post Lovesexy88- pre 1990 Graffiti Bridge

chapter 11 Fantastic p 156 At first, though, it seemed Prince had made a shrewd decision by tapping a Hollywood insider as his manager. Shortly after assuming his new job, Magnoli was contracted by the acclaimed director Tim Burton, who was shooting the movie Batman with Jack Nicholson in the role of the Joker. While assembling a rough cut, Nicholson and Burton placed two Prince songs -1999 & Baby, I'm A Star- into scenes as background music. Pleased wih the effect, they hatched the idea of asking Prince for new material to add to the film's soundtrack.

Prince flew with Magnoli to the movie's production site in London in January 1989 and was mesmerized by Burton's elaborate and haunting vision of Gotham City, Burton requested just two songs, since the composer Danny Elfman had been hired for the soundtrack. But Prince, suddenly inspired about the project, offered an entire album. Warner Bros. Pictures, emboldened by wild audience response to early trailers for Batman, decided that the film could sustain two soundtrack records-one a traditional score by Elfman and the other a collection of Prince songs. -Possessed

Immediately after wrapping up the Lovesexy tour, Prince returned to Paisley Park adn set to work on Batman. Becoming fascinated with the characters(and especially the Joker), he sampled portions of the dialogue and synced his songs directly to scenes. Prince seemed convinced that his contributions would permeate the entire film. "This is going to be my movie!" he exclaimed to studio engineer Femi Jiya.

Prince created the whole album virtually on his own, a rare exception being a visit from Sheena Easton, who dueted on the ballad "The Arms of Orion." But for the most part, his labors were marked more by haste than by inspiration; on many of the songs, he quickly programmed drumbeats and then layered instruments with little attention to structure or melody. Some previously recorded numbers were revamped to fit the movie, such as "Anna Waiting" (about Anna Garcia), which morphed into Vicki Waiting after the character Vicki Vale. -Possessed

© Jeff Katz

God Is Alive

Fuschia Light
The Voice Inside
We Got the Power
Power From Above
Girl Power
Soul Company
Me Touch Myself

Love Song
Bang Bang

Batman project
Jill Jones pt 2
Sheila E #4
Anna Fantastic
Margie Cox

Paisley Park independant artists
Kahoru Kohiruimaki 小比類巻かほる
Madonna
Steve Parke
Celebrity portraits by Matthew Rolston
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic

Corporate World

where did the Lovesexy go?

rave unto would've been fantastic. one of the scrapped projects that makes me the most sad to think about slipping away.

Boni Boyer left 4 Australia (She was originally performing with Sheila E for the 3rd album) I think there were difficulties she had with Prince. She died a few years later

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Cat left because she felt she was being put into compromising situations by Prince (being told to fire someone) and a few other things

* Catwoman (Rare original 1989 UK German-pressed 4-track 3" CD single, includes Bomb In The Bass Endorphin Mix and Tales From The Darkside Mix plus Now It Rains, housed in a 3" gatefold card picture sleeve RDTICD).

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Sheila E had back surgery from the Lovesexy tour playing drums in heals for 2 years, She also had a lung collapse. And a disagreement on the direction of her 4th album. But she was still off and on friends with Prince.


Stevie Nicks and Sheila E, 1989

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Eric Leeds wan't in the band either after Lovesexy. He was on the GBridge soundtrack on some songs along with Boni & Sheila but that's because those songs were recorded during the Lovesexy period like Elephants & Flowers.
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Atlanta Bliss wan't in the band either after Lovesexy. He retired. He was on the GBridge soundtrack on some songs along with Boni & Sheila but that's because those songs were recorded during the Lovesexy period like Elephants & Flowers.

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Dr Fink was a part of the temp Batman SNL band and was gone after the Nude tour
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Mico Weaver was a part of the temp Batman SNL band and was gone after the Nude tour

* A: So what was actually the reason that you left, or did he ask you to leave?
Mico: No I left on my own not because of him and I don't know if I feel good when I now say that it was because of the other band members. It was like: Prince -- The Band -- and Me. Me and him was cool but me with the band? Because I'm Miko one hundred per cent, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week always, never changing. But they -- when Prince came into the room it was like 'Okay -- lights, camera, action', a whole new personality came out and they weren't true to themselves. That's basically why I left.

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Levi stayed into the Love Symbol/Come period (band)

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the Lovesexy band was technically supposed to be the GBridge band, which means that would have somehow been a 3rd album period with them.

I remember being a little sad in early 1989.The Lovesexy Band was fantastic and I guess didn't want it to end.I saw a Lovesexy show in Oakland on November 11,1988 and it was truly the best concert I ever seen!

....but then Batman happened and that was a very exciting era,imo.

Maybe its because of the Lovesexy aftershows, but I've always found the original Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic to be his most intriguing unreleased project. It would have been interesting to see how things unfolded if it was released in '89...and maybe even Prince doing a tour for it?

Most of the songs would have been just as good without any Batman tie-in.

SoulAlive said:

....but then Batman happened and that was a very exciting era,imo.

One that I wish continued with that SNL band

I wanted him to go darker and more underground

OldFriends4Sale said:

SoulAlive said:

....but then Batman happened and that was a very exciting era,imo.

One that I wish continued with that SNL band

I wanted him to go darker and more underground

I also liked that vibe, somehow cool and different. Just as a reminder:

Prince & Kahoru Kohiruimaki 1989 Paisley Park

Kahoru Kohiruimaki 小比類巻かほる

"My deepest appreciation to: Prince: Thank you for your great songs "Mind Bells" and "Bliss." I love it.

D. Kirk and D. Campbell: We have done a great job together. Thank you. M. Kloster: Thanks for the hard job. J. Tama Kawaguchi: Without you, I couldn't have finished this project. Gary T. Hara: Thank you, God Father! My Great Staff: Takako E and Dennis Y. Neve, Everybody, Thanks! Jesse: You're my imagination.

God BLISS you."

Bliss is the seventh track on Kahoru Kohiruimaki's sixth album Time The Motion (the second of two Prince-related tracks). The track was written and produced by Prince and Levi Seacer, Jr.
While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in Summer 1989, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as Mind Bells, Shall We Dance, Sex, Heaven Must Be Near and Seven Corners). Kahoru Kohiruimaki's manager, Seijiro Udo, had promoted Prince's Japanese concerts on the Lovesexy Tour, and Udo asked Prince to provide some tracks for Kohiruimaki, leading to the recording of Mind Bellsand Bliss. Kahoru Kohiruimaki recorded her own vocals over the basic tracks in Autumn 1989 (studio information is needed for her recording).

The sky looks like it's turnin'
Turnin' from blue 2 black
Still I feel the sun is burnin'
Hot monkey on my back
Am I in a speeding car?
Am I lying in your bed?
One kiss from U is all that I do
And I'm outta my head (My head, my head)

Bliss
This is heaven, I swear 2 God
Wish that I could spend everynight with this feeling some more
Bliss

Just as sure as this lighted candle
I can handle anything
Don't hold nothin' back
2night baby, U're the king
Birds are singin', mindbells are ringin'
I can see everything

We should take a moment
2 praise the heavens above
Every man should be so lucky (So lucky)
So lucky 2 be in love

Bliss
The sky is turnin'
Turnin' from blue 2 black (Black)
Bliss
Can't U feel the sun burnin'?
Hot monkey on my back (Back)
Get off!

Am I in a speeding car?
Am I lying in your bed?
One kiss from U is all that I do
And I'm outta my head (I'm outta my head)

Oh bliss
This is heaven, I swear 2 God
Wish that I could spend everynight with this feeling some more

Oh bliss
This is heaven, I swear 2 God
I wish that I could spend... this feeling, this feeling

Oh bliss
This is heaven, I swear 2 God {fade out}
Wish I could spend everynight, all night with this ...

The performance of "Electric Chair" on SNL was always one of my favorites, which we had more live shows from that year with that type of vibe to it

OldFriends4Sale said:

SoulAlive said:

....but then Batman happened and that was a very exciting era,imo.

One that I wish continued with that SNL band

I wanted him to go darker and more underground

I especially liked Patrice Rushen being a part of this she is great

OldFriends4Sale said:

Boni Boyer left 4 Australia (She was originally performing with Sheila E for the 3rd album) I think there were difficulties she had with Prince. She died a few years later

Funny story: One time during the Lovesexy Tour, the band was walking to the stage thru the dark as the show was about to start. Boni & Prince had been arguing before the show. Prince said, "Shut up!"

"You shut up, motherfucker!"

They were goin' back n' forth right up to show time. hahaha

It probably happened more than once, but that's the time I heard about from someone who was there.

Date line: 1989!

Soul..I'm with you! I was glad to see Patrice too. I was hoping that she would have been a member in his new group.

TrivialPursuit said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Boni Boyer left 4 Australia (She was originally performing with Sheila E for the 3rd album) I think there were difficulties she had with Prince. She died a few years later

Funny story: One time during the Lovesexy Tour, the band was walking to the stage thru the dark as the show was about to start. Boni & Prince had been arguing before the show. Prince said, "Shut up!"

"You shut up, motherfucker!"

They were goin' back n' forth right up to show time. hahaha

It probably happened more than once, but that's the time I heard about from someone who was there.

I heard a few stories like this one. Bonnie wasn't feeling this new Power love lol

Bang Bang is the first track on Brownmark's second solo album Good Feeling, and, around the time of the album's release, Bang Bang was released as the album's first single. The track was written and produced by Levi Seacer, Jr., and Prince appears only on background vocals.

Specific recording dates are not known, but it is likely that initial tracking took place in Summer 1989, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Prince's background vocals were likely added separately, but this is unconfirmed. No additional credits are given for the remixes included on the single.

Brownmark - lead vocals, bass guitar and background vocals Levi Seacer, Jr. - all instruments, except where noted, background vocals Prince - background vocals Margie Cox - background vocals

~PrinceVault

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 17: Musician Brown Mark of Prince and the Revolution at a recording session in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 17, 1989

jaypotton said:

I have often wondered what direction Prince's career would have gone in had Batman not happened and he had instead released Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic in 1989?

Album: Rave Unto The Joy ...ince Vault

looking at the list of tracks that might have appeared on that album,I just don't think that it's a very strong album It's a good thing that the Batman opportunity came along

In March of 1989,Madonna released her 'Like A Prayer' album.It features a duet with Prince,"Love Song".

Rave '89 is the aborted project I am most interested in. That final configuration looks unbelievable based on the songs I know.

ColinFaconskin said:

I love these retrospectives that you post OF4S. Really interesting and informative.

Grazie

some of these periods pass so quickly, yet stock full of happenings

Sheila E.: Untitled 1989 album

An album was recorded by Sheila E., between early 1987 and late 1988, and planned for release in 1989. The album was abandoned when Sheila E. left Paisley Park Records in early 1989, and most of the album's tracks remain unreleased. The only track from the album to have been released is "Scarlet Pussy" (credited to Camille), which was included as the b-side of "I Wish U Heaven". The album included a cover of Donny Hathaway's "The Ghetto".Two other tracks were resurrected for later projects, however. In mid-September, 1993, "Latino Barbie Doll" was tried out for Mayte during initial sessions for her solo debut album, and was included on an initial configuration of the album, titled "Latino Barbie Doll", before being removed from later configurations as the album developed into Child of the Sun. During the A Celebration week in June, 2000, computer screens at Paisley Park Studios offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on Crystal Ball Volume II; "3 Nigs Watchin' a Kung Fu Movie" was included on the list and was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned.

Track listing

Side one

• "3 Nigs Watchin' a Kung Fu Movie"
• "It's a Hard Life" (Includes no Prince input)
• "Chicken Legs" (Includes no Prince input)
• "Knucklehead"
• "Latino Barbie Doll"

Side two

• "Soul Company"
• "Day After Day" (Includes no Prince input)
• "Girl Power"
• "The Ghetto"
• "Scarlet Pussy"

"So once upon a time there was going to be an album called Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic in 1989 and this was an approved concept for the gatefold vinyl.
I'd have painted it.
Then Batman happened."

-Steve Parke

Rave unto the Joy Fantastic

The original Rave unto the Joy Fantastic album was shelved when Prince started working on the Batman soundtrack in late 1988. The album shared some tracks with Graffiti Bridge and the title track was finally released in 1999 on a new album of the same name.

Track listings

27 October 1988 configuration

The specific sequence of tracks is unknown, but tracks known to have been included are:

• "The Voice Inside"
• "Melody Cool" (A re-recording with Mavis Staples on lead vocals was released on Graffiti Bridge)
• "Rave unto the Joy Fantastic": (A different version released on Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic)
• "God is Alive"
• "If I Had a Harem"
• "Stimulation"
• "Still Would Stand All Time" (A version with background vocals overdubs by The Steeles over Prince's original background vocals was released on Graffiti Bridge)
• "Elephants & Flowers" (A re-recorded version with different verses was released on Graffiti Bridge)
• "Big House"
• "We Got the Power"

No details are known about the sequence, other than that "The Voice Inside" is known to have segued into "Melody Cool".

27 November 1988 configuration

1. "Rave unto the Joy Fantastic"
2. "If I Had a Harem"
3. "The Voice Inside"
4. "Melody Cool"
5. "Stimulation"
6. "Elephants & Flowers"
7. "God is Alive"
8. "Still Would Stand All Time"

Mid-January 1989 configuration

1. "Rave unto the Joy Fantastic"
2. "If I Had a Harem"
3. "Good Judy Girlfriend"
4. "Pink Cashmere" (Released on The Hits/The B-Sides)
5. "Electric Chair" (Released on Batman)
6. "Am I without U?"
7. "God is Alive"
8. "Still Would Stand All Time"
9. "Moonbeam Levels"

looking over everything that was connected to Batman with Prince and this period, including the same style that the band had in the Nude tour, it made for something really interesting.

I like it all. So if Sheila E did went along with the 4th album (which seems it would have been tied to Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic?) not Batman, was Michael Bland going to be the drummer for Prince or was that an after thought of his parting with Sheila E?

CORPORATE WORLD

http://www.themortonrepor...-part-two/

An Interview with Jimmy Jam of The Original 7ven, Part Two

Jimmy Jam discusses The Time, Prince, and working with Janet and Michael Jackson.

Warner Bros. stopped the release, however, wanting the other members of the band brought in to contribute to the album.

Following a meeting with Prince, original the Time members Jesse Johnson, Monte Moir, Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam began contributing songs to the album without input by Prince, as well as revising Chocolate and Jerk Out; the resulting album became The Time's fourth album Pandemonium (see that album's entry for details).

Of the tracks included on Corporate World, three tracks were kept for Pandemonium: Donald Trump (Black Version), Data Bank and My Summertime Thang. Four other tracks were kept as The Time's contribution to Prince's twelfth album Graffiti Bridge (the soundtrack album to the movie Graffiti Bridge): Love Machine, Shake!, The Latest Fashion and Release It. Murph Drag was included on NPG Ahdio Show # 3 in 2001, but was not available as a separate track. Rollerskate Is an unreleased 6-minute instrumental continuation of My Summertime Thang.

Only Nine Lives and Corporate World have not been released in any form.

A incomplete tracklist for the album shows that Dream Factory, Miss Thang and The Sex Of It were considered for the album. Data Bank is listed as (I’m feeling like I wanna put ya in my) Data Bank and Murph Drag as Murph Drag (Part 1 and 2). The tracklist is included below as an early configuration.

1. Murph Drag
2. Nine Lives
3. Donald Trump (Black Version)
4. Love Machine 1
5. Data Bank
6. Shake! 2
7. Corporate World
8. The Latest Fashion
9. Release It 3
10. My Summertime Thang
11. Rollerskate

_PrinceVault

by Herb Ritts

OldFriends4Sale said:

Sheila E.: Untitled 1989 album

An album was recorded by Sheila E., between early 1987 and late 1988, and planned for release in 1989. The album was abandoned when Sheila E. left Paisley Park Records in early 1989, and most of the album's tracks remain unreleased. The only track from the album to have been released is "Scarlet Pussy" (credited to Camille), which was included as the b-side of "I Wish U Heaven". The album included a cover of Donny Hathaway's "The Ghetto".Two other tracks were resurrected for later projects, however. In mid-September, 1993, "Latino Barbie Doll" was tried out for Mayte during initial sessions for her solo debut album, and was included on an initial configuration of the album, titled "Latino Barbie Doll", before being removed from later configurations as the album developed into Child of the Sun. During the A Celebration week in June, 2000, computer screens at Paisley Park Studios offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on Crystal Ball Volume II; "3 Nigs Watchin' a Kung Fu Movie" was included on the list and was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned.

Track listing

Side one

• "3 Nigs Watchin' a Kung Fu Movie"
• "It's a Hard Life" (Includes no Prince input)
• "Chicken Legs" (Includes no Prince input)
• "Knucklehead"
• "Latino Barbie Doll"

Side two

• "Soul Company"
• "Day After Day" (Includes no Prince input)
• "Girl Power"
• "The Ghetto"
• "Scarlet Pussy"

Sheila was unhappy with many these songs."Where's the melody?",she wondered.

I think her third,self-titled album is her best work.Unfortunately,it was criminally under-promoted.