I just got my One Night Alone CD this morning!

I live in the UK, so it looks like European fams copies have been sent out.

The CD isn't packaged in a snap-pack as shown on the NPGMC site. It's actually in a double gatefold card slipcase, with all the lyrics printed on the inside 3 panels.

The credits say;
Recorded live to tape by Femi Jiya & Joe Lepinski at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen MN, additional mixes by Prince. Photography and art direction Steve Parke. Layout and design by Jeremy Gavin.
Additional sounds;
Drums on trax 3 and 4: John Blackwell
Ambient singing: the doves - Divinity & Majesty
"A Case Of U" is dedicated 2 the memory of John L.
Special thanx 2 Joni Mitchell.

I am now at work, missed the postman, I bet I'll get one of those postcards saying I have to go and collect it from the Mail depot. Man what a rip-off that means the NPGMC owes me £1.07p for petrol (gas).

Seriously though, can't wait.

Don't worry,
because it's in a card sleeve (and therefore light and flat) it'll just get posted through the letterbox with no problem.

If you miss the postman, you won't get a pick up card.

kaylef said:

YAY!!!!! .. me too!

ONE NITE ALONE...
In a pale blue spotlite
a figure spins around a voice calls out 2 u,
“Baby...do you like the sound?”
The undulating acrobat ready 2 do ur bidding says,
“Come, U must let me dress u
but 1st must do a fitting...
Do u like fast? Or do u like it slow?”

know it’s better if we make it up as we go...
and oh, by the way tell me now what’s ur name?
‘ll let it sweeten my tongue just once
and never speak it again
since this is our little secret
Untarnished memory in a pale blue spotlite
Let me hear u scream, if u’re ready 4...
One nite alone...with me

U’RE GONNA C ME
know that ‘m not gonna sleep 2nite
cuz u’re not by my side and that ain’t right
thought that we bought this bed 4 two,
but what good is it if ‘m not with u

CHORUS:
Gimme a page on my 2-way
‘ll hit u back with no delay
When u hear all ‘ve got 2 say
U’re gonna C me
Whether in person or the phone
‘ve got 2 get u all alone
and when do baby it’s on
U’re gonna C me...U’re gonna C me

There’s never a minute that find
that u don’t ever cross my mind
if u could just hold me tight u’d c...
there’s nothing harder 4 u than me

(CHORUS)

Gimme a page on my 2-way
‘ll hit u back with no delay

U’re the reason took a rope and lassoed the moon
2 prove that when it comes 2 u
there’s nothing won’t do...
‘d stare in2 the sun if u would be mine
It’s not so great a leap since 2 all others am blind

know that ‘m not gon’ sleep 2nite

HERE ON EARTH
Imagine a young woman running 4 her very life
Tryin’ 2 get away from the one who loves her
this young woman ur wife
In2 an alley cold and rainy
October just b4 dawn...
Leaping atop a mountain of bricks
her clothes now covered with sick,
The danger hardly gone
She turns and curses the day she met u
and that she wishes she was never born...
Say it’s just a dream...
U open up ur eyes and come 2 realize
u simply imagined this
So u lean over and give her a kiss
Here on earth, here on earth,
with u it’s not so bad
Here on earth, here on earth
don’t feel so sad
Stay right here
Here on earth

A CASE OF U
am a lonely painter
live in a box of paints
used 2 b frightened by the devil
and drawn 2 those who weren’t afraid
Remember when u told me
that love was touching souls?
Well, surely u touched mine
Part of u pours out of me from time 2 time in these lines
U’re in my blood like holy wine...u’re so bitter and so sweet
could drink a case of u darling
and still b on my feet...still b on my feet

HAVE A HEART
heard the news from a friend of mine and urs
She said the smell of missing me
was coming from ur pores!
She said broke ur heart so bad
didn’t deserve u back
But don’t u have 2 have a heart 1st b4 u get it broken?
Don’t u have 2 wanna tell the truth b4 a word is spoken?
So what about the heartbreak?
Everybody’s had one c
The fault of mine goes from L.A. 2 the streets of N.Y.C.
but ain’t cryin’ about payments overdue
got some milk but no drop is spilled
over things u put me thru
Can’t u c we’re all just tryin’...
Tryin’ 2 get this hustle on...
Lookin’ 4 the righteous 2 buy in...
til we right everyone the wrongs
So what about the heartbreak?
Everybody’s had one c...
Have a heart

OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR
That’s my favorite time with u
just after we make a movie,
the kind that requires the title
“Parental Advisory”

Let’s brush r teeth in the same sink,
don’t worry girl it’s cool
We can pose in the mirror,
‘m diggin’ u diggin’ on me
yea, me diggin’ on u
We’re hooked up now, can try her
can put my load in the dryer
So much we can share
the same height, weight, and body fluid

We’re hooked up now, we can do it
Been waitin’ baby...
it’s hard 2 bear

the objects in the mirror r closer
than they appear...

AVALANCHE
He was not or never had been in favor
of setting r people free
if it wasn’t 4 the 13th Amendment
we woulda been born in slavery
He was not or never had been in favor
of letting us vote so u c...
Abraham Lincoln was a racist who said
“U cannot escape from history”

CHORUS:
Like the snow comin’ down the mountain
that landed on Wounded Knee
nobody wants 2 take the weight-
the responsibility

Hear the joyous sound of freedom
The Harlem Renaissance
Hear the Duke Ellington and his band
kick another jungle jam
Ooh, do u wanna dance?
Who’s that lurking in the shadows?
Mr. John Hammond with his pen in hand...
sayin’ “Sign ur kingdom over 2 me
and b known throughout the land!”
But, u ain’t got no money, U ain’t got no cash,
So u sign yo name and he claims innocence
just like every snowflake in an avalanche..

(CHORUS)

PEARLS B4 THE SWINE
If leave my front door open
would u come and visit me?
Just 2 slander my name hopin’
that would pack my bags and leave...
If did would u remember
2 feed the dove and clean the cage?
And never count in front of the children
lest they die of old age

don’t really know y we have 2 go r separate ways
Whether or not we grow sfter the seeds r sown
Only time can say...

Can offer u baklava
or a bagel with cream cheese?
Will we say grace 2 r father
holding hands down on r knees?
R we better off just fighting?
U on ur side, me on mine
R the words that keep writing...
only pearls b4 the swine?
What makes a man claim that u’re a friend
when u’re not at all?
They knock u down and then,
they lift u up again, just 2 c u fall...
But like a bird ‘ll keep on singing...
a song that never leaves ur mind
If nothing else u’ve taught me one thing...
“Never cast ur pearls b4 the swine”

YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL
U’re so young and beautiful
U’re so full of life- everybody knows
That’s y they try 2 take advantage of u...
but u don’t have 2 do what the other ones do
U’re so cool- the world at ur feet,
they only want ur virginity
Keep ur clothes on and ur chastity
until u find the one that’s worth it baby

So young and beautiful
So young and beautiful

U’re so fine my heart’s just pounding
If :I: had the chance 2 lay u down,
‘d probably take a rain check ‘til next summer
cuz :I: don’t wanna b like all ur other lovers
So young and beautiful
‘m hippin’ u 2 the game darlin’
so that u’ll always remain
young and beautiful
[This message was edited Fri May 17 1:28:21 PDT 2002 by PaisleyPark7]

High! Got my ONA cd copy this morning Tokyo time.
Can't wait to listen,but still i'm busy in my office
right now! sorry,for my english;"je parle francais"!

Me too ! Leeds UK !
It looks beautiful and sounds even better !
Got here in three days (stamped 14/05)

More than 10 fams in JAPAN, including me, got
their copies today 5/17/02.

Got mine !!! London W14
Horrible cover !!!!
love 'pearls b4 the swine' though

Sadly, here in America...still no cd.

Glad peeps are starting 2 get the cd's, but my goodness, why cant he just send them all out:) isntead of doing this the 'weird' way.. believe me.. he has got 2 have the most odd based club eye have ever seen..


hey, eye love cookies!

Sdldawn said:

I don't know how this shipping process is done, how many people are working on it... but they have to manage the shipping somehow. They can't tell the ONA CDs to fly to their members themselves

As of 5/18/02, there are no sign of the CD in Norway yet...
Anyone in Norway/Scandinavia who has received it?