Which 15 tracks would you like to see on a potential, if not inevitable, second edition of demos created for other artists? Here's my version. Assuming they're somewhere in the vault.

1. The Bird (The Time)

2. Cool (The Time)

3. Jerk Out (The Time)

4. Desire (The Family)

5. Mutiny (The Family)

6. A Love Bizzare (Sheila E.)

7. Sugar Walls (Sheena Easton)

8. Nasty Girl (Vanity 6)

9. Martika's Kitchen (Martika)

10. G-Spot (Jill Jones)

11. 101 (Sheena Easton)

12. Yo, Mister (Patti LaBelle)

13. With This Tear (Celine Dion)

14. Journey 2 the Center of Your Heart (Chaka Khan)

15. Elixer (Bria Valente)

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This Would Be A Perfect Album (for me)

Ice Cream Castles

Screams of Passion

Nasty Girl

Sugar Walls

Ooh, This I Need

G-Spot

Desire

101

A Love Bizarre

The Sex Of It

Mia Bocca

Koo Koo

Round and Round

Open Book

Time Waits For No One

DotsofU said:

This Would Be A Perfect Album (for me)

Ice Cream Castles

Screams of Passion

Nasty Girl

Sugar Walls

Ooh, This I Need

G-Spot

Desire

101

A Love Bizarre

The Sex Of It

Mia Bocca

Koo Koo

Round and Round

Open Book

Time Waits For No One

Nice! Yeah there literally could be two more worthy volumes of 15 demos. Including "U" which he gave to Paula Abdul and 'The Voice' from the first album he produced for Mavis Staples. Also '777-9311' by The Time and 'Hollywood', which he wrote for one of the George Clinton albums he produced to help him out financially.

Whatever.

How many decades before we get an Originals box set ?

More than 4 years since Volume 1 and since then NOTHING.

DotsofU said:

This Would Be A Perfect Album (for me)

Ice Cream Castles

Screams of Passion

Nasty Girl

Sugar Walls

Ooh, This I Need

G-Spot

Desire

101

A Love Bizarre

The Sex Of It

Mia Bocca

Koo Koo

Round and Round

Open Book

Time Waits For No One

LOVE this!

I need:

I Hear Your Voice

Paradigme

Yo Mister

Allegiance

Immersion

Databank

Neon Telephone

fredmagnus said:

Whatever.

How many decades before we get an Originals box set ?

More than 4 years since Volume 1 and since then NOTHING.

Originals was never named nor promoted as Volume 1.

Boshie2000 said:

Boshie2000 said:

Which 15 tracks would you like to see on a potential, if not inevitable, second edition of demos created for other artists? Here's my version. Assuming they're somewhere in the vault.

1. The Bird (The Time)

2. Cool (The Time)

3. Jerk Out (The Time)

4. Desire (The Family)

5. Mutiny (The Family)

6. A Love Bizzare (Sheila E.)

7. Sugar Walls (Sheena Easton)

8. Nasty Girl (Vanity 6)

9. Martika's Kitchen (Martika)

10. G-Spot (Jill Jones)

11. 101 (Sheena Easton)

12. Yo, Mister (Patti LaBelle)

13. With This Tear (Celine Dion)

14. Journey 2 the Center of Your Heart (Chaka Khan)

15. Elixer (Bria Valente)

[Edited 8/17/23 19:27pm]

For A Love Bizarre, are you thinking a Prince-only version? His vocals are already pretty front and center in the official version!

There was a mashup/remix of I Feel 4 U on the Musicology website (Reflection Room), where it mixed Prince's version with Chaka Khan's (including the guy's intro). I wouldn't mind seeing that released at some point.

Boshie2000 said:

mb71 said:

fredmagnus said:

Whatever.

How many decades before we get an Originals box set ?

More than 4 years since Volume 1 and since then NOTHING.

Originals was never named nor promoted as Volume 1.

It's why I kind of disagree with the premise of this thread that it's "inevitable." There's nothing to imply it's "potential" or "inevitable," more likely shelved/abandoned/merely a test and if that's the case they need to be putting this stuff on the SDEs orrrr orrr somewhere anyway.

WhisperingDandelions said:

mb71 said:

Originals was never named nor promoted as Volume 1.

It's why I kind of disagree with the premise of this thread that it's "inevitable." There's nothing to imply it's "potential" or "inevitable," more likely shelved/abandoned/merely a test and if that's the case they need to be putting this stuff on the SDEs orrrr orrr somewhere anyway.

Yeah.

Whatever the name or concept, just do something with the original Prince versions of the songs he gave to others.

Originals was ridiculously stupid, anachronistic, and disrespectful to the songs. Should never have been compiled and I'm glad the concept is over.

Allegiance

U

The Halls Of Desire

777-9311

With This Tear

A Love Bizarre

The Screams Of Passion

Paris 1798430

Ice Cream Castles

High Fashion

Elixer

Count The Days

All Day, All Night

Love On A Blue Train

Violet Blue

Get Blue

101

Qualified

If I Love U 2nite

LILpoundCAKE said:

DotsofU said:

This Would Be A Perfect Album (for me)

Ice Cream Castles

Screams of Passion

Nasty Girl

Sugar Walls

Ooh, This I Need

G-Spot

Desire

101

A Love Bizarre

The Sex Of It

Mia Bocca

Koo Koo

Round and Round

Open Book

Time Waits For No One

LOVE this!

winkee winkee

Nasty girl.

Love Bizarre

Jerk out

Wild and Loose

777-9311

River Run Dry

Screams of passion

A lot of the songs you guys posted already exist in the Prince version.

lustmealways said:

Originals was ridiculously stupid, anachronistic, and disrespectful to the songs. Should never have been compiled and I'm glad the concept is over.

I love it! I do hope they do another.

PennyPurple said:

lustmealways said:

Originals was ridiculously stupid, anachronistic, and disrespectful to the songs. Should never have been compiled and I'm glad the concept is over.

I love it! I do hope they do another.

It was solid, but the tracks would be better served in a box set or as additional tracks on the SDEs.

Original estate figured they had a hit concept on their hands to reclaim them 1984 Purple Rain numbers, but unfortunately the only "original" 98% of the general audience cares about is "Nothing Compares 2 U" (ignoring the true "original" has been out since 1985).

SoulAlive said:

His versions generally got worse the more he worked on a song.

One of the lessons to learn from Prince's discog is to just get those songs down, finished, released, then move on to another thing asap.

1.) Screams of Passion

2.) Ice Cream Castles

3.) The Bird

4.) Another Boy

5.) Yellow Gold

6.) Love Bizarre

7.) Nasty Girl

8.) Lolly Lolly

9.) The Sex of It

10.) Uncle Sam

11.) Paris

12.) Paradigm

13.) Sugar Walls

14.) 777-9311

15.) Halls of Desire

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

This is a poorly thought out series No rhyme or reason to its selection Box set for these or nothing. But then do i need princes tc ellis and carmen demos? Idk

yes. yes we do.

c'mon those carmen songs with Prince doing all her raps would be interesting at the very least, if not possibly/maybe good this time.

I Don't wanna stop
Sugar Walls
The Dance Electric
Telepathy
Baby Go Go
Eternity
If I could get your Attention
So Strong
Neon Telephone
101
Cool Love
Sticky Wicked
Yo Mister
Love 89
Bang Bang
Shall we Dance
Mindbells
Bliss

JorisE73 said:

Mindbells9 said:

JorisE73 said:

I Don't wanna stop
Sugar Walls
The Dance Electric
Telepathy
Baby Go Go
Eternity
If I could get your Attention
So Strong
Neon Telephone
101
Cool Love
Sticky Wicked
Yo Mister
Love 89
Bang Bang
Shall we Dance
Mindbells
Bliss

To that list, I'd add: *My Drawers *Wouldn't You Love To Love Me (1986 demo) *The Dopamine Rush *Flesh and Blood (I know Jill's version wasn't released, but still.)

Ah shit yes, forgot 'Wouldn't you Love 2 love Me' 86

I thought this list was good because it only has the one-off (or sometime two) songs for artists on there album from the 80s.
I would love to see all the "protege" albums in full (The Time, Sheila E, The Family, Jill Jones etc.) and not on a Originals.

I'm with those that like the "Originals" concept rather than saving tracks for a SDE. I loved the first "Originals". It honors Prince to remind people how often he cut tracks for others.