i found this song here http://www.thedawnexperie...php?t=1173

and i love it

I love it too, BRILLIANT song. I have the extended version 4.54 but it's still not long enough,a 10 minute version would be great.

Damn good song.

Absolutely love the song.

I just bought a Letitgo CD single that had the extended version of Alexa de Paris on it -- first time I had it digitally from a legit source.

Odd pairing though IMO.

This is one of the many reasons why Prince is considered a genius. It is also one of the many reasons why The Revolution were such a cool band. It is also one of the reasons why Parade was the finest of all of the Prince eras (probably). It is a gorgeous tune... I just wish he would release the 1986 An Honest Man instrumental to reinforce all of the above, too!

One of my favs....i also have the extended version, remember when all of his "parade" singles released on wax were all damn near 10 minutes long?..ahh the days of wax...

You'll also find it on the B-side of Mountains.

Beautiful song...Why was it not on the Hits/B-Sides collection? That package was severely lacking and poorly edited.

It's an absolutely lovely song.

ernestsewell said:

and also B-side to Letitgo IIRC.
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thedance said:

Indeed :

Prince 12” PS Germany 941738-0 Letitgo (album version 5:33) / Solo (album version 3:48) / Alexa De Paris (extended version 4:54) / Pope (album version 3:28)
Prince 12” PS Korea D-0147 Letitgo (album version 5:33) / Solo (album version 3:48) / Alexa De Paris (extended version 4:54) / Pope (album version 3:28)
Prince 12” PS UK W0260T Letitgo (album version 5:33) / Solo (album version 3:48) / Alexa De Paris (extended version 4:54) / Pope (album version 3:28)
Prince CDsingle 5” France 941738-2 Letitgo (edit 4:15) / Solo (album version 3:48) / Alexa De Paris (extended version 4:54) / The Pope (album version 3:28)
Prince CDsingle 5” Germany 941738-2 Letitgo (edit 4:15) / Solo (album version 3:48) / Alexa De Paris (extended version 4:54) / The Pope (album version 3:28)
Prince CDsingle 5” Germany/UK W0260CD Letitgo (edit 4:15) / Solo (album version 3:48) / Alexa De Paris (extended version 4:54) / The Pope (album version 3:28)

jdcxc said:

I definitely agree that Alexa and love or money should have been included on the hits and b sides.

thedance said:

Yeah, I meant originally. I know a lot of those German rereleases on CD had weird configurations of songs, and sometimes even weird cover art for them. I remember Prince going off about the Pharaoh and the "unauthorized" releases. He had pics of a lot of those German CD singles listed above. Cranky fucker.

ernestsewell said:

No pics, that was the NPGMC HELP THE CAUSE email they send to members

Here it is :

High NPGMC, We need ur help. The NPG is looking 4 anything with a WB logo that was UNOFFICIALLY released during Prince's tenure at that label. This includes all of the following:
"Back 2 Back" releases:German CD-singles -
Little Red Corvette/1999 - 7599-21184-2 (1989)
Erotic City/I Would Die 4 U - 7599-21185-2 (1989)
Let's Go Crazy/Take Me With U - 7599-21186-2 (1989)
When Doves Cry/Purple Rain - 7599-21187-2 (1989)
Kiss/Girls And Boys/Under The Cherry Moon - 7599-21188-2 (1989)

"Back 2 Back" releases:US 7" singles -
I Wanna Be Your Lover/Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad - GWB 0392 (1987)1999/Little Red Corvette - GWB 0468 (1987)
Delirious/Let's Pretend We're Married - GWB 0476 (1987)
When Doves Cry/Let's Go Crazy - GWB 0516 (1987)
I Would Die 4 U/Take Me With U - GWB 0517 (1987)
Purple Rain/Raspberry Beret - GWB 0528 (1987)
Pop Life/America - GWB 0529 (1987)
Sign O' The Times/U Got The Look - 7-21938 (1989)
Alphabet Street/I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man - 7-10039 (1989)Batdance/Partyman - 7-21859 (1990)
Diamonds & Pearls/Insatiable - 7-15990 (1993)
Cream/Gett Off- 7-15991 (1993)

"Back 2 Back" releases:German 7" singles -
Anotherloverholenyohead/I Wanna Be Your Lover - 928521-7 (1986)
Girls And Boys/Under The Cherry Moon with She's Always In My Hair/17 Days - 928585-7 (1986)

"2-On-1" releasesUS cassettes
Controversy/Dirty Mind - 4F-23953 (1982)
Controversy/Dirty Mind - 4-23953 (1982) [slightly different O-card]

"BackTrax" releases:US cassette singles -
1999/Little Red Corvette - 4-00468 (1989)
Alphabet St./I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man - 4-21858 (1990)1999/Little Red Corvette - 4-00468 (1993) [blue O-card]
Diamonds & Pearls/Insatiable - 4-15990 (1993)
Cream/Gett Off - 4-15991 (1993)

"BackTrax" releases:US CD singles -
1999/Little Red Corvette - 2-468 (1992)
Diamonds & Pearls/Insatiable - 2-15990 (1993)
Cream/Gett Off - 2-15991 (1993)

"ep" Remix Samplers:Japanese CDs -
Scandalous Sex Suite - WPCP-3199 (1989) [9 tracks]
New Power Generation - WPCP-4200 (1991) [9 tracks]Gett Off - WPCP-4630 (1991) [12 tracks]
My Name Is Prince - WPCP-5149 (1989) [8 tracks]

CD box set:German CDs -
Around The World In A Day / Parade / Controversy - 7599-25944-2 (1992)

"Royal Box" release:UK CD-singles -
When Doves Cry, 1999, Let's Go Crazy, Kiss, I Would Die 4 U - IMC506002 (1999)[Also includes a 1999 calendar, a golden guitar-shaped badge, a limited edition certificate on 'Purple Rain' sheet music & a framed full color photo of Prince. Comes in a gold & purple velvet box with a golden TAFKAP symbol print on the cover. 4" x 8" x 10" in size.]

"Double Feature" releases:UK home videos -
Purple Rain/Graffiti Bridge - PES 12544 (1992)

If u have copies of anything in the list above or anything with a wb logo on it that is not on this list that falls in2 this category, please send 2: The Ways of the PharaohPO BOX 169Vermilion, OH44089-0169 In addition 2 the list above, we r gathering 2gether all Prince bootlegs. Send them 2 the same address. All member info will kept confidential. Ur help is greatly appreciated. Love4oneanther,The NPG Music Club

xenophobia2002 said:

There were pics on the L40A site of all of those and others. I actually used it as a guide to singles I might have missed. haha

ernestsewell said:

uh i know dat

CLASSIC!!!

Love this song!

Love the song. I actually never sought to buy it. But, maybe a decade or so ago, I purchased the Letitgo maxi-single and Alexa de Paris was on it.

Would love to hear an extended version as well as a Parade-era instrumental suite of maybe 30 minutes or so. Lots of great, lush, instrumental segments and songs around that time. Even something like the opening chords of "Sometimes It Snows it April" could easily be worked into an instrumental piece.

Just found the link to the NPGMC Pharaoh stuff.

http://web.archive.org/we...index.html

ernestsewell said:

Prince is such a dork sometimes.

ernestsewell said:

Whoa, I have a lot of what's on that list in my collection, including that silly double VHS. Whats the story? Did he want us to SEND this stuff to him at some point?

This songs has a similar feel to God:the Love Theme, with more prominate strings

darlingomo said:

No.

That's a great song. I had the song as a part of my bootleg collection and didn't have to title to the song for a few years until I asked a friend of mine what it was. It's a very atmospheric type of song and I love songs like those. I don't care for instrumentals but this song and a couple of others from Prince are among my favorite.

Beautiful.

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ernestsewell said:

Can you explain what the list was for then, and the "help the cause" email below please.

"If u have copies of anything in the list above or anything with a wb logo on it that is not on this list that falls in2 this category, please send 2: The Ways of the PharaohPO BOX 169Vermilion, OH44089-0169 In addition 2 the list above, we r gathering 2gether all Prince bootlegs. Send them 2 the same address. All member info will kept confidential. Ur help is greatly appreciated. Love4oneanther,The NPG Music Club"
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the body of work from the early to mid 1980's, in terms of diversity, quality and quantity is something that P should b incredibly proud of, and tracks like this one show even the biggest ctirics that he isn't a 'one trick pony', but a once in a lifetime figure, who feeds off, and moulds from, those around him, and takes it to the next level