51 Hours: What's the Story Behind This Song?

I just recently discovered this song and think it's just amazing, better than anything on Diamonds and Pearls or the Love Symbol album.

Does anyone know any details about it or a link to a good source?

I actually like this track as well.
It surprised me to find out it was Diamond & Pearl on vocals.
I know they had vinyl pressed for the single but it's a rare find.
It was never officially released.

its $500 online

Here's the story so far. But someone might want to quickly ask Chronic Freeze what he knows about it before he leaves, since this was during his tenure.

That Dan Sheldon in the article is me

lyrics please

a really, really weak and horrid track!, this is NOT amongst the 'holy grail' of long last / bootleg trax. I have a copy on an old compilation cassette and I have not listened to it since around '98!. Reminded me of 'explodin' all over Europe' i.e. another pile of derivitive doo doo!. If you see it for sale PLEASE save your money!.

This track doesn't get much love. I don't think it's that bad. The bootleg copies of it were all absolutely horrible quality. Is it the greatest song? No but it isn't the worst. Jughead anyone? As for being the holy grail, it was for me being a 12" single collector. That article is pretty old as I now have over 200 12" singles from 10 countries.

EDIT:
After reading the original post again, this song isn't better than everything on the "Diamonds and pearls" or "Symbol" albums
[Edited 10/31/09 3:54am]

This is interesting, thanx for posting. What does "51" represent? I realize Prince is 51 years old right now...and I realize he has distant reletives from the "Area 51."

What is the song about?

No one's mentioned it's "composed and produced by Mark Forester" ???

Sounds like prince lyrics though?

I kinda like the laughing @ the beginning & end

djdaffy1227 said:

That Dan Sheldon in the article is me

[51 Hours Pic]

lotusflw3r said:

Damn! I hate to miss out on Prince songs

Tame said:

You asked me for a kiss
But I tied you up instead
See what I mean?
That's what you get
For thinking with the wrong head.

squirrelgrease said:

djdaffy1227 said:

That Dan Sheldon in the article is me

[51 Hours Pic]

I figured it had to be an orger. That's very cool. Where did the article first appear?

nosajd said:

djdaffy1227 said:

djdaffy1227 said:

This track doesn't get much love. I don't think it's that bad. The bootleg copies of it were all absolutely horrible quality. Is it the greatest song? No but it isn't the worst. Jughead anyone? As for being the holy grail, it was for me being a 12" single collector. That article is pretty old as I now have over 200 12" singles from 10 countries.

EDIT:
After reading the original post again, this song isn't better than everything on the "Diamonds and pearls" or "Symbol" albums
[Edited 10/31/09 3:54am]

djdaffy1227 said:[quote]

squirrelgrease said:

Thanks..."51 Hour Slave." Got it.

realm said:

WatchThemFall said:

>>What's your address man, I'll send ya a 51 Hrs 12" for you to put your
>>energy into instead of this one

> 51 Hours? No, I don't think that's something WB's authorized, so it's not
>real . Seriously though T, how many of those things do you have tucked away?

I think I have 3 left out of about 10 or 15.... I didn't count them,
I tossed 30 out into the wind to make folks feel there were alot of
trhem for some reason, as if 30 is "alot"

> You mean you fib to suit your own whims? Shock! I've seen a few of
>the 51 Hours being auctioned on Ebay by different people over the past few
>years, and I rarely look for Prince stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if there
>were 30 or more floating around.

Trust me man, I owned each and every single one made.

^ Thanks for posting that Bart. Very good information to know.

So, is T around anymore... maybe here under a different moniker? You don't need to identify him/her.

it might be very rare, but the actual song sucks..

Hello... I'm Come funkateer 'Danceelectric'
from Housequake.com

2 versions are on the iVault. One version is 3:22 the other is 4:21.

"I hope you like your milkshake thick!"

BartVanHemelen said:

Tame said: