going through some recently downloaded boots, and on Eye Records "Lotus Box" there is a track by Elevation called "Traitor"

How is this Prince related? I don't recall reading/hearing about it before. And yes, I did a google search and didn't turn up much. Just that he was or may have been involved in it in some way. What's the story?

Prince supposedly played guitar on it. So supposedly, there is guitar on the track.

thanks!

I never found any confirmation about this collaboration being true.

And I can't rely on what Eye Records say: on that very boot, they said they included Prince's mix of Stevie Wonder's Cold Chill and what they did was include the album version, NOT the Prince mix.

So they should learn their lessons a bit better.

errant said:

How is this Prince related?

It's not.

on his cousins ex-wife's side...

BorisFishpaw said:

errant said:

How is this Prince related?

It's not.

aside from the versions of Hit U In The Socket, how about the rest of those Rosie tracks that are on it?

errant said:

BorisFishpaw said:

It's not.

aside from the versions of Hit U In The Socket, how about the rest of those Rosie tracks that are on it?

Haven't seen it myself, so don't know which Rosie tracks you mean.

However, Prince was only involved with "I Want U", "My Tender Heart" and "Hit U In The Socket"

from the sessions that were made during her time with Paisley Park. The tracks were intended for

her album Concrete Jungle before some of them were reused for Closer Than Close.

There was also an earlier track called Exploding All Over Europe which featured Rosie and was

written by Prince and Ingrid Chavez. But this was never intended for any of Rosie's albums.

[Edited 7/4/10 2:27am]

The sleeve for this single lists guitar by Prince

but there is no guitar on it

some kind of inside joke maybe?

[Edited 7/4/10 11:51am]

BorisFishpaw said:

errant said:

aside from the versions of Hit U In The Socket, how about the rest of those Rosie tracks that are on it?

Haven't seen it myself, so don't know which Rosie tracks you mean.

However, Prince was only involved with "I Want U", "My Tender Heart" and "Hit U In The Socket"

from the sessions that were made during her time with Paisley Park. The tracks were intended for

her album Concrete Jungle before some of them were reused for Closer Than Close.

There was also an earlier track called Exploding All Over Europe which featured Rosie and was

written by Prince and Ingrid Chavez. But this was never intended for any of Rosie's albums.

[Edited 7/4/10 2:27am]

I know about those, so thank you. I should have been more specific. I'm talking about "Try Me," "B.I.T.C.H.," "Lost In The Wilderness," "Crazy Mutha Funky," "The Greatest Touch," "Trouble (Never Give Up)" and "Play That Beat"

I've seen info here and there about particular songs, but when it comes to Prince's involvement I never trust Prince's involvement (one way or the other) 100%. Just wondered if you had any confirmed info on these. Thanks again.

timmie said:

The sleeve for this single lists guitar by Prince

but there is no guitar on it

some kind of inside joke maybe?

[Edited 7/4/10 11:51am]

Looks that way. Having "Prince" on the jacket also brings the asking price of a vinyl copy to around $125.

errant said:

BorisFishpaw said:

Haven't seen it myself, so don't know which Rosie tracks you mean.

However, Prince was only involved with "I Want U", "My Tender Heart" and "Hit U In The Socket"

from the sessions that were made during her time with Paisley Park. The tracks were intended for

her album Concrete Jungle before some of them were reused for Closer Than Close.

There was also an earlier track called Exploding All Over Europe which featured Rosie and was

written by Prince and Ingrid Chavez. But this was never intended for any of Rosie's albums.

[Edited 7/4/10 2:27am]

I know about those, so thank you. I should have been more specific. I'm talking about "Try Me," "B.I.T.C.H.," "Lost In The Wilderness," "Crazy Mutha Funky," "The Greatest Touch," "Trouble (Never Give Up)" and "Play That Beat"

I've seen info here and there about particular songs, but when it comes to Prince's involvement I never trust Prince's involvement (one way or the other) 100%. Just wondered if you had any confirmed info on these. Thanks again.

There was no Prince involvement at all with any of those songs.

[Edited 7/4/10 13:29pm]

errant said:

going through some recently downloaded boots, and on Eye Records "Lotus Box" there is a track by Elevation called "Traitor"

How is this Prince related? I don't recall reading/hearing about it before. And yes, I did a google search and didn't turn up much. Just that he was or may have been involved in it in some way. What's the story?

http://groups.google.com/...f51ac8492/

Listen, I see someone is tryiing to sell the Traitor 12" by
Elevation.. Now, I'm NOT saying that this guys 12" isn't legit, BUT..
I have a 5 track 12" called "Gate That Snare" which includes "Traitor"
by Eklevation.. This is some of the WORST "music" I have EVER EVER
HEARD! Sounds like a small town producer with that '80's New Order /
Erasure style (and a VERY VERY BAD interpretation of that style) put a
record out from a few of his singer pals from around town... Now, the
song CLAIMS that Prince plays guitar,... Strange thing is.. There IS
NO GUITAR on the song AT ALL!!!!!!!! So PLEASE be CAREFUL when
purchasing "Rare" items that have no documented proof, if P WAS in
fact on this record (as the back sleeve supposedly says) the credit
would have shown up in the Nude tour book... Which was the first time
Prince publicly acknowledged his invovement and psuedonyms in other
folks works....

T

This should really be in the FAQ.

And Eye Records should include a little bag of salt with their releases as a promotional tool...

Yeah, there's quite a lot of associated artists tracks that turn up on these kinda boots that actually

have nothing to do with Prince whatsoever. Those Martika tracks and the Kim Basinger album both

spring to mind as prime examples.

BartVanHemelen said:

errant said:

going through some recently downloaded boots, and on Eye Records "Lotus Box" there is a track by Elevation called "Traitor"

How is this Prince related? I don't recall reading/hearing about it before. And yes, I did a google search and didn't turn up much. Just that he was or may have been involved in it in some way. What's the story?

http://groups.google.com/...f51ac8492/

Listen, I see someone is tryiing to sell the Traitor 12" by
Elevation.. Now, I'm NOT saying that this guys 12" isn't legit, BUT..
I have a 5 track 12" called "Gate That Snare" which includes "Traitor"
by Eklevation.. This is some of the WORST "music" I have EVER EVER
HEARD! Sounds like a small town producer with that '80's New Order /
Erasure style (and a VERY VERY BAD interpretation of that style) put a
record out from a few of his singer pals from around town... Now, the
song CLAIMS that Prince plays guitar,... Strange thing is.. There IS
NO GUITAR on the song AT ALL!!!!!!!! So PLEASE be CAREFUL when
purchasing "Rare" items that have no documented proof, if P WAS in
fact on this record (as the back sleeve supposedly says) the credit
would have shown up in the Nude tour book... Which was the first time
Prince publicly acknowledged his invovement and psuedonyms in other
folks works....

T

This should really be in the FAQ.

really? should it be? I did a google search, as you are always urging people to do so. I only turned up 2 threads that even referenced it, with no info. So why would it be in the FAQ? An FAQ, by definition is answers to Frequently Asked Questions. From what I can tell, I'm the only one that's asked so far.

BorisFishpaw said:

errant said:

I know about those, so thank you. I should have been more specific. I'm talking about "Try Me," "B.I.T.C.H.," "Lost In The Wilderness," "Crazy Mutha Funky," "The Greatest Touch," "Trouble (Never Give Up)" and "Play That Beat"

I've seen info here and there about particular songs, but when it comes to Prince's involvement I never trust Prince's involvement (one way or the other) 100%. Just wondered if you had any confirmed info on these. Thanks again.

There was no Prince involvement at all with any of those songs.

[Edited 7/4/10 13:29pm]

Thank you

I can see Eye Records putting out a compilation called 'The non Prince-related songs by the Prince-related artists'. And using the wrong versions...