FIRST THINGS FIRST LINKS AS ALWAYS:

DL LINK:

DROP #5 The Family

bit.ly/3HL79yP

DROP #4 The Time/Morris Day Bundle

bit.ly/3aWXybO

DROP #3 Montreux Jazz Festival 2009/2013 5 Shows

bit.ly/3aNTDOs

Drop #2 (12" Inch Archive Extended Singles & Remixes)

bit.ly/3NjtipD

Drop #1 (The Rebels Sessions)

bit.ly/3m2aBep

STREAMING LINK:

Drop #5 The Family:

bit.ly/3y9IEHh

Drop #2 (12" Inch Archive Extended Singles & Remixes)

bit.ly/3zcFdl8

Drop #1 (The Rebels Sessions)

bit.ly/3GJTQyc

(you can use mine on archive or use the usual)

Samples:

Montreux 2009

Montreux 2013:

Sexy Dancer Extended Version

Rebels -

I did say I would drop midnight but I didn't feel like loading up anything last night. It's still June 1st. I'm probably going to do a Prince drop every 2-3 days.

Here's Drop #2. A wide ranging collection of extended singles and remixes. 6 hours 41 minutes this is why you come to the drop thread this month.

1-01 Just Another Sucker (Dance Mix).mp3
1-02 If You FeelLike Dancin' (Dance Version)(1).mp3
1-03 If You Feel Like Dancin' (Dance Version)(2).mp3
1-04 If You Feel Like Dancin' (Radio Edit).mp3
1-05 Just As Long As We're Together (Disco Mix).mp3
1-06 Soft and Wet (Disco Mix).mp3
1-07 Sexy Dancer (Long Version).mp3
1-08 Gotta Stop (Messin' About).mp3
1-09 Let's Work (Dance Remix, Long Version).mp3
1-10 How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore_.mp3
1-11 Little Red Corvette (Dance Mix).mp3
1-12 H**** Toad.mp3
1-13 Irresistable B****.mp3
2-01 17 Days.mp3
2-02 Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix).mp3
2-03 Erotic City.mp3
2-04 God (Instrumental).mp3
2-05 God (Vocal).mp3
2-06 I Would Die 4 U (Extended Version).mp3
2-07 Another Lonely Christmas.mp3
3-01 Paisley Park (Remix).mp3
3-02 Raspberry Beret (New Mix).mp3
3-03 She's Always In My Hair (New Mix).mp3
3-04 Pop Life (Extended Version).mp3
3-05 Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix).mp3
3-06 Hello.mp3
3-07 Hello (Fresh Dance Mix).mp3
3-08 America.mp3
3-09 Girl.mp3
4-01 Kiss (Extended Version).mp3
4-02 Love or $ (Extended Version).mp3
4-03 Mountains (Extended Version).mp3
4-04 Alexa De Paris (Extended Version).mp3
4-05 Anotherloverholenyohead (Extended Version).mp3
4-06 La la la He He Heee (Highly Explosive).mp3
4-07 Shockadelica.mp3
4-08 U Got The Look (Long Look).mp3
4-09 Housequake (7 Minutes Mo' Quake).mp3
5-01 Hot Thing (Extended Remix).mp3
5-02 Hot Thing (Dub).mp3
5-03 Alphabet Street (This Is Not Music This Is A Trip).mp3
5-04 Glam Slam (Remix).mp3
5-05 Escape (Free Yo Mind From This Ratrace).mp3
5-06 I Wish U Heaven (Part 1).mp3
5-07 I Wish U Heaven (Part 2).mp3
5-08 I Wish U Heaven (Part 3).mp3
5-09 Scarlet P****.mp3
5-10 Scarlet P**** (Extended).mp3
5-11 Feel U Up (Long Stroke).mp3
5-12 If I Love U 2nite.mp3
6-01 Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Minutes).mp3
6-02 Gett Off (Thrust Mix).mp3
6-03 Gett Off (Rosie's Dub).mp3
6-04 7 (After 6 Long Version).mp3
6-05 Pink Cashmere (Remix).mp3
6-06 Pope (Remix).mp3
6-07 The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Beautiful Extended Club Mix).mp3
6-08 Beatiful Beats.mp3
6-09 The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Brian's Mix).mp3
6-10 Face Down (Acapella).mp3
6-11 Face Down (Instrumental Money Mix).mp3
6-12 Face Down (X-Tended Rap Money Mix).mp3
6-13 The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (Jason Nevins Romance Beats).mp3

1st drop: REBELS info

Alternate History Shopped Cover made by a fan.

Here's a question for you. If you are a music genius and you can play everything in the studio, what do you do if you have a touring band? Do you let them play specific parts to keep them a little motivated to stay in the studio? Do you ignore them? Do you keep making excuses?

Prince's idea was simple in 1979. He went to Colorado to record and during this 12 day short stay there he recorded with his band. Truth be told, Prince was likely done with his next record and this was just a vacation for him.

The Rebels was planned to be a rock oriented project. The album cover was allegedly going to be silhouettes. A few were written by Prince, a couple written by Dez and 1 was written by Andre.

I think Prince understood early in his career it was going to confuse his fanbase to be in a group all of a sudden.

These demos surfaced sometime a while back in time and this is that whole session from Colorado.

Too Long (written by Dez)
Disco Away (Written by Dez)
Thrill You Or Kill You (Written by Andre)
You
If I Love You Tonight
The Loser
Hard To Get
untitled instrumental by Dez D***erson
untitled instrumental by André Cymone

Dez D***erson – guitar, lead vocals on Too Long and Disco Away
Andre Cymone – bass, lead vocals on Thrill You Or Kill You and co-lead vocals on Hard To Get
Gayle Chapman – keyboards, lead vocals on You, If I Love You Tonight and The Loser
Matt Fink - keyboards
Bobby Z. – drums
Prince – all other instruments, co-lead vocals on Hard To Get
Other performance details unknown

Interestingly not really Prince on lead vocals. Which leads me to think he didn't want to seem like he was taking the spotlight from a band project.

This is the first selection of many many this month. Stay tuned and if you are new to my threads, then you should ask to be added if you are interested in the next. A LOOOOOOT of stuff this month, fam. I hope you find something you like.

In Progress -

Sample choice :

The Psyche of Prince & Morris Day was created in a musical partnership called 'The Time' STILL TO THIS DAY people think the Time was a band on record and they will say "I love Prince but The Time was my s***" Not realizing that The Time was Prince performing/writing/arranging/producing the majority of the music in the studio on the first 3 lp's.

Where it started was a melding of two band's 'Enterprise' & 'Flyte Time' which would Jam & Lewis's production company name a few years later.
Originally the singer was going to be Alexander O'Neal. Jimmy Jam and Lewis would later take him & make him into an R&B superstar.

When Prince blueprinted The Time he had the brainchild idea to be an imaginary producer by the name of 'Jamie Starr' inspired by a movie he had watched recently called 'Idol Maker' based on the life of a producer who worked for teen pop star 'Fabian'

The arsenal of the Time made them distinctly their own monster on the music scene. One tool that Prince utilized with them right away was using Oberheim synthesizers & other a***og synths that anchored their unique sound.

in a sense, prince basically soldered together a group out of people

Prince & Morris had the idea of creating a street wise player in a MPLS sound. The synths they would use and their approach to writing is what set them apart from the music scene of the 80's. Prince would make sure to give The Time a unique sound for Morris and the stylish touches of the suits and mannerisms is also what made them memorable.

There are of course Prince-isms on these records where only he would do this. 777-9311 with the Linn Drum beat. Most people don't know this but this is an actual preset drum beat from the Linn Drum machine company created by Tower of Power David Garibaldi. Prince was a big Tower of Power fan. But he didn't want people to know where it was from on the record.

There are many things we could discuss- Prince's bass playing, his rhythm guitar work, his choice of keyboards. His shadowing background harmonies with Morris on the first 3 lp's, the great guitar solos, the funky bass playing, the interesting percussion choices on tracks like Cool - which are soda bottles with different levels of water being hit by pencils in time to the music.

The humor is present as well all through out the catalog with various sketches and characters dropping in and out.

While the music could be described as primarily MPLS Funk there are R&B-Soul,New Wave,Rock,Pop influences heard through this very very small catalog of work as a group.

There is only one album without Prince involvement and that's Condensate.

There are many anthems to enjoy. IN this particular drop you get a lot of work bundled together. You naturally get the group albums but you also GET ......the unreleased 'Corporate World' Original 7 The Time studio reunion from 2011 (also not on streaming) 5 live tour shows, plus a compilation of non album material from collaborations from other records.

In addition to that I threw in the Morris Day solo lp's as well. A lot of stuff to choose if you have some of this. I made sure we cover the. Just look at everything

The Time -
S/T
What Time is It
Ice Cream Castles
Corporate World
Pandemonium
Condensate

Live
2-16-82
3-15-82
2-1-83
Sept 1990 SF CA

Morris Day Solo

Color of Success
Daydreaming
Guaranteed

Morris Day/The Time Collabs Compilation

This is a great bundle covering a particular facet of the realm of Prince.

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Show #1
Prince Introduces The Band
When I Lay My Hands On U
Little Red Corvette
Somewhere Here On Earth
When The Lights Go Down
Willing And Able
I Love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore
She Spoke 2 Me
Love Like Jazz
All That Love
Empty Room
Elixer
In A Large Room With No Light
Insatiable
Scandalous
The Beautiful Ones
Nothing Compares 2 U
Show #2
Prince Introduces The Band
When I Lay My Hands On U
Stratus
All Shook Up
Peach
Spanish Castle Magic
When You Were Mine
Little Red Corvette
Somewhere Here On Earth
She Spoke 2 Me
I Love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore
Love Like Jazz
All The Critics Love You In Montreux
In A Large Room With No Light
Purple Rain

2013

Show #1

–Prince & The NPG Thunderstorm Intro
–Prince & The NPG Strays Of The World
–Prince & The NPG Days Of Wild
–Prince & The NPG Big City
–Prince & The NPG Superconductor
–Prince & The NPG 1999
–Prince & The NPG Mutiny / Ice Cream Casltes
–Prince & The NPG Old Friends 4 Sale
–Prince & The NPG People Pleaser
–Prince & The NPG Ain't Gonna Miss U When U're Gone
–Prince & The NPG F.U.N.K.
–Prince & The NPG Dark
–Prince & The NPG Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
–Prince & The NPG Courtin' Time
–Prince & The NPG Xpectation
–Prince & The NPG Get On The Boat
–Prince & The NPG School Boy Crush
–Prince & The NPG We're A Winner
–Prince & The NPG I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
–Prince & The NPG Satisfied
–Prince & The NPG I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)
–Prince & The NPG Housequake
–Prince & The NPG The Jam
–Prince & The NPG The Bird
–Prince & The NPG Musicology
–Prince & The NPG Extraloveable (Reloaded)
–Prince & The NPG* Purple Rain

Show #2

–Prince & The NPG Thunderstorm Intro
–Prince & The NPG Act Of God
–Prince & The NPG What Have You Done For Me Lately?
–Prince & The NPG Northside
–Prince & The NPG (Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up?
–Prince & The NPG Dancing Machine
–Prince & The NPG Partyman
–Prince & The NPG Take Me With U
–Prince & The NPG Raspberry Beret
–Prince & The NPG Cool
–Prince & The NPG Let's Work
–Prince & The NPG U Got The Look
–Prince & The NPG Shade Of Umber
–Prince & The NPG Days Of Wild
–Prince & The NPG Nothing Compares 2 U
–Prince & The NPG Mutiny
–Prince & The NPG Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
–Prince & The NPG Big City
–Prince & The NPG Superconductor
–Prince & The NPG 1999
–Prince & The NPG Musicology
–Prince & The NPG Partyup
Show #3
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Thunderstorm Intro
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Let's Go Crazy (Reloaded) / Frankenstein
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Endorphinmachine
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Screwdriver
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL She's Always In My Hair
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL The Love We Make
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Blues Version)
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Guitar
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Plectrumelectrum
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL FixUrLifeUp
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Bambi
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Sometimes It Snows In April
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL The Max
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Cause And Effect
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Band Members Introduction
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL When We're Dancing Close And Slow
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Play That Funky Music
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Dreamer
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL The Breakdown
Sampler Set
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL When Doves Cry
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Nasty Girl

–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Alphabet St.

–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Sign O' The Times
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Hot Thing
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL A Love Bizarre
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Love / Raise Up
–Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL Housequake
Credits (11)

Prince
Musician, Cowbell, Musician, Guitar, Keyboards

Joshua Welton
Musician

Hannah Ford
Musician, Drums

Donna Grantis
Musician, Guitar

Ida Nielsen
Musician, Guitar

Andrew Gouche
Musician, Bass

Cassandra O'Neal
Musician

Damaris Lewis
Musician

Elisa Dease
Musician, Tambourine

Shelby Johnson
Musician, Tambourine

Liv Warfield
Musician, Tambourine, Cowbell

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LETS GOOOOOO

happy birthday to a guitar goat for prince/the time and d’angelo - JESSE JOHNSON . he came up the riff for jungle love

We are going to have a jesse johnson drop this summer. i like a lot of his s***. i’m doing it this year for sure. he’s a bad ass producer too. 😎

plenty more to come. 😳

you didn't tag me

oh yes you did i just didn't get the noti

@fortnitegooner test did it work?

yes, thank u king

Thank you as always

I will make sure to just keep the name separate. It seems like the names glitch even if it is highlighted. Usually I'd be able to tell who isn't getting notified because it isn't in bold. Now?

drop 2 of this series is coming saturday. Whole different session: if you happen to already have these prince drops coming up, still dropping other s*** that isn’t prince. 😎

O(+> drop 2 coming in a hour, what will it be? 😳

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