Shows
The Purple BootlegsThe Sex Of It (1987)About the track : The Sex Of It is the third track on Kid Creole and the Coconuts' eighth album Private Waters In The Great Divide (their third album on Columbia Records), and, a few weeks before the album's release, The Sex Of It was released as the album's first single. In 2003, it was included as the sixth and final track on the third and final disc on the compilation album The Ultimate Collection.
Basic tracking took place on 29 July 1987, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, a few weeks after the studios opened for recordings (the day before Eleven, Fifteen...
2020-06-2203 min
The Purple BootlegsSlave 2 The System (1995)About the track : Slave 2 The System, previously titled Slave (not to be confused with Slave which is a different track), is an unreleased song recorded on 15 May 1994 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during the first day of sessions for the New Power Generation's second album Exodus (on the same day as Get Wild, New Power Soul, The Exodus Has Begun, Hallucination Rain, Count The Days and It Takes 3).
The track includes lead vocals by Sonny T..
The song, as Slave, was included merged with Acknowledge Me as the third track (second song) on the 2 December 1994 configuration of Exodus...
2020-06-2203 min
The Purple BootlegsWally (1986)About the track : Wally is an unreleased song originally recorded on 28 December 1986 at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (two days after finishing a three-month stay in Los Angeles by recording Pony Ride).
After finishing the song Prince ordered engineer Susan Rogers to erase all channels on the the 24-stem recording. Susan Rogers had commented that a cassette copy was made prior to its erasing. A new version for which Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss added horns, was recorded a short while afterwards.
The original version was a solo recording dealing with Prince's break-up with Susannah Melvoin, and...
2020-06-2204 min
The Purple BootlegsSchoolyard (1990)About the track : Schoolyard is an unreleased track recorded in June 1990 in London, England (during the same set of sessions that produced Daddy Pop and Walk Don't Walk, but mostly focused on Rosie Gaines' first solo album, recording My Tender Heart, Hold Me, Pain, Streetwalker, In The Name Of Love and Turn Your Lights Down Low). It was included as the third track on a December 1990, configuration of Diamonds And Pearls, but was discarded before later configurations once further tracks were recorded for the album. The song includes a narrative about a 16-year-old boy seducing a 14-year-old girl. The lyrics...
2020-06-2204 min
The Purple BootlegsIF EYE COULD GET UR ATTENTION (2014)About the track : If I Could Get Your Attention (a.k.a. If Eye Could Get Ur Attention) is the sixth track on Taja Sevelle's first album Taja Sevelle.
The track was written by Prince, although credited to Taja Sevelle, who wrote additional lyrics, and was produced by Prince (although credited to the album's main producer, Chico Bennett).
In November 2015, a re-recording of the track by Prince (now titled If Eye Could Get Ur Attention) was available to stream as Tidal's Purple Pick of the Week. A few weeks later, on 3 December 2015, Tidal opened a download store which included If...
2020-06-2202 min
The Purple BootlegsLove (Never Has 2 Say Goodbye) (1995)About the track : Love (Never Has 2 Say Goodbye) is an unreleased song assumed to have been recorded in 1995 or early 1996 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
It is not known if the track was considered for Emancipation and removed as the album underwent many changes.
Musicians : Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
2020-06-2205 min
The Purple BootlegsNeon Telephone (1985)About the track : Neon Telephone is the sixth track on Three O'Clock's first and only Paisley Park Records album Vermillion (their fourth and final album), and soon after the album's release, Neon Telephone was released as the album's second single (which also turned out to be the band's final single). Writing credit is given to Joey Coco, a pseudonym used on a few 1985-7 songs given to other artists (including You're My Love, Telepathy and Baby Go-Go).
Basic tracking took place on 10 July 1985 at the Washington Avenue Warehouse in Edina, Minnesota (the day after Love Or $). It was initially considered...
2020-06-2003 min
The Purple BootlegsRed Scarlet (1993)About the track : Red Scarlet is an unreleased song, presumably recorded at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota in April or May 1993, as a solo recording by Prince. It is unknown if this uptempo song with a sampled beat about a girl name Scarlet whose scarf was red, was intended for any particular project.
Musicians : Prince - all vocals and instruments
2020-06-2004 min
The Purple BootlegsI Wonder (1990)About the track : I Wonder is an unreleased song recorded in 1990 or 1991 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It is unknown if this song was intended for any particular project at the time of recording.
During Prince: A Celebration in June 2000, computer screens at Paisley Park Studios offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on Crystal Ball Volume II, and while I Wonder (now retitled Eye.png Wonder) was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned.
Musicians :
Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
2020-06-1803 min
The Purple BootlegsLust U Always (1982)About the track : Lust U Always is an unreleased song recorded in 1982 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The song paraphrases some lyrics from Annie Ross's song Twisted (notably covered by Joni Mitchell, and later played a few times on the One Nite Alone... Tour), but thematically fits in well with much of his 1981-2 material, concerning the narrator's uncontrollable lust for a woman.
It is not known if the song was intended for Prince's next album 1999 or any other project. It was submitted for copyright five years after its recording, on 14 December 1987, and Prince offered it...
2020-06-1805 min
The Purple BootlegsInstatiable / Scandalous / The Beautiful Ones / Nothing Compares 2 U + When The Lights Go Down (Live At Montreux Jazz Festival, 2009)00:00 Insatiable / 03:34 Scandalous / 06:45 The Beautiful Ones / 10:35 Nothing Compares 2 U / 14:34 When The Lights Go Down
Note : this audio is from a YouTube video and I couldn't remove When The Lights Go Down from it. Nothing Compares 2 U was the last song played on that show, consider When The Lights Go Down as a "bonus".
Hope u'll enjoy anyway :)
About the show :
Date : 8 July 2009 (show 1) Venue : Auditorium Stravinski City, Country : Montreux, Switzerland Band : Prince (vox, guitar, cylinder shaker), John Blackwell (drums), Rhonda Smith (bass), Renato Neto (keyboards)
2020-06-1821 min
The Purple BootlegsLittle Red Corvette (Live At Montreux Jazz Festival, 2009)About the show :
Date : 8 July 2009 (show 1) Venue : Auditorium Stravinski City, Country : Montreux, Switzerland Band : Prince (vox, guitar, cylinder shaker), John Blackwell (drums), Rhonda Smith (bass), Renato Neto (keyboards)
2020-06-1806 min
The Purple BootlegsWhen Eye Lay My Hands On U (Live At Montreux Jazz Festival, 2009)About the show :
Date : 8 July 2009 (show 1)
Venue : Auditorium Stravinski
City, Country : Montreux, Switzerland
Band : Prince (vox, guitar, cylinder shaker), John Blackwell (drums), Rhonda Smith (bass), Renato Neto (keyboards)
2020-06-1706 min
The Purple BootlegsEmpty Room (Live At Montreux Jazz Festival, 2009)About the show :
Date : 8 July 2009 (show 1)
Venue : Auditorium Stravinski
City, Country : Montreux, Switzerland
Band : Prince (vox, guitar, cylinder shaker), John Blackwell (drums), Rhonda Smith (bass), Renato Neto (keyboards)
2020-06-1710 min
The Purple BootlegsRockhard In A Funky PlaceAbout the track : Rockhard In A Funky Place is the eighth and final song on Prince's sixteenth album, known as "The Black Album" (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no title or artist credit). In 1987, horn lines from the track were included in the live version of I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man included on the Sign O' The Times movie.
Basic tracking took place on 28 October 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (the day after a re-recording of Feel U Up, the same day as Rebirth Of The Flesh, two days before...
2020-06-1604 min
The Purple Bootlegs2 Nigs United 4 West ComptonAbout the track : 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton is the seventh song on Prince's sixteenth album "The Black Album" (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit).
In 2002, a live version (almost completely different from the original) was included as the fourth track on the live release One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over.
Basic tracking took place on 9 December 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (two days after Bob George and Walkin' In Glory, the day before Le Grind).
The track, along with Bob George and Le Grind, was recorded for a birthday party...
2020-06-1607 min
The Purple BootlegsSuperfunkycalifragisexyAbout the track : Superfunkycalifragisexy is the sixth song on Prince's sixteenth album "The Black Album" (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit). In 1989, a live version was included on the Lovesexy Live 2 VHS, taken from the 9 September 1988 live TV broadcast, as part of a medley of Controversy, Dirty Mind, Superfunkycalifragisexy and a Controversy coda. In 2001, an instrumental version of the track was included as part of the NPG Ahdio Show # 3 download.
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in mid-September 1986 at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during...
2020-06-1605 min
The Purple BootlegsBob GeorgeAbout the track : Bob George is the fifth song on Prince's sixteenth album "The Black Album" (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit). In 1989, a live version was included on the Lovesexy Live 2 VHS, taken from the 9 September 1988 live TV broadcast.
Basic tracking took place on 7 December 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (on the same day as the gospel-tinged Walkin' In Glory, which engineer Susan Rogers said may have been "to compensate" for Bob George, two days before 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton).
The track, along with 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton and Le Grind...
2020-06-1605 min
The Purple BootlegsDead On ItAbout the track : Dead On It is the third song on Prince's sixteenth album "The Black Album" (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit).
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Cindy C. and Nine).
The song includes a sampled line by Sheila E. taken directly from Holly Rock ("badder than a wicked witch"). Although unreleased at the time, lyrics (ridiculing rappers) from Dead On It were rapped by Tony M...
2020-06-1604 min
The Purple BootlegsCindy C.About the track : Cindy C. is the second song on Prince's sixteenth album "The Black Album" (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit).
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Dead On It and Nine). After "The Black Album" was initially canceled, the track was broadcast on 9 December 1989 as part of The New Power Generation Radio Show, hosted by Prince (under the name Me, Myself and I) with Robin Power, Ingrid...
2020-06-1606 min
The Purple BootlegsLe GrindAbout the track : Le Grind is the first song on Prince's sixteenth album "The Black Album" (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit).
Basic tracks were recorded on 10 December 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (the day after 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton).
The track, along with Bob George and 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton, was recorded for a birthday party Prince was hosting for Sheila E. on 11 December 1986.
It is unclear if Sheila E. participated in this session, but horn overdubs and vocals by Boni Boyer and Cat were added at a later session. The...
2020-06-1606 min
The Purple BootlegsOpen Book ( 1990 )About the track :
Open Book is the tenth and final track on the worldwide re-issue of Jevetta Steele's first solo album Here It Is (Jevetta Steele is also part of the group The Steeles). The song was written by Martika, Levi Seacer, Jr. and Prince, and was produced by Prince under the pseudonym Paisley Park.
Although specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in December 1990 - early 1991 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced "Spirit", "Don't Say U Love Me", "Martika's Kitchen" and "Go On (Witcha Bad Self)"). Open Book...
2020-06-1504 min
The Purple BootlegsPrince 2009 interview with Tavis SmileyProbably Prince's best interview and that's on period.
2020-06-1524 min
The Purple BootlegsSweet Thing ( 1976 )About the track :
Prince recorded a studio version of his cover of the track "Sweet Thing" (by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, originally released in 1975), as a home recording, in early-to-mid 1976 (within months of the song's initial release), at the Russell Ave, Anderson house, Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as "Don't You Wanna Ride?", "Hey Lover", "I Spend My Time Loving You", nine untitled instrumentals, "Leaving For New York", "Nightingale" and "Rock me, Lover).
The home recording of the song remains unreleased but Prince has performed the song live many times, including on some TV broadcasts (Beautiful Strange...
2020-06-1404 min