ur work is greatly appreciated

scififilmnerd said:

I had never read this particular article... Priceless!!

Thanks so much for your exhaustive work scififilmnerd, and thanks also to squirrelgrease for all the visual aids!!

Here's the playlist I made for myself in anticipation of this thread:
NPG Operator (Intro) (album vers.)
Get Wild (album vers.)
(Segue) (album vers.)
New Power Soul (5:39 alt vers)
Mad (Sonny vocal)
Sonny
Slave 2 The System
Acknowledge Me
Super Hero / Outta Space
Sonny Turns The TV Off
Count The Days (album)
The Good Life (album)
Somebody's Somebody (Derek Hughes, 4:28)
Cherry Cherry (album)
(Segue) (album)
Return Of The Bump Squad (album)
Funky Design (NPG vers)
Mashed Potato Girl (Intro)
(Segue)
Big Fun
DJ Seduces Sonny (alt)
It Takes 3
New Power Day
Rain
Hallucination Rain (ext vers)
Spooky Soup
Love... Thy Will Be Done
Funky
Proud Mary
NPG Bum Rush The Ship (album)
The Exodus Has Begun (album)
(Outro) (album)
Free The Music (ext vers)
The Good Life (Big City Remix)
Get Wild (Money Maker)

Thanks again for all the hard work compiling all this great info!!

I might have had segues on my compilation too if there'd been room for them. My favorite is NPG Bum Rush The Ship because, well, y'know, it's science fiction.

But I also think the segue prior to Return Of The Bump Squad is cool. "Move, nigga!"

Hey, I just noticed that although it says in the cover credits that Eric Leeds plays saxophone and flute on The Good Life, he does no such thing.

So I will delete that bit from the text immediately.

Thanks for Sonny's interview ! Very interesting...

Oh, and scififilmnerd, not only your work is extraordinary but your avatar is always a pleasure to see...

scififilmnerd said:

Yeah, I've found making playlists on my iPod very different from my days of making mixtapes & cd's, by having no time limit I find it easier to focus on just the tracks I want in the order I want, regardless of length... it's definitely a different approach.

Graycap23 said:

scififilmnerd said:

That seque cracks me the hell up!

Big props to Squirrelgrease for the excellent supplemental material.

babynoz said:

I just love the "stay calm and no one will be hurt" Followed by lazer fire and "What'd he say?"

They definitely had fun making that album

babynoz said:

No problem.

Now I just noticed that the NPG Hornz play on It Takes 3.

I've already added it in the text.

I LOVED the NPG Hornz and what they added to 's music.

certainly made some funky music in 1994. If Pussy Control hadn't been added to The Gold Experience, he could have included it on an album that would have been his most funky this side of 1999 with tracks like Get Wild, Mad, Return Of The Bump Squad, Big Fun and Funky Design with Somebody's Somebody thrown in as the token ballad.

But getting Exodus instead wasn't so bad, really.

scififilmnerd said:

After reading the different configurations that Come and Gold went through, the tracks that were edited or changed, and the general concensus that the fans lost out on better, more solid albums due to WB dragging their feet with the release dates. I'm glad Exodus was released as it was, I think this is one album that got better with time, the original configuration isn't anywhere near as good as the final product.

Nosferatu said:

I agree. For once, the fans didn't lose. That is, the European fans didn't lose. I suppose the US fans DID.

Bookmarked for later reading

I like a lot of the out-takes from Exodus, but 'It Takes 3' is pretty poor. The full version of Hallucination Rain is one of my all time favourite Prince tracks, it should've definately been included

Too bad the NPG version of Love... Thy Will Be Done was never released. The guitar work is so damn nice. Of course, Prince could replace Sonny's vocals and I wouldn't mind a bit.

scififilmnerd said:

that's what imports r 4 i didn't lose nada lol

Thanks for this! I always wondered what happened with a US release of Exodus. Now, it all makes sense. This was especially because there was a WB catalog # for it given at the back of the US single for "The Good Life." I spent a nice part of my 8th grade graduation $ getting the German import. I think its a great album, especially the song "New Power Soul."

NouveauDance said:

I agree.

NouveauDance said:

I think the edit suits it.

The dang views-counter ain't working!

Now I can't keep track of how many people check my article out.

scififilmnerd said:

Lots.....

Nosferatu said:

Agree 100 percent.

the day really brightens up when you find the new article! can't wait for C&D, but sadly it will be the last...

scififilmnerd said:

Me too. The horn section he's had since 2001 hasn't been to my liking.

There is a version of this release with a holographic case that appears for silly money on eBay now-and-again... Is this an official limited release/promo version, or is it like the Diamonds and Pearls 'Paisley box'?

Nosferatu said:

By all accounts, the Exodus holographic tin is a legit German promo. EDEL Records 0061032NPG.

squirrelgrease said:

You must have LOVED the live version from London with singing, then.
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squirrelgrease said:

I've always found this design horribly perverse.
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