I used to have a version of this from the 80's. It was really funky. Unfortunately my ex destroyed a lot of my rare Prince items. Anyone know where I can find this? I believe it was a B side from a single from the batman era.... i think

ronnwinter said:

I used to have a version of this from the 80's. It was really funky. Unfortunately my ex destroyed a lot of my rare Prince items. Anyone know where I can find this? I believe it was a B side from a single from the batman era.... i think

did u call the cops on her?

ronnwinter said:

I used to have a version of this from the 80's. It was really funky. Unfortunately my ex destroyed a lot of my rare Prince items. Anyone know where I can find this? I believe it was a B side from a single from the batman era.... i think

for real, a 1980's studio version?

The closest I know of is from the Lovesexy aftershows,

There is a 1988 studio version that's been out there for years. I have it, however the quality is very muddy at best. There is very little difference from the '88 version to the '99 version.

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hhhhdmt said:

ronnwinter said:

I used to have a version of this from the 80's. It was really funky. Unfortunately my ex destroyed a lot of my rare Prince items. Anyone know where I can find this? I believe it was a B side from a single from the batman era.... i think

did u call the cops on her?

No..doubt they would have helped me, seeing as she was probably sleeping with half the force, Lol.

joyinrepetition said:

There is a 1988 studio version that out there for years. I have it, however the quality is very muddy at best. There is very little difference from the '88 version to the '99 version.

To me, the difference is huge! The version I had was much more upbeat and fun. the 99 version BLOWS!

I remember wearing that single out! Played it over and over!

OldFriends4Sale said:

ronnwinter said:

I used to have a version of this from the 80's. It was really funky. Unfortunately my ex destroyed a lot of my rare Prince items. Anyone know where I can find this? I believe it was a B side from a single from the batman era.... i think

for real, a 1980's studio version?

The closest I know of is from the Lovesexy aftershows,

Yes, its a lot better version than wat he put on the Rave album.

ronnwinter said:

hhhhdmt said:

did u call the cops on her?

No..doubt they would have helped me, seeing as she was probably sleeping with half the force, Lol.

lol

I wish i knew this version. Does anyone know of the orignal tracklist for this project?

joyinrepetition said:

There is a 1988 studio version that's been out there for years. I have it, however the quality is very muddy at best. There is very little difference from the '88 version to the '99 version.

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Yeah they sound pretty much the same...Even down to the vocals

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hhhhdmt said:

I wish i knew this version. Does anyone know of the orignal tracklist for this project?

ronnwinter said:

I used to have a version of this from the 80's. It was really funky. Unfortunately my ex destroyed a lot of my rare Prince items. Anyone know where I can find this? I believe it was a B side from a single from the batman era.... i think

Are you talking about "200 Balloons"? There's a sample of "Rave" in there. It was also a B-Side.

OldFriends4Sale said:

hhhhdmt said:

I wish i knew this version. Does anyone know of the orignal tracklist for this project?

thanks alot, itd be interesting to see how this project would have done if it had been released. Then again Prince probably needed commercial success at the time and batman was the way to get it.

You could never have heard that on a single because it was never released as a single, unless you're talking about the bit on 200 Balloons.

The released version is exactly the same as the 1988 version. He just deleted an instrumental break with some eastern overtones on it.

Regarding the tracklist for the original 'Rave...' 1988 album it was never completely clear. There was at least two probable tracklists and some songs were slated for this project as well as for some early configs of 'Graffiti Bridge'.

Some years ago there was a 'version' of the 'album' circulating on p2p that was nothing but a poor fan-made cut&paste effort. Instead of 'Stimulation' (which has never circulated) he'd put one of the early Loring Park instrumentals. Lame as hell.

OldFriends4Sale said:

hhhhdmt said:

I wish i knew this version. Does anyone know of the orignal tracklist for this project?

Wow, that would have been some album..

hhhhdmt said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

thanks alot, itd be interesting to see how this project would have done if it had been released. Then again Prince probably needed commercial success at the time and batman was the way to get it.

Prince could have done both, it's not like it took a lot of time to do Batman

Rave would have been successful, music wise it would have been better than Lovesexy, Cat prob would have stayed, prob wouldn't have had the disagreement with Sheila on the direction of her album etc etc

OldFriends4Sale said:

hhhhdmt said:

thanks alot, itd be interesting to see how this project would have done if it had been released. Then again Prince probably needed commercial success at the time and batman was the way to get it.

Prince could have done both, it's not like it took a lot of time to do Batman

Rave would have been successful, music wise it would have been better than Lovesexy, Cat prob would have stayed, prob wouldn't have had the disagreement with Sheila on the direction of her album etc etc

true, rave would have probably performed well and gotten good critical reviews. And he could have done both, but i am not sure if releasing two albums in the same year would have been a good idea

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Sorry but I can't see how can you infer that Cat would've stayed and he and Sheila wouldn't have argued about her album had he released Rave...

hhhhdmt said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince could have done both, it's not like it took a lot of time to do Batman

Rave would have been successful, music wise it would have been better than Lovesexy, Cat prob would have stayed, prob wouldn't have had the disagreement with Sheila on the direction of her album etc etc

true, rave would have probably performed well and gotten good critical reviews. And he could have done both, but i am not sure if releasing two albums in the same year would have been a good idea

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why not? the Black Album was supposed to be released in 87.

hhhhdmt said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince could have done both, it's not like it took a lot of time to do Batman

Rave would have been successful, music wise it would have been better than Lovesexy, Cat prob would have stayed, prob wouldn't have had the disagreement with Sheila on the direction of her album etc etc

true, rave would have probably performed well and gotten good critical reviews. And he could have done both, but i am not sure if releasing two albums in the same year would have been a good idea

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OnlyNDaUsa said:

hhhhdmt said:

true, rave would have probably performed well and gotten good critical reviews. And he could have done both, but i am not sure if releasing two albums in the same year would have been a good idea

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why not? the Black Album was supposed to be released in 87.

o i forgot lol. But i do think releasing two albums a year would be kind of overexposing for any artist. Anyway looking at this tracklist, rave would have been a pretty good album.

paisleypark4 said:

hhhhdmt said:

true, rave would have probably performed well and gotten good critical reviews. And he could have done both, but i am not sure if releasing two albums in the same year would have been a good idea

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should have released this album instead of Diamonds and Pearls..good lord...

or maybe combine the best work from both albums and then release

I wish he had released it after Batman in 1990 instead of Graffiti Bridge with following tracklist

Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic

New Power Generation

Thieves In The Temple

Elephants And Flowers

The Voice Inside

The Question Of U

Pink Cashmere

God Is Alive

We Can Funk

Joy In Repetition

Melody Cool

Still Would Stand All Time

Moonbeam levels

Singles would have been,

Thieves b side I Can't Stop This Feeling I got

New Power Generation B side Love Machine

The Question Of U B Side If I had a Harem

Pink Cashmere B side Good Man

You may be thinking of Batdance (The Batmix)...

A lot more Rave Un2 on this particular version.

jwsullivan said:

ronnwinter said:

I used to have a version of this from the 80's. It was really funky. Unfortunately my ex destroyed a lot of my rare Prince items. Anyone know where I can find this? I believe it was a B side from a single from the batman era.... i think

Are you talking about "200 Balloons"? There's a sample of "Rave" in there. It was also a B-Side.

There are actually strong similarities, but theyre 2 different songs.

vitriol said:

You could never have heard that on a single because it was never released as a single, unless you're talking about the bit on 200 Balloons.

The released version is exactly the same as the 1988 version. He just deleted an instrumental break with some eastern overtones on it.

Regarding the tracklist for the original 'Rave...' 1988 album it was never completely clear. There was at least two probable tracklists and some songs were slated for this project as well as for some early configs of 'Graffiti Bridge'.

Some years ago there was a 'version' of the 'album' circulating on p2p that was nothing but a poor fan-made cut&paste effort. Instead of 'Stimulation' (which has never circulated) he'd put one of the early Loring Park instrumentals. Lame as hell.

Well.. I do know for a FACT that it was on a single. And it was called Rave unto the joy fantastic. It was a Bside. And no, it was NOT 200 balloons

hyperpessimist said:

You may be thinking of Batdance (The Batmix)...

A lot more Rave Un2 on this particular version.

Hmm... You know, you may be onto something. Was the bside called rave unto the joy fantastic?

You know... maybe I just had some kinda weird cassette that some doctored up to say that title. I cant find it any where, and Im starting to believe it was actually the Batdance maxi single

ronnwinter said:

hyperpessimist said:

You may be thinking of Batdance (The Batmix)...

A lot more Rave Un2 on this particular version.

Hmm... You know, you may be onto something. Was the bside called rave unto the joy fantastic?

no it was "200 balloons" but it also has a rave sample

vitriol said:

Sorry but I can't see how can you infer that Cat would've stayed and he and Sheila wouldn't have argued about her album had he released Rave...

I not, that was just a crazy time for me as a Prince fan,

I know they knew about the Graffiti Bridge project, and probably thought it was going to be crap like everyone else did

the direction of her next album in correlation with the GB project might of stunk