I have seen a couple of different tracklists for the Ultimate Prince CD. Does the tracklist differ according to which country it was going to be released in?

i would highly doubt it.....mayb Japan has their usual bonus track or sumthin but thats about all i cant think of.
I have bought 2 copies for a fellow orger and they are both the same, mind u i didnt get them from different countries.

A planned tracklist was leaked early, and then later the tracklist was changed into the one that was actually 'released'. That is where the confusion over the tracklists come from - some people read about the original planned tracklist and never kept up with later developments.

As for Japan having bonus tracks on CDs, there was supposed to be one for 3121 but that never materialised.

kcwm said:

Thank you for the info.! Which songs made it to the final tracklist on the briefly released CD?

I can vouch for what you have seen
I have seen copies that have Purple Medley as the first track.
But i have since heard that that was only people speculating the track list.

muirdo said:

Actually, that first track list was official, but Prince wanted some tracks off and added others. "Sexy Mutha," "Erotic City [12" version]," "7 [acoustic version]," and "Purple Medley" were taken off and "Delirious," "7 [album version]," and "Let's Work" were added. Did I miss any? I have to say, to have "Let's Work" on disc is so friggin' great!
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I have seen copies that have Purple Medley as the first track.

funny because none of them were made. you may have seen some listed as having that. or maybe a counterfit copy but not a real one.

Fact: Only ONE version of 'Ultimate Prince' was ever manufactured,
and it has the following tracklist...

disc one:
1. I wanna Be Your Lover (Single Edit)
2. Uptown (Single Edit)
3. Controversy (Album Version)
4. 1999 (Single Edit)
5. Delirious (Single Edit)
6. When Doves Cry (Single Edit)
7. I Would Die 4 U (Single Version)
8. Purple Rain (Album Version)
9. Sign O' The Times (Single Edit)
10. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Single Edit)
11. Alphabet St. (Album Version)
12. Diamonds And Pearls (Single Edit)
13. Gett Off (Album Version)
14. Money Don't Matter 2 Night (Album Version)
15. 7 (Album Version)
16. Nothing Compares 2 U (Album Version)
17. My Name Is Prince (Single Edit)

Disc two:
1. Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
2. Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix)
3. Let's Work (Dance Remix)
4. Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)
5. She's Always In My Hair (12" Version)
6. Raspberry Beret (12" Version)
7. Kiss (Extended Version)
8. U Got The Look (Long Look)
9. Hot Thing (Extended Remix)
10. Thieves In The Temple (Remix)
11. Cream (N.P.G. Mix)


The album was originally scheduled to have the following tracklist when it
was first announced, but Prince requested that certain tracks were replaced
so the tracklist was changed to what has been listed above. The original
tracklist was (and still is) posted on certain sites, but it was never
manufactured (NO CDs WITH THIS TRACKLIST EXIST)

original tracklist...

1. Purple Medley (Single Edit)
2. I Wanna Be Your Lover (Single Edit)
3. Uptown (Single Edit)
4. Controversy (Album Version)
5. 1999 (Single Edit)
6. Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix)
7. Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
8. Erotic City (12" Version)
9. Purple Rain (Album Version)
10. When Doves Cry (Single Edit)
11. I Would Die 4 U (Single Version)
12. Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)
13. She's Always In My Hair (12" Version)
14. Raspberry Beret (12" Version)

1. Kiss (Extended Version)
2. Sign 'O' The Times (Single Edit)
3. U Got The Look (Long Look)
4. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Single Edit)
5. Hot Thing (Extended Remix)
6. Alphabet St. (Album Version)
7. Thieves In The Temple (Remix)
8. Diamonds And Pearls (Single Edit)
9. Gett Off (Album Version)
10. Money Don't Matter 2 Night (Album Version)
11. Cream (Album Version)
12. 7 (Acoustic Version)
13. Sexy Mutha (Clean Edit of Sexy MF Remix)
14. Nothing Compares 2 U (Album Version)
15. My Name Is Prince (Single Edit)

excuse me if this is a dumm quest'n....

but if Prince "has a say" about what songs went on Ultimate & whether or not it could be released on 3/14/06.....then why doesn't he get royalties....why are the WB tracks so fought over....

i thought he had NO say & that's why he & WB were still battling.....
?????

PurpleRok said:

he gets royalties... anyone that says any diffrent is full of crap.



what do you mean fought over? i do not think WB argued with him over the tracks



he may have little legal say, but WB still would not want to make him mad. Also it is possiable that Prince could block the re-release of some songs he no longer wishes to be accociated with. but you know thay is a crock... he still cashes thoes dirty mind checks.

So when does this thing come out?

PurpleRok said:

It's just guesswork, but it appears that Warners had to ask Prince's permission to re-master these tracks, and therefore were keen to keep him happy, therefore when he suggested changes for who knows what reason, they obliged. It has been conjectured that Warners were testing the water for future re-masterings of his albums.

Prince does consistently get royalties as a writer of his songs, although the exact nature of that is dependent on what Prince signed in his various contracts with them.

What Prince was fighting over was the so-called 'masters' of his recordings which Warners own - and which allows them to put out such things as non-remastered hit collections without Prince's permission plus other various ownership rights that take Prince out of the loop. Prince wants to control his own recordings completely.

As for when this will be released, well it already has been but at the last minute there was a recall order - most likely that Prince had a change of heart and found some loophole that blocked the release. Many copies had already found their way onto record store shelves and some are still being sold, recall order or not, but they are relatively hard to get. There is supposed to be a new date for a new official release, but some quote June, others September. It is entirely possible that this will never get an official release, I guess it depends on whether the problem on this particular issue can be resolved between Warners and Prince or not.

what occured to me is, Prince was on board for it but then decided that he did not want to put 3121 against Ultimate so he asked for it to be pulled. WB not wanting to cause waves agreed... and then issued the recall. but they did what i would call a "soft-recal" that is they send memos to not sell it and stoped shipments but were not that worried if some got out.