Excellent article. Thanks for your work.

scififilmnerd said:

cool...you should make a few books and sell them on the org

i would buy one

squirrelgrease said:

I'm guessing that's metaphorically speaking, not literally as in the end of the Glam Slam birthday shows where he, well, wears a lot of hats...

L4OATheOriginal said:

They teased me about my height.

I was standing in line for the Kiel concert in 1992 and Tony said: "You're a big guy. You're gonna be up front?"

scififilmnerd said:

Virgo and I actually sent gold glitter in an envelope to Warner Bros. (This was before the days of that there lethal white powder.)

scififilmnerd said:

lol ..they could have said worse

scififilmnerd said:

i used 2 write letters 2 WB as well

*Gulp*

Thanks SciFi!

I love your album threads. I especially love reading about songs I have never heard of like Strength and Slave 2 The Funk.
I look forward to the C&D thread! But where do you get all that detailed information?

r u sure the title isn't slave 2 the system?

Milty said:

I went to the Bahamas looking for YOU, but all I came across was this that beamed all of the listed sources down into my brain.

L4OATheOriginal said:

No. "All that glitters ain't Gold" sortof suggests that the released Gold Experience wasn't the best configuration (I like the May 1994 one better), as well as the contract not being Gold. So I like that title.

Slave 2 The System may be more suitable for the Exodus article in which the song appears. In fact, I think I'll use it there. Thank you very much for suggesting it.
[Edited 9/9/09 14:10pm]

great work, ,muchh appreshiated,thanks

A possible correction:

The rumoured configuration including the Coca-cola song and his cover of Angie is usually said to have also include a song called Strength. You don't have it listed here. Is there a reason for that?

Nice work, by the way.
[Edited 9/9/09 14:13pm]

scififilmnerd said:

YAY! So, you are going to do an Exodus article... Thank You!!

TwiliteKid said:

Thank you.

You must have blinked when you perused that track list. Strength is the 1st track on it.
[Edited 9/9/09 14:28pm]

scififilmnerd said:

where you got all that obscure info from ? how do we know that such a trakc even exists ?
I really apprechiate your threads man...so much info..you and per neielsn should do something together...i like oyu r style.

Scifi, I take it this was mock-up tray artwork for a possible release?

Sonny T's bass with lyrics to Gold. Note that it's a left handed bass strung right handed. That's how Sonny learned to play - with the fat E string on the bottom.

squirrelgrease said:

Yep. Thanks.

Now I wonder which version of The Most Beautiful Girl In The World that was the second track on there.

RudyIsBackForGood said:

Thank you.

The existence of Strength was reported in an issue of the now defunct Uptown magazine.
[Edited 9/10/09 3:07am]

scififilmnerd said:

Hey I was 25 in aug 20 93, maybe he was thinkin of recording on that day lol

scififilmnerd said:

My guess is the 4:37 version, as it's credited to Tom Tucker as mixer.

Beautiful (5:55)
Programmed By - Statik (8)

Staxowax (5:14)
Engineer - Chronic Freeze
Engineer [Assistant] - Xanex Bess
Programmed By - Statik (8)

Mustang Mix (6:19)
Co-producer - Ricky P.
Engineer - Tom Tucker
Engineer [Assistant] - Freddie H.*
Mixed By - Tom Tucker

Flutestramental (3:35)
Engineer - Chronic Freeze
Engineer [Assistant] - Xanex Bess
Programmed By - Statik (8)
Sexy Staxophone And Guitar (3:54)
Engineer - Chronic Freeze
Engineer [Assistant] - Xanex Bess
Programmed By - Statik (8)

Mustang Instumental (3:23)
Co-producer - Ricky P.
Engineer - Tom Tucker
Engineer [Assistant] - Freddie H.*
Mixed By - Tom Tucker

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (4:37)
Co-producer - Ricky P.
Engineer - Tom Tucker
Engineer [Assistant] - Freddie H.*
Mixed By - Tom Tucker

Thanks again for a great thread Scifi.

My favourite Prince period 1993-96 ending with, and most definately including, Chaos and Disorder.

I can see why the May 1994 version is your favourite - as long as it definately has the released versions of Shy and Gold etc.

But i still can't get my head around TGE not containing Endorphinmachine and Shhh??

I have no preference on whether the name of the album was Gold or TGE - but i do prefer the Letterman front cover!!!

squirrelgrease said:

some typos on that bass.....disair? should be despair,rught?

squirrelgrease said:

You're probably right, then.

scififilmnerd said:

Dude, do yourself (and all of us) a favor and add this (and your other posts) to the Wiki: http://prince.org/wiki/Princepedia . This post isn't a sticky anymore, and soon it will vanish just like so many worthwhile posts from the past 10 years.

Hell, just put it in as it is right now, and we'll edit out all the editorializing and opinions until a neutral piece remains. You can always add the link to this post as the source/reference.

And perhaps archive this for yourself at your own blog or something like it. Plenty of free tools out there where you can post your own stuff: Posterous, Blogger, Tumblr, ... Post it at several places, so when one goes down it's still available elsewhere. Link all of them to each other.

BartVanHemelen said:

It was never a sticky. I've never had a sticky.

So that's a great suggestion. I'll look into it when I'm done with all five articles. Then I can add them to Princepedia all at once.

Until then, they are prince.org exclusives, but only until then.
[Edited 9/10/09 7:22am]

scififilmnerd said:

well you went there for nothing. i dont live in the Bahamas.

Milty said:

You moved back to London?