Moonbeam Levels

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Moonbeam Levels

from the album 4Ever Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 22 November 2016 - 4Ever album Album(s): 4Ever Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 28 March 1983: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California (partial rendition on piano) 26 August 2013 (a.m.): New York City Winery, New York, NY, USA (partial rendition in piano medley) 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 in Hollywood, California. It was released as the only previously-unreleased track on the first posthumous compilation of Prince's music, 4Ever. Even though it was recorded during the sessions for 1999, it was never placed on a configuration of that album. It was worked on further in June 1983 and later considered for inclusion on the aborted Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic album (different from the 1999 album Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic), 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 until after Prince's death. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 6 July 1982 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Basic tracking 8 June 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Additional Work Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed) Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Moonbeam Levels 4:06 4Ever Studio

Additional Information See also Trivia Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic unreleased album 4Ever album This song was the first (previously unreleased) song from Prince's vault to be released posthumously. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)

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