dumbass said:

was the alter-ego of the famous and multi-talented Bert Convey... R.I.P.

IceNine said:

oh, yeah, poor Bert, ever so easily forgotten as o+>. although, I do have to say, I would like to hear Bert's original version of TRC he had locked in the vault.

I think this could be true. Only because of the music he HAS released since being free. Definitely not the best of the vault IMO.

Of course it's a myth! There's nothing in that vault except a moth-eaten pair of Roger's bikini drawers.


Prince

Swinger said:

Proof-positive that Prince is a lousy businessman. He should leverage
the empty space for a PAISLEY's HELP-U-STOR!

Just glancing over my stack of bootlegs, i could probabbly count a couple hundred unreleased songs. This includes outtakes, demos, remixes, etc.

In that respect im sure something akin to "The Vault" exists. I don't know how much else exists beyond what is available as bootlegs tho. Prince did drop a couple suprises on the Crystal Ball, and WB did as well on that "Old Friends 4 Sale" album. So who knows for sure.

Myths are delicious, they give us something to 'cling to'. If the grooves and grooves are up on the shelf, great! If not, Prince's head is probably full of them . I think it was The Duke or some other Jazz musician who wrote over 2000 songs, so it is entirely possible Prince is working on that.

PFunkjazz said:

I've been sayin this all along!
He is a lousy businessman
ONA is proof for me.
Although the tracks are beautiful
It's obvious half are unfinished!
He ment well but it's half hearted.
The "Truth" is a much more complete package.
But we still get more sounds from him than
any other fan get's from their Artist.

Here's my 2 cents. Now that Prince is free from Warner Brothers he is free to release any music or is he? Maybe there is still a problem with Warner Brothers! Otherwise Prince should definitely release this music. Also if he continues to not make any new fans by putting out stuff that is not Commercial what will become of him. Some older fans are lost and he may lose more fans . Older people don't spend money on music like younger people. He will just have Old Faces to look at when he performs because the younger ones won't be listening anymore. It's time to get wild! Bible Class is over unless he's going Gospel and then he'll really limit fans even more. I for one don't want to be with older people like at this Celebration that were Smelling and Farting. It is so Gross! And some woman next to me smelled like they had their period !!. It was So disgusting. This is America Bath for goodness Sake. What Gross Slobs. Ugh! I think these people had no idea how much they stunk up Prince's show while Maceo was on. Prince this is why I made some weird faces and I seriously hope you eliminate losers like this from your shows. Please make it more Private and Select. Don't make me have to Endure these Gross kind of people at your shows anymore. I love you and these people ruined my enjoyment a bit.
[This message was edited Mon Jul 8 14:29:36 PDT 2002 by Vagina]

Hearsay, hearsay.

How do you all know whether or not some of the songs we're hearing now aren't "vault" tracks?

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic started off with a well known vault track. Whose to say that some of the other songs on that cd weren't also vault tracks that no one had heard before? You don't know, I don't know. We're mostly just speculating based on general comments that Prince has made and a lot of unauthorized information that's floating around.

Furthermore, just because Prince has a song doesn't mean he necessarily wants to release it. Haven't you all ever written something that you didn't want anyone else to see?

People on the "Uptown" staff do great work, but they aren't the final authority on everything that Prince has created. You all should keep that in mind when you're reading these various unauthorized sources of information.

abucah said:

Did u mean heresy? In reading your post, it makes a world of difference

PFunkjazz said:

Nope. I said what I meant.

I think it would be very interesting to know how many tracks Prince keep in his wault. Does anyone know how many songs he HAS RELEASED in one form or another?

It would be nice to know for further speculation

Well I asked Prince in a dream a while ago
why he doesn't release the vault tracks
and he said--" why should I ?" "I've got
so much newer stuff ".

This is a true dream--and my dreams ALWAYS
are reality based when it comes to him.

I hope we all get to hear the REALLY erotic Prince lp he mentioned to Kurt Loder...

I don't doubt that there is an actual "Vault" . . there has to be because so many people have seen it, and he has shown the picture of it many times!!

What I question is WHAT is in the Vault. I don't believe that there are 1000 songs . . I don't even believe that there are 500. Let me tell you why I feel this way:

1) Prince fought for his musical freedom, mainly to be able to release as much music as he could. If the Vault truly contained dozens of finished albums, he could've released ANY of them in the last 5 years!!! Instead we got NPS and Rave.

2) I myself have heard alternate (finished) versions of at least 100 Prince songs. Do these count as "unreleased"? Meaning, if there are 5 versions of "Dolphin", does that add to the infamous "500 songs" figure?

BUT . . please don't get me wrong. I DO hope that it exists, and is fully stocked with incredible unheard music!!! I just doubt that it is.

I'm sticking with him for the long haul anyway, so I'll just have to wait and see!!

There is a vault and it is vast. However, there's little in there that would be of interest to anyone other than diehard fans, and he's certainly not sitting on anything that would chart. We've all heard enough of it to know this. He's always known when he's had a great one and released it immediately. There's no proof to the contrary.

The overwhelming majority of what's in there is still there for a reason. It's either not good enough to release or it doesn't work on the record he's compiling. In my opinion he's actually doing the right thing by exercising this discretion on what gets officially released.



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eye garuntee prince has a great number of songs in his "vault".. but most are so outdated sounding and unfinished, thats why most of that crap u heard in the first year was remade.. like Sadomasachistic Groove, Hypno Paradise, Van Gough, When Eye Lay My Hands on U..the only finished one that was considered old was splash.. and a few others..

Here's a riddle folks: what archival album was released by Prince with great fanfare, and subsequently bashed by "all the critics in NY?" I'll give you three guesses and the first two are wrong -- you got it Graffiti Bridge.

Why would Prince do another Graffiti Bridge, isn't one bomb enough? I was shocked to learn that most of the material released on this album was actually created over an approximate two decade time frame!

Prince really only has himself as competition, and in the larger scheme of things I believe that when he compiles a record and some of the 'children' are stillborn -- then those outtakes really don't have the strength of the songs that see the light of day... if possible take a listen to "Tick, Tick, Bang!" as it was originally recorded back in the time frame of Controversy and then listen to the final released version -- which was much better with whatever tweaks Prince did to the song.

So I don't believe there is any MOTIVATION for him to release an album or seven that is mainly comprised of outtakes and such.

kmc said:

theC
the original version of tick tick bang would have been great as a dirtymind or controversy track or b-side.
i usually like the originals better as in "we can funk"
"old friend 4 sale"etc.

the27thletter said:

Not totally imho. He had to see fan activity on sites praising works as Anna Stesia, Dot Parker etc to realize when he has certain special songs. He would have let then rot away or be forgotten. I think because its coming from him that he doesnt realize the potential of certain songs that are greater than he thinks they are. Think of it as having someone else besides yourself editiing or proofreading your paperwork..another lookover by someone outside of yourself sometimes helps with perspectives etc.



I bet you there is SOME stuff thats mindblwoing up in there.

JimmyNothing said:

Prince is stingy ...he keeps good songs to himself..its weird. He feels some songs are too good to just be released. He said so in an interview..instead of showing the world his greatnesss he keeps it to himself--go figure.

I think JonnyBoyRebel is a myth! lol.

Didn't Prince finance the Gold tour with a loan he procured from a bank with 250 unreleased songs as colateral? I seem to remember reading that in the Star Trib. I would think he would have to have those songs in order to use them as colateral. Right??

Interesting topic...

Although The Vault itself is by no means a myth I do wonder if the amazing depth of number and quality exists or if we haven't heard 99% of it on bootlegs by now?

Undoubtedly Crystal Ball didn't offer the total cream of the crop over three jampacked optimum value for money CDs and Warner Bros calling their release "The Vault" is surely a diss. Even though aside from "Little Pill" everything is with some merit.

Femi and Joe, Prince's engineers said at the celebration that the vault definetely exists. Furthermore he stated that Prince is working every day in the studio when he is not touring and even that he is often recording in other studios with Femi.

Femi also mentioned that he never gets more than 5 hours of sleep, during the celebration it was even less. His engineers seem to have a hard working schedule but both Femi and Joe said it was worth putting up with it, because they were able to be part of an amazing work process, listening to some great music.

Femi also said that there are many tapes existing with guest musicians and that there is some amazing stuff in the vault which might never hit the record stores.

During the listening sessions we were listening to two live cd's, ONA and It Ain't Over. Asked when and if they would be released Femi replied that he does not know because Prince might change his mind about a release any time.

In the work shop with Eric Leeds, Eric said that the first Madhouse album was written in 3 days solely by him and Prince.

Still one could argue that these informations handed out by his engineers and musicians are just part of building a myth I don't think so. Being at the celebration one could see that Prince is about music and that is what he seems to spent all his time with.

Finally Femi stated that Prince is rarely renting the studio out any more because he really enjoys working at the Park all by himself not being bothered by other musicians and having free access to the studios all the time.

Personally I think that producing music allmost every day one looses track about all the work you have done and secondly you just might not be interested in your old stuff any more.

Stylecipation said:

I agree and disagree. Emancipation had a lot of creative ideas on it. I wish he would've gone all out on disc three and just made it house all the way through, on the other hand the production was weak and it was obvious he was straining to be more "current". All those love songs for Mayte were as lame then as they are depressing now. In the long run I think the real prolific originality ended in 1988. Lovesexy was the end of Princes' real "genius" material, and I wouldn't mind owning every unreleased track up till that point. I think that what was left off the albums after that was probably for the best (with a few exceptions ie 200 Ballons).

kmc said:

I've always felt that Prince was so preoccupied with directing and starring in 'GB' that he didn't really have the time to make a truly great soundtrack album.So,he went into the vaults and pulled out a bunch of old songs ("Tick Tick Bang" was originally recorded in 1981..."We Can Funk","Can't Stop..." and "Joy In Repetition" were all from 1986...etc).As a result,the album feels a little scattered and less cohesive than his other movie soundtracks.

I don't get it people. You are speaking about the Vault but without mentioning the Turn it Up book where a whole lot of tracks are mentioned (some released on bootlegs, some never heard by anyone). The Vault excists! And to prove again that there's a lot going around on bootlegs, here's my tracklisting of 28 cd-r outtake collection, missing: only 15 tracks that are mentioned in the Turn it Up book.
Enjoy!

prince
unreleased songs I
disc one

1976 demos
1.sweet thing 4:23
2.wouldn't you love to love me? #1 3:53
3.I spend my time loving you 7:19
4.rock me, lover 3:49
5.don't you wanna ride? 5:14
6.nightingale 4:14
7.leaving for new york 5:50
8.hey lover 0:42
9.for you #1 1:05
10.for you #2 0:41
11.for you #3 1:16
12.for you #4 1:16
13.instrumental 1 0:39
14.instrumental 2 0:30
15.instrumental 3 0:29
16.instrumental 4 0:35
17.instrumental 5 0:49
18.instrumental 6 0:58
19.instrumental 7 0:58
20.instrumental 8 0:08

1976 moonsound sessions
21.instrumental 1 7:21
22.instrumental 2 0:35
23.soft and wet #1 3:18

1977 sound 80 sessions
24.soft and wet #2 3:02
25.my love is forever 4:03
26.baby 3:09
27.baby [instrumental version] 3:16
28.instrumental 3:51
29.we can work it out 2:57
30.make it through the storm 2:42

prince
unreleased songs I
disc two

1977 sound 80 sessions
1.just as long as we're together #1 3:39
2.jelly jam 2:07
3.just as long as we're together #2 5:45
4.just as long as we're together #3 5:54

1977 instrumental sessions
5.instrumental 1 5:15
6.instrumental 2 6:22
7.instrumental 3 6:16
8.instrumental 4 8:38
9.instrumental 5 6:58
10.instrumental 6 8:11
11.instrumental 7 7:42
12.instrumental 8 6:35

1978 - 1979 demos
13.baby, baby, baby 2:45
14.nadeara 1:51

prince
unreleased songs II
disc one

1978 - 1979 demos
1.wouldn't you love to love me? #2 5:00
2.miss you 1:51
3.donna 4:06
4.down a long lonely road 1:17
5.instrumental 1 2:10
6.instrumental 2 2:17
7.instrumental 3 0:50
8.instrumental 4 1:05
9.instrumental 5 1:29
10.instrumental 6 0:34

1979 the rebels sessions
11.instrumental 1 1:06
12.instrumental 2 1:02
13.you 2:51
14.too long 4:14
15.hard to get 3:41
16.thrill you or kill you 6:09
17.disco away 4:33
18.if I love you tonight 4:42
19.turn me on 2:00

1980 sessions
20.lisa 5:57

1981 (I) sessions
21.tick, tick, bang #1 3:14
22.broken 3:00
23.she's just a baby 4:41
24.strange way of saying I love u 2:10
25.the second coming 2:02

1981 (II) - 1982 sessions
26.turn it up [main portion] 3:24
27.turn it up [extended portion] 2:22

prince
unreleased songs II
disc two

1981 (II) - 1982 sessions
1.turn it up [full version] 5:11
2.extra loveable 7:21
3.moonbeam levels 3:55
4.no call u 2:59
5.purple music #1 10:57
6.purple music #2 10:37
7.do yourself a favor 8:39
8.feel u up 6:38
9.irresistible bitch 4:33
10.something in the water (does not compute) 4:03
11.d.m.s.r. 6:23
12.delirious 6:02

prince
unreleased songs III
disc one

1981 (II) - 1982 sessions
1.baby you're a trip 3:28

1983 - 1984 (I) sessions
2.g-spot #1 5:11
3.electric intercourse 5:27
4.possessed [vocal 1983 version] #1 8:37
5.possessed [instrumental 1984 version] #2 7:11
6.erotic city #2 6:51
7.wet dream cousin 4:39
8.instrumental #1 4:40
9.instrumental [bass part] #2 4:38
10.vibrator #1 7:11
11.vibrator [spoken part] #2 1:02
12.sex shooter 7:00
13.manic monday 2:49
14.a million miles (I love you) 2:02
15.the bird 6:26

prince
unreleased songs III
disc two

1983 - 1984 (I) sessions
1.computer blue [st. louis park warehouse version] #1 11:36
2.computer blue [sunset sound version] #2 11:54
3.computer blue [sunset sound version] #4 7:35
4.darling nikki 4:13
5.take me with u 4:54
6.the beautiful ones 6:07
7.I would die 4 u #1 3:18
8.baby I'm a star 4:52
9.purple rain #1 13:23
10.purple rain [orchestration] #2 10:24

prince
unreleased songs IV
disc one

1983 - 1984 (I) sessions
1.chocolate 5:52
2.around the world in a day #1 5:42
3.around the world in a day #2 5:25

1984 (II) - 1985 (I) sessions
4.lust u always [instrumental version] 10:27
5.miss understood 5:20
6.high fashion 5:01
7.mutiny 3:49
8.desire 5:13
9.susannah's pajamas 3:57
10.yes 7:00
11.feline [instrumental version] 4:07
12.our destiny 3:20
13.roadhouse garden 4:58
14.all day, all night 5:56

prince
unreleased songs IV
disc two

1984 (II) - 1985 (I) sessions
1.the dance electric 11:28
2.100 m.p.h. [prince vocal] #1 3:17
3.toy box [instrumental version] 6:16
4.jerk out 7:06

1985 (II) - 1986 (I) sessions
5.wonderful ass #1 6:17
6.wonderful ass #2 9:53
7.neon telephone 3:41
8.eternity 3:54
9.heaven 6:54
10.it's a wonderful day 3:42
11.teacher, teacher 3:06
12.strange relationship 4:24
13.can I play with u? 3:48
14.euphoria highway 2:02
15.others here with us 2:39
16.kiss [prince demo version] #1 1:17

prince
unreleased songs V
disc one

1985 (II) - 1986 (I) sessions
1.little girl wendy's parade 2:07
2.I wonder u 1:36
3.girls and boys 5:40
4.sexual suicide 3:34
5.love or money 4:11
6.old friends 4 sale #1 3:30
7.all my dreams 7:10
8.old friends 4 sale #2 3:43
9.u gotta shake something 15:18

1986 (II) sessions
10.girl o' my dreams #1 1:26
11.can't stop this feeling I got #1 2:09
12.we can funk #1 5:29
13.data bank #1 7:45
14.joy in repetition #1 5:36
15.the ball 4:53
16.joy in repetition #2 5:08

prince
unreleased songs V
disc two

1986 (II) sessions
1.crystal ball #1 11:08
2.crystal ball #2 10:21
3.movie star #1 4:08
4.a place in heaven [prince vocal] #1 2:50
5.witness 4 the prosecution [unfinished dream factory version] #1 3:58
6.visions 2:12
7.dream factory #2 3:28
8.train 4:18
9.interlude 0:59
10.I could never take the place of your man 6:49
11.sign o' the times 3:41
12.crystal ball [dream factory version] #3 9:30
13.a place in heaven [lisa vocal/dream factory version] #2 2:44
14.witness 4 the prosecution [dream factory version] #2 3:58
15.movie star [dream factory version] #2 4:26
16.witness 4 the prosecution [october 1986 remake] #3 4:50

prince
unreleased songs VI
disc one

1986 (II) sessions
1.wouldn't you love to love me? #3 6:38
2.crucial #1 7:13
3.crucial #2 7:25
4.power fantastic [instrumental intro] 1:22
5.in a large room with no light 3:14
6.big tall wall 5:51
7.baby go-go 3:26
8.get on up 4:31
9.rebirth of the flesh 5:01
10.play in the sunshine 5:00

1987 - 1988 (I) sessions
11.housequake [razormaid remix] 7:34
12.the sex of it 3:31
13.the line 7:32
14.I wish u heaven 3:06
15.positivity 6:51

prince
unreleased songs VI
disc two

1987 - 1988 (I) sessions
1.alphabet st. (this is not music, this is a trip) #1 7:48
2.girl power 6:45
3.if I love u 2nite #2 3:42
4.if I love u 2nite #3 4:15
5.melody cool [prince vocal] #1 2:35
6.melody cool [mavis staples vocal] #2 4:17
7.graffiti bridge 3:20
8.the grand progression 4:31

1988 (II) - 1989 (I) sessions
9.god is alive #1 6:19
10.god is alive #2 2:33
11.the voice inside 5:05
12.instrumental 6:47
13.we got the power 3:33
14.if I had a harem 2:15
15.rave unto the joy fantastic 5:19
16.elephants and flowers 3:36
17.still would stand all time 5:12

prince
unreleased songs VII
disc one

1988 (II) - 1989 (I) sessions
1.pink cashmere 6:00
2.cookie jar 5:33
3.17 (penetration) 4:51
4.18 (r u legal yet?) 4:07
5.19 (jailbait) 4:48
6.20 (a girl and her puppy) 4:20
7.21-24 (the dopamine rush suite) 18:35
8.r u there? 3:05
9.brand new boy 4:29
10.warden in the prison of love 4:44
11.we can hang 2:56
12.curious blue 6:15
13.girls will be girls 8:36

prince
unreleased songs VII
disc two

1989 (II) - 1990 (I) sessions
1.well done 3:33
2.your love is so hard 5:15
3.good man [prince vocal] #1 3:58
4.bed of roses 4:13
5.good man [billy franze vocal] #2 4:35
6.good body every evening 2:08
7.flesh and blood 5:06
8.my baby knows how to love me 4:56
9.boom boom, can't u feel the beat of my heart 4:07
10.me touch myself 3:37
11.dance with the devil 7:53
12.batdance 8:34
13.electric chair #1 7:12
14.electric chair #2 7:40
15.partyman 6:49

prince
unreleased songs VIII
disc one

1989 (II) - 1990 (I) sessions
1.murph drag 5:10
2.nine lives 3:59
3.corporate world 4:09
4.the latest fashion 4:07
5.my summertime thang [extended portion] 4:27
6.can't stop this feeling I got #3 4:08
7.can't stop this feeling I got #4 4:28
8.new power generation 2:57
9.new power generation (pt. II) 2:29
10.new power generation [main portion and pt. II joined together] 5:54
11.the question of u [orchestral version] #1 2:06
12.the question of u [orchestral version] #2 1:57
13.number one 3:48
14.undercover lover 1:13
15.round and round 3:27
16.love machine [prince vocal] #1 5:19
17.love machine [morris day vocal] #2 4:59
18.love machine [spoken part] #3 0:39
19.tick, tick, bang #2 2:56
20.shake! 4:59
21.thieves in the temple 5:23

prince
unreleased songs VIII
disc two

1989 (II) - 1990 (I) sessions
1.soul psychodelicide #1 10:54
2.soul psychodelicide #2 8:19
3.soul psychodelicide #3 8:46
4.soul psychodelicide #4 5:43
5.we can funk #4 6:41
6.we can funk #5 10:16
7.we can funk #6 6:45
8.we can funk #7 7:43
9.heaven must be near (the heavenly mix) #4 7:05
10.live 4 love 7:00

prince
unreleased songs IX
disc one

1989 (II) - 1990 (I) sessions
1.mind bells 3:31
2.bliss 4:10
3.miss thang 2:37

1990 (II) - 1991 (I) sessions
4.tony's iggnant mix 4:20
5.oobey doop 4:28
6.my tree 4:04
7.a positive place 2:12
8.play 3:42
9.heaven is keeping score 1:09
10.player 3:53
11.I wonder 3:28
12.hold me 4:32
13.I hear your voice 4:28
14.allegiance 3:37
15.uh-huh! 6:20
16.get blue 4:33
17.hey, louie louie 3:02
18.hit u in the socket 3:52
19.the voice [prince vocal] #1 4:47
20.the voice [mavis staples vocal] #2 5:01
21.the voice [prince/mavis staples co-lead vocal] #3 1:58

prince
unreleased songs IX
disc two

1990 (II) - 1991 (I) sessions
1.5 women 5:19
2.letter 4 miles 4:37
3.glam slam '91 #1 5:19
4.glam slam '91 #2 4:54
5.schoolyard 4:41
6.something funky (this house comes) 3:48
7.the flow #1 8:19
8.daddy pop 5:55
9.cream 4:21
10.willing and able 5:29
11.horny pony 3:56
12.gett off 8:47
13.walk don't walk 3:07
14.insatiable 8:04

prince
unreleased songs X
disc one

1990 (II) - 1991 (I) sessions
1.work that fat 4:25
2.martika's kitchen 4:16
3.don't day u love me 4:51
4.spirit 4:30
5.open book 4:53
6.love... thy will be done [prince vocal] #1 4:07
7.love... thy will be done [martika vocal] #2 4:13
8.power from above #2 4:34
9.carmen on top 3:43
10.go carmen go 4:33
11.powerline 4:02
12.all that 5:28
13.the juice 4:07
14.this is my house 4:06
15.fantasia erotica 2:58
16.mo' fun 2:02

1991 (I) - 1992 sessions
17.the p 3:20
18.51 hours #1 3:20
19.51 hours #2 4:20

prince
unreleased songs X
disc two

1991 (I) - 1992 sessions
1.album intro 1:40
2.segue 1 0:59
3.segue 2 2:00
4.segue 3 0:41
5.segue 4 0:41
6.segue 5 0:16
7.segue 6 0:36
8.my name is bart 4:55
9.the max [levi seacer jr. remix] 3:16
10.the continental 5:32
11.sex 5:38
12.the ryde dyvine #2 4:16
13.mpls (12-inch mix) #2 6:56
14."I'll do anything medley" 7:35
15.poor little bastard 3:31
16.I can't love u anymore 3:10
17.the rest of my life 1:38
18.make believe 1:32
19.I'll do anything 3:14
20.be my mirror 2:37
21.empty room #1 2:03

1993 - 1994 sessions
22.empty room #2 3:20
23.a 1,000 hugs and kisses 4:21
24.snow man 4:16
25.on your own 5:03

prince
unreleased songs XI
disc one

1993 - 1994 sessions
1.p. control 6:40
2.come [early version] #1 4:38
3.endorphinmachine [glam slam ulyssus version] 3:48
4.space [glam slam ulyssus version] #1 5:27
5.come [glam slam ulyssus version] #2 4:34
6.dark [glam slam ulyssus version] 6:32
7.loose! [glam slam ulyssus version] #1 2:23
8.race [glam slam ulyssus version] #1 4:07
9.loose! [the beatiful experience version] #2 3:29
10.race [the beatiful experience version] #2 5:04
11.come [the beatiful experience version] #4 3:18
12.come [extended the beatiful experience version] #5 5:28
13.18 and over 6:40
14.billy jack bitch #1 7:25
15.days of wild 6:05

prince
unreleased songs XI
disc two

1993 - 1994 sessions
1.children of the sun 4:21
2.in your gracious name 5:00
3.if I love u 2night #4 3:24
4.the rhythm of your heart 5:37
5.ain't no place like u [mayte vocal] #1 4:33
6.house of brick (brick house) 4:26
7.love's no fun #2 3:51
8.baby don't care 5:39
9.however much u want #1 4:41
10.mo' better 4:53
11.latino barbie doll 4:47
12.if I could get your attention 2:45
13.however much u want #2 3:33
14.the ride 11:00
15.poorgoo 4:22
16.dolphin [the undertaker version] #2 3:39
17.zannalee 2:48

prince
unreleased songs XII
disc one

1993 - 1994 sessions
1.the exodus has begun 10:46
2.get wild [sonny thomspon vocal] #2 4:30
3.get wild [sonny thomspon vocal] #3 5:57
4.new power soul #1 3:57
5.dj seduces sonny 0:45
6.it takes 3 4:00
7.hallucination rain 11:07
8.spooky soup 0:09
9.npg outro 0:12
10.slave 2 the system #1 0:59
11.acknowledge me 5:16
12.super hero 2:45
13.outa-space 4:34
14.mad 5:27
15.funky design 4:19
16.sonny 0:49
17.love... thy will be done #3 4:38
18.funky 4:13
19.proud mary 4:17

prince
unreleased songs XII
disc two

1993 - 1994 sessions
1.pheremone (video lp) [instrumental version] 3:56
2.the most beautiful girl in the world #1 10:32
3.love sign (ted's get 'em up mix) #1 6:25
4.love sign (ted's funky chariot mix) #2 6:53
5.love sign (mack attack message mix) #3 4:34
6.love sign ted's double trouble mix) #4 6:53
7.love sign (ted's love sign radio mix) #5 6:19
8.love sign (shock's silky smooth int's) #6 4:22
9.(lemme see that body) get loose! 3:45
10.p. control (club mix) #1 5:59
11.p. control (club mix edit) #2 3:04
12.chatounette controle 2:30
13.p. control (control tempo edit) #3 1:24
14.p. control (house mix) #4 5:44
15.eye hate u (remix) 3:27
16.billy jack bitch #2 2:32
17.segue [from the versace experience tape] 0:50
18.npg operator 0:21

prince
unreleased songs XIII
disc one

1993 - 1994 sessions
1.calhoun square 4:40
2.ain't no place like u [jevetta steele vocal] #2 3:59
3.somebody's somebody #1 4:28
4.somebody's somebody #2 4:25
5.free the music 3:24
6.rootie kazootie 7:05
7.space [madhouse version] #2 4:47
8.guitar segue 1:05
9.asswoop 7:09
10.ethereal 0:32
11.parlor games 4:02
12.michael b. 0:40
13.(got 2) give it up 7:18
14.sonny t. 1:42
15.head [kirk johnson remix] 3:58
16.pop life [kirk johnson remix] 4:50
17.alphabet st. [kirk johnson remix] #2 5:57

1995 - 1996 sessions
18.rock 'n' roll is alive! (and it lives in minneapolis) (tony fly mix) #2 4:38
19.the most beautiful girl in the world (mustang mix '96) #2 4:21

prince
unreleased songs XIII
disc two

1995 - 1996 sessions
1.starfish and coffee 3:18
2.sarah 2:50
3.stone 3:02
4.van gogh 5:00
5.livin' 2 die 3:34
6.eye'll never b another fool 3:12
7.journey 2 the center of your heart 4:16
8.feel good 4:07
9.2020 2:06
10.eye am the dj 4:48
11.slave 2 the system #2 3:04
12.right back here in my arms 6:14
13.soul sanctuary 4:29
14.slave 5:10
15.emancipation 4:32

1997 - 1998 (I) sessions
16.jam of the year (remix) 5:41
17.(eye like) funky music 4:53
18.sadomasochistic groove 5:23

2000 - 2001 sessions
19.vavoom 4:07

prince
unreleased songs XIV
disc one

1983 - 1984 (I) sessions
1.I would die 4 u (extended version) #2 30:38

1984 (II) - 1985 (I) sessions
2.nothing compares 2 u 4:42
3.100 m.p.h. [mazarati vocal] #2 7:20

1985 (II) - 1986 (I) sessions
4.kiss [mazarati vocal] #2 4:03
5.go 1:05

1988 (II) - 1989 (I) sessions
6.fuchsia light 4:16

1989 (II) - 1990 (I) sessions
7.my summertime thang 7:14
8.my pony 3:53
9.seven corners 4:38

1990 (II) - 1991 (I) sessions
10.u 4:12

1991 (II) - 1992 sessions
11.mpls #1 4:12

prince
unreleased songs XIV
disc two

1983 -1984 (I) sessions
1.g-spot (extended version) [bass part] #3 4:52
2.g-spot (extended version) [guitar part] #4 3:28
3.g-spot (extended version) [keyboard part] #5 1:15

1985 (II) - 1986 (I) sessions
4.old friends 4 sale #3 3:26

1986 (II) sessions
5.girl o' my dreams #2 1:24
6.can't stop this feeling I got #2 2:07
7.we can funk #3 5:43

1987 - 1988 (I) sessions
8.eye no 2:31

1988 (II) - 1989 (I) sessions
9.untitled 2:43

1989 (II) - 1990 (I) sessions
10.data bank #2 5:22
11.donald trump (black version) 4:34

1990 (II) - 1991 (I) sessions
12.gangster glam (gangster groove mix) #1 11:48
13.gangster glam (hurley's house 7-inch) #5 4:40
14.gangster glam (gangster groove 7-inch) #6 4:20

1991 (II) - 1992 sessions
15.the ryde dyvine #1 4:06
16.sexy mf 6:00

1993 - 1994 sessions
17.new power soul #2 5:39
18.sonny turns the tv off 0:49
19.when doves cry [kirk johnson remix] 5:01

I don't doubt that the vault actually exists. Just imagine what is in there: perfect versions of all the known bootleggs, definitely more songs we don't know of, recordings of almost any performance/concert (at least from the last couple of years), rehearsal recordings, etc...
[This message was edited Tue Jul 9 5:52:56 PDT 2002 by calldapplwondery83]

Femi, Prince's engineer, verified the existence of the Vault and the tons of songs in it. I spoke with him at Xenophobia. He was a wealth of knowledge. Thatis good enough for me when I consider the loser groupies that post their unproven comments on this site.

Is THE VAULT empty or near-empty?