Moonbeam Levels

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Moonbeam Levels

Prince4ever album.jpg
from the album Prince 4ever (announced release)
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 22 November 2016 - Prince 4ever album (announced release)
Album(s): Prince 4ever
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • 1983 (partial rendition in piano medley), 2013 (partial rendition in piano medley)

Moonbeam Levels is song recorded on 6 July 1982 (the day before Lady Cab Driver), at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA. It was released as the only previously-unreleased track on the first posthumous compilation of Prince's music, Prince 4ever.

Even though it was recorded during the sessions for1999, it was never placed on a configuration of that album. It was considered for inclusion on the aborted Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic album (different from the 1999 album 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 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, remained unreleased.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
6 July 1982 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Initial tracking
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Moonbeam Levels 4:06 Prince 4ever Studio



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • This song is planned for release as Prince's first official posthumously-released song.

References
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