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Unreleased Album Projects Does anyone (Boris?) have a definative list of unreleased album projects for Prince/associated artists? Not compilations of unreleased stuff ie Crstal Ball II or Roadhouse Garden, but stuff that has been specifically written for, or assembled into an album.
Not necessarily those that have received cat numbers and limited pressings, but those that have been floated, recorded and then shelved. So far off the top of my head I've got: The Rebels Camille The Flesh sessions The Dream Factory Crystal Ball Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic The Margie Cox sessions Corporate World Rosie Gaines album Nona Gaye album Madrid 2 Chicago Any more I've missed? | |
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Madhouse 24 (1988)
Madhouse 24 (1993) This topic has always interested me. I'd love to hear more from Paisley Park about some of these albums. There are others which were being worked on, but I don't know if they were ever 'albums': The Tora Tora Experience New World (techno album) Heart (blues album) | |
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This thread had a list...
http://www.prince.org/msg/7/68552 and so did this one http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=53806 [This message was edited Tue Dec 2 6:42:31 PST 2003 by KeithyT] Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad. | |
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Beat me to it  [This message was edited Tue Dec 2 6:42:52 PST 2003 by Romance1600] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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what Romance1600 said Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad. | |
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Just a thought, what about the Bonnie Raitt tracks Prince worked on with her? | |
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Here's a list compiled from the ones on previous threads...
(thanks to Romance1600) 1979 - The Rebels 1981 - The Hookers (early version of Vanity 6) 1983 - Vanity 6: Untitled 2nd Album 1986 - The Flesh 1986 - Prince & The Revolution: Dream Factory 1986 - Camille: Camille 1987 - Prince: Crystal Ball 1987 - Prince: Graffiti Bridge 1988 - Prince: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic 1988 - Sheila E.: Untitled 4th Album 1988 - Madhouse: 24 1989 - MC Flash: MC Flash 1989 - The Time: Corporate World 1989 - Jill Jones: Untitled 2nd Album 1990 - Madhouse: 26 1991 - Margie Cox: Margie Cox 1991 - Brass Monkey: Brass Monkey 1993 - Madhouse: 24 1993 -  : The Dawn
1993 - Rosie Gaines: Concrete Jungle 1995 - The New Power Generation: New Power Soul 1995 - Tora Tora: The Tora Tora Experience 1996 - : The Dawn
1998 - Mayte: Scorpio (revamped version of Child Of The Sun) 1999 - Prince And The Revolution: Roadhouse Garden 2000 - Prince: When 2 R In Love 2000 - Prince: High 2001 - : Crystal Ball 2
2001 - Prince: A Celebration 2001 - : Madrid 2 Chicago
2001 - The New Power Generation: Peace 2002 - Prince: Last December 2002 - : The Very Best Of
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BorisFishpaw said: Here's a list compiled from the ones on previous threads...
(thanks to Romance1600) 1979 - The Rebels 1981 - The Hookers (early version of Vanity 6) 1983 - Vanity 6: Untitled 2nd Album 1986 - The Flesh 1986 - Prince & The Revolution: Dream Factory 1986 - Camille: Camille 1987 - Prince: Crystal Ball 1987 - Prince: Graffiti Bridge 1988 - Prince: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic 1988 - Sheila E.: Untitled 4th Album 1988 - Madhouse: 24 1989 - MC Flash: MC Flash 1989 - The Time: Corporate World 1989 - Jill Jones: Untitled 2nd Album 1990 - Madhouse: 26 1991 - Margie Cox: Margie Cox 1991 - Brass Monkey: Brass Monkey 1993 - Madhouse: 24 1993 - : The Dawn
1993 - Rosie Gaines: Concrete Jungle 1995 - The New Power Generation: New Power Soul 1995 - Tora Tora: The Tora Tora Experience 1996 - : The Dawn
1998 - Mayte: Scorpio (revamped version of Child Of The Sun) 1999 - Prince And The Revolution: Roadhouse Garden 2000 - Prince: When 2 R In Love 2000 - Prince: High 2001 - : Crystal Ball 2
2001 - Prince: A Celebration 2001 - : Madrid 2 Chicago
2001 - The New Power Generation: Peace 2002 - Prince: Last December 2002 - : The Very Best Of
. [This message was edited Tue Dec 2 9:39:27 PST 2003 by BorisFishpaw] How did the MC Flash project differ from the Margie Cox project? Wasn't MC Flash a faux band Prince created using Margie as lead vocalist? | |
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I want to find out more about Brass Monkey. I think nothing more is really known than the name and that the sessions were instrumental, possibly using tracks from Madhouse's 24 (1988) and 26 albums, developing into Eric Leeds' Times Squared album. Is this true? What else (if anything) is known? | |
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Margie Cox's unreleased album was an extension of the
earlier MC Flash project. It's not known exactly which MC Flash songs were still included on the album when it was decided to drop the 'MC Flash' monika and just go with Margie's name. The Margie Cox album was completed though, and the first single (Standing At The Altar) was pressed up in 1991, but then shelved. It surfaced 3 years later on the 1-800-NEW-FUNK album. Prince and Eric Leeds started work on the 'Brass Monkey' project in 1991. They felt that the music they were making wasn't really like the previous 'Madhouse' albums (even though it was still jazz influenced instrumentals) so they decided to come up with a new name for their 'band'... and 'Brass Monkey' was born. It didn't contain any old Madhouse material, and the only known track recorded for the project was called 'Boom Box'. From what I heard, they only got as far as recording a few tracks for the project before it was shelved. | |
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BorisFishpaw said:[quote]Margie Cox's unreleased album was an extension of the
earlier MC Flash project. It's not known exactly which MC Flash songs were still included on the album when it was decided to drop the 'MC Flash' monika and just go with Margie's name. The Margie Cox album was completed though, and the first single (Standing At The Altar) was pressed up in 1991, but then shelved. It surfaced 3 years later on the 1-800-NEW-FUNK album. Hmmm, I do have a CD-single 'Standing at the altar', but it came out with the 1-800-NEW-FUNK album.. and concerning 'New world'...I own a 12" of this (techno-stylish as it is) Is this rare? | |
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The Standing At The Altar CD single was issued as a single from 1800 New Funk yes, but I think it was promo-ed in 1991 (can anyone confirm?)
And you have a 12" of New World from Emancipation? Never heard of that - is it official? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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BorisFishpaw said: Prince and Eric Leeds started work on the 'Brass Monkey'
project in 1991. They felt that the music they were making wasn't really like the previous 'Madhouse' albums (even though it was still jazz influenced instrumentals) so they decided to come up with a new name for their 'band'... and 'Brass Monkey' was born. It didn't contain any old Madhouse material, and the only known track recorded for the project was called 'Boom Box'. From what I heard, they only got as far as recording a few tracks for the project before it was shelved. I knew I could rely on you, Boris. Cool info. Thanks. | |
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BorisFishpaw said: Here's a list compiled from the ones on previous threads...
(thanks to Romance1600) 1979 - The Rebels 1981 - The Hookers (early version of Vanity 6) 1983 - Vanity 6: Untitled 2nd Album 1986 - The Flesh 1986 - Prince & The Revolution: Dream Factory 1986 - Camille: Camille 1987 - Prince: Crystal Ball 1987 - Prince: Graffiti Bridge 1988 - Prince: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic 1988 - Sheila E.: Untitled 4th Album 1988 - Madhouse: 24 1989 - MC Flash: MC Flash 1989 - The Time: Corporate World 1989 - Jill Jones: Untitled 2nd Album 1990 - Madhouse: 26 1991 - Margie Cox: Margie Cox 1991 - Brass Monkey: Brass Monkey 1993 - Madhouse: 24 1993 - : The Dawn
1993 - Rosie Gaines: Concrete Jungle 1995 - The New Power Generation: New Power Soul 1995 - Tora Tora: The Tora Tora Experience 1996 - : The Dawn
1998 - Mayte: Scorpio (revamped version of Child Of The Sun) 1999 - Prince And The Revolution: Roadhouse Garden 2000 - Prince: When 2 R In Love 2000 - Prince: High 2001 - : Crystal Ball 2
2001 - Prince: A Celebration 2001 - : Madrid 2 Chicago
2001 - The New Power Generation: Peace 2002 - Prince: Last December 2002 - : The Very Best Of
. [This message was edited Tue Dec 2 9:39:27 PST 2003 by BorisFishpaw] Thanx! | |
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Romance1600 said: The Standing At The Altar CD single was issued as a single from 1800 New Funk yes, but I think it was promo-ed in 1991 (can anyone confirm?)
And you have a 12" of New World from Emancipation? Never heard of that - is it official? 'Standing At The Altar' was pressed up for a single release originally in 1991, the B-side was 'Whistlin' Kenny'. It had a picture cover of Margie dressed in white on a white background kinda leaning back (reminds me a bit of the cover to Ingrid Chavez' Hippy Blood single). This was shelved and was never officially released. It was officially released (with a new cover) in 1994 to promote the 1-800-NEW-FUNK album. This time 'Whistlin' Kenny' wasn't included as a b-side, '17' by Madhouse was used instead (it also included an 'Extended Version' of Standing At The Altar as well. | |
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I can't understand why the Margie Cox single wasn't a hit. I remember the video being played quite a lot on TV. | |
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