Peace,
Does anyone have the tracklist to the ORIGINAL (89) Rave un 2 the joy fantastic ?

I don't think a tracklist was ever compiled (not sure though)

but the following songs were gonna be included on the album:

The Voice Inside
Melody Cool
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
God Is Alive
If I Had A Harem
Stimulation
Still Would Stand All Time
Elephants & Flowers

carmy said:

Config 1:

"Underground" aka "Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic":

1. "Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic"
2. "If Had A Harem"
3. "Good Judy Girlfriend"
4. "Pink Cashmere"
5. "Electric Chair"
6. "Am I Without U"
7. "God Is Alive"
8. "Still Would Stand All Time"
9. "Moonbeam Levels"

Config 2:

"Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic"

1. "Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic"
2. "If Had A Harem"
3. "Melody Cool"
4. "Stimulation"
5. "Elephants & Flowers"
6. "The Voice Inside"
7. "God Is Alive"
8. "Still Would Stand All Time"

Neversin.
[This message was edited Thu Nov 13 7:54:02 PST 2003 by Neversin]

Neversin said:

Neversin proves me wrong

didn't know there was even 1 configuration let alone 2

r1ghteousone said:

Isn't there another title for Moonbeam Levels?

DaFunkFreak said:

No...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

I thought so, at least unofficially...(The reason why I'm asking this ? is that I mentionned this song to a friend of mine recently thinking I did not know it; he told me I knew it as it was a very well-known and widely bootlegged song, albeit sometimes known under a different name - that I forgot!!! Kindly help a tired fan in distress
[This message was edited Thu Nov 13 9:39:24 PST 2003 by DaFunkFreak]

DaFunkFreak said:

It's mistakenly called 'A Better Place 2 Die' by bootleggers

DaFunkFreak said:

Damn... I thought you meant something completely different...
But then yes, there is another title for "Moonbeam Levels" that retarded bootleggers conjured up instead of simply asking the title...
It used to be also know as "A Better Place 2 Die"...

Neversin.

Princes hand writen original track-listing

http://www.usenet-replaye...1.1013.JPG

COOL
[This message was edited Thu Nov 13 8:09:58 PST 2003 by joestylie]

That's it! Brilliant song! Thanks for the info.
[This message was edited Thu Nov 13 8:33:12 PST 2003 by DaFunkFreak]

I'd love to have a 2 disc set of both configurations of this album in perfect quality...

Configuration 2 was actually like this...
(you forgot Melody Cool, and put The Voice Inside on twice)

1. Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic
2. If I Had A Harem
3. The Voice Inside
4. Melody Cool
5. Stimulation
6. Elephants & Flowers
7. God Is Alive
8. Still Would Stand All Time
.
[This message was edited Thu Nov 13 15:52:59 PST 2003 by BorisFishpaw]

BorisFishpaw said:

I corrected it in the edit...
But where did you get the tracklist above?
I have a tape with this config:

"Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic"

1. "Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic"
2. "If Had A Harem"
3. "Melody Cool"
4. "Stimulation"
5. "Elephants & Flowers"
6. "The Voice Inside"
7. "God Is Alive"
8. "Still Would Stand All Time"

Yours is slightly different...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

What kind of song is "Stimulation" is it P on vox??

Never heard of it.

IstenSzek said:

A "sleazy" song with P on vocals...

Hook, line, sinker edit... You know who you are...

Neversin.
[Edited 7/5/18 1:45am]

Neversin said:

It was a Paisley Park in-house tape that 'an ex-WB employee' had.

It's been a while since I've heard it (unfortunately I couldn't
copy it)... but I listened to it and wrote down the tracklist at
the time (so I know I didn't make a mistake). Here's what I
remember about it...

'Rave' was the same as the circulating boots (very close to the
released version).

'If Had a Harem' was also the same as the circulating
boots, I think. (though I do remember thinking it sounded
very 'demo-ey' compared with the other tracks)

'The Voice Inside' segued into 'Melody Cool' (which had
somewhat different lyrics)

There was a big gap between 'Melody cool' and 'Stimulation'
(which I think signified the split between side 1 and side 2)

'Stimulation' was a sleazy-grind kinda song. A bit like 'G-Spot'
crossed with 'We Can Funk'.

'Elephants & Flowers' was the version with different lyrics
that's circulating.

'God Is Alive' was very tight into 'Still Would Stand All Time'.
(didn't actually segue, but there's absolutely no gap
between the tracks).

the original recording of 'rave unto the joy fantastic' (song)
that i have is 5'20" long--it sounds as if the first few seconds
of the song are missing. is this the one that's circulating or are
there others?

and furthermore, i thought 'stimulation' was a track of which
people knew it existed, but which was not circulating? how
about 'good judy girlfriend'? is that one circulating?

BorisFishpaw said:

You by any chance remember the date of the tape?

Neversin.

Neversin said:

yes, it was dated 11/27/1988.
(and the tape didn't actually say what the album was called)

BorisFishpaw said:

Thanx for the info dude...
BTW mine's dated 01/14/1989 and it was called "Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic" by that time...
Also the first config was dated 10/18/1988 with "Underground" as its working-title...

Neversin.

i'm pretty confused at this point. i've heard of several configurations of 'rave' over the past few years. i've compared them with what's been discussed here in this thread and there are a couple differences here and there. can someone clear this up for me? neversin? borisfishpaw? can you tell me which is correct and which isn't?

UNDERGROUND / RAVE UN2 THE JOY FANTASTIC #1 (10/18/88)

01. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
02. If I Had A Harem
03. Good Judy Girlfriend
04. Pink Cashmere
05. Electric Chair
06. Am I Without You
07. God Is Alive
08. Still Would Stand All Time
09. Moonbeam Levels


RAVE UN2 THE JOY FANTASTIC #2 (11/27/1988)

01. The Voice Inside
02. Melody Cool
03. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
04. God Is Alive
05. If I Had A Harem
06. Stimulation
07. Still Would Stand All Time
08. Elephants & Flowers

OR

01. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
02. If I Had A Harem
03. The Voice Inside
04. Melody Cool
05. Stimulation
06. Elephants & Flowers
07. God Is Alive
08. Still Would Stand All Time


RAVE UNTO THE JOY FANTASTIC #3 (01/14/89)

01. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
02. If I Had A Harem
03. Melody Cool
04. Stimulation
05. Elephants & Flowers
06. The Voice Inside
07. God Is Alive
08. Still Would Stand All Time

can one of you tell me the length of the songs on the second configuration (the one starting with the song 'rave') which is supposedly circulating? thanks.

Wow what a great discussion , finally we talk about music !

purpleone said:

I've never heard of this one... And it doesn't seem to be a config...

Neversin.

purpleone said:

It's difficult to give a concrete answer, as Prince often puts
together many configurations of potential albums on cassette
before the final running order is decided. Sometimes albums
are concieved quite quickly (like Lovesexy) and the track-
listing changes very little. Other times the title and tracklisting
undergo massive changes before the album is released or
shelved. There are still 'early configurations' of old albums
comming to light for the first time even now.

BorisFishpaw said:

thanks borisfishpaw. i saw you also answered my question in that camille thread. could you, as you did there, tell me the length of the songs on the album, in this case the rave album. i mean this one:

01. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
02. If I Had A Harem
03. The Voice Inside
04. Melody Cool
05. Stimulation
06. Elephants & Flowers
07. God Is Alive
08. Still Would Stand All Time

thanks already.

01. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (5:19)
02. If I Had A Harem (2:13)
03. The Voice Inside (5:08)
04. Melody Cool (3:20)
05. Stimulation (3:48)
06. Elephants & Flowers (3:59)
07. God Is Alive (6:18)
08. Still Would Stand All Time (5:24)

BorisFishpaw said:

thanks again..

BorisFishpaw said:

I really hope this sequence turns up sometime in clear quality - I'd love to hear it.

Interesting that this is such a short album - 8 songs, 35 minutes...

BorisFishpaw said:

?? Weird timings...
I have it as:

01 Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic [6:01]
02 If I Had A Harem [3:43]
03 Melody Cool [3:22]
04 Stimulation [4:31]
05 Elephants & Flowers [4:02]
06 The Voice Inside [5:21]
07 God Is Alive [6:21]
08 Still Would Stand All Time [5:15]

Neversin.