djThunderfunk said:

love2thenines2003 said:

2 my ears clearly this is an unreleased Studio Prince version of the song...not a mix from the official/Rehearsal one already known!

2 my ears, nothing can be said "clearly" about what we are hearing on this audience recording made from across the room on a cellphone. It's not enough to make the call in my opinion.

A cell phone is usually all you need to make a call.


I'll get my coat

Talented DJ or not, there's no identifiable circulating source material of that lush falsetto that is uniquely P's own. It's not Susannah Melvoin or another female backing vocalist. In fact, the falsetto portion appears to be mixed louder than the 'lead'.

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Nor does the lead vocal match St Paul's (muffled or tweaked or not); and it is not P's on the 1985 PR Tour soundcheck recording (which is off-tune, off-tempo, and merely a jam session). And the vocals are stacked and separate takes, not just one or two.

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If the speculation is that he's using sound isolation, P's vocals aren't anywhere to be found in the mix on the official 'The Family' release; not even the 'scream' (which I believe is merely a faithful St Paul recreation) is P's.

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Be sensible. It appears to be a tease of the original Summer 1984 studio recording, with P's vocals intact, pre-St Paul/The Family and no CF overdubs.

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If it didn't come from P's camp with a direct blessing, then it is likely from traders with a higher-generation tape source, before the bootleg market came to be commercialized around 1988/1989, that we got most of the other 'The Family' demos from (in lower sound quality).

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Perhaps they held out the most succuluent portions (P's TSOP and NC2U) when selling out to the likes of those behind 'Better Place 2 Die', 'Chocolate Box', ThunderBall, etc. Just as the 11+ minute studio-overdubbed demo of 'Purple Rain' was held out to the bitter end (and we were given just a piece of fifth+ generation tape, nails-on-the-chalkboard orchestral strings work that was only the first half of the leak).

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Having said that, regardless of the origins of the leaks, I believe he gave 'Screams of Passion' away to facilitate TF project, and that it was never recorded with another artist in mind. 'Mutiny', 'High Fashion' were most certainly recorded specifically for it (even though 'Mutiny' had some personal significant for P as well). 'Feline' and 'Miss Understood', although they didn't make the record, obviously as well. 'Yes', 'Susannah's Pajama's' were likely random studio outtakes with no specific purpose that were placed on the record (SP even considered as 'BMW' for some proto-Mazarati project briefly), on off-time during the Summer of 84 while he was gearing up for the PR Tour. RRD, Desire, NC2U are debatable as to whether he recorded as demos for this album, or as outtakes without a home that were similarly placed on the record.

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P's lyrical ideas coupled with his resulting vocal performance, on his orginal version of the track, give it a seductive, poetic ala WDC, quality, that I believe is not felt on St Paul's take.

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iZsaZsa said:

I promise I remember Prince being in Patti's Yo Mister video. But it's not the one that's there. He was apart from the band in the back and on a higher level. Playing guitar on a big rock? You could see him clearly, but he kept his head down and behind his long hair. I think he was wearing a black leather jacket. Or no?

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There are two guitarists to Patti's right (no guitarists on the large step, just dancers).

The guitarist closest to Patti looks like Prince, even though the guitarist next to him isn't as tall.

Watch the moves of the guy with the red guitar - starting at 0:29!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEphA1jhKM

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this is corny. i'm not mad at the fact that he has them and we don't. i just don't like how he teases this shit and gloats about having stuff but doesn't share it. i too wonder where he got this stuff. but then again, he's "friends" with the entire revolution and the family and alan leeds. my guess is he got it from them more so than Prince.

tab32792 said:

this is corny. i'm not mad at the fact that he has them and we don't. i just don't like how he teases this shit and gloats about having stuff but doesn't share it. i too wonder where he got this stuff. but then again, he's "friends" with the entire revolution and the family and alan leeds. my guess is he got it from them more so than Prince.

He loves the attention, he loves to feel like he is 'Prince's boy' - He knows damn well what he is doing, that DJ set was probably pretty long, what snippets do we get? 2 songs that are uncirculating. Coincidence? I think not. He likes to rub it in our faces. Either share the shit, or, keep it to yourself Quest.

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I just downloaded the ALBUM VERSION of Yo Mister from Amazon.

It's a longer version than on the video and Prince's vocals are very clear. I re-listened to what Q had and it sounds the same as my download.

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laytonian said:

iZsaZsa said:

laytonian said:

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There are two guitarists to Patti's right (no guitarists on the large step, just dancers).

The guitarist closest to Patti looks like Prince, even though the guitarist next to him isn't as tall.

Watch the moves of the guy with the red guitar - starting at 0:29!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEphA1jhKM

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I saw that guy, but, no, it was Prince jamming on his guitar and dancing like you could spot him a mile away. Imma have to call Patti!

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Where in the video.

Click the link and tell us.

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leadline said:

laytonian said:

iZsaZsa said:

I promise I remember Prince being in Patti's Yo Mister video. But it's not the one that's there. He was apart from the band in the back and on a higher level. Playing guitar on a big rock? You could see him clearly, but he kept his head down and behind his long hair. I think he was wearing a black leather jacket. Or no?

maybe you're thinking of him in the video for mavis staples' 'time waits for no one'?

I'd LOVE to hear P's studio take of TSOP

IstenSzek said:

Sounds good to me.

iZsaZsa said:

IstenSzek said:

maybe you're thinking of him in the video for mavis staples' 'time waits for no one'?

He did that same type of thing for Patti. I swear!

IstenSzek said:

It's times like this, I wish Prince was still here to sick his lawyers on Questlove.

I heard it on YT for like 2 months ago

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Read Questlove's Album-to-Album Guide to Prince's WB Catalogue http://www.okayplayer.com...guide.html Enjoy

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smokeverbs said:

Damn! The vibrancy and excitement of this version of "Screams" comes through even a cell phone. I could play this clip over and over. We need this NOW. It would be the most amazing leak since the clear copy of the Hallway Speech version of CB.

did this leak - i know there is a pretty good version out there, but far from pristine.

TSOP needs to leak NOW

What the F. We need this immediately.

All of The Family songs with Prince's vocas are out there, in the hands of collectors. To be honest, I'm surprised they haven't leaked wthin the past year.

iZsaZsa said: