Difference between revisions of "Moonbeam Levels"
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|song name = Moonbeam Levels | |song name = Moonbeam Levels | ||
| − | |single image = [[File:Prince4ever album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Prince4ever]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: | + | |single image = [[File:Prince4ever album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Prince4ever]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Prince 4ever|Prince 4ever]] ''(announced release)''</small> |
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 2016]] - [[Album: | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 2016]] - [[Album: Prince 4ever|Prince 4ever]] album ''(announced release)'' |
| − | |album(s) = [[Album: | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Prince 4ever|Prince 4ever]] ''(announced release)'' |
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
|previous song = [[Moon Drop]] | |previous song = [[Moon Drop]] | ||
|next song = [[Moral Majority]] | |next song = [[Moral Majority]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Moonbeam Levels''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 6|6 July 1982]] (the day before [[Lady Cab Driver]]), at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA. [[NPG Records]] and [[Warner Bros.]] announced in October 2016 that [[Moonbeam Levels]] will be released as the only previously-unreleased track on the first posthumous compilation of [[Prince]]'s music, [[Album: | + | |introduction = '''Moonbeam Levels''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 6|6 July 1982]] (the day before [[Lady Cab Driver]]), at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA. [[NPG Records]] and [[Warner Bros.]] announced in October 2016 that [[Moonbeam Levels]] will be released as the only previously-unreleased track on the first posthumous compilation of [[Prince]]'s music, [[Album: Prince 4ever|Prince 4ever]]. |
It was never placed on a configuration of the [[Album: 1999|1999]] album, but was considered for inclusion on the aborted [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] album (different from the 1999 album [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]]), and was included as the ninth and final track on the mid-January 1989, configuration of the album before it was abandoned when [[Prince]] began work on the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack album. | It was never placed on a configuration of the [[Album: 1999|1999]] album, but was considered for inclusion on the aborted [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] album (different from the 1999 album [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]]), and was included as the ninth and final track on the mid-January 1989, configuration of the album before it was abandoned when [[Prince]] began work on the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack album. | ||
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In early 2002, during an online chat to promote the second year of the [[NPG Music Club]], the moderators asked if members would be interested in a pristine copy of [[Moonbeam Levels]], hinting that it might be available as part of the membership package. The song, however, remained unreleased. | In early 2002, during an online chat to promote the second year of the [[NPG Music Club]], the moderators asked if members would be interested in a pristine copy of [[Moonbeam Levels]], hinting that it might be available as part of the membership package. The song, however, remained unreleased. | ||
| − | It is not yet known if the version planned for inclusion on [[Album: | + | It is not yet known if the version planned for inclusion on [[Album: Prince 4ever|Prince 4ever]] is the same version as was recorded in 1982, or if [[Prince]] did any additional work on the track at any other point. More information will be added here as it becomes known. |
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|1= '''Moonbeam Levels''' | |1= '''Moonbeam Levels''' | ||
|2= TBC | |2= TBC | ||
| − | |3= [[Album: | + | |3= [[Album: Prince 4ever|Prince 4ever]] ''(announced release)'' |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= Possibly identical to unreleased version below; to be confirmed | |5= Possibly identical to unreleased version below; to be confirmed | ||
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|see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | |see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | ||
* [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] unreleased album | * [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] unreleased album | ||
| − | * [[Album: | + | * [[Album: Prince 4ever|Prince 4ever]] album |
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1982]][[Category:2016]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1982]] | |categories = [[Category:1982]][[Category:2016]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1982]] | ||
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