I found download links for BFTP 4 and 5, I think. Download is still in progress but looks like MP3 judging by the size of the zip. Without killing the golden goose, there is an easily searchable Prince google group where people upload all manner of things. The name of the google group is the three letter initialization of Prince's second-best band, suffixed by a basic mathematical symbol which resembles a cross.
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 16:35 (eight years ago)
good BFTP 4.0 infohttp://4th3funk.com/bootleg-labels/eye-records/blast-from-the-past-4-0/
sorry if i'm nerding this up unnecessarily; really enjoying these discs a lot
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 16:47 (eight years ago)
i'm not finding a goog group :(
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 16:54 (eight years ago)
"purple hippies enter here"
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:02 (eight years ago)
jon, thanks for the info; those nupower rars are indeed mp3 tracked versionsthe v4 nine minute 'when doves cry' rehearsal track is grrrrrrrrrrrrreat
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:02 (eight years ago)
holy shit there is a jill jones version of If I Could Get Your Attention on here????
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:06 (eight years ago)
"purple hippies enter here" no results found
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:12 (eight years ago)
do you have a google account? Maybe google groups are only visible to those logged into their gmail accts
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:17 (eight years ago)
xxp to jon, there is indeed!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:17 (eight years ago)
https://tinyurl.com/yd7rk72jhttps://tinyurl.com/y75umsjg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:20 (eight years ago)
thx !
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:21 (eight years ago)
yes I'm in a bunch of goog groups!
thanks ulysses!
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:21 (eight years ago)
ok found it.. it's google PLUS not google groups smh :)
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:23 (eight years ago)
Duh that's on me sorry
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:26 (eight years ago)
So much to love in 4.0 and so much to mourn re: his massive drop in quality/inspiration in '90s once you get to the later 5.0 discs :(((
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:37 (eight years ago)
BUT the versions of Cross The Line plus the versions of Positivity, Vicky Waiting etc more than make up for all that mess imo.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:39 (eight years ago)
the late end of the track bob george bits of "Do Yourself a Favor" are hitting me today
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 27 July 2017 16:26 (eight years ago)
this is a nasty version of Mutiny, damn
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:00 (eight years ago)
urgent q, do you think Jill Jones would date me even though I'm married, ugly and boring?
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:15 (eight years ago)
i'm gonna go with a hard maybe there
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:47 (eight years ago)
this version of 101 is fucking killer
also, blast from the past has some of those posthumous leaks in stereo that were mono before now (e.g. Eggplant)
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 27 July 2017 21:23 (eight years ago)
Whole new batch of previously unheard stuff is out there. Lovesexy album demos and more. Also a 40 minute solo jam on "Lisa" that is completely bananas. More deets soon.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:28 (eight years ago)
Essentially BFTP 6.0
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:29 (eight years ago)
http://www.4th3funk.com/bootleg-labels/eye-records/blast-from-the-past-6-0/
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:31 (eight years ago)
o my.links on that would be welcome.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:39 (eight years ago)
Yeah I don’t know a place for these anymore, so what forks said
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:54 (eight years ago)
Yo Misters
https://tinyurl.com/yawww2bg
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 05:58 (eight years ago)
Oh kind soul.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:52 (eight years ago)
lovely man
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:36 (eight years ago)
you sir, are a prince
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:03 (eight years ago)
lol at the album image
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:05 (eight years ago)
have not heard this demo version of Nothing Compares!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:07 (eight years ago)
You're welcome. There's a few repeats of old chestnuts like the Family demos (Mutiny, etc) in slightly better quality than usual but stuff like "Nothing", "Yo Mister" and the Lovesexy demos are incredible finds.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:11 (eight years ago)
Is the demo for “The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker” on there?....
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:22 (eight years ago)
So are volumes 1-3 in this series any good?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:41 (eight years ago)
All the Blast From The Past volumes are fantastic
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:44 (eight years ago)
xpost Don't think that's ever circulated - if it exists!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:45 (eight years ago)
Just to clarify this is essentially BFTP 6.0 under a different moniker and minus a few tracks. 6.0 is supposed to be out sometime this month and some enterprising sould decided to undercut the BFTP folks - who sell their releases - by leaking it under another name.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:48 (eight years ago)
xpost...it does exist...Quest Love leaked it once...it’s absolutely amazing...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:59 (eight years ago)
ok. it's not on here. see link i posted yesterday for tracklisting
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:36 (eight years ago)
sonnyboy: ysi or it didn't happen
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:47 (eight years ago)
I swear on Morris’s brass water bed
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:53 (eight years ago)
you're not misremembering the S.O.T.T. rehearsal sessions version?
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:24 (eight years ago)
this extended 17 Days is an actual extended 17 Days and not the fan-mixed fake 12"!!! Holy craaaaap
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:12 (eight years ago)
yeah was just gonna say that made me 0_o when i saw it
― piscesx, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:55 (eight years ago)
could not tell from the intro; queuing it up now!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:58 (eight years ago)
what's next on the reissue starting block then do we think? they missed the 30th anniversary of SOTT obvs..
― piscesx, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:00 (eight years ago)
oh shit this 17 days DOES open up don't it
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:02 (eight years ago)
didn't know this even existed and it actually improves on what is likely a top ten prince song for me, this is going onto repeat for the next week i think
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:11 (eight years ago)
yeah i hella dote on 17 days, this is such a treat
getting through the lovesexy demos now, amazing
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:42 (eight years ago)