Prince RIP

man this 1977 unpublished stuff is niiiiice

he's really doing everything there?

hmmm maybe not, this says Andre Cymone on bass and Bobby Z on drums:
http://prince.org/msg/7/338317

well, whatever, this is great!

oh my god, that channel has compilations for ever year through the mid-90s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8LqcIduRPI

rip/download while you can (i was sent that by a friend who is doing so)

not hearing any jazz odysseys in there, more light fusion of the type that was basically standard for that period, esp if you were a fan of rufus, the crusaders, weather report, etc, as i imagine prince was. but its great/interesting that even then, he had a pop ear for concision, and melody. i love prince's 70s period.

I had no idea, but I guess those iVault collections have been circulating for years, competing with Work It 2.0 or whatever it's called, which people hold in higher esteem because it's higher quality. At least one of the iVault collections has, like, multiple takes of crap George Clinton or Mayte tracks which drive even fans nuts. I still want to find that Year in the Life collection, but there's something else I saw mentioned, maybe called ... Revolution Part 2 or something? Revelations 2.1?

This is my fave outtake...just glorious

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3iwr-nnHxh8

The most essential obscurities collection I've found since his death is a pair of 2cd sets called Hard 2 Get volumes 1 and 2, it's a great complement to Perfect Unreleased Prince. It includes "Adonis and Bathsheba" which is I think the best outtake I've heard. I found it on a purple message board without too much trouble.

Jordan, any chance you can share those rips?

leaving for NY makes me think of MJ. also a bit stevie-ish when it hits 4 mins.

i'll ask if he can put them on Dropbox or something

can personally vouch for amazingness that is The Work compilations -- 8 volumes that I'm aware of, each multiple discs themselves of unreleased stuff and demos. Essentially, it's Prince's Fuzzy Warbles, and having only heard the first two sets (which cover 1976-87), need no further convincing he had many albums of great stuff he could have released. When he wasn't onstage, the guy seems to have lived in the studio.

Gracias!

Look out for the Blast from the Past collections as well. Volumes 1 to 3 (so far) - if anything for the amazing sound quality on some of the classic outtakes/demos that have circulated for years in pretty shitty condition.

All told, however, once you hit 1990 on The Work an some of the other big collections it's diminishing returns. How many outtakes featuring TC Ellis, Carmen Electra or Mayte can a person handle? The drop in creative quality is pretty far until the Slave-era and even there his embrace of bloooz and Band Of Gypsies-style jamming gets tedious.

Love you, Prince, but I would've said this six months ago even.

Jeebus, every time I look for one of these boots I stumble on like a thousand others. Seen the Sabotage series, of dozens of soundboards and whatnot? Man ...

No wonder he was always firing people

I've been binging on Prince bios since I really knew nothing outside the music, and the most consistently hilarious stuff is the Prince-Rick James relationship...James is constantly stymied, flummoxed, and exasperated by this little dude copping (supposedly) all his moves, etc

little science fiction creep

Synths returned with thanks.
RJ

all of the prince bios mentioned upthread are out of print/going for hundreds of dollars on amazon. fuck

I will sell you my copy of the Per Nilson First Decade bio for the going rate of $4000 if you like

all of the prince bios mentioned upthread are out of print/going for hundreds of dollars on amazon. fuck

this one's new to me too, so great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I1YCYsqSgQ

xposty, but man, how have I never heard this one before?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omBmH_aXVxk

It's not even on most of those massive completist sets!

That one only popped up last year I think. I love it. It's like a bizarro "Adore".

There's new stuff popping up even in the last few months. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fAYDoAsw6o

And one of the two recordings he did with Miles Davis ( the other one's Chaka Khan's "Sticky Wicked" ) recently surfaced in great quality. So they'll probably keep on coming as they have for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnIBwWr8KJI

"Can I Play With U" is one of the classic outtakes but it's never been this clean.

"Do Yourself a Favor" is absurdly great, like how could he give that one away. it reminds me of that vincent gallo quote "i quit painting to deprive people of my work out of spite"

bought the per nilsen book in a second hand store couple years back, regret returning it to same store when I'd read it - but then again it's probably made someone else happy now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGA58U8p7iE

Whoever up thread recommended the Detroit Cobo Hall "Birthday" show from 1986 was right on. So good. That audience is really something, just freaking the entire show.

That was me

Shit hot version of anotherholeinyohead, and that revolution-ized version of soft and wet

Is there a Prince Vault thread ?
I need hot tips

dat bass sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4id-FY2ReO0

Note Rebels.

did prince love flanger because most flanger units are purple? or were they made purple after prince started using it on everything?.... .. .. .. .

Love this, because for a guy who played so much he mostly played guitar live. Nice to see him be awesome on another instrument.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQDFmmougCM

Those Sandbergs are lovely affordable instruments, and currently backordered for TWO YEARS.

this is pretty cool - prince laying down the bass track for partyman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYCt6pPsjHM

He loved recording right at the desk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaIAJ_YtLck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrZVin4zk7A

yah prince was a better bass player than every bass player he ever had in any band, including levi.

since we're posting our fav vault shit - this was the song that opened my eyes to the underground prince stuff. i was obsessed with sign o/black album/camille/dream factory period and when i heard this for the first time it blew my mind!! i always called it his "nine inch nails" song but listening now i dont know what i did that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI10G0fUoKA

cleaner version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93v9fI8G7BQ

Ugggh montreux 2009 is just sickness itself

Halp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFk1o83uMW8
I'm all about "Joy in Repetition" right now...another sick guitar performance