I read on PrinceVault that Prince has a recorded studio version of his own of Nothing Compares 2 U laying around in the vault somewhere. Is this something that circulates and that anybody has ever heard or is it one of the yet unheard hidden tracks? And do U in any case think that Prince will ever release his own STUDIO version of it??

BTW, I found it strange that there wasn´t listed any studio version of Purple Rain on PrinceVault but I find it hard to imagine that he never recorded a studio version of this track. Does anyone know about this 4 sure??

MrNorway said:

I read on PrinceVault that Prince has a recorded studio version of his own of Nothing Compares 2 U laying around in the vault somewhere. Is this something that circulates and that anybody has ever heard or is it one of the yet unheard hidden tracks? And do U in any case think that Prince will ever release his own STUDIO version of it??

BTW, I found it strange that there wasn´t listed any studio version of Purple Rain on PrinceVault but I find it hard to imagine that he never recorded a studio version of this track. Does anyone know about this 4 sure??

Since he created a lot of this music with the Revolution like (outtake) Felline and the studio rehearsal of Screams of Passion, Desire and a few others, I would assume that before he pulled the Family in on it he worked it out with his band

There is the PR era sounding Nothing Compares 2 U with Susannah & St Paul on vocals, I need to listen again because I believe you hear Prince as well

The songs feel reminds me of Another Lonely Christmas

RE: Purple Rain. I believe there is a studio version because in the film you can see/hear Prince and W&L play just the Drum machine beat to PR from a tape. "there something else...our music" "can't u just leave it alone?"

MrNorway said:

I read on PrinceVault that Prince has a recorded studio version of his own of Nothing Compares 2 U laying around in the vault somewhere.

The Prince guide vocal track was erased & directly recorded over with St. Paul's vocal on the master, so it's gone forever.. hardly "laying around in the vault somewhere".. But if you had bothered to do any research before posting (or searched before you posted on the Prince.org search on the top right of your screen) you would have found that out already.

Although, it would be very easy for Prince to re-record his vocals over the original instrumentation.

PS those vault geezers don't know everything and I would bet my bottom dollar Prince has a studio version with his vocals of NC2U in the vault, maybe not the family version but A version recorded since Sinead's version went global.

I wish he would record and release a studio version of this, one of my fav songs.

anesthetica said:

MrNorway said:

I read on PrinceVault that Prince has a recorded studio version of his own of Nothing Compares 2 U laying around in the vault somewhere.

The Prince guide vocal track was erased & directly recorded over with St. Paul's vocal on the master, so it's gone forever.. hardly "laying around in the vault somewhere".. But if you had bothered to do any research before posting (or searched before you posted on the Prince.org search on the top right of your screen) you would have found that out already.

Sometimes people like to communicate with other fans, hear from other fans

anesthetica said:

MrNorway said:

I read on PrinceVault that Prince has a recorded studio version of his own of Nothing Compares 2 U laying around in the vault somewhere.

The Prince guide vocal track was erased & directly recorded over with St. Paul's vocal on the master, so it's gone forever.. hardly "laying around in the vault somewhere".. But if you had bothered to do any research before posting (or searched before you posted on the Prince.org search on the top right of your screen) you would have found that out already.

Thank u for your reply, the information is much appreciated. NO NEED for the sarchastic comments towards the end, NOT appreciated. This is still a discussion forum and many subjects will probably be discussed several times.

As for the Prince version it says nowhere on the Vault page that Prince erased his own version. I´m not saying you´re not right about it, but just find it strange they don´t mention it in a comment. And BTW, personally I think it´s funny if he had erased his own version completely. Doesn´t it make more sense if he just used the same recorded track for the St. Paul vocals but still kept his own version?

anesthetica said:

MrNorway said:

I read on PrinceVault that Prince has a recorded studio version of his own of Nothing Compares 2 U laying around in the vault somewhere.

The Prince guide vocal track was erased & directly recorded over with St. Paul's vocal on the master, so it's gone forever.. hardly "laying around in the vault somewhere".. But if you had bothered to do any research before posting (or searched before you posted on the Prince.org search on the top right of your screen) you would have found that out already.

Very surprising coming from Prince. I've done a lot of research in my 20+ years being a fan but i'd never heard about this