Just heard this remix for the first time, and while I think it's really interesting it sounds like a 100% Dorothy Parker remix, I knew it was sampled but I though it was mixed in with the song, but actually I can't hear any trace of Letitgo at all - though there is extra guitar work on there.

What's everyone elses thoughts on this, am I missing something?

Gah - just double checked The Vault website and realised I've got '(-) Sherm Stick Edit' which is an instrumental, and what I'm after is 'Sherm Stick Edit', which isn't. Flippin' 'eck - how annoying. And nothing on youtube either!

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It's great....really hypnotic...love it!

Love this song. I wonder how known it is. I guess it must be, but I seldom hear people about it. I got some weird vinyl white sleeve version of these remixes. The sherm stick mix is by far my fave.

Did anybody hear about the reason for the name of this mix. Something to the effect that Prince wanted someone to stay on at the Park? This girl (Sherman) stick to the park... Eh...

Yeah I like it. The other Letitgo remixes are not too shabby either.

A Sherm Stick is a cigarrette or joint laced with PCP. Smoke too much and you'll be sitting in the pigeon coop.

the Caviar Radio Edit always made me feel like i was watching an episode of Fresh Prince.

softandwet said:

Just heard this remix for the first time, and while I think it's really interesting it sounds like a 100% Dorothy Parker remix, I knew it was sampled but I though it was mixed in with the song, but actually I can't hear any trace of Letitgo at all - though there is extra guitar work on there.

What's everyone elses thoughts on this, am I missing something?

Gah - just double checked The Vault website and realised I've got '(-) Sherm Stick Edit' which is an instrumental, and what I'm after is 'Sherm Stick Edit', which isn't. Flippin' 'eck - how annoying. And nothing on youtube either!

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Who created the remix with the super cool bass line, dorothy parker slowed down sample and the incredible guitar line?

Thanks,

J

wow, didn't know there were remixes out there for Letitgo. (i'd checked out for a while). I'll get to diggin

datdude said:

wow, didn't know there were remixes out there for Letitgo. (i'd checked out for a while). I'll get to diggin

datdude said:

wow, didn't know there were remixes out there for Letitgo. (i'd checked out for a while). I'll get to diggin

http://www.princevault.co...hp/Letitgo

http://www.princevault.co...e:_Letitgo

So I'm guessing the proper Sherm Stick edit has vocals, and the (-) Sherm Stick I have is basically an instrumental? I think it's great but really wanted vocals!

Had a look on ebay and can't find the Maxi-CD with the proper 'Letitgo Sherm Stick' version on it - so I'm a bit stuck. Very frustrating!

I also love SpaceUniversalLove but I don't really consider it a remix, more like a 12" version - extended and changed up. It is amazing though!

listening to these 90s singles again, I'm hoping that if and when prince hits the

road again in the future he's gonna revise more of this material for his shows.

there's so much strong material there. he performed those songs so well when

he premiered them at the glam slam clubs. stuff like "interactive", "letitgo" and

"space", "gold", "race" etc etc.

seeing him bring back "gold" recently was one of my personal highlights of the

tour.

one another note, i still don't really understand how the "letitgo" and "space"

singles didn't do better on the charts and radio. back in a time when downloads

were still quite unheard of and people were still buying singles.

both singles were chuck full of extra material, clocking in at over 30 minutes,

with many radio friendly remixes and edits.

i get that it was a confusing period for fans and non fans alike, but that doesn't

take away from the fact that these were great songs on well executed maxi's,

coming hot off the succes of "the most beautiful girl in the world".

although i'm not one for conspiracy theories and i do understand that prince is

not innocent in all this (refusing to promote anything really well during that era),

but one is tempted to start thinking that the industry was having some major

beef with prince and keeping him back at this point.

You could be right - I remember when I first heard Letitgo and I was surprised when I saw it barely made Top 40, I remember thinking 'For his rubbish rnb phase this is actually really good!'. Same with Space, over time I really think highly of the Come album now.

I guess he was just making himself an industry pariah, and it sounds shallow but I think the whole colour scheme for the Come era is just awful - it put me off buying the album for ages. Who wants music to be grey?

I think remixes put some fans off too - certainly I tend to make a point of buying singles with b-sides (I bought Cinnamon Girl for instance) - but I don't put the same effort into buying a CD with remixes, which might be great, but might be penny a dozen as well.

But it is a shame - the singles deserved to do better (and if they did Prince might feel more obliged to play them!).

softandwet said:

You could be right - I remember when I first heard Letitgo and I was surprised when I saw it barely made Top 40, I remember thinking 'For his rubbish rnb phase this is actually really good!'. Same with Space, over time I really think highly of the Come album now.

I guess he was just making himself an industry pariah, and it sounds shallow but I think the whole colour scheme for the Come era is just awful - it put me off buying the album for ages. Who wants music to be grey?

I think remixes put some fans off too - certainly I tend to make a point of buying singles with b-sides (I bought Cinnamon Girl for instance) - but I don't put the same effort into buying a CD with remixes, which might be great, but might be penny a dozen as well.

But it is a shame - the singles deserved to do better (and if they did Prince might feel more obliged to play them!).

you're right. i tend to do the same thing with everyone except prince. remixes leave me

stone cold most of the time. bsides tho, i just have to have, lol.

perhaps that's why the "gold" single did slightly better, altho it only had 2 or 3 songs,

but it had a non album bside.

TheDigitalGardener said:

datdude said:

wow, didn't know there were remixes out there for Letitgo. (i'd checked out for a while). I'll get to diggin

http://www.princevault.co...hp/Letitgo

http://www.princevault.co...e:_Letitgo

Just spotted something on princevault there (love this site btw). They list the Gerald B edit with a run-time of 5:02 on the US promo cd. Now I have the standard ep and mine only clocks in at 4:36. Does anyone have this cd to confirm that a longer version exists? I know it could just be a typo but princevault are pretty spot on with stuff like this and the completist in me kinda needs to know

Sander said:

As Kat William's would say, "This one right HERE, this one right HERE is my favorite!"

I love this Sherm Stick edit...

I wonder who had the idea to sample Grand Funk Railroad in this version? Wasn't Prince supposedly a fan?

datdude said:

wow, didn't know there were remixes out there for Letitgo. (i'd checked out for a while). I'll get to diggin

There are remixes for Letitgo and Space both got released on CD. There are also alternate (released and unreleased) versions of Come, Dark, Race, Loose & Pheromone.

Yeah love that Grand Funk sample.

I don't know about the "Sherm Stick Edit," but the "Caviar Radio Edit," the "Cavi' Street Edit" and the "Cavi' Instrumental" are all quite yummy.