Hello,

are there any records out which later it was found out that this was actually Prince, but the record got released under a different name.

Please, no "The Time" or "The Family", or "Tanja Seville", what I mean is records where Prince is playing all instruments and also singing, but under an alias. Maybe just club-related 12inchs...

"Camille" maybe was intended to be something like this...???

the 2 Madhouse records fit that description, but there's no vocals on them.

Maybe this:

the Black Album was intended to be by a no name "secret artist", all black cover and no artist mentioned. Release december 1987, but withdrawn as you know already. Later the album was released in 1994 for a limited time period.

Btw. it's Taja Savelle, you spelled that wrong.

Well, Sheila E's 'Romance 1600' has full band credits (4 Sheila's band), and it's really about 99% Prince.

But he did that regularly... especially with The Time, and with his own 'Around The World in a Day' and 'Parade', which Dr.Fink just recently confirmed was nearly ALL Prince.

But going beyond Prince's productions, I'm not sure.

As far as the parameters of your original question, I don't think there was any release with him playing everything and singing, but under an alias.

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Krid said:

Short answer... No, he hasn't.

Prince has considered releasing records under pseudonyms before (like "Camille",
"The Rebels" or "The Black Album" for instance), but he's never actually done
it. The closest released albums to a pseudonym release would be the 2 Madhouse
albums.

Of course there are numerous associated artist albums that are basically 'Prince'
albums, just with someone else singing the lead vocals.
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"The Rebels" ???? what is that?

what songs were "Joey Coco" and "Alexander Nevermind" credited for?

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Krid said:

Some people would claim NEW POWER SOUL...

merce29 said:

Joey Coco

Deborah Allen - Telepathy
Jill Jones - Baby, You're A Trip , My Man and Violet Blue
The Three O Clock - Neon Telephone
Nona Hendryx - Baby Go Go
Sheena Easton - 101 an Cool Love

Alexander Nevermind

Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls

thedance said:

Actually it's Sevelle.

trickster said:

The Rebels was an alternate group that Prince, Dez, Fink, Z played in, as another outlet for music. They recorded an album's worth of songs, but was never released. It was really what New Power Generation records (Goldnigga, Exodus, NewPowerSoul) are today. It was the band, but without the emphasis on "PRINCE". I THINK they recorded the original "Tick Tick Bang". But their music was very funk punk, fast music. Kinda like taking "Jack U Off and "Sister", blending that style and making an album out of it.

ernestsewell said:

No actually it's Seville

2020 said:

No, it's not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ja_Sevelle

ernestsewell said:

Yup Reporter Manny Z also reviewed about it in Wax Poetics and posted it online : http://citinite.wordpress...he-rebels/

ernestsewell said:

My people call it "maize."

The first Madhouse album, they dreamt up fictional band members and even brief bios which were given to the press.

ufoclub said:

Thanks to all of you. Interesting info about the Madhouse one; I do have their first album somewhere, will check if I see "fake" band members ;=)

Krid said:

You won't. Ufoclub said it was in the PRESS release, not the liner credits. There is nothing in the liner credits.

And really, this whole question is kind of obvious.

Paisley Park
Christopher
Jamie Starr
Joey Coco
Alexander Nevermind
Azifwekar

All monikers he used to hide his identity w/ folks when writing/producing for someone else.

ernestsewell said:

What's funny is if Prince were really trying to hide anything, he'd have used names a lot less evocative than "Alexander Nevermind." How about "Robert Jones" or "Peter Kulinowski?"

I have Prince singing "If I love U tonite" on a Mica Paris 12". Does that count?

Giovanni777 said:

I have wondered lately about songs Lovesexy & NPG era songs that were not credited as Prince-only.

When I heard him play Strollin live, it made me think it probably wasn't Levi on guitar as I had thought. Same with the bass on Alphabet St.

And those also seem to be drum machines.

How about the Time's early work?

Lammastide said:

Cuz he's Prince, and he's just that queer about it.

SquirrelMeat said:

That mos def belongs on the rare prince record thread doesn't it? Sorry if you already mentioned it there...

Wasn't that like a record production error?

mzkqueen03 said:

there is a bootleg instrumental called that from prince

Interesting.

Nope, Prince didn't have anything to do with
Teena Marie's "Lips to Find You".

When I first heard Natural Selection's "Do Anything" I thought for sure it was Prince.