Nelson4Life said:

Me Too

squirrelgrease said:

Yep,i remember buying that version of the Black album with its little yellow sticker on many moons ago. It was one of my first boots and i treated it like a prized possession. I was so proud to own it lol. Back in the day when vinyl boots were easy to find.

squirrelgrease said:

Ohhhh snap, sweet, thanks for the info!!

veeizm said:

I have a cd version. It had a picture on it but said it was the black album so i bought it because of that...good thing I bought it. I love "All my dreams"!!.

I don't know anything about Prince doing Fight the Power...can't even imagine what that sounds like.
I'm not mad into the boots and things so I don't know what's out there but I'd like some high quality versions of The Line and Purple Music, just so I can turn them up even louder.
And Extra Loveable, too.
That's one of my all time favourite, anything-by-anyone songs.

dance4me3121 said:

Same!! Didn't even know about "Love & Sex"

squirrelgrease said:

oh my god are you serious???

Nelson4Life said:

There are at least 20 different factory pressed bootlegs of The Black Album.

I have a cassette bootleg of the The Black Album, a vinyl bootleg and at least 3 silver CD boots of it. The vinyl has that famous matte black head shot on a gloss black background. One CD is from the label Noir 69 and includes a large sticker with a Paisley logo and the words "The Black Album" on it. It has the same tracks as the legit version.

I also have one with this set of songs - maybe this is what you have:

Le Grind
Cindy C
Dead On It
When 2 R In Love
Bob George
Superfunkycalifragisexy
2 Nigs United For West Compton
Rockhard In A Funky Place
In All My Dreams
Old Friends For Sale

Another version I have is called The Black Album And Back Sides (Ghost Records) which features the tracks as follows:

Le Grind
Cindy C
Dead On It
When 2 R In Love
Bob George
Superfunkycalifragisexy
2 Nigs United For West Compton
Rockhard In A Funky Place
In All My Dreams
Old Friends For Sale
Horny Toad,
Erotic City
Irresistible Bitch

PurpleDiamond2009 said:

It's true. http://prince.org/msg/7/322832 See reply #15. It was played at least once at a Paisley Park party over the PA system.

Something unreleased and not leaked.

Electric Intercourse

dance4me3121 said:

all those would be interesting indeed...BTW a song called The Divine was originally recorded during the Emancipation sessions ie over 13 years ago....I wonder if the version he mentioned in the Lotus Flower interviews is the same, reworked, or something completely different...

I'd like to see Prince seriously look at what he's doing - stop looking at his bank account and really really look at what he wants to do with his music....the Lotus Flower set is IMHO great - but the site is an absolute disappointment..$77 for that? So instead of making promises and ripping us off - either put up - or shut up!!

Oh - I wish he'd release the original version of Old Friends For Sale - the Vault version is a poor imitation....and how about giving us Moonbeam levels with 'There's Others Here With Us' as a b-side

seriously though, eventually he'll release those tracks in some form or another (which in itself is scary - cos Moonbeam Levels is perfect the way it is, just as In a Large Room with No Light was)...but I really just wish he'd give us something from his heart..,.his soul...something honest...not what he thinks we'll like...but something he thinks maybe we aren't ready for...he might be surprised!! He challenged me years ago with his sound/style...I'd like him to challenge me again..I'm not a kid anymore - and neither is he...so bring it on!!
[Edited 12/4/09 1:45am]

squirrelgrease said:

I have this on Vinyl aswell, bought it from a record fair in about 92.


[Edited 12/4/09 2:13am]

bigd74 said:

That is the one I have. I wish I had it on vinyl, that would be kew!!

crystal ball 2, roadhouse garden, madrid 2 chicago

The complete "Flesh" sessions!!!

squirrelgrease said:

I worked at Electric Lady Studios at the time Like a Prayer was recorded (although the original tracks were recorded elsewhere). On the single Madonna released the song opens with that rockish guitar track but a version was mixed at EL that began with When Doves Cry - producer was a young guy named Hank (don't remember his last name). If that is the "Prince version" that is the only Prince thing about that particular mix. I was working the night it was mixed and they left the control room door open (studio C). I must have heard the song 1000x and every time I thought I was about to hear WDC.

Electric Intercourse
grand progession
bliss
all day all night
Lisa
Possessed
moonbeam levels
If you see me
I wonder
Player
I am the DJ
wonderful ass

LambofGoth said:

Very cool story. Thanks for sharing. I guess there's a 12" of Madonna's Like A Prayer with more Prince on it - probably a mix of the recording you mentioned. Also, I just realized that Prince has recorded his own version of Like A Prayer, but it's not circulating.

squirrelgrease said:

Seriously, has this been confirmed? I've heard the story also and that's something I would really like to hear . The Madonna version is great, I'd love to hear Prince's version. Is it in circulation in closed circles?

eelco said:

See vc40's posts: http://prince.org/msg/7/3...sg_7031559

squirrelgrease said:

what is in circulation in "closed circles" ? just wondering.

how would i know?

Go
Prince's version of "So Strong"

dance4me3121 said:

Recordings in circulation only with a small group of people, Usually the people with the direct contacts in Prince's 'entourage'. Most noteable cases are the full version of Cosmic Day, the Ona soundcheck in Antwerp and a bunch of outtakes listed in the Uptown magazines that no-one outside of these circles has ever heard (of).