By accident I stumbled upon the as-yet-unreleased studio version of Take This Beat. It was posted somewhere on the internet several months ago. Never heard it before - obviously I must have missed that it had leaked.

I first suspected that it was edited down from the 12'' of Eye Wish U Heaven, but after several listens it seems legit to me. And it's great stuff - very raw, simple and demo-like, exactly why I love Prince!

Anybody knows where and when it leaked? Maybe I missed some other new interesting stuff, too?

kindofblue said:

By accident I stumbled upon the as-yet-unreleased studio version of Take This Beat. It was posted somewhere on the internet several months ago. Never heard it before - obviously I must have missed that it had leaked.

I first suspected that it was edited down from the 12'' of Eye Wish U Heaven, but after several listens it seems legit to me. And it's great stuff - very raw, simple and demo-like, exactly why I love Prince!

Anybody knows where and when it leaked? Maybe I missed some other new interesting stuff, too?

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I can only say that it is basically what was mixed with I wish You heaven. Kinda like what he did with Scandalous too, and Space (universal love mix). Just mix 2 songs that haven't really got much to do with eachother, yet it sounds great when combined. Kinda like how he used Clare Fischer orchestrations that were written for completely different songs. (and how I wish I could hear Others Here With Us without the fairlight and just Prince with orchestration....)

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Sorry, got of track there

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And no, haven't heard about other leaks, unfortunately. I might love Take This Beat more than the 12 inch version of I Wish You Heaven, when I already love that version...

mediumdry said:

. Kinda like what he did with Scandalous too. Just mix 2 songs that haven't really got much to do with each other

The only other element of a different song in the "Scandalous Sex Suite" is part of the guitar solo from "Dear Michaelangelo".

What's mashed into the "Space" remix?

You mean the 5:53 version? Sounds like a fan-made mix.

olb99 said:

You mean the 5:53 version? Sounds like a fan-made mix.

Yes, that's the one. I also thought it's fan-made at first, but then I noticed it has some elements that are not in the 12'' version of Eye Wish Heaven. So I'm still not sure about whether or not it's legit. Hope somebody here can clear things up!

However, I still like this version a lot

I like it a lot But I'm not sure that this is not a fan made mix. Mainly because princevault
seems to say that Take This Beat had different lyrics and was pretty much a different song to
what ended up being part III of I Wish U Heaven 12".

Still, it's a nice enough mix, I enjoy it