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Thread started 06/09/09 6:55am

Krid

Prince recording under an alias not wanting this to be known?

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...???

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Reply #1 posted 06/09/09 7:05am

Militant

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

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Reply #2 posted 06/09/09 7:11am

thedance

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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 Release december 1987, but withdrawn as you know already.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. wink

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Reply #3 posted 06/09/09 7:11am

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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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Reply #4 posted 06/09/09 7:13am

eelco

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[Edited 6/9/09 7:27am]

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Reply #5 posted 06/09/09 7:22am

BorisFishpaw

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Krid said:

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...???


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.
[Edited 6/9/09 7:24am]

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Reply #6 posted 06/09/09 7:25am

trickster

"The Rebels" ???? what is that?

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Reply #7 posted 06/09/09 7:27am

merce29

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

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Reply #8 posted 06/09/09 7:32am

mzkqueen03

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...I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT....

..but there is a song by teena marie called LIPS TO FIND YOU...on teena's emerald city,1986....well it was written by teena marie AND someone named:BENDRIX....people claim it was prince..
...BENDRIX????...i don't know if it is prince??...

..mzsexybaby sexy

..She's Just A Baby..but she's my lady..my loveR..my only friend!..true love that will last!..PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND..WHAT SHE SEES IN AN OLDER MAN..they never stop 2 think that maybe i'm what she's looking 4..THEY NEVER TAKE THE TIME..2 look in her mind
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Reply #9 posted 06/09/09 8:53am

dannyd5050

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Krid said:

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.


Some people would claim NEW POWER SOUL...

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Reply #10 posted 06/09/09 9:06am

muirdo

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merce29 said:

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


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

Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
woot!
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Reply #11 posted 06/09/09 9:12am

ernestsewell

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thedance said:

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


Actually it's Sevelle.

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Reply #12 posted 06/09/09 9:18am

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trickster said:

"The Rebels" ???? what is that?


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.

Ernest L Sewell, IV
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Reply #13 posted 06/09/09 9:19am

2020

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ernestsewell said:

thedance said:

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


Actually it's Sevelle.


No actually it's Seville

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Reply #14 posted 06/09/09 9:25am

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2020 said:

ernestsewell said:



Actually it's Sevelle.


No actually it's Seville


No, it's not.

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

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Reply #15 posted 06/09/09 9:38am

Shango

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ernestsewell said:

trickster said:

"The Rebels" ???? what is that?


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.

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

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Reply #16 posted 06/09/09 10:13am

Shango

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http://www.last.fm/music/...e%2BRebels

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Reply #17 posted 06/09/09 10:49am

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ernestsewell said:

2020 said:



No actually it's Seville


No, it's not.

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


My people call it "maize."

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Reply #18 posted 06/09/09 11:07am

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

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Reply #19 posted 06/09/09 1:59pm

Krid

ufoclub said:

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


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 ;=)

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Reply #20 posted 06/09/09 2:42pm

ernestsewell

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Krid said:

ufoclub said:

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


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 ;=)


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.

Ernest L Sewell, IV
Confessions Of A Prince Realist. You might want to sit down for this.
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Reply #21 posted 06/09/09 2:51pm

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ernestsewell said:


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.

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?" lol

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Reply #22 posted 06/09/09 3:01pm

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

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Reply #23 posted 06/09/09 3:10pm

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Giovanni777 said:

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.


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?

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Reply #24 posted 06/09/09 3:46pm

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Lammastide said:

ernestsewell said:


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.

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?" lol


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

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Reply #25 posted 06/09/09 4:21pm

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SquirrelMeat said:

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


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?

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Reply #26 posted 06/09/09 5:31pm

j92

mzkqueen03 said:

...I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT....

..but there is a song by teena marie called LIPS TO FIND YOU...on teena's emerald city,1986....well it was written by teena marie AND someone named:BENDRIX....people claim it was prince..
...BENDRIX????...i don't know if it is prince??...

..mzsexybaby sexy

there is a bootleg instrumental called that from prince

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Reply #27 posted 06/09/09 5:33pm

Tame

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Interesting. cool

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Reply #28 posted 06/10/09 11:44am

BorisFishpaw

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

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Reply #29 posted 06/10/09 11:49am

DCSEAN28

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

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