Prince Royal Jewels 3LP VG+/VG+ Demos & Vault Material Triple Vinyl Box Set
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LPs are in VG+ condition (almost EX actually) and the box is in VG+ condition as well (would be higher if it wasn't for the bubbling on the inside of the box, see 5th picture for more detail).
This boxed set is my personal favorite unofficial Prince vinyl release. Royal Jewels contains the widest spread of Vault and unreleased recordings from Prince's peak era that you can find in one vinyl boxed set. Of particular interest is the inclusion of "Rebirth of the Flesh" from the never officially Camille album. This would be the perfect gift for any Prince vinyl collector!
From the back cover:
"Finally, a boxed compilation chronicling the session work and derring-do of Prince Rogers Nelson. A quick glance at the list of performances and sources can only confirm that Prince has got more than just the look -- he's also got the studio.
A musician of Prince's prolific proportions gets the overwhelming desire to experiment like any other genius (or down to is his own state-of-the-art basement studio. Prince's court musicians, all Minneapolans and probably not more than a rimshot away, can cater to His Royal Badness' every track-laying whim, provided, of course, The Regent of First Avenue doesn't feel like creating the symphony by himself. Legend? Possibly, but it's as good an explanation as any for the Sign "O" The Times outtakes and the other various sessions credited to Paisley Park Studios.
The Purple Rain songs are a bit more raw and insistent than their polished counterparts on the film soundtrack. Prince's climactic challenge of "Do you want me" on "The Beautiful Ones", for example, turns a plea for physical demagoguery of the Purple Rain days, were left off the completed project because of time limitations.
Little is known about The Chocolate Album apart from it being a loose set of completed sessions put together in Europe in early 1987. One must imagine that these European jams travelled to the Land of Imported Vinyl by way of certain city in Minnesota...
The balance of the jewels hail from the even more folkloric Camille LP. As the story goes, Camille is the good, religious and pure side of Prince's famed alter-ego, the converse being the satyric and gynecomaniacal Spooky Electric. Though he received a few mentions on the recent Lovesexy, Spooky Electric will allways be best remembered for Prince's ultra-obscene descent into deceit, the nororious Black Album. Are the three Camille selections on this collection an example of the Purple One's cleansed and purified songwriting stylings? Sure, "Love is God" and "God is Love," but have you taken a listen to "Let Me Feel You Up"?...
The 29 gems in this collection are a 24 karat testimony to the brilliance of their cutter, Prince Rogers Nelson. And like all precious stones passed down by decree, they can hold only as much value and pleasure as a man may place on his Royal Jewels.
Special thanks to The Koolstein Kid and Cat, Sheila, Vanity, Apollonia, Sheena, Susannah, and the rest of the Royal Concubines.
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Paisley Park Studios
Notes
Some tracks are given incorrect titles on the release:A2 is mistitled "Muting"
B3 is mistitled "Let Me Feel You Up"
B4 is mistitled "Souly-A-Colia"
B5 is mistitled "Export Lover"
D4 is mistitled "Crystal Ball"
E2 is mistitled "Heaven"
E3 is mistitled " Starfish E Coffee"
F1 is mistitled "Pretty Face"
F3 is mistitled "I Can't Stop"
F4 is mistitled "We Can Fall"
Tracks B1, B5, C3, C4, D1, D2, D3, E3, E4, E5, F3 and F4 are demo versions, not the album versions."
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