I don't think I've ever heard the MC Flash stuff.

Milty2 said:

Cool.

Thanks for bringing it up.

i've never heard it, either.

Milty2 said:

I don't think I've ever heard the MC Flash stuff.

Hmmm, not sure I have either. I've heard about it, at most.

Unreleased album details (I'm sure this will jog memories for some - see, for example, Thunderball's The Work Volume 3):

http://www.princevault.co...ash_(1990)

TrivialPursuit said:

langebleu said:

Definitely. It's a great and underrated project. I heard WB wasn't feeling it. But I love that late 80's guitar sound. Mesa Boogie amps, BOSS pedals, etc.

He's definately playing a cloud!

Cool to hear off-the-cuff stuff!

Margie's voice is crazy powerful!

It's a shame they didn't have more time to concetrate on this potential powerhouse collab

steakfinger said:

I’ve never even heard of this. I’d sure love to hear it.

check your inbox orgnotes

Wolfie87 said:

Just heard the first few tracks. Initial thoughts; Warden In The Prison Of Love

may i ask why?

I would love to hear the Prince versions of these songs; MC's voice never really clicked with me. It's cool to hear him making that transition from Lovesexy to Batman sound.

billymeade said:

I would love to hear the Prince versions of these songs; MC's voice never really clicked with me. It's cool to hear him making that transition from Lovesexy to Batman sound.

you have Good Man circulating with Prince vox

thebanishedone said:

I listened to it last night while working on a quilt. I liked it.

It's pretty typical Prince fodder. I noticed a few elements here and there that were classic Prince, whether it was the way he'd segue to a bridge, the bridge itself, harmonies, all the signatures, subtle or otherwise are there.

Some of the lyrics are juvenile, but the production and musicality of it all is great. I kept wondering who else would be good singing these songs. Jill's okay, but she always sounds a little pitchy sometimes. "We Can Hang" and "Curious Blue" stick out as interesting tracks. "Girls Will Be Girls" is long, but the changes keep it engaging. "Brand New Boy" harkens to things like "Shake!".

Margie's voice is great, though, and she stands up to the bigger production without hesitation. Maybe her and Jill would've made for an interesting duo project, trading off vocals. Where Jill lacks, Margie picks up the slack. I even think Margie would've handled things like "All Day, All Night," "G-Spot," and other Jill songs really well.

Thebanishedone noted how it's sort of a segue from Lovesexy to Batman in sound. I can see that. Prince started to lean toward that hollow, reverby production around 1989. It was more evident on some of the stuff that Robin and Tevin recorded, as well as the plethora of unreleased remixes, etc. (It was also part of that period where everything was 150bpm, like he was on speed or something.) But the MC Flash project was still on this side of all that.

I wish "Whistling Kenny" was in the stuff out there, and maybe even a rockier version of "Standing At The Alter" (think about how "Love, Thy Will B Done' sounded w/ the NPG vs. original). All that, plus maybe 1 or 2 more tunes and it would've been a really fun project.

Thanks to the one who sent me the files.

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