I'm working at home today and i'm listening to some of the old less avaiable stuff and it really is unbelievably good.

I confess to not knowing much about most of it. But there are some stand outs that maybe some of you guys can give me some info/details on?

Jelly Jam 1977? This has to be one of the funkiest things ever. I love the complexity and speed of this. Anyone know much about it?

Rock me lover! - Sounds like a demo, but has some good chicken scratch style guitar (is that the right phrase?)

Purple Music - I love this, and presume from the date and sound that it was written around the time of 1999? Is this a bside or unreleased as it sounds familiar (might just be the 1999 album sound?)

Feline & The line - Very funky sound like loads of other things, but most like black album material to me ??

If I could get a decent version of Fuschia Light I would probably explode cuz it sounds truly fantastic

Any info would be great. I'm sure some of you guys know the score

cheers
[Edited 5/26/09 4:19am]

Good questions...

jasontate said:

First recorded in '76, then re-recorded in '77, incorporated into 'Just As Long As We're Together' (if you thought it sounded familiar, that's why).

jasontate said:

From 1976, this one of several tracks recorded as a demo on a cassette player.

jasontate said:

Recorded 1982 - Unreleased.

jasontate said:

Feline - Recorded 1984, a left over from The Family album. The rap was latered altered and added to 'Holly Rock' (I want to also add that this was originally intended for Mazarati, but I can't remember 100% if that's correct).

The Line - Recorded just before Xmas 1987, during the Lovesexy sessions. Replaced on the album by 'Eye Wish U Heaven', it was later sampled on 'Acknowledge Me'.

Fuschia Light - Recorded April 1988, for possible use on Tony LeMan's Paisley Park album (he recorded a vocal, but it wasn't used on his album).



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NouveauDance said:

That's too cool - thanks. Would it be rude to ask how you know so much

I've got loads of instrumentals from 1977 and they are probably some of my favourite music of all time. I know nothing about it though

jasontate said:

Being a nerdy fan for a long time and having all the Uptown books that's all

NouveauDance said:

From what I've read, Prince offered up Fuschia Light for Tony LeMans' second LP, but Tony was killed before starting the project.

squirrelgrease said:

Thanks you guys

Do any of you guys know much about the 1977 string of instrumentals in circulation? There are 8 that I have and all are good quality, great music and about 6 or 7 minutes long. Have a Stevie vibe to them, due to the time they were recorded as much as anything I suppose.

squirrelgrease said:

The Vault says it was for the first album, I dunno.

jasontate said:

Recorded in 1977 with Andre and Bobby.

NouveauDance said:

I can't find where I read this. The Vault is probably right, considering it's a 1988 outtake.