happyshopper said:

Darkside also makes me wish for versions like this of songs we know. Prince fleshing out songs, trying things out, humming parts he wants to add later and rough vocals. Better than tracks that weren’t intended for this album. (I’ll take those on another Originals release)

"Blood on the Sheets" is the more fleshed out version, but still without lyrics. Man, it really needs it. It's just riiiight there.

lustmealways said:

I Pledge Allegiance shades of Satisfied.

I said the same thing, and frankly this one is better than "Satisfied."

I was sharing with Fenwick my first-listen thoughts last night and put them into a Google doc here.

"Trouble" keeps hitting me like a brick in the head.

In a good way.

In a very good way.

Landonfunkmonkey said:

LILpoundCAKE said:

Landonfunkmonkey said:

TrivialPursuit said:

lustmealways said:

I Pledge Allegiance shades of Satisfied.

I said the same thing, and frankly this one is better than "Satisfied."

Am I the only idiot who assumed I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO YOUR LOVE was the classic unreleased song ALLEGIANCE?

SmalleyBiggs said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I said the same thing, and frankly this one is better than "Satisfied."

Am I the only idiot who assumed I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO YOUR LOVE was the classic unreleased song ALLEGIANCE?

No, because that was recorded around the same time. I mean, how many damn songs have "Baby," "Girl," or Love and Sex" as the title w/ that guy? lol

Princevault notes:

Basic tracking for Prince’s original version took place on 1 October 1991 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day after Letter 4 Miles, the same day as the release of Prince and the New Power Generation’s album Diamonds And Pearls and the recording of Do U Wanna Rock?, I Pledge Allegiance To Your Love and Sweet Baby, two days before recording The Thunder Ballet).

It was a nice choice of unreleased tracks. Good job estate.

paisleyparkgirl said:

It was a nice choice of unreleased tracks. Good job estate.

2 of the 3 vault disks are under an hour, the other is barely over that.

Why isn't that other version of "Willing and Able" in there? or more mixes of "Gett Off," and the EP of "Cream?" There was plenty of room for some more stuff.

I mostly like what's there, but they slipped on a few tracks.

MIRvmn1 said:

Imagine how much better D&P would have been if Jughead and Push was replaced with The Last Dance and Something Funky (This House Comes)

TrivialPursuit said:

Its missing the MTV performance. The highlight of the whole project

muleFunk said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I knew Prince was trying to play catch up with New Jack Swing sounds of the 90's, but listening to the vault tracks it seems he had completely lost confidence in his own abilities.

Songs like 'Don't Say You Love Me' and 'Spirit' are just complete generic rip offs of better NJS songs, while some real gems like 'Open Book', 'Pain', 'Something Funky This Way Comes' and 'Get Blue' to name a few were completely passed over to cater for NJS lite stuff such as Jughead and Daddy Pop.

I think this is the only time in Prince's career where he was trying to copy rather than innovate, and some of the more soulful and funky vault stuff would have complemented the better D&P tracks (i.e. the funk soul and blues ones) than the ones trying to follow modern trends. Kind of glad they got this era out the way, as hopefully we can finally get a Parade Deluxe edition.

WhiteSandsHideaway11 said:

muleFunk said:

MIRvmn1 said:

Imagine how much better D&P would have been if Jughead and Push was replaced with The Last Dance and Something Funky (This House Comes)

I have thought the same question all day long.

Landonfunkmonkey said:

Streetwalker is getting better with each listen. For me this is as good and as important as the other deluxe sets.

Streetwalker has great energy.

It's like a mix between Trust /When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes / BigHouse

with the lyrics being a bit similar in theme to Yo Mister.