Here is a list of unreleased Prince/related instrumental tracks. I do not claim this to be a complete list, but it will give you a rough idea of the amount of instrumental tracks out there, more than enough for an album or two.

The list was compiled using The Vault book, but any additional info anyone may have would be appreciated. I have left out tracks which are titled "instrumental" to make the list a bit more interesting to read. I hope this may be useful or of some interest to you.

1. Bump This. (a Prince/Andre Cymone track recorded during the For You sessions in Nov 1977)

2. E-Pluribous Funk. (another Prince/Cymone track recorded during the For You sessions in 1977)

3. Poppa Grooves. (recorded during a home studio session in 1981)

4. Electrocution. (from 1983)

5. I Am Five. (recorded at Sunset Sound in Sept 1983)

6. Traffic Jam. (recorded at Sunset Sound in Feb 1984)

7. Wet Dream Cousin. (recorded by Prince/Bobby Z in 1983, the track was possibly recorded for use on the 2nd Vanity 6 album.

8. Feline. (recorded for The Family in July 1984. A version with vocals does exist, but the version that is circulating is an instrumental)

9. Fish Fries. (recorded by Prince/Sheila E during sessions for Sheila's Romance 1600 album in Dec 1984)

10. Lisa. (this is said to be the original title of The Family track Yes, recorded in Oct 1984)

11. Mazarati. (This is the original title of The Family track Susannah's Pajamas, as Prince originally planned the track for Mazarati)

12. Small Grey Monkey. (recorded by Prince/Sheila E during the Romance 1600 sessions in Dec 1984)

13. 12 Keys. (a track recorded during the Paisley Jam at Sunset Sound in Dec 1985)

14. A Couple Of Miles. (see no. 13)

15. Breathless. (see no.13)

16. Can I Play With U? (see no.13)

17. Euphoria Highway. (recorded at Sunset Sound in Feb 1986 during sessions with Jill Jones)

18. Finest Whiskey. (see no.13)

19. Groove in C Minor. (recorded at Sunset Sound as part of the "Everybody's Jam" session in Jan 1986)

20. Groove in G Flat Minor. (see above, no.19)

21. High Calonic. (see no.13)

22. Junk music. (see no. 19)

23. Madrid. (see no. 13)

24. Mobile. (see no. 13)

25. Polka Dot Tiger. (recorded at Sunset Sound in May 1985)

26. Run Amok. (see no. 13)

27. Slaughterhouse. (see no. 13)

28. Tibet. (recorded at Sunset Sound in April 1985)

29. Up From Below. (see no. 19)

30. Voodoo Who. (see no.13)

31. Y'All Want Some More? (see no. 19)

32. Zebra With The Blond Hair. (recorded at Sunset Sound in May 1985)

33. And That Says What? (recorded at The Warehouse in March 1986)

34. Baby Doll House. (recorded during the Madhouse 8 sessions in Sept 1986)

35. It Ain't Over Till The Fat Lady Sings. (recorded at The Warehouse in July 1986)

36. Nine. (recorded by Prince/Eric Leeds, in Oct 1986, the track is entirely different to the Madhouse track)

37. Susannah's Blues. (recorded at a Paris soundcheck in Aug 1986)

38. 3 Nigs Watchin' A Kung-Fu Movie. (recorded by Prince/Sheila E in Prince's home studio in Jan 1987)

39. Bobbi Jo. (recorded as a gift to Ingrid Chavez in Dec 1987)

40. In A Winter Mood. (recorded in Nov 1987)

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41. Pickle. (recorded in June 1988)

42. Sticky Wicked. (recorded in June 1988, the track is entirely different to the track of the same name given to Chaka Khan)

43. XYZ. (recorded in autumn 1987)

44. 17(Penetration). (recorded in Dec 1988 for the Madhouse 24 sessions)

45. 18(Are U Legal Yet?). (see no. 44)

46. 19(Jailbait). (see no. 44)

47. 20(A Girl & Her Puppy). (see no. 44)

48. 21-24(The Dopamine Rush Suite). (recorded late July 1988)

49. Dos. (recorded in June 1988)

50. Uno. (see no. 49)

51. Tres. (see no. 49)

52. Batman Theme. (recorded in Feb 1989)

53. Funky. (recorded in Nov 1989)

54. Boom Box. (recorded in Sept 1991)

55. Letter 4 Miles. (recorded in Sept 1991)

56. Asswoop. (recorded in July 1993 at the Madhouse 24 mark 2 sessions)

57. Glam Slam Boogie. (performed live in 1994-'96)

58. Parlor Games. (see no. 56)

59. Rootie kazootie. (see no. 56)

60. Hypnoparadise. (performed live in 1998, the track is entirley different to the NPGMC track)

Cerebus said:

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Yes?

MikeyB71 said:

Cerebus said:

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Yes?

Now I have to find all of 'em. Think I have about 2/3 of them available, but there's a bunch in there I've never heard of (might have some of them too as "untitled").

Cerebus said:

MikeyB71 said:

Yes?

Now I have to find all of 'em. Think I have about 2/3 of them available, but there's a bunch in there I've never heard of (might have some of them too as "untitled").

It is a nice list, and then there are about 20 odd tracks which were titled "instrumental." And the list in the book only goes up to 2003-4.

Quite an impressive amount of material. I don't think that people realize the scope of his instrumental output.

The book described the tracks in more detail, and some of them sound very tasty indeed.

Hmm. It's the "Instrumental" tracks I was thinking of - got at least 20 of those. Nice list for sure.

Cerebus said:

Hmm. It's the "Instrumental" tracks I was thinking of - got at least 20 of those. Nice list for sure.

There are a few tracks entitled "instrumental" which are very short, in some cases under or near a minute, but the majority of the "instrumental" tracks are proper jams as you will know.

In my opinion some of the best tracks entitled "instrumental" are the 8 Loring Park tracks recorded with Bobby Z and Andre Cymone, great stuff.

Pity that only a small bunch of those titles are circulating...

vitriol said:

Pity that only a small bunch of those titles are circulating...

It is also a pity that so little information is known of recordings post 2003-4.

I'm pretty sure Prince has recorded more instrumentals since then.

But even to have info on "normal" recordings would be handy too.

We need an updated version of The Vault book, or something similar.

MikeyB71 said:

vitriol said:

Pity that only a small bunch of those titles are circulating...

It is also a pity that so little information is known of recordings post 2003-4.

I'm pretty sure Prince has recorded more instrumentals since then.

But even to have info on "normal" recordings would be handy too.

We need an updated version of The Vault book, or something similar.

Prince seems to have done a much better job of keeping his hard drives under lock and key post TRC. Or he hired some people to do it for him. Pretty much just endless live recordings circulating for that era, but no studio outtakes/boots.

Cerebus said:

MikeyB71 said:

It is also a pity that so little information is known of recordings post 2003-4.

I'm pretty sure Prince has recorded more instrumentals since then.

But even to have info on "normal" recordings would be handy too.

We need an updated version of The Vault book, or something similar.

Prince seems to have done a much better job of keeping his hard drives under lock and key post TRC. Or he hired some people to do it for him. Pretty much just endless live recordings circulating for that era, but no studio outtakes/boots.

Yup, the river sure did dry up.

Such a shame, because it is quite unlikely that recordings from that date onwards will see the light of day, until maybe Prince's death.

If the unreleased recordings since 2004 onwards are similar in quality to the released ones we ain't missing anything.

vitriol said:

Just out of curiosity - how do we know what's circulating is correctly titled? I'll bet the early boots had fun making up "Princely" titles.

billymeade said:

Just out of curiosity - how do we know what's circulating is correctly titled? I'll bet the early boots had fun making up "Princely" titles.

Good point.

Well, in fact we DO know that many early boots used incorrect titles, especially for instrumentals.

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