Every Tuesday, the Analog Kid blog goes back in time and features some of the best groovy R&B/soul songs from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. Sometimes you’ll hear songs from individual artists or from a specific year, and other times you’ll get an entire full-length classic LP ripped directly from the Analog Kid’s vast vinyl vault. Warning: by R&B/soul, I also mean disco. I could go all Van McCoy on your ass at any given moment, so just be ready!
Prince’s 12″ singles were always must-haves back in the ’80s. Most of them featured an extended remix of the title cut on the a-side, and the b-side was usually a great non-album track. The ten-minute remix of 1986’s “Mountains” has always been one of my favorite Prince tunes– in fact, I included it last March on a Groovy Tuesday post about songs from 1986:
https://theanalogkidblog.com/2014/03/04/groovy-tuesday-1986/
I recently re-ripped my copy of the “Mountains” 12″ single, and it sounds so good that I decided to feature it again here on Groovy Tuesday. “Mountains” was the follow-up single to the #1 smash “Kiss,” but it didn’t enjoy the same success as its predecessor. “Mountains” may only have peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, but a 19-year-old Analog Kid saw the supremely psychedelic video on MTV and finally admitted, “Hey, that Prince guy writes some pretty damn good songs.” I’ve been a Prince fan ever since, and “Mountains” will always hold a special place in my purple heart.
The b-side on the 12″ was an extended version of “Alexa De Paris,” an instrumental that was featured in Under The Cherry Moon but not included on the film’s soundtrack album.
![Mountains [U.S. 12_]](https://analogkidblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/mountains-u-s-12_.png)
Prince & The Revolution: Mountains [U.S. 12″]
Paisley Park Records, 1986
* 320 kbps vinyl rip courtesy of the Analog Kid
1. “Mountains” [Extended Version] (Prince & The Revolution)*
2. “Alexa De Paris” [Extended Version] (Prince & The Revolution)
Alexa De Paris [Extended Version]
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Bonus Tracks!
The first rule of The Analog Kid blog is that if you write about a song on the Analog Kid blog, you share the song on the Analog Kid blog.
Prince & The Revolution: “Mountains” (Prince & The Revolution)
From the album Parade
Paisley Park Records, 1986
![Kiss [U.S. 7_]](https://analogkidblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/kiss-u-s-7_.png)
Prince & The Revolution: “Kiss” [7″ Version] (Prince & The Revolution)
Paisley Park Records, 1986
The Analog Kid 
I would like the chance to show Prince what revolution really looks like until then if the mountain won’t come to me I’ll climb that mountain when I get to it, and the sea.
I am totally endebted to you for providing those 2 gems for me to be able to add to my playlist. I wasn’t sure if it would allow me to add them to my phone but it did and I couldn’t be happier. Mountains extended version is becoming a rare find and I never heard ‘Alexa De Paris’ so I am truly in heaven. Thanks where ever you are ANALOG KID…
Beautiful (Mountains) – thanks!