I'm still baffled as to why this track was offered to Miles, it was never anything special, and there isn't any room anywhere for Miles to do anything other than the odd out of place squeal.

Still killer that new stuff is getting out there though. I haven't heard this in YEARS and I admit it sounds a lot better than I remember - A Miles-less version would be cool too (if you know what I mean).

NouveauDance said:

I'm still baffled as to why this track was offered to Miles, it was never anything special, and there isn't any room anywhere for Miles to do anything other than the odd out of place squeal.

Still killer that new stuff is getting out there though. I haven't heard this in YEARS and I admit it sounds a lot better than I remember - A Miles-less version would be cool too (if you know what I mean).

I wonder if it was not more of an invtation to do something. Can I Play (music) with you?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

NouveauDance said:

I'm still baffled as to why this track was offered to Miles, it was never anything special, and there isn't any room anywhere for Miles to do anything other than the odd out of place squeal.

Still killer that new stuff is getting out there though. I haven't heard this in YEARS and I admit it sounds a lot better than I remember - A Miles-less version would be cool too (if you know what I mean).

I wonder if it was not more of an invtation to do something. Can I Play (music) with you?

Nice one.

Shame it didn't work!

This is fucking great!!! Where did it come from?

good god all of the stuff that is laying around that we have

never heard! Here is was all of these years knowing a song

a certain way and now hey whadda know, it's longer!

and has a whole bunch of other cool parts! I love it,

awesome!! T H A N K Y O U whomever you are!

Ive always had a problem with the song. Im not sure if its the pitch or speed of the vocals

It just sound off a bit

I remember back in the days the pitch / speed made it sound like a Camile track, and or some odd reason i liked it that way

This not one of the best outtake out, But still

Holy shitballs this is great. It's weird why these clean copies of these boots are suddenly appearing. maybe as the main man once said SOMETHING BIG IS COMING (or maybe not probably!) het we can keep hoping.

Sorry to be such a spoilsport, but, no, nothing big is coming. That outtake comes from a Miles Davis fan, so I don't think you can expect more. The track was originally meant to be released on the 6-CD version of "The Last Word" (2001-2), which became a 4-CD boxset (without "Can I Play With U?") and eventually was cancelled. The 4-CD version has been circulating for years. All you can maybe expect is the studio version of "Jailbait" recorded by Miles Davis, which was also on the original 6-CD version of "The Last Word" and doesn't involve Prince. Maybe. Maybe not.

^Correct. This was not freed by a Prince fan. Miles' fans have had this for quite a long time.

This "new" version is probably the original studio, unedited version, whereas the version that's been circulating for years is an edited version.

Prince and Miles might have jointly released this song, Prince being short and funky while Miles was long and jazzy.

joyinrepetition said:

This "new" version is probably the original studio, unedited version, whereas the version that's been circulating for years is an edited version.

Prince and Miles might have jointly released this song, Prince being short and funky while Miles was long and jazzy.

Funny. I was under the impression that it was exactly the opposite. The short version being the raw version that Miles sent back to Prince and the longer version being the more produced (extended) version that Prince made after receiving the "raw" version by Miles.

vitriol said:

^Correct. This was not freed by a Prince fan. Miles' fans have had this for quite a long time.

My Miles Davis collection is second largest to my Prince collection, then Beatles and Depeche mode.

olb99 said:

joyinrepetition said:

This "new" version is probably the original studio, unedited version, whereas the version that's been circulating for years is an edited version.

Prince and Miles might have jointly released this song, Prince being short and funky while Miles was long and jazzy.

Funny. I was under the impression that it was exactly the opposite. The short version being the raw version that Miles sent back to Prince and the longer version being the more produced (extended) version that Prince made after receiving the "raw" version by Miles.

That may be true...Miles was not in the extended portion at all.

mplsmike said:

Ive always had a problem with the song. Im not sure if its the pitch or speed of the vocals

It just sound off a bit

I remember back in the days the pitch / speed made it sound like a Camile track, and or some odd reason i liked it that way

This not one of the best outtake out, But still

Me too. When I hear it now the first thing I think is 'It's too slow!'. But this must be the original tempo/pitch as I've heard this version in other forms too. But my original bootlegs had a faster tempo/pitch.

Saying that... THIS IS AWESOME!! Love the additions!!

dannyd5050 said:

mplsmike said:

Ive always had a problem with the song. Im not sure if its the pitch or speed of the vocals

It just sound off a bit

I remember back in the days the pitch / speed made it sound like a Camile track, and or some odd reason i liked it that way

This not one of the best outtake out, But still

Me too. When I hear it now the first thing I think is 'It's too slow!'. But this must be the original tempo/pitch as I've heard this version in other forms too. But my original bootlegs had a faster tempo/pitch.

Saying that... THIS IS AWESOME!! Love the additions!!

I kinda want to take it and speed it up myself

paisleypark4 said:

I kinda want to take it and speed it up myself

I did that already just for fun sounds ok, but i didnt save it

wow this "extended" version is excellent.

the extra part...... is brilliant.

mplsmike said:

paisleypark4 said:

I kinda want to take it and speed it up myself

I did that already just for fun sounds ok, but i didnt save it

NightGod said:

I would buy it.

Don't.

Holy shit, I listened to it yesterday. Funky as all get out, beyond its demo sound. The bass, good lord, the bass! He certainly know longer does horns like that.

Tremolina said:

NightGod said:

I would buy it.

Don't.

I should clairfy, I would buy this as an official release. I would tell others to buy it.

According to Marcus Miller, who worked on the Miles Davis album "Tutu", on which "Can I Play With U?" was supposed to appear:

"Man, that's a long time ago. I seem to remember the version we worked on being a good deal longer than 4 minutes.

I wasn't around when Miles overdubbed on the track, it sounded like he and Adam were on it, though.

Does the short version have a Prince bass solo on it?

MM"

The short version of "Can I Play With U?" doesn't have a bass solo and the long version has a bass solo in the extended portion (without Miles), so I guess the version that was intended for release on "Tutu" is the long version that has recently started to circulate.