Great list!
there is one minor error though, Come #3 (5:30) is actually a fake.
It's a fan made extended version of Come #4 (3:17) - which is the real
original (or only circulating) version of this remix of Come which was
first aired on The Beautiful Experience TV special.

Then how do you explain the maxi singles? Obviously Prince put
a lot of work into those songs.

Space maxi single and Letitgo maxi single contain about 45
minutes of music each. Completely different versions and a
couple of very cool remixes of those tracks.

Plus, there are about 7 versions of "Come" he recorded that
were never released, but yet slated for a single release at
some point.

Even "Loose" has at least 2 remixes floating about. The same
goes for "Pheromone" which has the instrumental mix and the
more elemantal mix that starts off with some loud ass guitar
keys that sound like a brachiosaurus in a submarine lol.

Also, "Race" had several mixes before it was finally released
on this album. Some of which were superior to the one that he
finally placed on the cd (the one with the long jazzy 1920's
style ending).

Beyond all that, all these songs were recorded at the same
time as the songs that ended up on the "Gold Experience" and
at different times songs from both projects were mingled on
the tracklists before the release of both albums.

Outtakes like "Interactive" were similarly a part of both of
these discs at one point.

So why, just because the album was offered to warners in the
time of the dispute, do people keep insisting that "Gold" is
an album full of stellar songs and that "Come" is nothing but
a mere bag of outtakes?

The changes in sequence for the album and the various acetates
would hint at a very different Princely view on this album.

Take "The vault...Old Friends 4 Sale". Not that's an album full
of songs he just pulled from the vault and gave to them to get
out from under his contract.

But Come? Come on. It's a fine, dark, sexually claustraphobic
album with some top-notch tunes. In fact, all the tunes on it
are superb. The only thing the album might suffer from in some
slight way is that it has no real beginning or end.

The first song is a bit too long to make it a good slamming cut
for opening an album and the closing "orgasm" is simply awfull.
But if it would have better book end songs, I'm sure this would
flow like one of his very best albums.

Anywho. The thing that makes me go is the fact that
Prince himself calls it a "contractual obligation" album.

And that just isn't right. I'm sure it wasn't stricly intended
as such (note the difference in approach between this album and
"The Vault").

Could it be he just chose to throw it into that same bag after
it failed to sell satisfyingly and after it was gunned down by
critics and fans alike??

Not sure. For me personally, the fact remains that this is an
incredible album that I always enjoy listening to. Compared to"
for example "Musicology", this album displays the essence of
Prince's songcraft much much more. "Space" and "Papa" alone are
worth more in his catalogue imo than the entire "Musicology" cd.

IstenSzek said:

this post makes me wanna you



I agree with everything you've just said. Come is underrated and undeservedly demonized. I love this album completely.

and I so adore ur nickname...

All this talk about additions to the album I cannot picture it.

MikeMatronik said:

Thank you I liked your last avatar

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

If you'd heard the original sequence, with the way that the original versions
of Come, Endorphinmachine and Space segue seamlessly into each other, I'd
think you'd reconsider.

The way the slower longer version of Come segues into Space on the released
version of the album just doesn't work nearly as well.

BorisFishpaw said:

If I had the original version, I'd listen to it and see if I agree

And I think the segue from original come into space is excellent

Great list!
there is one minor error though, Come #3 (5:30) is actually a fake.
It's a fan made extended version of Come #4 (3:17) - which is the real
original (or only circulating) version of this remix of Come which was
first aired on The Beautiful Experience TV special.

if you pay attention whilst listening to the (5:30) track
you can hear the exact moment where the song is cut and a
portion of the song is simply tagged on at the end repeat
until fade out.

it gets very repetitive that way, if it had been a Prince
original, he would have thrown some different instruments
and some spoken words or groans in there.

IstenSzek said:

Well, now that you mention it. I guess I wasn't paying proper attention. I'm embarrassed.

Geek question alert:

does the short version of come (the song) have a faster beat or is it just an edit of the 11 minute version that was released?

MikeMatronik said:

Yes, it has a faster beat. The 11 minutes are more like a maxi single version in the tradition of singles like The Beautiful Experience and Space that offer variations of the same song. The 11 minute Come version should have been a maxi single version rather than an album version, too, if you ask me. But... What is, is.
[Edited 9/9/05 4:29am]

MikeMatronik said:

Yes, it has a faster beat. The 11 minutes are more like a maxi single version in the tradition of singles like The Beautiful Experience and Space that offer variations of the same song. The 11 minute Come version should have been a maxi single version rather than an album version, too, if you ask me. But... What is, is.
[Edited 9/9/05 4:29am]

Yeah, for those who haven't heard it, the original version of 'Come' is a totally
different recording of the song. It's shorter and faster, and musically sounds
closer to something like 'Controversy' or 'P. Control', and Prince speaks/raps
most of the lyrics rather than sings them.
[Edited 9/11/05 0:13am]

I only have the 1st 2 versions of Come (the 1st one & the Ulysses one) with a VERY poor sound quality. Do they circulate with a good sound quality now?

shaomi said:

But... The 1st version of Come IS the Ulysses one, only in Olysses it was cut into parts.

And yes, it has now been bootlegged complete and in great sound quality and segued with Endorphinmachine.

I love the way the song is structured, with the pompous intro, the drum beat that is added halfway through and the orgasmic climax. It is a fantastic song.
[Edited 9/11/05 7:41am]

And yes, it has now been bootlegged complete and in great sound quality and segued with Endorphinmachine.

Well, i think i DO have somewhere a version that is different, sparser than the Ulysses version, bootlegged in 1992 or 1993, i might b wrong but i remember comparing the 2 versions @ the time, & hearing clear differences. Don't anybody remember such a version?

It wasn't in "The Work" bootleg series, was it?

shaomi said:

But... The 1st version of Come IS the Ulysses one, only in Olysses it was cut into parts.

And yes, it has now been bootlegged complete and in great sound quality and segued with Endorphinmachine.

I love the way the song is structured, with the pompous intro, the drum beat that is added halfway through and the orgasmic climax. It is a fantastic song.
[Edited 9/11/05 7:41am]