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Printablepaisleypark4 said: alexnvrmnd said: Yeah, this version is HOT!! I don't even listen to this song unless it's this version. Funky as hell, especially with that bass line. DAMN, I miss the way he played bass in his jams back in the 80s. It seems like now he's more content with using the pop and slap technique in tribute to his "hero", Larry G. STILL never heard this version to this day 
JUST TO HARD TO FIND!!  Keep Watching Ebay, I have 2 Copies of this bought through Ebay !!! Oh, and NO I am not selling one !!!!! lol.....I play one and the other is sealed away nicely  I do have this on MP3 (I used the Record Deck and Creative Labs Media Source Player to copy it.....Listening to it right now | |
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I just listened to this a few minutes ago, and it's blowin' my mind! The funk dish towards the very end is worth listening to it alone. It's absolutely crazy! Ooh, little darlin' if you're
free 4 a couple of hours (Free 4 a couple of hours) If U ain't busy 4 the next 7 years (Next 7 years) Say, let's pretend we're married and go all night | |
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Voidra said: same here..I've heard about this for years. I also thought that maybe it was a radio promo as well.
Cheek said: I would love to hear this!
 V- I've never heard it!  | |
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stop teasing me you guys, I've got a copy i'm trying to get now. for me personally, the album version is as good as music gets period, and my experiments that leave people wide eyed and opened mouth with my piano version makes me realize that this song is indeed special. if i can add more to it i will. I already sing it to the end with all the falsetto screams etc.. it's like a ride that you never want to come to an end. | |
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blackguitaristz said: SquirrelMeat said: Its a black version just because its got a dance bass line and a few shouts? Besides, its not an "unedited" version, just an extended remix done after the album version was completed. The extended middle section is the give away. Typical bad editing. Nothing to get offended about, S Meat. This was the version that black radio would play, not the album version, sans me calling this "the black version". Unedited/extended, whatever. I would tend to believe it was unedited. No different from the unedited versions of Darling Nikki, The Beautiful Ones and Computer Blue. But, neither one of us were present when the song was cut, so...Point being, this version is hella funky. That's was the wonderful thang about black radio back in the day. Grooves like 'LadyCab Driver' & 'International Lover' would get airplay all the time... I even thought that 'Cab Driver' was the second single... 
Never heard them on 'pop' stations.... That's just how black radio was... Hell, sometimes, they would play the whole album... You knew each song, by the time you bought the album...
Well, in my case, I use to tape them on those cheap Walgreens cassette Tonemaster tapes.. [Edited 12/30/05 6:32am] | |
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YA'LL MEAN TO TELL ME THAT THERE'S AN EXTENDED MIX OF LRC?? I NEED IT!! SOMEBODY GIVE IT TO ME! NOW!!! One of Dansa's org hornies 
Supa is my gay messiah and he eats homeless dandruff sammitches on the bus.  HULK NEED LAID, HULK SMASH!!
The reigning queen of GD. All bitches step down. Prince.org: Where's Mani? | |
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funkpill said: Well, in my case, I use to tape them on those cheap Walgreens cassette
Tonemaster tapes.. tonemaster tapes, i remember them! | |
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blackguitaristz said: I remember when this was first released. I was in Jr. High and I used to go to this import store in the valley that got stuff quicker than anybody else. Well, I saw the 12' version of Little Red Corvette and flipped, all the while wondering what was going to be so different about it compared to the version off of the album. Up untill that point, I wasn't that crazy about the song. I prefered "Lady Cab Driver" and "Automatic". I was happy that Little Red Corvette was a big hit for P (MTV WORE this video out), but still, it was very MOR. But when I listened to the long version, right away the Lady Cab Driver style funk was brought out in the mix. Simply put; the bass guitar! Man, I thought, why didn't P put THIS version on the album?! Because P wanted, ..ahem..NEEDED a crossover hit at this point and he didn't want to blow it with getting too funky. But he made up for it in this mix. The tracks were there all the time, he just buried certain ones for FM radio. The funky bass guitar doubling the funky bass keyboard line, plus his "May Day! May Day!", this is one of his early 80's funk cuts! Just the second half of the song alone. This is P's "black" version of Little Red Corvette. O.G. P fans will know what I'm talking about. Anyway, who out there digs this version?
----- Co-Sign on everything you said. May be really see how damm good he is. He took a middle of the road pop song and turned it into something funky. I just recently got this on CD and now I can die happy. I have seen the 12 inch sell for as much as $100.00. | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: langebleu said: I'd be freaking if I saw the 12' version too. How did they get it through the door? now THAT would be one helluva single...12 feet of funk   I've yet to hear this one, but I'm gonna put it higher on my "must hear" list. | |
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SquirrelMeat said: blackguitaristz said: I remember when this was first released. I was in Jr. High and I used to go to this import store in the valley that got stuff quicker than anybody else. Well, I saw the 12' version of Little Red Corvette and flipped, all the while wondering what was going to be so different about it compared to the version off of the album. Up untill that point, I wasn't that crazy about the song. I prefered "Lady Cab Driver" and "Automatic". I was happy that Little Red Corvette was a big hit for P (MTV WORE this video out), but still, it was very MOR. But when I listened to the long version, right away the Lady Cab Driver style funk was brought out in the mix. Simply put; the bass guitar! Man, I thought, why didn't P put THIS version on the album?! Because P wanted, ..ahem..NEEDED a crossover hit at this point and he didn't want to blow it with getting too funky. But he made up for it in this mix. The tracks were there all the time, he just buried certain ones for FM radio. The funky bass guitar doubling the funky bass keyboard line, plus his "May Day! May Day!", this is one of his early 80's funk cuts! Just the second half of the song alone. This is P's "black" version of Little Red Corvette. O.G. P fans will know what I'm talking about. Anyway, who out there digs this version?
Its a black version just because its got a dance bass line and a few shouts? Besides, its not an "unedited" version, just an extended remix done after the album version was completed. The extended middle section is the give away. Typical bad editing. ----- It is the black version because this is the version black radio station played. Why don't you ask yourself this question? How come Pop stations did not play this version back in the day? | |
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blackguitaristz said: The funky bass guitar doubling the funky bass keyboard line
This alone makes me The Normal Whores Club | |
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FunkMistress said: blackguitaristz said: The funky bass guitar doubling the funky bass keyboard line
This alone makes me ...it's a shame i haven't listened to this single in forever. i'm puttin it on later tonight. | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Handclapsfingasnapz said: now THAT would be one helluva single...12 feet of funk I've yet to hear this one, but I'm gonna put it higher on my "must hear" list.
there are some things you do to me that leave me in a velvet sweat darling, there are some things i want to do to you so you'll NEVER FORGET!! And then after that borderline-creepy, is-he-or-isn't-he-completely-outta-fuckin-control scream, he very, very calmly and quietly speaks the word "Mayday." Then screams it in the same way! Goddamn classic.  The Normal Whores Club | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: FunkMistress said: This alone makes me ...it's a shame i haven't listened to this single in forever. i'm puttin it on later tonight. 
 The Normal Whores Club | |
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FunkMistress said: RipHer2Shreds said: I've yet to hear this one, but I'm gonna put it higher on my "must hear" list.
there are some things you do to me that leave me in a velvet sweat darling, there are some things i want to do to you so you'll NEVER FORGET!! And then after that borderline-creepy, is-he-or-isn't-he-completely-outta-fuckin-control scream, he very, very calmly and quietly speaks the word "Mayday." Then screams it in the same way! Goddamn classic. i always scream along with the "so you'll never forget" line, it's fuckin so much fun to do...  | |
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This is the only 12 inch that I could not get my hands on.
We had an old record store in my town that all the local DJs bought their music.Around 1986 I found out about the secret joy of Prince's 12 inch versions and started collecting them.By 1988 I had them all except Let's Work and Little Red Corvette. Hands down the best ! |
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I have it on cassette - taped it during one of those annual WBAI Prince birthday specials. That jam is FUNKY - I love it better than the "official" version. Now, if I can just get it on cd... My author page: https://www.amazon.com/au...eretttruth | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: FunkMistress said:
there are some things you do to me that leave me in a velvet sweat darling, there are some things i want to do to you so you'll NEVER FORGET!! And then after that borderline-creepy, is-he-or-isn't-he-completely-outta-fuckin-control scream, he very, very calmly and quietly speaks the word "Mayday." Then screams it in the same way! Goddamn classic. i always scream along with the "so you'll never forget" line, it's fuckin so much fun to do... You have read my mind...you copycat! | |
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laurarichardson said: SquirrelMeat said: Its a black version just because its got a dance bass line and a few shouts? Besides, its not an "unedited" version, just an extended remix done after the album version was completed. The extended middle section is the give away. Typical bad editing. ----- It is the black version because this is the version black radio station played. Why don't you ask yourself this question? How come Pop stations did not play this version back in the day? Because the weasel goes POP!!!
It was too damn funky for pop stations.....  | |
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potroastpony said: mozfonky, paisleypark4, Cheek, alexnvrmnd, Voidra, DynamicSavior and RipHer2Shreds CHECK YOUR ORG NOTES!
I love you soo sooosoo much!!!! | |
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laurarichardson said: SquirrelMeat said: Its a black version just because its got a dance bass line and a few shouts? Besides, its not an "unedited" version, just an extended remix done after the album version was completed. The extended middle section is the give away. Typical bad editing. ----- It is the black version because this is the version black radio station played. Why don't you ask yourself this question? How come Pop stations did not play this version back in the day? That'll be cuz Pop stations don't play 8 minute remixes of songs, regardless of 'color'. If it ain't been edited down to 3 or 4 minutes, they ain't interested. | |
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mozfonky said: potroastpony said: mozfonky, paisleypark4, Cheek, alexnvrmnd, Voidra, DynamicSavior and RipHer2Shreds CHECK YOUR ORG NOTES!
I love you soo sooosoo much!!!! Hey there, Send me that "org note too!" | |
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muttley said: mozfonky said: I love you soo sooosoo much!!!! Hey there, Send me that "org note too!" I just did. | |
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laurarichardson said: Why don't you ask yourself this question? How come Pop stations did not play this version back in the day?
The same reason they never heard of Prince before "Little Red Corvette". Because they didn't have a clue. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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I've listened to this version several times, but I don't have any way of burning it so I can sit and really study the shit out of it. The bass is fantastic, sort of funkadelic like and the sound is very sparse, as if the effects are left off, don't know if that's the way 12's are done or if it's the way the sound comes across but I like it. | |
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potroastpony said: muttley said: Hey there, Send me that "org note too!" I just did. And it's hot. Thanks so much | |
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funkpill said: laurarichardson said: ----- It is the black version because this is the version black radio station played. Why don't you ask yourself this question? How come Pop stations did not play this version back in the day? Because the weasel goes POP!!!
It was too damn funky for pop stations..... ----- I know funkpill sometime you got to bring some people into reality. (LOL) | |
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Funky, makes me wonder how he put it all together, was the album version first or was this one? The synth bass makes it for me, along with the guitar work and sparse production. I recall Prince always claiming he didn't listen to the music of his day, well, it sounds like he was keeping up on some of the best black music of that time, the bass reminds me of the great bassline from "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma". | |
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potroastpony said: mozfonky, paisleypark4, Cheek, alexnvrmnd, Voidra, DynamicSavior and RipHer2Shreds CHECK YOUR ORG NOTES!
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