hi all,
have most of prince's albums etc but have none of his 12" versions of his various songs. which songs have the best 12" versions,extended mixes that i should own?

All of 'em

Seriously though, all the 12" mixes produced between Controversy and Batman are essential IMO.

andm said:

Get T's 12 inch 5 cd set--its all U ever need- T broke it down..

Just Another Sucker (Dance Mix) - If You Feel Like Dancin' (Dance Version) - If You Feel Like Dancin' (Dance Version) - If You Feel Like Dancin' (Radio Edit) - Just As Long As We're Together (Disco Mix) - Soft And Wet (Disco Mix) - Sexy Dancer (Long Version) - Gotta Stop (Messin' About) - Let's Work (Dance Remix, Long Version) - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? - Little Red Corvette (Dance Mix) - Horny Toad - Irresistible Bitch
17 Days - Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix) - Erotic City (Make Love Not War, Erotic City Come Alive) - God (Instrumental- "Love Theme From Purple Rain") - God (Vocal) - I Would Die 4 U (Extended Version) - Another Lonely Christmas
Paisley Park (Remix) - Raspberry Beret (New Mix) - She's Always In My Hair (New Mix) - Pop Life (Extended Version) - Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) - Hello - Hello (Fresh Dance Mix) - America - Girl
Kiss (Extended Version) - Love Or $ (Extended Version) - Mountains (Extended Version) - Alexa De Paris (Extended Version) - Anotherloverholenyohead (Extended Version) - La, La, La, He, He, Heee (Highly Explosive) - Shockadelica - U Got The Look (Long Look) - Housequake (7 Minutes Mo' Quake)
Hot Thing (Extended Remix) - Hot Thing (Dub) - Alphabet Street (This Is Not Music This Is A Trip) - Glam Slam (Remix) - Escape (Free Yo Mind From This Ratrace) - I Wish U Heaven (Part 1) - I Wish U Heaven (Part 2) - I Wish U Heaven (Part 3) - Scarlett Pussy - Scarlett Pussy (Extended) - Feel U Up (Long Stroke) - If I Love U 2nite
Get Off (Damn Near 10 Minutes) - Gett Off (Thrust Mix) - Gett Off (Rosie's Dub) - 7 (After 6 Long Version) - Pope (Remix) - Pink Cashmere (Remix) - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Beautiful Extended Club Mix) - Beautiful Beats - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Brian's Mix) - Face Down (Acapella) - Face Down (Instrumental Money Mix) - Face Down (X-Tended Rap Money Mix) - The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (Jason Nevins Romance Beats)

I really like Mountains, Alphabet St. (This is not music, this is a trip), I wish u heaven pts I,II&III, America...

Actually I do miss these 12" mixes. What was the last single featuring extended versions or mixes? Was it Somebody's Somebody...?

"Was it Somebody's Somebody...?"

I mean, of course, the single for 'Holy River'

Nikkie said:[quote]"Was it Somebody's Somebody...?"

Of Course! The Greatest Romance...

This is what I recommend:

[1] Sexy Dancer - long version
[2] Head/Do it all night (nice clean edit of the LP version of Head)
[3] Let's Work (long version)/Gotta Stop
[4] Little Red Corvett (dance mix)
[5] Let's Pretend We're Married/Irresistable Bitch
[6] Let's Go Crazy(ext.)/Erotic City
[7] I Would Die 4 U (long)/Another Lonely X-mas
[8] Purple Rain/God(instrumental) - UK
[9] Paisley Park, She's Always In My Hair/Paisley Park (remix) - UK
[10] Pop Life (fresh dance mix)/Hello
[11] America (21:46)/Girl
[12] Kiss/Love or Money (extended versions)
[13] Mountains (extended)/Alexa De Paris
[14] Anotherloverholenyohead(ext)/Girls&Boys
[15] Sign O the Times/La la la he he heee
[16] If I was your girlfriend/shockadelica
[17] Alphabet St.
[18] I Wish U Heaven
[18] PartyMan/Feel U Up (long stroke) - UK

Good luck!

I like 'The Future' and 'Electric Chair' remixes that William Orbit did. It might have been one of those releases that Prince wanted people to send in. Also. pretty much all the 12" throught the '80s are pretty essential.

Gett Off (purple pump...the only jam u ever need!)...Girl & She's Always In My Hair r THE best

the honesty,the longing on the Girl 12"...with a whole new verse of spoken lyrics...
incredibly sexy.

also:

feel u up
erotic city
another lonely christmas
17 days
little red corvette
hot thing
housequake

they r my faves.

i 4got one of THE ESSENTIALS:

"thieves in the temple"

Reply to 'what r the essential 12" extended mixes 2 own?'

Raspberry Beret / She's Always In My Hair 12 Inch Long versions
Let's Go Crazy / Erotic City Dance Mixes

Pop Life- UK 12"mix
Purple Rain/ God Instrumental- UK 12'
Sexy Dancer- UK 12"
Lets Work -US 12"
Little Red Corvette-Long Vers(dance mix)-UK 12"
Paisley Park -UK 12"

Every 12" 'till 1987.
The first that isn't breathtaking is the remix of Housequake.
After that one the idea of an extended version is most of the time replaced by the remixed versions ...
f*ck the remixes.

In particular interesting:

Sexy Dancer
Let's Work
Little Red Corvette
Erotic City
Hello
Love or $
La la la , He he heee

andm said:

"Sexy Dancer" (Long Version) - This is the ultimate shit!
"Let's Work" (Dance Remix)
"Little Red Corvette" (Dance Mix)
"Let's Go Crazy" (Extended Version)
"I Would Die 4 U" (Extended Version) - Nice one but unfortunately it's an edit of a great rehearsal version...
"Paisley Park" (Remix) - This is just amazing...
"Raspberry Beret" (Extended Remix or New Mix)
"Pop Life" (Extended Version)
"America" (21:46 Version) - This'll keep you bouncing for a while...
"Mountains" (Extended Version)
"Anotherloverholenyohead" (Extended Version)
"U Got The Look" (Long Look) - Just for the funky intro...
"Alphabet St." (This Is Not Music, This Is A Trip)
"I Wish U Heaven" (Part 1, 2 & 3)
"The Scandalous Sex Suite" - Cheesy and cringeworthy as hell but the third part (The Rapture) has got a great redone version of the guitar solo Prince did in Sheila E.'s "Dear Michaelangelo"...

Neversin.

Truly essential imho are:

Kiss/Love or Money (extended versions)
Let's Go Crazy(ext.)/Erotic City
U Got The Look (Long Look) - Housequake (7 Minutes Mo' Quake)
I Would Die 4 U (long)/Another Lonely X-mas
America (21:46)/Girl
If I was your girlfriend/shockadelica (long)
I Wish U Heaven

Best album for 12" mixes was without a doubt the Parade album.

Kiss
Mountains
Anotherloverholenyohead
---these for me are the best three 12" around---
Others are:

Paisley Park
Raspberry Beret
Pop Life
She's Always In My Hair
Scarlet Pussy
Alphabet St
I Wish U Heaven
I Would Die 4 U
Erotic City
17 Days
Theives In The Temple

Most disappointing for me was Little Red Corvette - Bassline just didnt work for me on this one.

the 12" of "sexy dancer" is a crucial part of one's collection, because it's the full-length version...not to mention it's bumpin.

I like the sexy dancer 12", but the song in general has never really done much for me.

I dont think Prince could do decent 12"'s anymore as he doesnt release singles. I assume (im too young to know), that it was a really special feeling going out to buy a new prince 12". Its one of the things that im really jealous of older Prince fans.

To have grown up in the eighties getting an amazing new album each year, all the great tours, all the side projects like the family and Madhouse, and to top it off, these amazing 12"'s and B-sides. And what do we younger fans get???.....Xpectation and NEWS....FFS

Actually ignore me, I quite like these albums, and I must confess the year long period in which I discovered all princes albums, his bootlegs, his live stuff, the side projects, the 12"'s, was quite a mind blowing year, and makes up for all the lackluster instrumental shit we're getting now.
[This message was edited Mon Sep 8 7:14:52 PDT 2003 by CrozzaUK]

Well, in the eighties I could only afford a fraction of all that material and I never could get tickets to tours because they sold out so fast!

CrozzaUK said:

Well, the "Let's Work" is the "holy grail" for collectors' purposes, as it is extremely rare.

I'd go for all of the 12"s from Purple Rain to Lovesexy as essentials. Especially these:

Let's Go Crazy/Erotic City

Raspberry Beret/She's Always In My Hair

Kiss/ or $

Wish U Heaven/Scarlet Pussy

America/Girl

Mountains/Alexa De Paris

If I Was Your Girlfriend/Shockadelica

Sign O' The Times/La, La, La, He, He, Hee

The Scandalous Sex Suite is also an essential.

Come remix

Come On remix

I Wish U Heaven Pts I,II,III

Love or $

Gett Off remixes (Violet The Organ Grinder
and Housestyle)

plus the others mentioned...

Romance1600 said:

Co-Sign. The Extended B-Sides should not be overlooked either.

All 12" mixes and extended versions are available on CD too, if a somebody knows where to look...

CrozzaUK said:

i know--lyrically it's dumb as hell, but it still sounds funky.

CrozzaUK said:

YEAH ... and that's the reason I'm on this site ...
for good old times ...

don't forget the first two albums of The Time ... that aren't some left-overs from Prince, that's the real shit!
The greatest funk Prince has ever done.

my tip is to avoid anything with a 'junior vasquez' mix!! don't make the same mistakes i did

Welll there's great stuff on there but need I mention After Hi School?

ThataintFunky said:

The unreleased "COMPUTER BLUE" extended version if it hopefully sees the light of day next year, fingers crossed.

R.

Inspired by this topic, I just put in "Prince singles" in amazon.co.uk and the single "Someday My Prince Will Come Again" by Annie Christian came up!!
What is this???

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Don't let the bastards grind yo down, dansa!

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skilletnomicrowave said:

word.

pure toxic waste.

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