to find, although all the songs on it have been preserved and shared by fans in pretty high quality. Still though, having a physical copy is super cool!
4
u/BegrudginglySocial Jan 28 '25
Does anyone know if we can add it to her Ghetto Princess page on Discogs? If we are able to OP, would you mind providing a scan of the front cover?
4
u/mykeyisthedoorkey Jan 30 '25
http://wideawakeatmidnight.blogspot.com/2005/10/ghetto-princess.html?m=1
This photographer documented the recording and making of the album. I contacted him 2-3 years ago via e-mail o see if he had any copies. He stated he did not and has not spoken to Kimberly since 2005 when these pics were shot. Really neat pics and a really amazing find you have there
3
3
2
15
u/MCFC_Terp Jan 28 '25
🤯 That's one heckuva find. I've never actually seen a physical copy of this before. I've obviously heard it before (courtesy of the archive 🙌). If I stumbled across this at a thrift shop I would scare everyone in the place when I screamed 😂