I was always partial to America, Girl, Hello & La La La He He Hee.
Recently discovered the bootleg I Would Die 4 u that runs 26 plus minutes and love it to death!

Pop Muthafuckin' Life

lets go crazy(extended version from the movie)

computer blue

i have been itching to hear the 21 min.long version of america

WetDream said:

I always thought it was "Someone get Grandma a bath"...I'm either an idiot or wrote a better line than Prince.

ernestsewell said:

I have always thought that the 12" version was extended (as noted on the record) relative to the movie version. Regardless...as ernestwell states...Prince called it the extended version and I think he would be the expert on the topic.

Love Or Money
America
She's Always In My Hair
Hot Thing

The US 45 for "Mountains" has a shorter version of "Alexa De Paris" on the B-side that only clocked in at 3:20, so, yes, there is an extended mix on the 12".

http://sleevographia2.fre...ercher.htm

I'm going with 'Mountains' after that, 'Anotherloverholeinyohead.'

Little Red Corvette (love the bass and rhythm guitar breakdown section and the "velvet sweat" speech part)
Mountains (the last part of the track from 4 mins or so onwards with the synthesised horn keyboard lines. Anyone ever thought that the extended outro portion of Alright by Janet Jackson (Jam and Lewis production) sounds very very similar (I'm probably thinking of the video version when Janet and her dancers are all in the street while everyone takes their turn dancing).

Unlike many I prefer the album version of Mountains to the 12" except for the instrumental part.

Favourite would have to be Kiss.

nobody mentions space universal love remix?



It's an album worth on his own. xtimes better then the album version.

EDD said:

That is a classic but I guess people are concentrating on Extended Mixes rather than remixes.

squirrelgrease said:

BING-FUCKING-O! Thank you!!!!

I think conceptually, musically, and just freakishly in general:

I Wish U Heaven (Parts I,II,III)

favorite is la la la he he hee
anotherloverholenyohead
i wish u heaven
kiss
america
thieves in the temple
let's go crazy
she's always in my hair


but 2 b honest, it's hard 2 say what's really xtended in some instances cause if u listen 2 she's always in my hair and la la la, it seems like it was just the proper length of the track, with the edited versions available 4 7" singles.

something obvious like kiss, anotherloverholenyohead where it's like another recording session then mixed in2 the xtended version

Faves

1) I wish U Heaven - worst choice for a single off that CD but the best extended version. I was not ready for that one. It also was the first extended version I bought with my own cash.
2) La, La, La, He, he, he - I have a memory of my uncles studing the cover and swearing that Cat was prince in drag. But that groove was so relentless.
3) Kiss - too many reasons to list.
4) Computer Blues (unreleased version) - I finally know what the words on the covers mean!! LOL

Least Favs -
1) Mountains - That snares drives me insane!
2) america - I really don't get why people love this one so much it seems to just repeat. Maybe I will give it another listen since it is getting so much love. It just seems to be the same groove just looped

DecaturStone said:

It ain't looped, it's them playing live, and the tape literally ran out just before the song fades (I think they should have left that in actually). It's one thing to listen to that, but to jam on something for 28 minutes is another. I can see why he'd leave the whole thing on the record. He said "It felt good to play, so maybe it'll feel good to listen to." I can appreciate the jam/vamp nature of it from a band stand point, for sure.

i think the my name is prince extended is pretty cool, its a bit frustrating listening to some remixes and extended versions because some of them can be a bit sloppily mixed, look at the lets work extended, the crowd sounds, annie christian samples etc, i done my own mixes cutting out the crap and they benefit greatly!

razord said:

a simple case of technology then and technology now

Mountains.

i also love another lonely christmas extended verson, extra guitars, very cool!

ernestsewell said:

I have both records, so I never thought this would even be an argument. Genesia was probably just having a brain-fart. We all do that.

L4OATheOriginal said:

The Paisley Park extended is biggest victim of this. You can hear where the tape is spliced. ( A bit off topic but the Time's 'I don't wanna leave U' At the end is worst offender of bad tech , actually ' If the Kid can't make you come' as well.)

America, Let's Work, She's Always in My Hair, Erotic City are my fav 12in. extended versions. (Honorable mention: The original Computer Blue)

squirrelgrease said:

Wasn't an argument to me, cuz I knew I was right. LOL

How could I forget Paisly Park and I wish u Heaven. I didn't like this single (I Wish) until the extended version.
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Lawd... how to answer this?? HARD question.

I love so many... 'Mountains' particularly . But, today, I gotta go with 'U Got The Look (Long Look)'. That opening... ... I just love the entire thing.

DecaturStone said:

i can't tell u how many times i listened 2 i don't wanna leave u and thought my vinyl had a scratch then got the cd and heard the same thing lol