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|song name = Moonbeam Levels | |song name = Moonbeam Levels | ||
− | |single image = [[File: | + | |single image = [[File:Prince4ever album.jpg|100px|link=Album: 4ever]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]] </small> |
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 2016]] - [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]] album |
− | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |album(s) = [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]] |
+ | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
+ | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Moon Drop]] | |previous song = [[Moon Drop]] | ||
|next song = [[Moral Majority]] | |next song = [[Moral Majority]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Moonbeam Levels''' is | + | |introduction = '''Moonbeam Levels''' is song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 6|6 July 1982]] (the day before [[Lady Cab Driver]]), at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. It was released as the only previously-unreleased track on the first posthumous compilation of [[Prince]]'s music, [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]. |
− | + | Even though it was recorded during the sessions for [[Album: 1999|1999]], it was never placed on a configuration of that album. It 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. | |
− | 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, | + | 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 until after [[Prince]]'s death. |
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+ | <!--It is not yet known if the version planned for inclusion on [[Album: 4Ever|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. --> | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 6|6 July | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 6|6 July 1982]] |
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed) | ||
− | | | + | |released versions = |
− | {{ | + | {{Songchart| |
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− | {{ | + | {{Songline| |
|1= '''Moonbeam Levels''' | |1= '''Moonbeam Levels''' | ||
− | |2= | + | |2= 4:06 |
− | |3= | + | |3= [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]] |
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[28 March | + | |first live appearance = [[28 March 1983|28 March 1983: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California]] <small>(partial rendition on piano)</small><br> |
+ | * [[26_August_2013-am|26 August 2013 (a.m.): New York City Winery, New York, NY, USA]] <small>(partial rendition in piano medley)</small> | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
− | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1983|1983]], [[All Concerts#2013|2013]] <small>(partial rendition in piano medley)</small> | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1983|1983]] <small>(partial rendition in piano medley)</small>, [[All Concerts#2013|2013]] <small>(partial rendition in piano medley)</small> |
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = This song was the first (previously unreleased) song from [[Prince]]'s vault to be released posthumously. |
− | |see also = | + | |see also = [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] unreleased album |
− | + | * [[Album: 4Ever|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:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1982]] | + | |categories = [[Category:1982]][[Category:2016]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1982]] |
}} | }} |
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