Is the newly leaked "Our Destiny" the live version with added instrumentation from 1984, the 1998 re-worked version, or is this a previously unknown studio version. Here's the entry from Princevault that prompted the question:

Our Destiny is an unreleased track, recorded during Prince and the Revolution's concert on 7 June, 1984 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN, USA, during the same show where the basic tracks for Roadhouse Garden and All Day, All Night were also recorded (since no full studio version is known the exist, this live version is listed in the unreleased versions section).

The track segued directly into Roadhouse Garden. Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman worked on the track further for three days, from 27-29 September, 1984 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA (during the same sessions where they recorded string overdubs for Pop Life). They added a string section to the track which Prince later reused for the opening of The Ladder, recorded a few months later.

Our Destiny is not known to have been considered for inclusion on Prince's next album, Around The World In A Day, or any other project at the time. It is likely that it was planned for inclusion on the Prince and the Revolution album Roadhouse Garden album worked on in 1998-9, but the album, and the song, remain unreleased.

alphachannel said:

Is the newly leaked "Our Destiny" the live version with added instrumentation from 1984, the 1998 re-worked version, or is this a previously unknown studio version. Here's the entry from Princevault that prompted the question:

Our Destiny is an unreleased track, recorded during Prince and the Revolution's concert on 7 June, 1984 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN, USA, during the same show where the basic tracks for Roadhouse Garden and All Day, All Night were also recorded (since no full studio version is known the exist, this live version is listed in the unreleased versions section).

The track segued directly into Roadhouse Garden. Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman worked on the track further for three days, from 27-29 September, 1984 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA (during the same sessions where they recorded string overdubs for Pop Life). They added a string section to the track which Prince later reused for the opening of The Ladder, recorded a few months later.

Our Destiny is not known to have been considered for inclusion on Prince's next album, Around The World In A Day, or any other project at the time. It is likely that it was planned for inclusion on the Prince and the Revolution album Roadhouse Garden album worked on in 1998-9, but the album, and the song, remain unreleased.

U have your answer(wendy&lisa version) & i'm confident that u have a final version from 1984 with Prince vocals on it !!

[Edited 6/8/12 9:42am]

We don't have any indication that any song planned for Roadhouse Garden was ever reworked in 1998.

Romeoblu said:

Prince himself said he had worked on 3 songs. He said thewhole should only take about 3 weeks to finish.

Didn't remember that, thanks 4 correctin' me

OK, so the final verdict is that what we have here is the live basic tracks with vocals and new instrumentation from W&L, right?

alphachannel said:

OK, so the final verdict is that what we have here is the live basic tracks with vocals and new instrumentation from W&L, right?

Yeah it def is a demo take. The keyboards arent as prominent as the live 84 version. I like the way she sings it though..has a polite rock feel to it...but I can tell this was a rough draft. Love it!!!