All those songs that people listened to at paisley park are they ever going to see the light of day.

in terms of the boots from it i have heard some of them but not all of them.

I think this would be a much better album them crystal ball 1. Does anyone agree and has anyone heard majority of these boots at all?

Could U please post the selected songs? I don't have that list anymore.
Thanks.

3 Nigs Watchin' a Kung Fu Movie"
"Adonis & Bathsheba"
"American Jam"
"Come Electra Tuesday" (not selected)
"Electric Intercourse"
"Everybody Wants What They Don't Got"
"Evolsidog"
"Eye Wonder"
"Girl" (not selected)
"Girl o' My Dreams"
"Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" (not selected)
"If It'll Make U Happy" (not selected)
"Katrina's Paper Dolls"
"Kiss" (Unreleased Xtended Version)
"Love & Sex"
"Lust U Always"
"Others Here with Us"
"She's Just a Baby" (not selected)
"Strange Way of Saying Eye Love U"
"Turn It Up"
"U're All Eye Want"
"Xtra Lovable"

People didn't listen to the songs at the first Celebration.

You just sat in front of an AppleMac and selected titles from a list on the screen to register your vote.

The vote result was then announced, and apparently it was supposed to be in the works.

The actual release has, as far as I am aware, never leaked to emerge on a bootleg. Some of the titles had previously leaked and featured on bootlegs over the preceding years.

One title - 'Gotta Stop (Messin About)' - was seemibgly already on the 'The Hits / The B Sides' 3CD set! It was not even made clear that it was an alternate version to the released title, whereas this was made clear with the title, 'Kiss - Xtended version' (Never released b4), which also featured in the most popular list.

And possibly 'Girl' was the existing B-side?

This is possibly why both 'Gotta Stop' and 'Girl' didn't get as many votes - given a choice, people wanted to hear music which had never officially circulated first.

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[Edited 5/19/09 5:02am]

lagantest said:

I agree. Just based on the fact that it sticks to his most prolific period(s) and isn't heavy on more recent trash like Poom Poom or superfluous remixes.

Interesting mix!

The below are already circulating and have been for years (hence why Prince should capitalise on it and release them himself!):


"Electric Intercourse"
"Eye Wonder"
"Girl o' My Dreams"
"Kiss" (Unreleased Xtended Version)
"Lust U Always"
"Others Here with Us"
"She's Just a Baby" (not selected) WHY WASN'T THIS SELECTED FAMS, IT IS EXCELLENT!
"Strange Way of Saying Eye Love U"
"Turn It Up"
"Xtra Lovable"

lagantest said:

Why dosen't he put it out, it would have 50,000 instant sales just to hardcore fans. I myself would pay a small fortune to get that disc. I would add

Rebirth of the Flesh
Euphoria Highway
Blues in C (If I had a harem)
Junk Music
Y'all want some more
Lisa
Up from Below
Big Brass Bed
Bulgaria
Moonbeam Levels
U
Other rarities I am desparate to own

TheFreakerFantastic said:

There's an unreleased Xtended version which circulates?

I think i've heard it yes...think it was on The Work Pt 2 but only the first part so think it was a snippet of the extended mix, although im sure ive heard this full somewhere....
[Edited 5/19/09 5:09am]

Thanks! This would have been a very good sequel to the first 3 disc set. Even if other gems would have been left out anyway, like Huggiebear said Moonbeam Levels, Rebirth Of The Flesh, U and Lisa which are haunting songs, the kind I rave on.

Huggiebear said:

A theory as to why Prince hasn't put it out may be the way in which the first Crystal Ball was received by fans. Some folks were unhappy with the way it made it to stores before 1-800-New Funk pre-orders arrived. Many complained about the tracks and pretty much panned the release.

But then, why did he bother to present the possibility of a Crystal Ball II?

The probable explanation may lie in Prince's track-record of dropping projects like a prepubescent with ADD.

langebleu said:

No, there isn't.

The original acoustic demo and the original Mazarati version have surfaced on various boots though.

: Crystal Ball II (summer/autumn 2000)
Track list unknown, but includes What Should B Souled


[Edited 5/23/09 8:29am]