Hi Folks,

Does anyone have the Ultimate Prince Songbook (sheetmusic)? If so, is there anything in it that's not already available elsewhere, namely, are the versions the 12" versions or just rehashed transcriptions from the various collections previously published.

This is the book I'm talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Ultimate-Pvg/dp/1617741817/ref=pd_sim_b_1

dizzidecazz said:

Hi Folks,

Does anyone have the Ultimate Prince Songbook (sheetmusic)? If so, is there anything in it that's not already available elsewhere, namely, are the versions the 12" versions or just rehashed transcriptions from the various collections previously published.

This is the book I'm talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Ultimate-Pvg/dp/1617741817/ref=pd_sim_b_1

i don't have it but I looked at in Colony Music before it closed (!) in New York and it looked like the same versions

THese piano books are usually not very clsoe to the record.

In the 80's I had seen Purple Rain "off the record" which was an actual transcription of the album but have not been able to find it again.

GaryMF said:

dizzidecazz said:

GaryMF said:

In the 80's I had seen Purple Rain "off the record" which was an actual transcription of the album but have not been able to find it again.

If you search the electric Internet for purple rain Japan band score you'll find the same book. There's three on eBay now but I'm on my phone and having trouble with links. It ain't cheap though. I'm sure if you added PDF to the search you'd find a scan of it, really sure.

Thanks!!! unofortunately the notes are in japanese. they are pretty helpful. i used ot have some pdf scans for a few songs but i can't find themnow.

any idea what the english version would be called?

GaryMF said:

dizzidecazz said:

GaryMF said: If you search the electric Internet for purple rain Japan band score you'll find the same book. There's three on eBay now but I'm on my phone and having trouble with links. It ain't cheap though. I'm sure if you added PDF to the search you'd find a scan of it, really sure.

Thanks!!! unofortunately the notes are in japanese. they are pretty helpful. i used ot have some pdf scans for a few songs but i can't find themnow.

any idea what the english version would be called?

NEVER MIND.... I FOUND IT. THANK YOU!!!

dizzidecazz said:

Hi Folks,

Does anyone have the Ultimate Prince Songbook (sheetmusic)? If so, is there anything in it that's not already available elsewhere, namely, are the versions the 12" versions or just rehashed transcriptions from the various collections previously published.

This is the book I'm talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Ultimate-Pvg/dp/1617741817/ref=pd_sim_b_1

I looked at the book in a Guitar Center - I thought it was greatly over simplified and decided to pass on it. Perhaps it's good to understand the basics of a song - but to me not worth the purchase - better versions on some tab sites out there....

Thanks for the info. I'm a bit of a sheet music hoarder so I'll probably end up buying it anyway.

While we're on the subject, there is also this book

Prince Best - Japan Band Score

It is full transcritions of:

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad

1999

Little Red Corvette

Let's Go Crazy

Purple Rain

Rasberry Beret

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Pretty decent transcriptions as far as I can tell, better than the Purple Rain - Off The Record book which has guitars all stripped down to one. I've never seen a scan of it doing the rounds so it's paper only as far as I know.

interesting. so these are differen transcriptions of purple rain and LGC?

I looked at the pic for LRC and it looks like it's in a different key. Isn't LRC in C (or F)?

dizzidecazz said:

Thanks for the info. I'm a bit of a sheet music hoarder so I'll probably end up buying it anyway.

While we're on the subject, there is also this book

Prince Best - Japan Band Score

It is full transcritions of:

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad

1999

Little Red Corvette

Let's Go Crazy

Purple Rain

Rasberry Beret

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Pretty decent transcriptions as far as I can tell, better than the Purple Rain - Off The Record book which has guitars all stripped down to one. I've never seen a scan of it doing the rounds so it's paper only as far as I know.

The Prince Best has different transcriptions to what's in the Purple Rain-Off The Record book. I don't have the books in front of me right now but I recall LRC being in G.

If you're after decent guitar only transcriptions, there's a Guitar Tab book of The Very Best Of Prince compilation. They're pretty accurate, but based on the versions on the album, so the single edit of When Doves Cry which fades at the guitar solo so most of it isn't in the song. But what's there seems like the most accurate and detailed published transcriptions.

GaryMF said:

interesting. so these are differen transcriptions of purple rain and LGC?

I looked at the pic for LRC and it looks like it's in a different key. Isn't LRC in C (or F)?

dizzidecazz said:

Thanks for the info. I'm a bit of a sheet music hoarder so I'll probably end up buying it anyway.

While we're on the subject, there is also this book

Prince Best - Japan Band Score

It is full transcritions of:

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad

1999

Little Red Corvette

Let's Go Crazy

Purple Rain

Rasberry Beret

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Pretty decent transcriptions as far as I can tell, better than the Purple Rain - Off The Record book which has guitars all stripped down to one. I've never seen a scan of it doing the rounds so it's paper only as far as I know.

It's in D. 1999 is in F.

steakfinger said:

GaryMF said:

interesting. so these are differen transcriptions of purple rain and LGC?

I looked at the pic for LRC and it looks like it's in a different key. Isn't LRC in C (or F)?

It's in D. 1999 is in F.

Oh yeah I was thinknig of 1999 which is in F

But if LRC is in D, that book shows it in Db

no but i havean italian lyric book with eng/ital lyrics from 78-88