Hi, I know this is probably not the right place to ask, but does anyone have the track listing of the 3 CD set of The Dawn? (Or the covers.) thanks.

dont you mean "Crystal Ball" no such 3 cd Official set exists called 'The Dawn" prince had an album slated with that title on the "Holy river cassette but it was swiftly changed to Crystal Ball

he means this comp


Subject: :: The Dawn



disc 1:
1. WELCOME 2 THE DAWN (2:04)
2. NPG operator (0:11)
3. COME (PART 1) (4:21)
4. ENDORPHIN MACHINE (3:50)
5. SPACE (5:11)
6. DAYS OF WILD (7:15)
7. NPG operator (0:17)
8. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD (4:55)
9. THE POPE (4:32)
10. RIPOPGODAZIPPA (4:37)
11. NPG operator (0:05)
12. RACE (7:26)
13. EMPTY ROOM (3:15)
14. NPG operator (0:06)
15. MAD (5:29)
16. ROCK & ROLL IS ALIVE (4:31)
17. SHHH (6:57)
18. STRAYS OF THE WORLD (4:41)
disc 2:
1. PUSSY CONTROL (5:3
2. NPG operator (0:09)
3. PEACH (3:05)
4. CHAOS & DISORDER (4:12)
5. SHY (4:55)
6. NPG operator (0:15)
7. PHEROMONE (4:27)
8. 319 (3:19)
9. HIDE THE BONE (5:05)
10. 18 & OVER (6:21)
11. NPG operator (0:14)
12. LEMME SEE THAT BODY GET LOOSE (4:30)
13. PAPA (2:4
14. NPG operator (0:05)
15. BILLY JACK BITCH (7:06)
16. I HATE U (8:50)
17. LET IT GO (5:31)
18. DON'T TALK 2 STRANGERS (3:12)
disc 3:
1. INTERACTIVE (3:01)
2. ACKNOWLEDGE ME (6:33)
3. NPG operator (0:09)
4. SOMEBODY'S SOMEBODY (3:43)
5. LOVE SIGN (4:30)
6. WHAT'S MY NAME (3:02)
7. THE RIDE (7:36)
8. NPG operator (0:19)
9. NOW (3:59)
10. FACE DOWN (2:09)
11. NPG operator (0:13)
12. 2MORROW (4:1
13. THE SAME DECEMBER (3:26)
14. EXTRAORDINARY (2:26)
15. DOLPHIN (6:17)
16. COME (PART 2) (10:04)
17. NPG operator (0:3 )
18. GOLD (7:22)

are these alternate takes or released versions??

origmnd said:

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Farfunknugin said:

Here's all the info from the "creator" of this great set, posted to HQ.
disc 1:
01. WELCOME 2 THE DAWN (2:04) – edit of the track available on ‘The Truth’.
02. npg operator (0:11
03. COME (PART 1) (4:21) – mix created using the Beautiful Experience remix (Deposition) and the original version (FAAB).
04. ENDORPHIN MACHINE (3:50) – taken from the Come original test pressing.
05. SPACE (5:10) – mix created using the album version, with snall bits from the Universal Love Mix and the Funky Stuff remix.
06. DAYS OF WILD (7:15) – mix created using the released live version on ‘Crystal Ball’ and the guitar solo from one of the AHDIO Shows from NPGMC year 1.
07. npg operator (0:17)
08. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD (4:55) – mix of ‘The Gold Experience’ album version and the unreleased ‘Mustang 96 Remix’ (The Work).
09. THE POPE (4:32) – mix created using the album version from ‘The Hits 2’, the promo only 12” remix, a drum loop from ‘Acknowledge Me’ (barely noticable) and a burst of ‘D.M.S.R.’ from the ‘1999’ album.
10. RIPOPGODAZIPPA (4:37) – taken from ‘Crystal Ball’.
11. npg operator (0:05)
12. RACE (8:20) – mix created using the video version (from the Beautiful Experience TV special) and the ‘Outta Space’ part of the unreleased NPG version of ‘Super Hero’ from the ‘Exodus’ sessions (Fantasia).
13. EMPTY ROOM (3:16) – unreleased track (The Work)
14. npg operator (0:06)
15. MAD (4:32) – edit of the unreleased track (Deposition).
16. ROCK & ROLL IS ALIVE (4:31) – b-side to ‘Gold’, pitch shifted up a semitone to get it in the right key.
17. SHHH (6:57) – taken from ‘The Gold Experience’
18. STRAYS OF THE WORLD (4:41) – edit of the track released on ‘Crystal Ball’ (Drum/fanfare intro ommitted and opening keyboard section extended.)

disc 2:
01. PUSSY CONTROL (5:38) – the VH1 Fashion Awards version (The Work), intro uses a snippet of the released version from ‘The Gold Experience’.
02. npg operator (0:09)
03. PEACH (3:05) – edit of the version from ‘The Hits 2’ and parts of ‘The Purple Medley’
04. CHAOS & DISORDER (4:12) – unreleased original version (FAAB), pitch shifted up to the same key as ‘Peach’ (intro also extended by 1 bar).
05. SHY (4:55) – mix created simply by running the released version from ‘The Gold Experience’ and the unreleased original mix (FAAB) simultaneously.
06. npg operator (0:15)
07. PHEROMONE (4:27) – taken from ‘Come’, with the addition of a few seconds from the unreleased instrumental version (Cosmos).
08. 319 (3:19) – taken from ‘The Gold Experience’, including the ‘hotel lobby’ intro (which is how it was originally intended to appear on the released album, as the intro was specifically created to make the song last exactly 3:19).
09. HIDE THE BONE (5:05) – taken from ‘Crystal Ball’
10. 18 & OVER (6:21) – original unreleased longer version (Fantasia), edited slightly at the end to create an ‘ending’ rather than a fade out.
11. npg operator (0:13)
12. LEMME SEE THAT BODY GET LOOSE (4:31) – remix created using ‘Loose!’ from ‘Come’ and the unreleased instrumental ‘(Lemme See Your Body) Get Loose!’ (Fantasia). (Loosely based on various live renditions from around the time).
13. PAPA (2:48) – taken from ‘Come’
14. npg operator (0:06)
15. BILLY JACK BITCH (7:05) – unreleased ‘full length’ version (The Work).
16. I HATE U (8:50) – mix created using ‘The Gold Experience’ version and the ‘Extended Remix’.
17. LET IT GO (5:29) – taken from ‘Come’, street noises on outro taken from the outro to ‘Lady Cab Driver’ from ‘1999’.
18. DON’T TALK 2 STRANGERS (3:12) – taken from the ‘Girl 6’ sountrack.

disc 3:
01. INTERACTIVE (3:01) – taken from ‘Crystal Ball’
02. ACKNOWLEDGE ME (6:33) – mix created using the version on ‘Crystal Ball’ and the ‘Big City Remix’ of the NPG’s ‘The Good Life’.
03. npg operator (0:09)
04. SOMEBODY’S SOMEBODY (3:41) – the released ‘Livestudio Mix’ (promo / b-side to ‘The Holy River CD single).
05. LOVE SIGN (4:36) – the ‘1-800-NEW-FUNK’ version, edited slightly to create an actual ‘ending’ to the song. (Intro segue features snippet of the unreleased ‘Mack Attack Message Mix’ over street sounds and gunshots taken from various sound effects discs)
06. WHAT’S MY NAME (3:01) – taken from ‘Crystal Ball’, with the addition of the unreleased spoken “welcome 2 the dawn” intro (Deposition).
07. THE RIDE (8:31) – mix created using the version on ‘Crystal Ball’ and the unreleased version from ‘The Undertaker’ album.
08. npg operator (0:19)
09. NOW (3:59) – taken from ‘The Gold Experience’.
10. FACE DOWN (2:10) – remix made using the promo only ‘Acapella Mix’ and loops from ‘Now’.
11. npg operator (0:12)
12. 2MORROW (4:07) – edit of the ‘Crystal Ball’ track.
13. THE SAME DECEMBER (3:26) – taken from ‘Chaos And Disorder’.
14. EXTRAORDINARY (2:26) – taken from ‘The Vault… Old Friends 4 Sale’ (birdsong outro from a sound effects disc).
15. DOLPHIN (6:17) – mix of the released version from ‘Come’ and the unreleased version’s outro from ‘The Undertaker’ album.
16. COME (PART 2) (9:12) – mix created using an edit of the released version from ‘Come’ and the unreleased (as a whole track) ‘Poem’ from the Come Original test pressing.
17. npg operator (0:38)
18. GOLD (7:22) – taken from ‘The Gold Experience’.
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[Edited 2/13/05 16:46pm]

It's a boot everyone. You won't find it in a store.

SANSKER7 said:

It's not a bootleg, it's a fan-made compilation, and a very well made one at that.

I dunno who posted it on ABMP as losseless, but it was very well received, I only had it on 128kpbs before that.

Kudos to the creator of this compilation, indeed

MetroArea said:

His name is BorisFishpaw, and he is funky.

dawn74 said:

Yes, and he knows everything! But I bet he can't tell us why Prince had the nerve not to pick up his 2 crap Grammys himself!

dawn74 said:

I knew Boris made it, I didn't know who posted it on ABMP, I got the 128kpbs from Boris.