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?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 12:14 (seven years ago) link
This is my fave outtake...just glorious
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3iwr-nnHxh8
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 13:08 (seven years ago) link
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.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
Jordan, any chance you can share those rips?
― ulysses, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 14:09 (seven years ago) link
leaving for NY makes me think of MJ. also a bit stevie-ish when it hits 4 mins.
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
i'll ask if he can put them on Dropbox or something
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
Gracias!
― ulysses, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link
Love you, Prince, but I would've said this six months ago even.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
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 ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
No wonder he was always firing people
― Hang On To Your Evol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link
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
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link
little science fiction creep
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
Synths returned with thanks.RJ
― Hang On To Your Evol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
all of the prince bios mentioned upthread are out of print/going for hundreds of dollars on amazon. fuck
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
I will sell you my copy of the Per Nilson First Decade bio for the going rate of $4000 if you like
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
this one's new to me too, so great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I1YCYsqSgQ
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
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!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 00:52 (seven years ago) link
That one only popped up last year I think. I love it. It's like a bizarro "Adore".
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 01:57 (seven years ago) link
There's new stuff popping up even in the last few months. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fAYDoAsw6o
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 01:59 (seven years ago) link
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
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 02:13 (seven years ago) link
"Can I Play With U" is one of the classic outtakes but it's never been this clean.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 02:14 (seven years ago) link
"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"
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 03:54 (seven years ago) link
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
― niels, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 08:06 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGA58U8p7iE
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 22:08 (seven years ago) link
That was me
Shit hot version of anotherholeinyohead, and that revolution-ized version of soft and wet
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 23:09 (seven years ago) link
Is there a Prince Vault thread ?I need hot tips
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 23:26 (seven years ago) link
dat bass sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4id-FY2ReO0
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 19 May 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Note Rebels.
― Big Chick, Plain Cat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 19 May 2016 00:55 (seven years ago) link
did prince love flanger because most flanger units are purple? or were they made purple after prince started using it on everything?.... .. .. .. .
― flappy bird, Thursday, 19 May 2016 04:47 (seven years ago) link
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
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 May 2016 04:51 (seven years ago) link
Those Sandbergs are lovely affordable instruments, and currently backordered for TWO YEARS.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 19 May 2016 07:01 (seven years ago) link
this is pretty cool - prince laying down the bass track for partyman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYCt6pPsjHM
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 19 May 2016 08:07 (seven years ago) link
He loved recording right at the desk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaIAJ_YtLck
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 19 May 2016 12:53 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrZVin4zk7A
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 19 May 2016 12:55 (seven years ago) link
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
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 19 May 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
cleaner versionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93v9fI8G7BQ
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 19 May 2016 16:55 (seven years ago) link
Ugggh montreux 2009 is just sickness itself
Halp
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 19 May 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFk1o83uMW8I'm all about "Joy in Repetition" right now...another sick guitar performance
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 19 May 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muqxaW2jAOc"you know i wrote this while i was looking in the mirror right? ...i'm serious!"
― ulysses, Thursday, 19 May 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link
Xpost he could have gotten someone incredible on bass if he really wanted to. He just chose not to for his own Prince reasons.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 20 May 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, May 19, 2016 12:54 PM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
uhhhh Larry Graham duh. but then, as close as they were, it looks like LG only played in Prince's band regularly for a few years in the late '90s/early 2000s.
― a goon shaped tool (some dude), Friday, 20 May 2016 02:08 (seven years ago) link
So this Sign o' the Times rehearsal gig video
― The Wally Funk Bible (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 20 May 2016 05:34 (seven years ago) link
"Strange Relationship." Jesus!
― Davey D, Friday, 20 May 2016 06:51 (seven years ago) link
Andre Cymone was also pretty damn fantastic, the hell you people talking about? Only really mediocre bassist he worked with was Brownmark.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 20 May 2016 08:01 (seven years ago) link
Yeah Andre was good. If you guys like Prince's bass playing, watch the beginning of this Melkweg video if you haven't already:
― The Wally Funk Bible (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:02 (seven years ago) link