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|song name = Moonbeam Levels | |song name = Moonbeam Levels | ||
|single image = [[File: | |single image = [[File:Prince4ever album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Prince4ever]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Prince4ever|Prince4ever]] ''(announced release)''</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 2016]] - [[Album: Prince4ever|Prince4ever]] album ''(announced release)'' | |||
|album(s) = [[Album: Prince4ever|Prince4ever]] ''(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. | |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: Prince4ever|Prince4ever]]. | ||
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. | ||
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. | ||
It is not yet known if the version planned for inclusion on [[Album: Prince4ever|Prince4ever]] 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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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed) | ||
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|1= '''Moonbeam Levels''' | |||
|2= TBC | |||
|3= [[Album: Prince4ever|Prince4ever]] ''(announced release)'' | |||
|4= Studio | |||
|5= Possibly identical to unreleased version below; to be confirmed | |||
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|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 6|6 July 1982]] | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 6|6 July 1982]] | ||
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|first live appearance = [[28 March 1983|28 March 1983: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA]] <small>(partial rendition on piano)</small><br> | |first live appearance = [[28 March 1983|28 March 1983: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA]] <small>(partial rendition on piano)</small><br> | ||
* [[ | * [[26_August_2013-am|26 August 2013 (am): New York City Winery, New York, NY, USA]] <small>(partial rendition in piano medley)</small> | ||
|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 is planned for release as [[Prince]]'s first official posthumously-released song. | ||
|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: Prince4ever|Prince4ever]] 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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