I recently found some kind of bootleg tagged as "Prince (with Miles Davis) - Crucial". It has an awesome horn section throughout the record, but I can't tell if it's Miles playing trumpet (there's really not that much), and I seriously doubt it since I read about how few times Miles & Prince actually got together. The recording is pretty shitty, weak & distorted, but definetly listenable since the content REALLY is top class!

So, anyone knows what this is? Or if Miles had anything to do with it?

Here's the tracklist:

01 Break my Heart
02 Can't Stop
03 Crucial (extended version)
04 Crucial (normal version)
05 Crucial (instrumental version)
06 Fantastic
07 Girl in my Dreams
08 Red Riding Hood [same as "Can I Play with You?", sound like Miles on this one! - zinger)
09 Sexual Suicide

Thanks!
[Edited 5/5/06 1:34am]

Just a bunch of Prince outtakes, nothing to do with Miles Davis.

zinger said:

It's Not Miles....Try..... Eric Leeds
Eric is also on Can i Play With U

Can i Play With U..was givin to Miles..in hopes he work on it

Crucial,Last Heart Can Be heard on The "Crystal Ball" Cd's
Powerfatastic...[also E.leeds..or was it A. Bliss] .. on the Hits/Bsides

The Rest Are Unreleased Versions..[depending on what version they are]

BorisFishpaw said:

except for "can i play with u?" which IS miles.

mplsmike said:

Yes, I could actually make out that Leeds was on the sax (damn he's good), but trumpet also? I thought he played only sax & flute...

And man, "Break my Heart" deserves a better recording, wonderful track!

zinger said:

just buy crystal ball.

it's on there. in fact most of these tracks have been officially released in superior quality. the actual name of the track is "last heart".

"atlanta" bliss (matt blistan) plays trumpet on pretty much every prince song recorded that i know of.

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[Edited 5/5/06 2:02am]

Can I Play With U
Sax - E.Leeds
Trumpet - M.Davis

zinger said:

I hope u didnt pay more than a couple dollers 4 it

Great, I'lll start looking for Crystal Ball then. Thanks guys!

mplsmike said:

I didn't pay anything.
[Edited 5/5/06 2:10am]

zinger said:

Just so u know there Is The Official "Crystal Ball CDs"

And theres Various Boot's With The Same Title
..just so u know what to look 4 ; )

JPW said:

Uh... No, no they haven't. "Power Fantastic" was released in an edited version of The Hits, "Crucial" was released in an edited version on Crystal Ball, and "Sexual Suicide" and "Last Heart" were released on Crystal Ball as well.

That's it.

Spinlight said:

"uh"...whatever. edit or not, they were released. if i got it wrong with "most", then big shit... i was tired when i wrote that. in any case, MANY of those tracks are available in some form on official releases. and when you say "power fantastic" is an edit, you're only talking about 10 seconds of free-form instrumental intro that was cut.

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[Edited 5/5/06 18:48pm]