Are they staggering the release of the CD? Because it is still not available in New Zealand yet. Usually we get them early, but not this time?

Adorecream said:

Are they staggering the release of the CD? Because it is still not available in New Zealand yet. Usually we get them early, but not this time?

Seems like it, UK got to wait until tomorrow for it.

I'm in the US and pre-ordered through Amazon and got it the day of release, plus they have it streaming on Amazon music.

On another note, is it me or does Moombeam Levels borrow from Eternity/or Eternity borrows from Moonbeam Levels?

banishedones666 said:

Source : DrFunkenberry.com

NPG RECORDS & WARNER BROS. RECORDS ANNOUNCE TWO NEW PRINCE RELEASES, BOTH WITH PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MUSIC FROM THE VAULT

GREATEST HITS COLLECTION PRINCE 4EVER ARRIVES ON NOVEMBER 22

REMASTERED, DELUXE VERSION OF PURPLE RAIN DUE IN EARLY 2017

October 21, 2016 (Burbank, CA) - Today, NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records announced two new Prince releases that will celebrate the iconic artist's music and introduce fans to previously unreleased material from his legendary vault. This will mark the first Prince recordings released since his passing on April 21st of this year.

Released on November 22nd in the U.S. and November 25th around the world, Prince 4Ever will bring together 40 of Prince's best-loved songs, including the blockbuster hits "When Doves Cry," "Let's Go Crazy," "Kiss," "Little Red Corvette," "Purple Rain," "Raspberry Beret," "Sign O' The Times," "Alphabet Street," "Batdance," "Cream," and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World."

Prince 4Ever includes "Moonbeam Levels" - a previously unreleased song originally recorded in 1982 during the 1999 sessions and later considered for the never released Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic album. Prince 4Ever will also arrive with a 12-page booklet of never-before-seen photos by acclaimed photographer Herb Ritts.

In addition, early next year will see the release of the much-anticipated remastered, deluxe version ofPurple Rain, plans for which were agreed with Prince before he passed away. The remaster of the classic Purple Rain will arrive with a second album of previously unreleased material. More details will be revealed closer to the release date.

The track-listing for Prince 4Ever is as follows:

1. 1999
2. Little Red Corvette
3. When Doves Cry
4. Let's Go Crazy
5. Raspberry Beret
6. I Wanna Be Your Lover
7. Soft and Wet
8. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
9. Uptown
10. When You Were Mine
11. Head
12. Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
13. Controversy
14. Let's Work
15. Delirious
16. I Would Die 4 U
17. Take Me With U
18. Paisley Park
19. Pop Life
20. Purple Rain
21. Kiss
22. Sign 'O' The Times
23. Alphabet Street
24. Batdance
25. Thieves In The Temple
26. Cream
27. Mountains
28. Girls & Boys
29. If I Was Your Girlfriend
30. U Got The Look
31. I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man
32. Glam Slam
33. Moonbeam Levels
34. Diamonds and Pearls
35. Gett Off
36. Sexy MF
37. My Name Is Prince
38. 7
39. Peach
40. Nothing Compares 2 U

heres ten songs from the warner days that are on the cds an 10 that aint .. which do u like the most? .. also i put some other notable warners own tracks that coulda been put on below ..although some of them were relaesed post93

10 songs on the collection

GLAM SLAM?

WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD?

.BATDANCE?

GOTTA STOP MESSIN ABOUT?

SEXY MF?

LETS WORK?

. MY NAME IS PRINCE?

SOFT AND WET

UPTOWN

HEAD?

10 songs not on the collection

HOW COME U DONT CALL ME ANYMORE

SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL

MONEY DONT MATTER 2NIGHT

I FEEL FOR YOU

SHES ALWAYS IN MY HAIR

ADORE

HOT THING

FOREVER IN MY LIFE (better stop s.o.t.t)

A LOVE BIZARE

17 DAYS

more songs that woulda been better than alot that were on

LETITGO

DAMN U

FIVE WOMEN

THE FUTURE

SHE SPOKE 2 ME

JOY IN REPITION

DINNER WITH DELORES

THE SAME DECEMBER

CHAOS AND DISORDER

PAPA

SPACE

STROLLIN

ANNA STESIA

THUNDER

PARTYMAN

IRRESISTEBLE BITCH

EROTIC CITY

SEXUALITY

DO ME BABY

LETS PRETEND WERE MARRIED

[Edited 11/24/16 5:41am]

beestonpoet1981 said:

10 songs on the collection

GLAM SLAM?

WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD?

.BATDANCE?

GOTTA STOP MESSIN ABOUT?

SEXY MF?

LETS WORK?

. MY NAME IS PRINCE?

SOFT AND WET

UPTOWN

HEAD?

[Edited 11/24/16 5:41am]

We all have our favorites and we can discuss about the tracklist forever probably.

As it is presented as a Greatest Hits collection there are obviously tracks missing like TMBGITW.

Head, Uptown, Gotta Stop and NC2U should not be on a GH collection IMO.

But Moonbeam Levels isn't a hit also (so far) and wouldn't want to miss that.

Some singles were hits in US only or UK/Europe only, so maybe there should be 2 versions

And then there will be a second disk of supposedly unreleased material in the new PR edition coming out next year.

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KingSausage said:

skipthecharades said:

went to best buy and walmartyesterday to find the cd..nothing..2 day i worked in target from 7am-12:30pm setting up 4 black friday and you would think the cd would be in display........nothing.. not even tribe called quest cd(best buy and walmart has it)geez

KingSausage said:

My wife just heard Moonbeam Levels for the first time. She said it was "okay." WTF. Time for a divorce!

Unpopular opinion time:

Moonbeam Levels is not great, not bad either, but HIGHLY over-rated amongst fans. I'm glad it wasn't on 1999. I like the song that replaced it, Free, MUCH more.

In my not-so-humble opinion, of course...

djThunderfunk said:

KingSausage said:

My wife just heard Moonbeam Levels for the first time. She said it was "okay." WTF. Time for a divorce!

Unpopular opinion time:

Moonbeam Levels is not great, not bad either, but HIGHLY over-rated amongst fans. I'm glad it wasn't on 1999. I like the song that replaced it, Free, MUCH more.

In my not-so-humble opinion, of course...

I agree with you about ML, that it's good but not great. I think a big part of it, is that it was one of the realy early unreleased tracks which became widely available. There are a lot of over rated unreleased tracks, imo.

willie said:

I was listening to this on an 11 hour drive yesterday. I'm not that wild about the track sequencing. I always have to buy whatever new Prince comes out, but this is just ok. I am glad to see Moonbeam Levels officially released, but that's the only noteworthy thing about this release. Nice pictures though, worth it for the pics

Is the Moonbeam Levels a 1982 version or the 1989 one?

Adorecream said:

just fyi : Moonbeam levels was just on Radio France (FIP FM) here in Paris, coming out of their hourly news break. The last item in the news break was that a new Prince CD was released. Then the played the song (no long outro).

djThunderfunk said:

KingSausage said:

My wife just heard Moonbeam Levels for the first time. She said it was "okay." WTF. Time for a divorce!

Unpopular opinion time:

Moonbeam Levels is not great, not bad either, but HIGHLY over-rated amongst fans. I'm glad it wasn't on 1999. I like the song that replaced it, Free, MUCH more.

In my not-so-humble opinion, of course...

I am in agreement. I heard it for the first time with this release and while it is okay,it was just okay. Not what I was looking for based on all the talk.

'Gotta Stop' is literally killing my ears. Not only it's a weak song I always skipped, it's just so hot and harsh sounding (lot of distortion) it's horrible.

Sadly this release is again so poorly mastered I'm starting to lose hope for professionally produced archive releases.

Yes, the tracks are remastered, but one of the purposes of mastering an album (especially when it's a compilation of very different recordings/mixes) would be making sure it flows. The percieved level of the tracks should be consistent (not necessarily the same of course, but when something is hotter or softer it should be right dramatically) and the EQ-ing should be consistent too.


This is a cheaply, carelessly produced release. The sequencing is meaningless, wrong. Some of songs are butchered (the ending of 'Take Me With U' for example is horrible). The drastically different recordings are not EQ-d nor remastered consistently. The gaps aren't set musically. The packaging and the booklet is cheap. As pointed out by others already, 'Moonbeam Levels' definitely wasn't sourced from the 1st gen master and that's outrageous.

I have a bad feeling about what's coming in the future.

KaresB said:

I have a bad feeling about what's coming in the future.

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Please let us know how we can refer these issues to the Estate so that they can try to avoid them.

udo said:

KaresB said:

I have a bad feeling about what's coming in the future.

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Please let us know how we can refer these issues to the Estate so that they can try to avoid them.

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Actually I'm in the process of writing a long letter of proposals/suggestions to them. Not that I'd be the first person they would listen to (more likely the last ), but I thought it's worth a try.

Maybe this release isn't an indication of what's to come though. Maybe (hopefully) I was too pessimistic in my previous post – and this compilation was thrown together quickly just to have something to sell in the holiday season before a proper team of experts would be assembled to preserve the vault and produce releases. We'll see.

AnnaStesia91 said:

I guess I'm the only one that loves "Glam Slam" enough to be happy that it's on here

Really random how Cream is censored.... the next track is the uncensored Sexy MF.

[Edited 11/25/16 12:33pm]

1p1p1i3 said:

Really random how Cream is censored.... the next track is the uncensored Sexy MF.

[Edited 11/25/16 12:33pm]

What was censored in Cream? Even the video back in the day was the good ol' album version.

[EDIT: speaking of which, is the single edit of Controversy censored? I remember the word 'gay' was cut so short it sounded like 'geh' in the video.]

[Edited 11/25/16 15:07pm]