But, during 1986 Wendy and Lisa had increasingly become disgruntled with Prince's decision to expand the Revolution with non-musicians Wally Safford and Gregory Allen Brooks along with the attitude that these new members brought with them.
The versions of the songs that would get an official release years later had the contributions made by Wendy & Lisa either toned down or completely removed.
Warner Bros. balked at the idea, convinced the album would not perform well as a three-album set, especially after the relatively poor sales for his previous release, Parade.
"Rockhard in a Funky Place" was slated to be the closing track on The Black Album which was shelved by Prince in late 1987 and heavily bootlegged by fans.
Finally in 2001, a live rehearsal of "Rebirth of the Flesh" recorded with the Sign o' the Times band was released on Prince's website; however, this version had profanity edited from the lyrics.
The studio version has surfaced on the Super Deluxe Edition of Sign o' the Times released on September 25, 2020, along with much of the previously-unreleased songs from the Dream Factory/Camille/Crystal Ball sessions.