just bought myself the kinks recent box set of their career and i was wondering what a prince 6 cd box set would contain...he certainly has plenty to choose from...what would you put on it ?....i will have a wee think and then put up what i think would be a good tracklist for it....lets keep the 6 cds to officially released stuff with maybe a bonus cd of unreleased stuff ...so what do you think
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[Added (What Would You Put On A) to clarify title. - Mars23]

too much work for me to list up to 6 cds full

OK This is hard but its time to start the topic. I will make it Chronological and include Bsides, unofficial tracks etc. But here goes (anything not on an album or bside bracketted)

Disc 1 1975-1979
1. Games (Pepe Willie 1975)
2. Machine (Original champagne demo 1976)
3. 39th street party (champagne Demo 1976)
4. Leaving for New York (Moonsound 1976)
5. Soft and wet (Sound 80, 1977)
6. In Love
7. For You
8. I'm Yours
9. Baby
10. Just another sucker (94 East session, late 1978)
11. Wouldn't u love 2 love me (With Sue Ann Carwell 1978)
12. Donna (Home session 78/79)
13. You (Rebels Sessions 1979)
14. Disco Away (Rebels)
15. If I love u tonight (Rebels)

This early disc would be a collectors nugget and part of the selling point of the whole set. Many fans would love to listen to this early stuff, Tracks 11, 13 and 15 are early versions of later songs.

Disc 2 1979 - 1982

1. I wanna be your lover
2. Sexy Dancer
3. I Feel 4 U
4. Big Brass bed/Bulgaria (79-80 sessions)
5. Dirty Mind
6. When U were mine
7. Gotta Stop Messin About
8. Get It Up (Prince version)
9. Lisa (Unreleased Demo)
10. Uptown
11. The Second Coming (1981 late studio recording for unreleased movie)
12. Do Me Baby
13. Controversy (Long Album version)
14. Lets Work (Extended dance mix as on Ultimate)
15. Extra Loveable

Disc 1982-86
1. 1999
2. Little Red Corvette (Extended)
3. Lets Pretend were married
4. Nasty Girl (Prince version)
5. Can't stop this feeling I got (1982 version)
6. Tick Tick Bang (1983 mix)
7. Fathers Song
8. Manic Monday
9. When Doves Cry
10. Purple Rain
11. 17 Days
12. Feline
13. Pop Life
14. Raspberry Beret
15. Kiss
16. Little Girl Wendys Parade

Disc 4 1986-1990

1. A Better Place to Die
2. Crystal Ball
3. Sometimes It snows in April
4. Can I play with you (Unfinished jam 4 Miles)
5. Sign o the Times
6. Forever in My Life
7. Adore
8. U got the Look
9. Le Grind
10. Annastesia
11. When 2 R in Love
12. Batdance
13. Electric Chair
14. Anna Fantastic
15. Still Would Stand all Time
16. Thieves in Temple extended mix

Disc 5 The 1990s
1. Violet the Organ Grinder
2. Call the Law
3. Cream
4. Diamonds and Pearls
5. The Morning Papers
6. Sexy MF
7. The Continental
8. Pink Cashmere
9. Come
10 Letitgo
11. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
12. Gold
13. Dolphin
14. Zannalee
15. Poor Goo
16. The Holy River
17. One of us
18. Everyday is a winding road
19. Wherever you go whatever u do

Disc 6, The 00s

1. Underneath the Cream
2. She Loves me for me
3. Family name
4. West
5. Pearls before the swine
6. North
7. Musicology
8. ICPC
9. The Marrying Kind/If I was the man in yo life
10. SST
11. Love
12. Black sweat
13. The Dance
14. Song of the Heart
15. Lion Of Judah
16. Chelsea Rogers
17. Guitar
18. Rocksteady/Whole lotta love (Indigo nights)

Well there you are, more an anthology rather than a crowd pleasing wrap up of hits (Theres enough of those already), I think true fans would like this mix, it needs to be long boxed and with a 60 or so page book explaining the music and Prince.

nice list Huggiebear
but not enugh outtakes

mplsmike said:

I wish I could find more, but those ones sound great already. Imagine a 6cd set with just outtakes and demos or songs Prince gave to someone else. Besides I refuse to buy a record without When 2 R in Love is on

Hopefully someone else will deliver the goods (I only had my copy of DMSR)

Huggiebear said:

Heaven

mplsmike said:

I have every thing Prince has put out.....and it's NOT enough.

Here I thought you were asking how much I'd be willing to pay for a box set!

But on the real, that list is too long for me to type on an iPhone.

GNS said:

I was thinking that too

interesting list huggie , i think that list would suit the hardcore fan more...mine will probably be a huge best of list...

I'll mock up what a 6-disc career retrospective for the less hardcore fan might look like....basically, an updated, expanded version of "The Hits/The B-Sides."

DISC 1
1.Soft And Wet
2.In Love
3.Just As Long As We're Together (Single Edit)
4.I Wanna Be Your Lover (Album Version)
5.Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
6.I Feel For You
7.Bambi
8.When You Were Mine
9.Dirty Mind
10.Uptown
11.Head
12.Controversy (Album Version)
13.Sexuality
14.Do Me, Baby
15.Let's Work
16.(Gotta Stop) Messin' About

DISC 2
1.1999 (Album Version)
2.Little Red Corvette
3.Delirious
4.How Come U Don't Call Me
5.When Doves Cry (Album Version)
6.Let's Go Crazy
7.Take Me With U
8.Darling Nikki
9.I Would Die 4 U (Single Edit)
10.Purple Rain (Album Version)
11.Erotic City (Single Edit)
12.17 Days
13.Raspberry Beret
14.She's Always In My Hair
15.Pop Life
16.America
17.4 The Tears In Your Eyes

DISC 3
1.Kiss
2.Mountains
3.Girls & Boys
4.Anotherloverholenyohead
5.Sign 'O' The Times (Single Edit)
6.If I Was Your Girlfriend (Album Version)
7.Shockadelica
8.U Got The Look
9.I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man (Single Edit)
10.Housequake
11.Bob George
12.Cindy C.
13.Rockhard In A Funky Place
14.Alphabet St. (Single Edit)
15.I Wish U Heaven
16.When 2 R In Love
17.Anna Stesia

DISC 4
1.Batdance (Single Edit)
2.Partyman
3.Thieves In The Temple (Extended Mix)
4.New Power Generation
5.Joy In Repetition
6.Thunder
7.Gett Off
8.Cream
9.Horny Pony
10.Diamonds & Pearls
11.Money Don't Matter 2Night
12.My Name Is Prince (Single Edit)
13.Sexy MF
14.7
15.The Morning Papers
16.Pink Cashmere (Album Version)
17.Peach

DISC 5
1.The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Single Version)
2.Letitgo
3.Space
4.Pussy Control
5.Eye Hate U (Album Version)
6.Dolphin
7.Gold (Single Edit)
8.Dinner With Delores
9.Betcha By Golly, Wow!
10.The Holy River (Single Edit)
11.Face Down
12.The Love We Make
13.Emancipation
14.The Truth
15.The One (Single Edit)
16.Come On
17.Wasted Kisses

DISC 6
1.The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
2.So Far, So Pleased (with Gwen Stefani)
3.U Make My Sun Shine (with Angie Stone)
4.The Work
5.She Loves Me 4 Me
6.One Nite Alone...
7.Musicology
8.Call My Name
9.Reflection
10.Song Of The Heart (from 'Happy Feet')
11.3121
12.Black Sweat
13.Fury
14.Get On The Boat
15.Guitar
16.Future Baby Momma
17.A Colonized Mind
18.(There'll Never Be) Another Like Me

Not necessarily my favorites or even what I personally think are his best, but a pretty solid career overview hitting most of the highlights and giving a little taste of nearly everything.
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renfield said:

As far as a greatest hits retrospective goes, this is probably what I would have put too. And you include some better album tracks like In Love, Wasted kisses and good bsides like 17 days, I think everyone minus a super hardcore fan would buy it Good list
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Wow. That was a lot of work...I'd have to think about it..

i hate chronology so my list would be all over the place. i think such randomness highlights Prince's genius too

i'd include Huggie's disc One and title it 4 the Hardcore Headz

Disc 2
1. Head
2. Space
3. She Loves Me 4 Me
4. I Wish U Heaven
5. Don't Play Me
6. Wherever U Go Whatever U Do
7. Darling Nikki
8. Pink Cashmere
9. The Question of U
10. Electric Chair
11. I Would Die 4 U (ext'd)
12. Love 2 The 9's
13. Lady Cab Driver
14. Gold
15. Dinner With Delores
16. Until U're In My Arms Again

Disc 3
1. Wasted Kisses
2. The Beautiful Ones
3. Vikki Waiting
4. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
5. Anne Christian
6. When U Were Mine
7. Pheremone
8. The Dance Electric (Prince ext'd version)
9. Bambi
10. A Love Bizzare
11. Crystal Ball
12. DMSR
13. Live 4 Love
14. 7
15. Bob George
16. Willing & Able

Disc 4
1. Black Sweat
2. Something In The Water...
3. Party Up
4. Moonbeam Levels
5. Gett Off
6. Housequake (ext'd)
7. Computer Blue
8. America (video version)
9. Love
10. Joy In Repetition
11. The Cross
12. Sweet Baby
13. The One
14. Dolphin
15. Cream
16. 17 Days

Disc 5.
1. 4 the Tears in Your Eyes
2. Anna Stesia
3. Lemon Crush
4. 4 Ever In My Life
5. Strollin
6. Musicology
7. The One U Wanna C
8. 6 (Madhouse)
9. White Mansion
10. Private Joy
11. Irresistible B
12. The Word
13. Bambi
14. Underneath the Cream
15. We Can Funk
16. Everywhere

Disc 6
1. Feel U Up
2. Lion Of Judah
3. Take Me With U
4. Why U Wanna Treat Me So Bad
5. Money Don't Matter 2Nite
6. Welcome 2 The Dawn
7. Dance On
8. Rock Hard In a Funky Place
9. Crimson & Clover
10. The Truth
11. Glam Slam
12. Holy River
13. The Morning Papers
14. 17 Days
15. Billy Jack Bitch
16. Still Waiting
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