ACKNOWLEDGE me is a song left over from THE GOLD EXPERIENCE correct?? i dont have the booklet that came with the crystal ball album so can any1 verify for me when DREAM FACTORY,RIPOPGODAZIPPA,HIDE THE BONE,CALHOUN SQUARE AND DA BANG were recorded???i fuckin LOVE those songs awesum

CLOREEN BACON SKIN – March 1983
impromptu jam by Prince & Morris Day, recorded during sessions
for The Time’s third album. Never intended for inclusion on the album
(but would have made a good b-side like ‘Tricky’)

SEXUAL SUICIDE – August 1985
From the June 1986 configuration of the unreleased ‘Dream Factory’ album.

AN HONEST MAN – November 1985
From the final ‘Parade’ sessions.

DREAM FACTORY – December 1985
LAST HEART – January 1986
MOVIE STAR – March 1986
All from the unreleased 1986 ‘Dream Factory’ album

CRYSTAL BALL – April 1986
Originally from the unreleased ‘Dream Factory’ album. This version is
actually the one from the original unreleasd 1987 ‘Crystal Ball’ album

MAKE YOUR MAMA HAPPY – August 1986
Never inteded for any album.

CRUCIAL – September 1986
From the unfinished 1986 project ‘The Dawn’.

GOOD LOVE – October 1986
Originally from the unreleased ‘Camille’ album, then included on the
unreleased original 1987 ‘Crystal Ball’ album. It was finally released on
the soundtrack album for the movie ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ in 1988.
The version on the 1998 ‘Crystal Ball’ is edited down.

INTERACTIVE – May 1993
WHAT’S MY NAME – May 1993
STRAYS OF THE WORLD – May 1993
CALHOUN SQUARE – June 1993
ACKNOWLEDGE ME – October 1993
RIPOPGODAZIPPA – October 1993
HIDE THE BONE – November 1993
tracks recorded during the 1993 ‘Come’/’Gold Experience’ period.
Between them, these tracks have appeared on various configurations of
‘Come’, ‘The Gold Experience’, ‘The Dawn’ & ‘Chaos And Disorder’.

LOVE SIGN (SHOCK G. REMIX)
18 & OVER
P. CONTROL (CLUB MIX)
GET LOOSE
SO DARK
TELL ME HOW U WANNA B DONE
‘94-’95 remixes of tracks mostly recorded in 1993. Never intended for
any albums (with the possible exception of ’18 & Over’), they were
considered for various single and EP releases.

2MORROW – November 1995
DA BANG – 1995
POOM POOM – August 1995
Never inteded for any albums.

THE RIDE (LIVE) – October 28th 1995 (original from June 1993)
DAYS OF WILD (LIVE) – December 12th 1995 (original from January 1994)
Never intended for any albums. Though the original studio version of ‘Days Of
Wild’ was included on early versions of ‘The Gold Experience’ and a different
version of ‘The Ride’ was included on the unreleased ‘Undertaker’ album
(which was later issued on VHS, in a slightly changed form)

SHE GAVE HER ANGELS - 1996
GOODBYE – December 1991
Outtakes from ‘Emancipation’.

Why on earth did he leave "She gave her angels"

andykeen said:

Must agree! He even included it as part of his Muppet's stint but left it on the shelf to gather dust. It's a beautiful song and should have been given greater care than being deferred to the "Crystal Ball" project

Is it just me or does MOVIE STAR sound nothing like 1986?
[Edited 4/23/05 15:36pm]

Averett said:

Chances are "She Gave Her Angels" would have been a track on an album of
children's songs Prince and Mayte had planned to release around the time they
were expecting their 1st child , hence him appearing on The Muppets singing it.
When things went tragically wrong with their child (see the newbies FAQ for detials) the whole Childrens album idea was shelved more than likely , but
"She Gave Her Angels" was released eventually on Crystal Ball .

Borisfishpaw u da man thanx for clarifying ,,,much appreciated i am surprised to see dream factory was a 1985 recording ,,how out of place and ahead of its time it was .....wicked ,,thanx again

TheAStarr said:

Nah, it definitely sounds like something from that time. Not to say that it sounds "dated", but it just does sound like something from that period of his vast and almost endless creativity in 1984-1986.

andykeen said:

Co-sign. This song definitely should've been on Disc II.

TheAStarr said:

Thank you! I suspect this has been a big misconception for a very long time, since the track was slated for inclusion on one configuration of The Dream Factory in 1986. The track contains sounds and instruments that clearly predate that period and (just my opinion, of course) it sounds like it was recorded around the time of the "Around the World in a Day" recordings. Lyrically, it references a movie, which most likely meant "Purple Rain", since the booklet states it was written for The Time and they were a non-existant band after Purple Rain. So why would it be written for them in 1985 or 1986?

Also, the instruments used - the Linn Drum side stick (featured in "Let's Go Crazy" among other tracks) and the 'flutey' sounding high synth (featured in the opening of "Condition of the Heart") reflect his arrangement choices from 1984, not 1986.

I suspect someday in the future we will learn this was actually recorded waaay before Dream Factory was even an idea. It may have been worked on for that project, but that doesn't mean its creation was at the same time.

Leave it to good 'ole Boris.