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From:         Paul Ramey <UK04160@UKPR.UKY.EDU>
Subject:      Prince/Miles collaboration

One Prince/Miles collaboration that is available on bootleg CD
is CRUCIAL. According to Hot Wacks, Miles plays on some cuts.
Here is the track listing from Hot Wacks:

Crucial Love (instr)
Fantastic
Crucial (normal)
Break My Heart
Sexual Suicide
Girl In My Dreams
Can't Stop
We Can Funk
Welcome to the Rat Race
Witness
Red Riding Hood
Crucial (extended version)
The H Man

The disc was recorded in early 1989, and are supposed to be
full band cuts as opposed to demos. Perhaps some of this material
will be released in the wake of Prince's/Viktor's retirement.
Has anyone out there heard this CD? If so, what is the extent
of Miles' participation??

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From:         David Rustvold <qb33@ODIN.CC.PDX.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Prince/Miles collaboration
In-Reply-To:  <9402121429.AA15404@odin.cc.pdx.edu>

I have this CD, and it turns out that although it's attributed to "Prince
with Miles Davis and Friends" the only track with Miles Davis is Can I
Play With U, mistitled on this CD as Red Riding Hood.  Actually one other
track on the CD, The H-Man, is Miles Davis, but it's just the song
Amandla with a different title.

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From:         Jim Johnson <JJOHNSON@ALSTON.CBA.UA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Prince/Miles collaboration

Paul asked about the "Crucial" CD out there with Prince and Miles. If
you are into Prince, it's one of his better boots. Miles is present
on two tunes "Can I play With U?", which is the incorrect title of
the song. He is also on "Crucial Love". Miles also played on a B-Side
by a Prince spinoff band called Madhouse: the cut is 10 1/2,
the b-side of 10. (All their songs had numerical titles.) Prince and
Miles did play a New Year's Eve gig together and some of the tracks
haven't been released, not even on Crucial. The 2 collaborated on
some other songs, which are available:

"Sticky Wicked": a Chaka Khan tune with the 2 playing on there
"Penetration": is on the Miles "Black Devil" bootleg

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From:         Gordon Meltzer <gmeltzer@GORDON.ISDN.NET>
Subject:      Re: "Crucial". Is it Miles?

At 12:03 AM 9/9/95 +0200, you wrote:


>From:    Curtis Low <clow@IX.NETCOM.COM>
>Subject: Miles and Prince - Crucial CD
>
>Jan Lohmann mentioned that Miles played with Prince on only ONE
>occasion at a benefit concert at Paisley Park Studios 12/31/87.  There
>is a CD released entitled "Prince with Miles Davis and friends -
>Crucial". Credit notes indicated that recording is from Paisley Park
>Studios with a date of 2/89 (date of issue or recording?).
>
>Can anyone confirm if this is the recording from the benefit concert or
>is Atlanta Bliss on trumpet instead of Miles????
>
>Thanks.

I can only tell you it is not Miles.......

Gordon

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From:         Erik Bruchez <Eric.Bruchez@STUDI.EPFL.CH>
Organization: EPFL
Subject:      Re: Prince's Crucial

JSJ wrote:
> I saw in one of the Miles' Web ther is an album of Prince's Crusial that
> claim to be with Miles Davis.  If so is it real recording, and how come it
> was never mention in Miles' Book.

I bought this CD for 37 CHF a few years ago, because the cover said
"With Miles Davis". I was a bit deceived when listening to it, because the
sound was very bad and I had difficulties to find Miles...

According to my brother, who is fan of Prince and has read much documentation
on Prince bootlegs, this CD contains Prince stuff, years 1986-1987.
There is only one tune with Miles, called "Red Riding Hood" on the cover,
but that is in fact "Can I Play With You" (very bad sound, not exciting...).

I mention that there is another Miles track, "composed by Prince", says the cover,
but in fact it is "Amandla", album version, disgusting sound...

If you are a Prince fan, perhaps you'd have pleasure listening to this album.
But if you like Miles's music only, I don't think it's worth buying it, unless
you are an absolute collector...

-Erik

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From: poppy@ids.net (Geoff Griffin)
Subject: Prince and Miles Davis

Prince and Miles Davis appeared live together a few times, but there are
only two confirmed studio tracks that they both appeared on- Sticky Wicked
(on Chaka Kahn's "CK" LP) and Can I Play With You? (aka Little Red Riding
Hood, appears on the Crucial bootleg).

All of the other tracks on the Crucial bootleg are accounted for, and
there's no evidence to suggest that Miles was involved in any of them.
Except...

Some pressings of Crucial have an instrumental track called The H Man. This
is reportedly the title track from the Amandla album.

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