This can be unreleased or released, either way. Even an instrumental version of a song with vocals. (eg: Loose, Get Loose)

Some of his instrumentals sound like they would make for amazing full-fledged songs with vocals.

"Traffic Jam" is my favorite and "Alexa De Paris" right behind it. Both of them sound like they could've had some epic hooks on them, but they are still mesmerizing as instrumentals.

Madhouse 8

Madhouse 16

Madhouse 24 (1988 version)

Alexa De Paris (extended)

And my current favorites are the 8 Loring Park instrumentals he recorded with Bobby Z and Andre Cymone in 1977.

Jelly Jam is a nice little number, and i forgot to mention Venus De Milo.

And as mentioned in another thread, the 'Quiet Night Mix' of 'I Hate U' is pretty good.

alexa de paris

Xogenous

Tokyo

Alexa de Paris

North

Alexa de Paris, with God running second.

Genesia said:

God running second.

I will not take any of this subliminal heathenism!

Venus De Milo

Alexa De Paris

All of Madhouse 8

Most of Madhouse 16

"God" instrumental is good in the beginning, but all that drumming at the end ruins the mood for me.

None of the Xpectation, N.E.W.S., C-Note elevator music is worth the paper the effort to even look at, much less listen to.

"Gamillah" is pretty decent. "Habibi"'s a rip-roarin' romp through a new guitar.

Cinnie said:

Genesia said:

God running second.

I will not take any of this subliminal heathenism!

I knew someone would get that.

I forgot the instrumental of Days of Wild. I always listen to that backstage before a show. It helps me channel my inner badass.

Alexa De Paris (full-length version).

Fourteen

Oilcan

Night Owl

An Honest Man (UTCM)

I love 'Kenya' from Times Squared too, but IIRC, that's not a P. track.

"Yes" by The Family

West

Gamillah

dont for get xenophobia or is that too vegetarian for orgers

most madhouse does it for me

TrevorAyer said:

dont for get xenophobia or is that too vegetarian for orgers

most madhouse does it for me

77 beverly park

Alexa de paris

God

Kamasutra Overture

all the stuff frm under the cherry moon.

the piano bit in purple rain

millwall said:

all the stuff frm under the cherry moon.

the piano bit in purple rain

That isn't Prince.

It's Michel Colombier.

Michel Colombier - Purple Rain (Love Theme)

or did you mean another piano bit?

MPLSmidget said:

millwall said:

all the stuff frm under the cherry moon.

the piano bit in purple rain

That isn't Prince.

It's Michel Colombier.

Michel Colombier - Purple Rain (Love Theme)

or did you mean another piano bit?

The Love Theme from PR is "God". If Michel Colombier is credited with that, then it's him doing Prince's music - much the same way Danny Elfman incorporated part of "Scandalous" into his score for the Batman movie in 1989. But the music when he has his fingers in Apollonia's hot pocket is Prince of course.

TheKid94 said:

The music from under the cherry moon when prince and mary are dancing out on the deck and he calls her a cabbage head

That's "Alexa De Paris", the B-side to "Mountains".

Susannah'a Pajamas

ernestsewell said:

TheKid94 said:

The music from under the cherry moon when prince and mary are dancing out on the deck and he calls her a cabbage head

That's "Alexa De Paris", the B-side to "Mountains".

And, for some reason, it's on my "Letitgo" cd single.

Cinnie said:

ernestsewell said:

That's "Alexa De Paris", the B-side to "Mountains".

And, for some reason, it's on my "Letitgo" cd single.

A lot of the b-sides that didn't make it onto The Hits/The B-Sides were re-released this way. I believe Love Or Money got the same treatment.

Alexa De Paris (Extended) - one of the best "rock" instrumentals ever recorded, imo

The first three minutes and thirty seconds of West

God (Love Theme from PR)

Arboretum

Xhalation

Xotica, because they're sex

I actually dig a lot of the Madhouse stuff. But it only really works for me when listening to one or more those particular albums together. It doesn't really mix well with a lot of other music.

Lawd! Had to edit to add God. How could I forget that one!?

[Edited 7/1/10 21:56pm]

ernestsewell said:

TheKid94 said:

The music from under the cherry moon when prince and mary are dancing out on the deck and he calls her a cabbage head

That's "Alexa De Paris", the B-side to "Mountains".

Spinlight said:

Cinnie said:

And, for some reason, it's on my "Letitgo" cd single.

A lot of the b-sides that didn't make it onto The Hits/The B-Sides were re-released this way. I believe Love Or Money got the same treatment.

ahh good call. What 90s single did " or $" end up on?

An Alexa De Paris story...

I only owned the 7" for about 10 years (seriously). Then one day out in Berkeley while I was picking through used records at Amoeba I found like, seven or eight 12 inches that I hadn't purchased yet (this is still the mid to late nineties). Most of them were things I'd heard or owned on other releases. But I remember VERY CLEARLY hearing the extended Alexa De Paris, Mountains and Little Red Corvette for the first time that night. Mouth open. Mind, freakin', blown!

Cinnie said:

Spinlight said:

A lot of the b-sides that didn't make it onto The Hits/The B-Sides were re-released this way. I believe Love Or Money got the same treatment.

ahh good call. What 90s single did " or $" end up on?

Huh. Good question. I think I only have it on the Kiss 12", but I'm sure I've seen it on one of those later singles in the used bin.