Was there any story here or did WB just shove an old song on there for no particular reason. If I'm not mistaken, this is the only (?) CD release of the full length Alexa De Paris? Did that play into it at all? Any involvement from Prince on the tracklisting or no?

Just wondering. Pope is the better song anyway.

I love the 12" of that. I use to blast it in my room to annoy my parents, vivid memories of the summer of 1986.

This leaves only ♥ or $ as the only WB song not avialable on CD or Digital format?

Ramzoo said:

"Love Or Money" was available on iTunes. Maybe still, didn't check.

Nice, what country?

bonnie184 said:

I love the 12" of that. I use to blast it in my room to annoy my parents, vivid memories of the summer of 1986.

This leaves only ♥ or $ as the only WB song not avialable on CD or Digital format?

♥ or $ (Extended Version) has been available on Spotify here in Canada 2 stream already 4 many years. It's associated with the Kiss (Extended Version); however, Spotify calls it ? or $, as I guess they don't use the ♥

lustmealways said:

Was there any story here or did WB just shove an old song on there for no particular reason. If I'm not mistaken, this is the only (?) CD release of the full length Alexa De Paris? Did that play into it at all? Any involvement from Prince on the tracklisting or no?

Just wondering. Pope is the better song anyway.

I don't think there's any particular story. There's one version of "Letitgo" with "Solo," plus the extended "Alexa De Paris" and "Pope."

who knows.

ironic for a song called let it go that it has a b side from about 8 years prior.

let it go is a bit over produced but a great, underrated single.

obv he had been listening to some g funk from the time but it didnt sound contrived or cringe (the 'let the vibe just flow' line was very 93/94 but worked well), it was like g-funk, filtered through a slightly melancholy filter, though i did think it was a shame prince never got a dr dre or warren g remix even. or an industrial trent reznor remix of a song like this.

Ramzoo said:

"Love Or Money" was available on iTunes. Maybe still, didn't check.

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Why are you guys buying MP3s? Go visit Qobuz or 7Digital or HDTracks etc. and discover *CD quality* lossless music.

bonnie184 said:

I love the 12" of that. I use to blast it in my room to annoy my parents, vivid memories of the summer of 1986.

This leaves only ♥ or $ as the only WB song not avialable on CD or Digital format?

Yes - You can get it digitally as above and on some sets of 12" singles on CDs that Prince and WB would not be happy with.

It was one of the first releases after The Hits/The B-Sides and "Alexa de Paris" was a notable omission due to space.

WhisperingDandelions said:

It was one of the first releases after The Hits/The B-Sides and "Alexa de Paris" was a notable omission due to space.

Yeah, but they could've also put it on the Peach 2-CD set, where "I Wish U Heaven," "Partyman," "My Name is Prince," and other songs landed which was part of The Hits/The B-Side campaign.

It wouldn't make sense to make it a b-side of a non-hits album's campaign.

lustmealways said:

Was there any story here or did WB just shove an old song on there for no particular reason. If I'm not mistaken, this is the only (?) CD release of the full length Alexa De Paris? Did that play into it at all? Any involvement from Prince on the tracklisting or no?

Just wondering. Pope is the better song anyway.

The whole atmosphere surrounding the release of "Come" was totally dark and sour due to his state of affairs with WB and the 'Prince is dead' thing while he was milking TMBGITW and promoting 1800 New Funk as . I always thought the odd inclusion of "Alexa De Paris" on the CD-Single and 12" was not based in any artistic decision but more like showing no interest whatsover and give a posthumous feel to the single, together with the 'Prince 1958 - 1993' on the artwork.

lustmealways said:

Was there any story here or did WB just shove an old song on there for no particular reason. If I'm not mistaken, this is the only (?) CD release of the full length Alexa De Paris? Did that play into it at all? Any involvement from Prince on the tracklisting or no?

Just wondering. Pope is the better song anyway.

I don't think it's ever been talked about or revealed officially from anyone in the know. It's the only known CD release of the song.

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One theory would be that WB was still in 'hits' mode from the previous year and they threw it on there since all the 1993 UK Hits related CD singles (Peach, Controversy) had really random 'hits' for B-sides - like Glam Slam, I Wish U Heaven, Girls & Boys, The Future, DMSR, NPG part II. Having Alexa de Paris feels like a leftover from having a past related B side in the Hits era. Letitgo was the first "Prince" single after he officially becamse so maybe the marketing team felt that a past Prince b-side re-released on CD would be enough to draw interest to long time fans and collectors. Prince always had total control so he surely Ok'd or approved it, regardless whether or not he came up with the idea.

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Another theory would be that oftentimes he would release random old tracks at random times as a way to send someone a message (like a former girlfriend or former associate). Maybe it was more of a message to someone privately. Letitto - Alexa de Paris. Maybe he was trying to tell someone in private that he's moved on and to just let it go?

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It's a guessing game really.

bizzie said:

Ramzoo said:

"Love Or Money" was available on iTunes. Maybe still, didn't check.

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Why are you guys buying MP3s? Go visit Qobuz or 7Digital or HDTracks etc. and discover *CD quality* lossless music.

I can't hear the difference with high bit rate mp3 and lossless, so I'd just buy whatever's cheapest.

bizzie said:

Ramzoo said:

"Love Or Money" was available on iTunes. Maybe still, didn't check.

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Why are you guys buying MP3s? Go visit Qobuz or 7Digital or HDTracks etc. and discover *CD quality* lossless music.

You do know that iTunes has the option to download lossless files, right? Everything I buy from them is in ALAC, which is a lossless MP4.

jedimaster777 said:

bizzie said:

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Why are you guys buying MP3s? Go visit Qobuz or 7Digital or HDTracks etc. and discover *CD quality* lossless music.

You do know that iTunes has the option to download lossless files, right? Everything I buy from them is in ALAC, which is a lossless MP4.

It is a viable option. Technically it is a unique encoding format normally distributed within a MP4 container - I make this distinction because not everything that can play MP4s can play ALACs - It is not as broadly playable as FLACs.

However, as Apple has removed DRM, made ALAC available and open source, it is now widely playable on many computers and devices. It does, however use more resources to play than FLAC lossless files, the ALAC files will normally be a bit larger than FLAC, and the encoding will be 16 to 24 bit instead of FLAC's 24 to 32 bit.

As with all lossless and high end lossy formats, most people will not be able to tell the difference - none outside of extreme sound lounge setups (even within these extremes, just like those who imagine vinyl is better, confirmational bias and wishful thinking are most often behind claimed differences). As ever, the quality of the source, how it was transferred to the playable media, what it is played on and how is much more likely to affect the sound.

jedimaster777 said:

bizzie said:

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Why are you guys buying MP3s? Go visit Qobuz or 7Digital or HDTracks etc. and discover *CD quality* lossless music.

You do know that iTunes has the option to download lossless files, right? Everything I buy from them is in ALAC, which is a lossless MP4.

Yes - but don't you have to maintain a paid Apple Music subscription to have access to those lossless ALAC files? Just curious.

For me personally, I used to actually lose some sleep over whether my library was lossless (I used ALAC too), and if AAC I settled on iTunes Plus (256kbps AAC variable). I've done ABX testing with good headphones, and still I'm OK with the 256 AAC.

Se7en said:

jedimaster777 said:

You do know that iTunes has the option to download lossless files, right? Everything I buy from them is in ALAC, which is a lossless MP4.

Yes - but don't you have to maintain a paid Apple Music subscription to have access to those lossless ALAC files? Just curious.

For me personally, I used to actually lose some sleep over whether my library was lossless (I used ALAC too), and if AAC I settled on iTunes Plus (256kbps AAC variable). I've done ABX testing with good headphones, and still I'm OK with the 256 AAC.

No, you don't have to have an Apple Music subsription. I don't, and I download everything from them in ALAC.

Ramzoo said:

"Love Or Money" was available on iTunes. Maybe still, didn't check.

thanks for sugestion

lustmealways said:

Was there any story here or did WB just shove an old song on there for no particular reason. If I'm not mistaken, this is the only (?) CD release of the full length Alexa De Paris? Did that play into it at all? Any involvement from Prince on the tracklisting or no?

Just wondering. Pope is the better song anyway.

Jus to answer your question, "Alexa De Paris on the Letitgo UK single?". Yes, it is on the UK single. Alexa de Paris version of 4 minutes and 55 seconds (just checked). I have an original cd single. That cd single may still be easy to find if you want an original.

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WhenFansCry said:

Mackopolis44 said:

WhenFansCry said:

Jus to answer your question, "Alexa De Paris on the Letitgo UK single?". Yes, it is on the UK single. Alexa de Paris version of 4 minutes and 55 seconds (just checked). I have an original cd single. That cd single may still be easy to find if you want an original.

Was this the same year as Purple Medley? That's an interesting piece 🤔 👍

Nah. "Letitgo" was released in 1994, a year before The Purple Medley EP.

That mix on the UK single that times just under 5 minutes is the extended version, too.

WhenFansCry said:

lustmealways said:

Was there any story here or did WB just shove an old song on there for no particular reason. If I'm not mistaken, this is the only (?) CD release of the full length Alexa De Paris? Did that play into it at all? Any involvement from Prince on the tracklisting or no?

Just wondering. Pope is the better song anyway.

Jus to answer your question, "Alexa De Paris on the Letitgo UK single?". Yes, it is on the UK single.

Except that wasn't the question.

mb71 said:

WhenFansCry said:

Jus to answer your question, "Alexa De Paris on the Letitgo UK single?". Yes, it is on the UK single.

Except that wasn't the question.

True.

To answer the question: It was the only time it was released, in full, on CD, to my knowledge. I'm surprised it didn't at least show up on the Peach two-CD single EP.

I don't know how/why people think Prince didn't have input on stuff with his name on it.

he didnt make a video for this single

what makes ppl think he cared what went on the b side in the uk?

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

he didnt make a video for this single

Not a dedicated video, but it looks like WB threw one together using footage from the 3 Chains video release - https://princevault.com/i...o:_Letitgo

mb71 said:

WhenFansCry said:

Jus to answer your question, "Alexa De Paris on the Letitgo UK single?". Yes, it is on the UK single.

Except that wasn't the question.

The original post starts with the line "Alexa De Paris on the Letitgo UK single?".

I repeat, the fist sentence of the original post is "Alexa De Paris on the Letitgo UK single?".

And the subject of the thread is "Alexa De Paris on the Letitgo UK single?".