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Updated list of chronological Prince recordings Chronological Prince (and The Revolution) recordings
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Grand Central repertoire, 1973 – 1974
Danger Lover (Chazz Smith)
Do You Feel Like Dancing?
Funk It Up (André Cymone)
Sex Machine
Grand Central Corporation repertoire, 1974-1975
You Remind me Of Me
94 East, Cookhouse, Minneapolis, December 1975 – January 1976
- Guitar: Prince, bass: André Cymone, drums: Morris Day, keyboards: Linda Anderson, percussion: William Daughty
If You See Me #1 (5:40)* (Pepé Willie)
Games (4:59)* (Pepé Willie)
I’ll Always Love You (3:53)* (Pepé Willie)
Better Than You Think (4:30)* (Pepé Willie/Kristie Lazenberry)
If We Don’t (4:08)* (Pepé Willie)
Grand Central Corporation, ASI, Minneapolis, early 1976
39th St. Party (André Cymone)
Lady Pleasure
Machine – possibly identical with Sex Machine
You’re Such A Fox
Grand Central
Whenever
Champagne, Moonsound, Minneapolis, spring 1976
(No known titles)
Home recordings, 1976
Sweet Thing (4:24) (Chaka Khan)
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? #1 (3:53)
I Spend My Time Loving You (7:20)
Rock Me, Lover #1 (3:51)
Improvisation (0:40)
Don’t You Wanna Ride? (5:14)
Nightingale (4:16)
Leaving For New York #1 (5:52)
Humming A Tune (0:34)
Humming A Tune Pt.2 (0:30)
Instrumental (0:37)
Instrumental Pt.2 (0:52)
Telephone conversation (0:56)
Instrumental (1:00)
Instrumental (1:00)
For You #1 (1:06)
For You #2 (0:45)
Hey, Lover (0:46)
14-track demo tape, Moonsound, Minneapolis, spring – December 1976 – no known order
Instrumental (7:25) – possibly titled Farnborough
Aces (Prince/Chris Moon)
Diamond Eyes (Prince/Chris Moon)
Don’t Forget (Prince/Chris Moon)
Don’t Hold Back (Prince/Chris Moon)
Fantasy (Prince/Chris Moon)
Love Is Forever #1 (Prince/Chris Moon)
Make It Through The Storm #1 (Prince/Chris Moon)
Piano Intro (0:40)
Soft And Wet #1 (3:22) (Prince/Chris Moon)
Surprise (Prince/Chris Moon)
Baby #1
I’m Yours #1
Jelly Jam #1 (Instrumental)
Leaving For New York #2
Since We’ve Been Together #1
For You #3 (1:19)
For You #4 (1:20)
Outro (0:13)
- A 4-track demo tape was also made with Soft And Wet, Love Is Forever, Baby & Aces
Sound 80, Minneapolis, 29 December 1976 – summer 1977
Baby #2 (Instrumental) (3:15)
Baby #3 (3:08)
Just As Long As We’re Together #1 (3:34)
Soft And Wet #2 (3:04) (Prince/Chris Moon)
Instrumental (3:49)
My Love Is Forever #2 (previously “Love Is Forever”) (4:03) (Prince/Chris Moon)
Make It Through The Storm #2 (2:44) (Prince/Chris Moon)
Jelly Jam #2 (Instrumental) (2:05)
In Love #1
Just As Long As We’re Together #2 (incorporates “Jelly Jam”) (5:45)
Just As Long As We’re Together #3 (5:51)
Love In The Morning
You Really Get To Me
94 East, Sound 80, Minneapolis, early 1977
- Guitar & background vocals: Prince
Fortune Teller (Hank Cosby)
10:15 (Pepé Willie)
The Lewis Conection, Moonsound, Minneapolis, 1977
- Guitar & background vocals: Prince
Got To Be Something Here* (Sonny Thompson)
Owen Husney’s rehearsal room, Minneapolis, 1977
- Keyboards: Prince, bass: André Cymone, drums: Bobby Z. Rivkin
Instrumental 1 (5:32)
Instrumental 2 (6:24)
Instrumental 3 (6:22)
Instrumental 4 (8:42)
Instrumental 5 (7:06)
Instrumental 6 (8:14)
Instrumental 7 (7:45)
Instrumental 8 (6:39)
Home recordings, 1977
Darling Marie #1
Hello, My Love
I Like What You’re Doing
Neurotic Lover’s Baby’s Bedroom
CBS Records, Village Recorders, Los Angeles, 8 April 1977
Just As Long As We’re Together #4
Sound 80, Minneapolis, June 1977
We Can Work It Out (2:58) – drums: Bobby Z.
Warner Bros., Amigo Studios, Los Angeles, summer 1977
Just As Long As We’re Together #5
For You, The Record Plant, Sausalito, 1 October – 22 December 1977
For You #5 (1:06)*
In Love #2 (3:38)*
Soft And Wet #3 (3:01)* (Prince/Chris Moon)
Crazy You (2:17)*
Just As Long As We’re Together #6 (6:24)*
Baby # 4 (3:09)*
My Love Is Forever #3 (4:09)* (Prince/Chris Moon)
So Blue (4:26)*
I’m Yours #2 (5:01)*
Make It Through The Storm #3 (Prince/Chris Moon)
Instrumental jams, The Record Plant, Sausalito, 4 November – 10 December 1977
- Guitar & keyboards: Prince, bass: André Cymone, drums: Steve Fontano
Bump This (4/11)
E-Pluribous Funk (4/11)
Shine Your Light/Red Zone (4/11)
Instrumental (5/12)
Life Is So Neat (10/12)
Waiting For You (10/12)
Sue Ann Carwell, home studio & Sound 80, summer 1978
Make It Through The Storm #4 (Prince/Chris Moon) – re-recorded and released as b-side of Let Me Let You Rock Me-single in 1981
Since We’ve Been Together #2 – copyrighted at The Library of Congress 21/8-1980
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? #2
Pepé Willie, Willie’s home, 1978
- Guitar, bass & backing vocals: Prince
Dance To The Music Of The World #1 (Practice Session)* (Pepé Willie)
Pepé Willie, Sound 80, Minneapolis, 1978
- Guitar, keyboards & drums: Prince, backing vocals on “Dance To The Music Of The World”: Prince
Just Another Sucker (5:21)* (Pepé Willie/Prince)
Lovin’ Cup (4:20)* (Pepé Willie)
Dance To The Music Of The World #2 (5:07)* (Pepé Willie)
Pepé Willie, home studio, 1978
You Can Be My Teacher (4:06)* (Pepé Willie) - bass
Love, Love, Love (3:52)* (Pepé Willie) – bass & guitar
Home recordings, 1978 – 1979
Baby, Baby, Baby (2:44)
Nadeara (1:50)
K-FUNK Interview (featuring Nadeara) (7:47)
Miss You (1:53)
Donna (4:06)
Down A Long Lonely Road (1:18)
Do It Again
Gypsy
I Am You (late ’78)
I Met A Virgin Queen
I’m Leaving LA
Love Affair
Love Of Mine
Rock Me, Lover #2
Rocking Chair
We Would Like To See You Again
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? #3 (5:01)
Instrumental 1 (2:14) – guitars, soft drum machine
Instrumental 2 (2:21) – guitar, fast drum machine
Instrumental 3 (0:52) – percussion
Instrumental 4 (1:11) – acoustic guitar
Instrumental 5 (1:30) – funky acoustic & bass guitars
Instrumental 6 (0:37) – funky bass guitar
Pepé Willie, Music Farm Studios, New York, 17 February 1979
I Feel For You #1
If You Feel Like Dancin’ (7:08)* (Pepé Willie) – guitar & keyboards
One Man Jam (6:15)* (Pepé Willie) – everything but bass: André Cymone & synth: Pepé Willie
Thrill You Or Kill You #1 (André Cymone)
With You #1
Prince, Alpha Studio, Los Angeles, late April – 13 June 1979
I Wanna Be Your Lover (5:47)*
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (3:49)*
Sexy Dancer #1 – with sound engineer
Sexy Dancer #2 (Long Version) (8:54)* - edit of #1
When We’re Dancing Close And Slow (5:18)*
With You #2 (3:59)*
Bambi (4:22)*
Still Waiting (4:24)*
I Feel For You #2
It’s Gonna Be Lonely (5:30)*
Oh, Baby #1
Prince, Hollywood Sound Records, Los Angeles, June 1979
Darling Marie #2
Sexy Dancer #3 (4:18)* - edit of #2
I Feel For You #3 (3:24)* - edit of #2
The Rebels, Mountain Ears Sound Studios, Boulder, Colorado, 10 – 21 July 1979
You #1 (2:53) – lead vocal: Gayle Chapman
Too Long (4:09) (Dez Dickerson) – lead vocal: Dez Dickerson
Hard To Get #1 (3:24) – lead vocal: André Cymone, backing vocal: Prince
Thrill You Or Kill You #2 (6:06) (André Cymone) – lead vocal: André Cymone
Disco Away (4:29) (Dez Dickerson) – lead vocal: Dez Dickerson
Instrumental 1 (1:05) (Dez Dickerson) – acoustic guitar & guitar sounding like synth
Instrumental 2 (1:00) (André Cymone) - bass & drums
If I Love You Tonight #1 (4:42) – lead vocal: Gayle Chapman
Turn Me On (1:58) – lead vocal: Gayle Chapman
Head #1
Dirty Mind, home studio, spring – summer 1980
American Jam
Eros (possibly instrumental) #1
Dirty Mind (4:11)*
When You Were Mine (3:44)*
Do It All Night (3:42)*
Gotta Broken Heart Again (2:13)*
Uptown (5:30)*
Head #2 (4:40)*
Sister (1:33)*
Party Up (4:24)* (Morris Day/Prince)
Big Brass Bed
Home studio, 1980
Bulgaria
Everybody Dance - performed live in December 1980 and on 9 March 1981, no known studio recording
Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) (2:54)*
I Don’t Wanna Stop #1 –re-recorded & released by Ren Woods in 1982
Lisa (5:58)
Plastic Love Affair
Rough #1 – also referred to as Too Rough, Tough and Too Tough
When The Shit Comes Down (Or: When The Shit Goes Down) – rehearsal live recording
Alexander O’ Neal, pre The Time 1981
Rough #2
Home studio, early 1981
She’s Just A Baby #1 (4:44) – possibly inspired by Susan Moonsie who was 16 when Prince started dating her
Broken (3:04)
Commercial #1
Hump You
Susan
The Time, home studio, April 1981 – album mixed in late April
- Lead vocal: Morris Day, backing vocals: Lisa Coleman, synth solo on “Get It Up” & “The Stick”: Matt Fink
Get It Up (9:05)*
Girl (5:34)*
After Hi School (4:20)* (Dez Dickerson)
Cool (10:06)* (Prince/Dez Dickerson)
Oh, Baby #2 (4:57)*
The Stick (8:23)* (Lisa Coleman/Prince)
Home studio, spring – summer 1981
Let’s Rock #1
Home studio, 1981
Dancin’ Flu (Prince/Dez Dickerson)
Dear Uncle George #1
Delivery Boy #1
Forever Mine (Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff) – cover of The O’Jays
Friction
Hard To Get #2
I Can’t Figure It Out (Dez Dickerson)
The Rain And You - ballad
Rain #1 – possibly a cappella
Controversy, home studio, summer 1981
Controversy (7:14)*
Sexuality (4:20)*
Ronnie, Talk To Russia #1
Annie Christian (4:21)*
Poppa Grooves (Instrumental) #1
There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool #1
Tick, Tick, Bang #1 (3:16)
Controversy, Hollywood Sound, June - August 1981
Delivery Boy #2
Do Me, Baby (7:47)*
Let’s Work #2 (3:57)* (previously “Let’s Rock”)
Ronnie, Talk To Russia #2 (1:48)*
Jack U Off (3:12)* (June) - Keyboards: Lisa Coleman & Matt Fink, drums: Bobby Z. Rivkin
Make U Mine (June) - Keyboards: Lisa Coleman & Matt Fink, drums: Bobby Z. Rivkin
There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool #2 (June)
Controversy, Sunset Sound, 14-16 August 1981 - album completed by mid-August
There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool #3 (14-15/8)
Private Joy #2 (4:25)* (16/8) (previously “Dear Uncle George”)
The Hookers, home studio, 1981 - Jamie Shoop & Susan Moonsie
I Need A Man #1 – lead vocal: Jamie Shoop
Make-up (2:39)*
Wet Dream #1
Jealous Girl #1 – offered to The Bangles in 1985
Pizza
Drive Me Wild (2:32)*
Unnamed project, home studio, 1981
See U Dead
Heart Attack
Kiss Me Quick
Strange Way Of Saying I Love You (2:09)
Gym Class
Home studio, autumn-winter 1981
The Second Coming (1:58) (autumn)
Baby I’m A Star #1 (autumn/winter)
Rearrange #1 (7/12)
Baby I’m A Star #2 (7-8/12)
Let’s Work (Dance Remix) (8:02)* (8/12)
Feel U Up #1 (6:38) – segued with
Irresistible Bitch #1 (4:36) (winter)
Jerk Out #1 (late 1981) (Prince/Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis/Morris Day)
The Hookers/Vanity 6, home studio, late 1981 – early 1982
Moral Majority #1
Vagina – also the name offered to Denise Matthews when she joined The Hookers in January 1982
The Time: What Time Is It?, home studio, 11 January 1982
Gigolos Get Lonely Too (4:40)*
Bold Generation
The Time: What Time Is It?, Sunset Sound, 14-20 January 1982
International Lover (6:35)* (14/1)
The Walk (9:30)* (14/1)
Colleen (15/1)
You’re All I Want #1 (16/1)
Wild And Loose (7:32)* (19/1) (Prince/Dez Dickerson)
Turn It Up (5:30) (20/1)
Turn It Up (Edit) (3:33)
Turn It Up (Part 2) (2:30)
The Time, pre 12 February 1982
Dance To The Beat (Live at 1st Avenue 8/3-1982) (5:48)
Home studio, early 1982
All The Critics Love U In New York (5:55)*
Do Yourself A Favour #2 (previously “If You See Me”) (8:41) (Pepé Willie)
Money Don’t Grow On Trees – possibly intended for The Hookers
No Call U #1 (3:02)
Vanity 6, Sunset Sound, 25 March – 9 April 1982 – album completed in May
Bite The Beat (3:13)* (Prince/Jesse Johnson)
He’s So Dull (2:32)* (Dez Dickerson) - produced, guitar & drums by Dez Dickerson
Too Much
Nasty Girl (5:16)*
Wet Dream #2 (4:11)*
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7:20)* (30/3)
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? #4 (1/4)
Extra Loveable (7:06) (3/4)
If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up) (5:35)* (Prince/Terry Lewis)
3 x 2 = 6 (5:22)* (5/4)
If It’ll Make U Happy (6/4)
Home studio, April 1982
Girl O’ My Dreams #1
Raspberry Beret #1
777-9311 (7:57)*
1999, Sunset Sound, 20 April – 10 May 1982
D.M.S.R. #1 (8:05)* (20/4)
Free (5:00)* (25/4)
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (3:54)* (26/4)
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) #1 (4:09) (28/4)
Automatic (9:24)* (2/5)
Delirious #1 (6:05) (9/5)
The Time: What Time Is It?, home studio, May/June 1982 – album completed 20 July
Grace (2:32)*
I Don’t Wanna Leave You (6:30)*
OnedayI’mgonnabesomebody (2:27)*
1999, Sunset Sound, 6-11 July 1982
Moonbeam Levels #1 (3:58) (6/7)
Lady Cab Driver (8:25)* (7/7)
Baby, You’re A Trip #1 (3:26) (8/7)
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) #2 (4:00)* - tentative placing
1999, home studio, July/August 1982
Little Red Corvette (4:58)*
1999 (6:22)*
Mia Bocca #1
1999, Sunset Sound, 10-14 August – album completed
D.M.S.R. #2 (6:23) – edit of #1, tentative placing
Delirious #2 (3:56)* - edit of #1, tentative placing
Piano rehearsal, 1982 - tentative placing
Improvisation (12:04)
Purple Music (16:30)
Home studio, 1982
Boom, Boom, Can’t U Feel The Beat Of My Heart #1
Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got #1
Don’t Let Him Fool Ya #1
Fox Trap
Girl (7:36)*
Horny Toad (2:13)*
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man #1
Lust U Always #1
Mink Kitty Cat #1 – intended for Vanity, tentative placing
My Baby Knows How To Love Me #1
New Position #1
Purple Music #1 (10:48)
Purple Music #2 (10:35) – extra guitar parts & vocal differences
Strange Relationship #1
Teacher, Teacher #1
U Should Be Mine (possibly instrumental) – offered to Eric Leeds in July 1989 for new Madhouse album
Yah, U Know #1
You’re My Love #1
Sunset Sound, 7-14 January 1983
Little Red Corvette (Dance Mix) (8:22)*
Drive Me Wild (Extended Version) (7:08)*
Stevie Nicks, S.I.R., January 1983
Stand Back (4:57) (Stevie Nicks) - Synthesizer: Prince
The Time: Ice Cream Castle, Sunset Sound, 26-27 March 1983
Jungle Love (5:29)* (26/3) (Prince/Morris Day/Jesse Johnson)
My Summertime Thang #1 (27/3)
Cloreen Bacon Skin (15:37)* (27/3)
The Time: Ice Cream Castle, Sunset Sound, 14-22 April 1983
Chili Sauce (5:45)* (14/4) - originally entitled Proposition #17
If The Kid Can’t Make You Come (7:33)* (16/4)
Chocolate #1 (5:49) (17/4)
Velvet Kitty Cat #2 (previously “Mink Kitty Cat”) (19/4)
My Love Belongs To You (20/4)
Vanity 6, home studio, spring – summer 1983
Wet Dream Cousin (Instrumental) (4:42) (May) – worked on by Prince & Bobby Z., offered to Eric Leeds in July 1989 for Madhouse
Possessed #1 (8:32) (24/5)
17 Days #1 (summer)
Vanity 6: Vibrator (Spoken Part) (1:17)
Vanity 6: Vibrator (7:14) – segues with
G-Spot #1 (5:13) (summer)
Vanity 6: Sex Shooter #1 (7:03) (summer)
Promise To Be True #1 (summer)
Wonderful Ass #1
Instrumental (Bass Part) (4:11) – tentative placing
Instrumental (“Jamming ‘til The Dawn”/”Climax”) (4:50) – tentative placing
Piano rehearsal, 1983 – tentative placing
17 Days (6:30)
Purple Rain (1:15)
A Case Of You (1:58) (Joni Mitchell)
Mary, Don’t You Weep (4:59) (Inez Andrew)
Strange Relationship (2:55)
International Lover (4:03)
There’s No Telling What I Might Do #1 (0:55) – later retitled Wednesday
Cold Coffee And Cocaine (5:37)
Mama (6:58)
1983 – tentative placing
Electrocution (Instrumental) – offered to Eric Leeds for Madhouse in July 1989
Money
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Eddie Holland/Norman Whitfield) – cover of The Temptations
Father's Song (5:15) (John L. Nelson?)
Jill Jones, summer 1983
Mia Bocca #2
Prince and The Revolution, 1st Avenue, 3 August 1983
Let’s Go Crazy (4:36)
When You Were Mine (2:23)
A Case Of U (2:36) (Joni Mitchell)
Computer Blue (6:36)
Delirious (4:32)
Electric Intercourse #1 (5:26)
Automatic (5:53)
I Would Die 4 U #1 (2:10)
Baby I’m A Star #3 (4:52)
Little Red Corvette (3:42)
Speech by Loyce Houlton, artistic director of MDT (1:17)
Purple Rain #1 (13:34)
D.M.S.R. (8:01)
Home studio, early August 1983
Darling Nikki #1 (4:15)
Purple Rain, Sunset Sound, 15 August – 21 September 1983
Computer Blue #1 (14:03) (15/8) (Prince/Matt Fink/Lisa Coleman/Wendy Melvoin/John L. Nelson) – no hallway speech
Computer Blue #2 (11:54) – with hallway speech
I Would Die 4 U #2 (3:17)
Baby I’m A Star #4 (4:54)
I Would Die 4 U #3 (2:51)*
Baby I’m A Star #5 (4:20)* - edit of #4
Purple Rain #2 Intro (ca.1:00)
Purple Rain #2 (8:45)* - edit of #1
Purple Rain (Orchestration) (10:20)
Sheena Easton: Sugar Walls (3:58)* (September)
I Am Five (Instrumental) (7/9)
Irresistible Bitch #2 (4:11)* (15/9)
Electric Intercourse #2 (mid September)
The Beautiful Ones #1 (5:56) (20/9)
The Time, 1st Avenue, 4 October 1983
The Bird #1 (7:40)* (Prince/Morris Day/Jesse Johnson)
Prince and The Revolution, St. Louis Park Warehouse, October 1983
Let’s Go Crazy #1 (Special Dance Mix/Extended Version) (7:37)*
Computer Blue #3 (13:29) (Prince/Matt Fink/Lisa Coleman/Wendy Melvoin/John L. Nelson)
Purple Rain, home studio, late October – November 1983 – test pressing of album 7 November 1983
Let’s Go Crazy #2 (4:39)* - edit of #1
Computer Blue #4 (7:23) (Prince/Matt Fink/Lisa Coleman/Wendy Melvoin/John L. Nelson) – edit of #2/segued with
Darling Nikki #2 (4:15)*
Wednesday #2 (24/10) – lead vocal: Jill Jones, previously titled There’s No Telling What I Might Do
Father’s Song (1:12) (29/10) (John L. Nelson?)
Sex Shooter #2 (Long Version) (7:00)* (November)
Sex Shooter #3 (3:39)* - edit of #2
Katrina’s Paper Dolls
I Wonder #1 – tentative placing
Apollonia 6, Sunset Sound, 27-28 December 1983
The Glamorous Life #1 (27/12)
In A Spanish Villa (2:12)* (28/12)
Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar #1 (28/12)
Sunset Sound, 30-31 December 1983
Erotic City #1 (7:24)* (30/12)
Erotic City #2 (6:40)
Erotic City #3 (6:52)
She’s Always In My Hair (New Mix) (6:48)* (30/12)
We Can Fuck #1 (31/12) – with Wendy, Susannah & Jonathan Melvoin, Lisa & David Coleman
Apollonia 6 & The Time, Sunset Sound, 1-5 January 1984
Apollonia 6: Moral Majority #2 (1-2/1)
The Time: The Bird #2 (6:29) (Prince/Morris Day/Jesse Johnson)
Apollonia 6: The Belle Of St. Mark #1 (5/1) – based on rhythm track by Jesse Johnson
Apollonia 6: Oliver’s House #1 (5/1)
Sunset Sound, 8-9 January 1984
17 Days #2 (3:54)* (8/1) (Prince/Matt Fink/Lisa Coleman/Wendy Melvoin)
Shortberry Strawcake (4:44)* (9/1)
The Time: Ice Cream Castle, Sunset Sound, 11-13 January 1984
My Drawers (4:04)* (11/1)
Ice Cream Castles (7:33)* (13/1) (Prince/Morris Day)
Chocolate #2 (5:26) – tentative placing
Apollonia 6, Sunset Sound, 19-27 January 1984
Some Kind Of Lover (4:48)* (19/1)
A Million Miles (I Love You) #1 (excerpt 2:06) (20/1) – recorded live by Prince with Sheila E, Wendy & Lisa
A Million Miles (I Love You) #2 (5:51)* (Prince/Lisa Coleman)
Take Me With U #1 (4:56) (27/1)
Sunset Sound, 1 February 1984
Tricky (3:12)*
Apollonia 6; Sunset Sound, 4-5 February 1984 – 1st test pressing of album 29 February
Manic Monday #1 (2:50) (4/2)
Ooh She She Wa Wa (4:10)* (5/2)
Sunset Sound, 7 February – 17 March 1984
God (Love Theme From Purple Rain/Instrumental) (7:49)* (7/2)
Noon Rendezvous #1 (13/2)
Another Lonely Christmas (6:47)* (18/2)
Pop Life (3:42)* (19/2) – drums: Sheila E
Love And Sex (27/2) – fast number with percussive drum machine beat & almost shouted vocal
Traffic Jam (Instrumental) (27/2) – funky drum machine groove, rock riff alternating on guitar & synth
When Doves Cry (5:52)* (1/3)
Paisley Park (4:41)* (9/3)
Possessed #2 (17/3)
Possessed #3 (Instrumental) (7:44) – tentative placing
Sheila E. in The Glamorous Life, Sunset Sound, 1-4 April 1984 – album completed
The Belle Of St. Mark #2 (5:08)* - based on rhythm track by Jesse Johnson
Noon Rendezvous #2 (3:50)*
Oliver’s House #2 (6:20)*
Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar #2 (3:50)*
The Glamorous Life #2 (8:58)*
Purple Rain, Sunset Sound, 14 April 1984 – album completed
Take Me With U #2 (3:54)*
The Beautiful Ones #2 (5:15)* – edit of #1
Computer Blue #5 (3:59)* (Prince/Matt Fink/Lisa Coleman/Wendy Melvoin/John L. Nelson) - edit of #4
Apollonia 6, Sunset Sound, 15 April 1984
Blue Limousine (6:19)*
Purple Rain End Credits Medley (5:25) – tentative placing
Capitol Studios, spring 1984
Temptation #1 – sax: Eddie Minnifield
Prince and The Revolution, 1st Avenue, 7 June 1984
17 Days (5:26)
Our Destiny #1 (3:11)/(3:08) – segued with
Roadhouse Garden #2 (4:46)/(4:55)
All Day, All Night #1 (5:41)
Free (4:38)
Noon Rendezvous (9:06)
Erotic City (7:54)
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) (10:08)
When Doves Cry (12:02)
The audience chants Happy Birthday (0:36)
Irresistible Bitch (5:48)
Possessed (5:41)
Apollonia 6, Eden Prairie Warehouse, June 1984 – album completed
Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian (7:06)*
The Bangles: Manic Monday #2 (3:08)* – tentative placing
The Family, Eden Prairie Warehouse, June – 18 July 1984
High Fashion #1 (5:01) – co-lead vocal: St. Paul Peterson
Mutiny #1 (3:53)
Susannah’s Pajamas #1 (4:01) – originally entitled Mazarati
Desire #1 (5:16)
Rough #3 – deemed inappropriate for The Family project, copyrighted at Library of Congress 25/3-‘85
High Fashion #2 (5:06)*
Mutiny #2 (3:57)*
River Run Dry (3:31)* (Bobby Z)
Susannah’s Pajamas #2 (3:58)* (Prince/Eric Leeds)
Desire #2 (4:58)*
Lust U Always #2 (Instrumental) (10:27) – bootlegged as Divinity, tentative placing
Feline #1 (14/7) – tom-toms: Bobby Z. Rivkin & Jellybean Johnson, saxophone: Eric Leeds
Feline #2 (Instrumental) (4:07) – bootlegged as Be Alive and Just 4 U
Nothing Compares 2 U #1 (4:43) (18/7) – lead-vocal: St. Paul Peterson
Nothing Compares 2 U #2 (4:31)*
Eden Prairie Warehouse, 23 July – October 1984
America #1 (21:42)* (23/7) – recorded live with The Revolution
America #2 (3:40)* – edit of #1
100 M.P.H. #1 (3:20)
The Dance Electric #1 (11:42) (17/8)
André Cymone: The Dance Electric #2 (5:37)* - tentative placing
The Family: The Screams Of Passion (5:26)* (19/8)
God (Vocal) (3:59)* (20/8)
Raspberry Beret #2 (3:31)* (August) – strings: Wendy & Lisa
Tambourine (2:46)* (summer/autumn)
The Family: Miss Understood (5:22) (September)
The Family: I Don’t Wanna Stop #2 – previously released
Around The World In A Day #1 (5:58) (16/9) – based on David Coleman’s June’84 recording
Around The World In A Day #2 (5:17) – based on David Coleman’s June ’84 recording
Around The World In A Day #3 (3:25)* - based on David Coleman’s June’84 recording
Our Destiny #2 (27-29/9) – overdubbing by Wendy & Lisa at Sunset Sound, string part used as segue between Pop Life and The Ladder on Around The World In A Day
Yes #1 (7:02) (8/10) (Prince/Eric Leeds) – originally entitled Lisa (different from 1980 track of same title)
Yes #2 (4:27)* - edit of #1
Sheila E.: The Belle Of St. Mark (Dance Remix) (7:43)* - tentative placing
The Time: The Bird (Remix/Dance Mix) (6:25)* - tentative placing
Sunset Sound, 9 October 1984
Condition Of The Heart (6:46)*
Eden Prairie Warehouse, October 1984
I Would Die 4 U (12” version) #1 (30:41) - recorded live with The Revolution and Sheila E & her band
I Would Die 4 U (12” version) #2 (10:20)* – edit of #1
Prince And The Revolution, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, 4 November 1984
I Would Die 4 U (Video Version) (4:31) – with Sheila E and members of her band
Baby I’m A Star (Video Version) #1 – with Sheila E and members of her band
Baby I’m A Star (Video Version) #2 (9:28) – edit of #1
Sheila E in Romance 1600, tour stops, early December 1984
Bedtime Story (3:45)*
Dear Michaelangelo (4:38)*
Fish Fries (Instrumental) (Prince/Sheila E.)
Small Grey Monkey (Instrumental)
Toy Box #1 (5:32)*
Toy Box #2 (Instrumental) (6:25)
Prince and The Revolution, St. Paul Civic Center, 23 December 1984
The Ladder (5:26)* - saxophone: Eddie Minnifield, background vocals: Susannah Melvoin & Taja Sevelle
Around The World In A Day, mobile truck, 24 December 1984 – album completed
Temptation #2 (8:21)* - closing dialogue is added
Sheila E in Romance 1600, tour stops, early January 1985
A Love Bizarre (12:18)* (Prince/Sheila E)
Sister Fate (3:50)*
Sister Fate (Instrumental) (3:39)*
Prince And The Revolution, The Summit, Houston, January 1985
Take Me With U (Video Version) (4:41)
Prince and The Revolution, New Orleans Superdome, 2 February 1985
4 The Tears In Your Eyes (2:45)*
Sheila E in Romance 1600, Sunset Sound, 5-13 February 1985 – album completed
Romance 1600 (3:56)* (5/2)
Yellow (2:11)* (8/2)
Feline #3
(Merci For The Speed Of A Mad Clown In Summer)
Sister Fate (Extended Version) (5:48)* - tentative placing
S.I.R., Los Angeles, April 1985
4 The Tears In Your Eyes (Video Version) (3:23)* - performed with Wendy & Lisa
Parade, Sunset Sound, 17-28 April 1985 – 1st album configuration 1 May 1985
Little Girl Wendy’s Parade #1 (2:09) (17/4) – backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
New Position #2 (17/4) – backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
I Wonder U #1 (1:38) (17/4) – backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
Under The Cherry Moon (2:57)* (17/4) – backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
Others Here With Us (2:42) (20/4)
Tibet (Instrumental) (20/4)
Old Friends 4 Sale #1 (3:33) (20/4)
Sometimes It Snows In April (6:50)* (21/4) – with Wendy & Lisa
Life Can Be So Nice (3:12)* (21/4)
Evolsidog #1 (23/4)
Sheila E: Holly Rock #1 (Extended Version) (6:37)* (24/4)
Sheila E: Holly Rock #2 (4:56)* - edit of #1
Kiss #1 (1:18) – bootlegged as Kiss (Acoustic Blues)
Mazarati: Kiss #2 (4:05)
Kiss #3 (Instrumental Version) (4:25)
Kiss #4 (3:45)* (28/4) – single version
Kiss #5 (3:38)* - album version
All My Dreams #1 (7:15) (28/4) – backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
Wendy’s Paradise – not in DMSR’s sessionography or Turn It Up 2.0, tentative placing
Sunset Sound, early May 1985
Velvet Kitty Cat #3
All Day, All Night #2 (5:54)
Mazarati, early May 1985
Jerk Out #2 (6:57)
100 MPH #2 (7:22)*
100 MPH (Extended Version) (7:23) – tentative placing
Strawberry Lover (5:30)* (Brownmark/Prince)
I Guess It’s All Over (4:56)* (Brownmark/Prince)
Suzie Lovelace (5:18) (Brownmark)
Jill Jones, Sunset Sound, 10 May – 2 June 1985
My Man (3:15)* (10/5)
Paisley Park (Remix) (6:56)* - tentative placing
Raspberry Beret (New Mix) (6:38)* - tentative placing
Hello (6:38)* (24/5)
Stella And Charles (26/5)
Come Elektra Tuesday #1 (26/5) – lead vocal: Prince, backing vocals: Jill Jones
Heaven (7:07) (26/5)
Polka-Dot Tiger (Instrumental) (28/5)
Drawers (Instrumental) (3:41)* (29/5) (Prince/Eric Leeds) – released as Little Rock on Eric Leeds: Times Squared in 1991
Married Man (29/5)
Killin’ At The Soda Shop #1 (29/5)
Zebra With The Blonde Hair (Instrumental) (29/5)
For Love (4:27)* (30/5) – saxophone: Eric Leeds, drums: Jellybean Johnson, bass: Paul Peterson
Living Doll (2/6)
Wendy & Lisa overdubs, Sunset Sound, June 1985
Teacher, Teacher #2 (3:05) – backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
Strange Relationship #2 (4:24) – tambourine & congas: Lisa, sitar & wooden flute: Wendy
Parade, Eden Prairie Warehouse, 8-9 July 1985
Girls & Boys #1 (5:41) (8/7)* - with Wendy, Lisa, Susannah, Sheila E & Marie France
Girls & Boys #2 (5:30)* - edit of #1
Love Or $ #1 (4:10) – with Wendy & Lisa
Parade, home studio, 10 July 1985
Neon Telephone #1 (10/7)
Parade, Eden Prairie Warehouse, 14-25 July 1985
Do U Lie? (2:43)* (14/7) – drums: Jonathan Melvoin, backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
God Is Everywhere (mid-July) – piano-based ballad, gospel style choir: Wendy & Lisa, mixed 26/9 by Susan Rogers
Alexa De Paris (4:54)* (July) – drums: Sheila E
Venus De Milo (1:54)* (July) – drums: Sheila E
Pop Life (Extended) (9:10)* – tentative placing
Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:20)* - remixed by Sheila E., tentative placing
The Screams Of Passion (Extended Version) (6:48)* - tentative placing
(U Got The) Good Drawers (25/7) – saxophone: Eric Leeds, keyboards: Susannah, drums: H.B. Bennett
Home Studio, late July 1985
The Question Of U #1
Eden Prairie Warehouse, late July – mid August 1985
Call Of The Wild (late July)
Yah, U Know #2
Splash #1 (1/8)
Empty Room #1 (4/8) – recorded live with The Revolution
Sexual Suicide #1 (3:33) (10/8) – horns: Eric Leeds
Go #1 (August) – recorded with Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman
Jill Jones, Eden Prairie Warehouse, summer 1985
G-Spot #2 (4:30)*
Baby, You’re A Trip #2
11 Minutes – tentative placing, not in DMSR’s sessionography
No Call U #2 – tentative placing
My Baby Knows How To Love Me #2 – tentative placing
There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool #4 – tentative placing
My Sex (August)
Clare Fischer, August 1985
Killin’ At The Soda Shop #2
My Baby Knows How To Love Me #3
I Wonder U #2 (1:30) – tentative placing
I Wonder U #3 (1:38) – tentative placing
Old Friends 4 Sale #2 (3:30) – tentative placing
October 1985
The Family: High Fashion (12” Version)
Prince And The Revolution, Thétre de Verdure, Nice, 27 October 1985
America (Video Version) (9:45)
Wendy & Lisa overdubs, Advision Studios, London, late October – early November 1985
New Position #2 (2:21)*
I Wonder U #4 (1:40)* - tentative placing
Sexual Suicide #2 (3:39)* – backing vocals: Wendy Melvoin, horns: Eric Leeds
It’s For You (Instrumental)
Instrumental #1 (Mountains)
Parade, Eden Prairie Warehouse, 30 November – 16 December 1985
Mountains #2 (3:58)* (30/11) – with the expanded Revolution
An Honest Man #1 (Instrumental) (4:21) (30/11)
An Honest Man #2 (Vocal) – tentative placing
An Honest Man #3 (1:13)* - edit of #2
Christopher Tracy’s Parade #2 (2:11)* (previously “Little Girl Wendy’s Parade”) – tentative placing
Sunset Sound, 16-26 December 1985 – Parade album completed
Anotherloverholenyohead (3:58)* (16/12)
Sheila E: Love On A Blue Train #1 (17/12) (Prince/Sheila E)
Dream Factory #1 (3:07)* (December) – backing vocals: Wendy, Lisa & Susannah
She Pony (December)
Eternity #1 (3:56) (December) – offered to George Clinton’s Vanessa Williams-project
A Couple Of Miles (Instrumental) #1 (ca.5:00) (26/12) – tenor & baritone sax added by Eric Leeds 30/12
Can I Play With U? (4:09) (26/12) – saxophone: Eric Leeds, offered to Miles Davis
Four-hour Paisley Jam, Sunset Sound, 28 December 1985
- guitar & piano: Prince, drums: Sheila E, bass: Levi Seacer, Jr., saxophone: Eric Leeds
Slaughterhouse #1 (8:07) - mid-tempo funk groove
Slaughterhouse #2 (1:47) - tentative placing
U Just Can’t Stop (8:01) - uptempo funk jam. Flute overdub: Eric Leeds
Run Amok (6:00) - shuffling rock groove
Mobile (6:20)
Madrid #1 (9:15) – part of the melody re-used on Andorra
Madrid #2 (6:56) - edit of #1
Breathless (6:47) – slow airy number. Sax and flute: Eric Leeds. Remixed 4/10-‘88
High Calonic (10:13) - slow funk number
12 Keys (The Question Of U Instrumental) (6:30)
Sunset Sound, 30 December 1985
- guitar & piano: Prince, drums: Sheila E, bass: Levi Seacer, Jr., saxophone: Eric Leeds
U Gotta Shake Something #1
Voodoo Who (5:29) – slow bluesy number. Prince sings Sade’s Is It A Crime midway through
Finest Whiskey - slow blues number
A Couple Of Miles #2 (Instrumental) (4:30) – tenor & baritone saxophone: Eric Leeds
Seven-hour Everybody’s Jam, Sunset Sound, 5 January 1986
- drums: Prince, percussion: Sheila E & Jonathan Melvoin, bass: Levi Seacer, Jr., saxophone: Eric Leeds, guitar & bass: Wendy Melvoin, piano: Lisa Coleman
Groove In C Minor (8:00) - funky groove
Slow Groove In G Major (9:53)
Groove In G Flat Minor (13:00) - really fast groove
Junk Music #1 (45:00)
Up From Below
Y’All Want Some More?
For Love #1 (about 28 minutes) – tentative placing
Jill Jones, 8 January 1986
Jill Jones: Too Rough #4 (previously “Rough”) – saxophone: Eric Leeds, offered to Joyce Kennedy
Sunset Sound, 12-22 January 1986 – The Flesh album completed 22 January
Last Heart (3:01)* (12/1) – saxophone: Eric Leeds, backing vocals: Susannah Melvoin
Conversation Piece (12/1) – saxophone: Eric Leeds
Kiss (Extended Version) #1 (7:16)* (14-16/1)
Kiss (Extended Version) #2
Love Or $ #2 (6:50)* - tentative placing
Evolsidog #2
Splash #2 (4:04) – available from NPGMC
Neon Telephone #2 (3:50)
Go #2 (excerpt 1:07) – bootlegged as Leave Me Alone
Roadhouse Garden #2
Wonderful Ass #2 (10:01) – reworked by Wendy & Lisa
Wonderful Ass #3 (6:16) – edit of #2
Incidental music for Under The Cherry Moon
Junk Music #2 (ca.20:00) – edit of #1
U Gotta Shake Something #2 (15:19)
Jill Jones, Sunset Sound, 28-31 January 1986
Mia Bocca #3 (7:21)*
All Day, All Night #3
Baby, You’re A Trip #3 (5:23)*
Jill Jones: With You (4:00)* (late January) – previously released
It’s A Wonderful Day (3:40) (30/1) – backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
John L. Nelson, Sunset Sound, 9 February 1986
Duet With Dad
Jill Jones, Sunset Sound, 17 February – 1 March 1986 – 1st album configuration 22 February
Euphoria Highway (Instrumental) (2:04) (17/2) – offered to George Clinton’s Vanessa Williams-project
Sunset Sound, 11 March 1986
Fun Love #2
Twosday
Home studio, 15-19 March 1986
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (4:04)* (15/3)
And How #1 (19/3)
Power Fantastic Intro (1:24) – bootlegged as Miles Ahead
Power Fantastic (4:45)* (Prince/Wendy & Lisa) (19/3) – based on piano piece Carousel by Wendy & Lisa, vocals: Prince, bass: Wendy, piano: Lisa, drums: Bobby Z, flute: Eric Leeds, trumpet: Matt Blistan
Power Fantastic (incl. Intro) (6:10)
Prince and The Revolution, Eden Prairie Warehouse, 20 March 1986
And That Says What? (Funky Instrumental) (Prince/The Revolution)
Sheila E, Sunset Sound, 22-26 March 1986
Boy’s Club #1 (23/3) (Prince/Sheila E)
Love And Sex (25/3) – different from 1984 track of same title
Mountains (Extended Version) (9:52)* (late March)
Home studio, late March – early April 1986
Witness 4 The Prosecution #1 (3:57)
Movie Star #1 (4:07) – party girl: Susannah Melvoin, segued with
A Place In Heaven #1 (2:49)
Sheila E, Sunset Sound, April 1986
(Soul Salsa*)
(Hon E Man*)
(Wednesday Like A River*)
(Grease)
Wendy & Lisa, Susannah, Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan overdubs, 15 April 1986
Witness 4 The Prosecution #2 (3:57) – organ: Lisa, sax: Eric, percussion & backing vocals: Wendy, Lisa & Susannah
Movie Star #2 (4:19) – party girl: Susannah Melvoin, segued with
A Place In Heaven #2 (2:49) – lead vocal: Lisa Coleman
Visions (Instrumental) (2:11) (Lisa Coleman) – an edit released as Minneapolis #1 by Wendy & Lisa in 1990
Home studio, mid – late April 1986 – 1st configuration of Dream Factory late April
Crystal Ball #1 (9:55) (17/4) – backing vocals: Susannah, spoken segment: Wendy & Lisa
Starfish And Coffee #1 (2:45) (Prince/Susannah Melvoin) (17/4) – no clock alarm, backing vocals: Susannah
Big Tall Wall #1 (5:50) (April)
Sunset Sound, 3-11 May 1986
Get On Up (4:32) (Gilbert Moorer/Sheppard) (3/5) – cover of The Esquires, with Wendy & Lisa, Sheila E, Levi Seacer, Jr., Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan
In A Large Room With No Light (3:11) (4/5) – drums: Sheila E, bass: Levi, guitar: Wendy, keyboards: Lisa, alto sax: Norbert Stachel, tenor sax: Eric Leeds, trumpet: Matt Blistan, backing vocals: Susannah
Get On Up (12” Version) (5/5)
Anotherloverholenyohead (Extended Version) (7:56)* - tentative placing
If I Could Get Your Attention #1 (10/5)
Frustration (10/5)
It (5:10)* (11/5)
Boy U Bad (11/5)
Interlude (Instrumental) (0:58) (Wendy Melvoin) (May)
You’re My Love #2 (May) – with Clare Fischer, re-recorded & released by Kenny Rogers in 1986
Prince and The Revolution, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, 23 May 1986
Song In C (ca.6:00) - incl. chants from Holly Rock and George Clinton’s Mix-Master Suite
Sheila E, Sunset Sound, 26-29 May 1986
Pride And The Passion (4:05)* (26/5) (Prince/Sheila E)
Dream Factory, 3 June 1986 – 2nd configuration made, double-album
Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A (0:52) – tentative placing
Dream Factory # 2 (3:27) – a few seconds of music at the end are different from the released version, tentative placing
Home studio, 4 June 1986
Slow Love #1 (Prince/Carole Davis) – guitar: Wendy, horns: Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan, backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
Yah, U Know #3 – saxophone: Eric Leeds
Sunset Sound, 12 June 1986
Baby Go-Go #1 (3:28)
Prince and The Revolution, Eden Prairie Warehouse, 17-18 June 1986
Data Bank #1 (8:30) (17/6)
Data Bank #2 (7:15) – edit of #1
Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got #2 (2:08) (17/6) – segued with
We Can Funk #2 (5:25) (17/6) – previously We Can Fuck
Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got #3 (2:07) – different mix, segued with
We Can Funk #3 (5:45) – different mix
Girl O’ My Dreams #2 (1:26) (18/6)
Girl O’ My Dreams #3 (1:25) – different mix, re-recorded and released by T.C. Ellis in 1991
We Can Funk #4 (5:56 – incl. 0:10 segue from Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got) – a bit slower, polished mix
Home studio, 7-9 July 1986
Train #1 (4:18) (7/7)
Egg Plant (8/7) – backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
It Ain’t Over ‘Til The Fat Lady Sings #1 (Instrumental w/reggae interlude) #1 (9/7) – with Wendy & Lisa, horns: Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan
Clare Fischer, July 1986
Splash #3
Slow Love #2 (4:18)* (Prince/Carole Davis) - tentative placing
Dream Factory, Sunset Sound, 12-18 July 1986 – double-album completed 18 July
The Cross (4:46)* (13/7)
Everybody Want What They Don’t Got (13/7) – backing vocals: Wendy & Lisa
Sign O’ The Times #1 (3:40) (15/7) –segued with
Crystal Ball #2 (9:28) – edit of #1, still with spoken segment
A Place In Heaven #3 (2:43) – lead vocal: Lisa Coleman
Blanche (15/7)
Joy In Repetition #1 (17/7) (5:30)
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man #2 (6:50) – tentative placing
Prince and The Revolution, rehearsal, Eden Prairie Warehouse, 22 July 1986
Life Can Be So Nice (0:47)
Soul Psychodelicide #1/Ice Cream Castles (59:34) – different from 1989 track of same title
Around The World In A Day (2:04)
Christopher Tracy’s Parade (3:03)
New Position (2:10)
I Wonder U (3:17)
Raspberry Beret (2:29)
Delirious (1:08)
Controversy (2:37)
Mutiny (2:10)
Home studio, 22 July – 8 August 1986
Instrumental (2:22)* (22/7) (Prince/Eric Leeds) – released as Easy Does It on Eric Leeds: Times Squared in 1991
The Ball #1 (26/7) – horns & party voices: Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan, party voices: Greg Brooks & Wally Safford
Adonis And Batsheeba (27/7) – saxophone: Eric Leeds
All My Dreams #2 (5/8)
Hot Thing (5:39)* (6/8)
Forever In My Life (3:38)* (7/8)
Make Your Mama Happy (4:00)* (8/8)
Clare Fischer, August 1986
Fun Love #2
It Ain’t Over ‘Til The Fat Lady Sings #2 (18/8)
Prince and The Revolution, Paris, 25 August 1986
Coco Boys #1 – recorded at the soundcheck
Susannah’s Blues (Instrumental) – recorded at the soundcheck
It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night #1 (Prince/Dr. Fink/Eric Leeds) – recorded at the concert
Sheila E, home studio, September 1986
Koo Koo (3:24)* (Prince/Sheila E)
One Day (I’m Gonna Make You Mine) #1 (Prince/Sheila E)
The Dawn, Home studio, 13 September – 1 October 1986
Crucial #1 (7:16) (13/9) – sax: Eric Leeds
Crucial #2 (7:23) – guitar version
Crucial #3 (5:06)* - tentative placing
Coco Boys #2 (14/9)
Shockadelica (6:12)* (16/9)
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? #5 (6:15) (17/9) – offered to Michael Jackson
When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes (mid-September)
Superfunkycalifragisexy #1 (7:27)
Superfunkycalifragisexy #2 (5:55)* - edit of #1
Superfunkycalifragisexy (Instrumental) (3:33) – probably another edit of #1, tentative placing
Madhouse, home studio, 28 September – 1 October 1986
One (7:16)* (28/9)
Two (5:31)* (28/9)
Baby Doll House (28/9) – sampled voice: Susannah Melvoin
Three (3:16)* (29/9)
Four (2:24)* (29/9)
Five (1:15)* (29/9)
Seven (4:09)* (30/9)
Six (4:28)* (30/9)
Eight (10:05)* (1/10)
Sunset Sound, 5-7 October 1986
Rescue Me (Raynard Miner/Carl Smith) (5/10) – cover of Fontella Bass, for Dolly Parton
Witness For The Prosecution #3 (4:53) (6/10)
Deborah Allen: Telepathy (5:11)* (7/10)
Madhouse, Sunset Sound, 8 October 1986 – album completed 9 October
Six And ½ (2:36)* (8/10) (Eric Leeds)
Nine (8/10) – different from 1987 track of same title
Jill Jones, Sunset Sound, 11 October 1986
Violet Blue (4:24)*
Sunset Sound, 16-18 October 1986
Emotional Pump (16/10) – for Joni Mitchell
Housequake (4:38)* (18/10) – saxophone: Eric Leeds, trumpet: Matt Blistan, party voices: Coke Johnson, Gilbert Davison, Todd Hermann, Mike S., Brad M. & The Penguin
Sheila E, Sunset Sound, mid October 1986 – 1st album configuration 21 October
One Day (I’m Gonna Make You Mine) #2 (4:47)* (Prince/Sheila E)
Boy’s Club #2 (3:56)* (Prince/Sheila E)
Love On A Blue Train #2 (7:40)* (Prince/Sheila E) - only released in Japan
Love On A Blue Train #3 (5:25)* (Prince/Sheila E) - edit of #2
Madhouse, Sunset Sound, 22 October 1986
Six (End Of The World Mix) (6:11)*
Camille, Sunset Sound, 27 October – 5 November 1986 – album completed 5 November
Feel U Up #2 (6:30)* (27/10) – horns: Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan
Rebirth Of The Flesh #1 (4:48) (28/10) – horns: Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan
Rockhard In A Funky Place (4:31)* (28/10) – horns: Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan, backing vocals: Susannah
Good Love (5:11)* (30/10) – backing vocals: Susannah & Jill Jones
If I Was Your Girlfriend #1 (4:45) (2/11) – no wedding intro
Strange Relationship #3 (4:04)* (4/11) – remix of #2
Jill Jones, Sunset Sound, 10-14 November 1986 – 2nd album configuration 12 November
All Day, All Night #4 (5:41)*
Come Elektra Tuesday #2
Yo Mister #1 (11/11)
Crystal Ball, Sunset Sound, 15-30 November 1986 – album completed 30 November
Cosmic Day (excerpt) (1:05) (15/11)
Adore (6:29)* (19/11) – horns: Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan
Play In The Sunshine #1 (22/11) – backing vocals: Susannah
It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night #2 (22-23/11) – percussion: Sheila E, horns: Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan, backing vocals: Susannah & Jill Jones
Sheila E: Transmississippirap (26/11) – The Table And The Chair (Edward Lear)
It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night #3 (8:59)* (28/11) - incorporates Transmississippirap
Rebirth Of The Flesh #2 (4:57) – horns: Eric Leeds & Matt Blistan, segued with
Play In The Sunshine #2 (5:06) – backing vocals: Susannah, with gunshots
Crystal Ball #3 (11:10) – tentative placing, backing vocals: Susannah, spoken segment: Wendy & Lisa
If I Was Your Girlfriend#2 (4:54)*
The Ball #2 (4:35) – segued with
Joy In Repetition #2 (5:08)
Crystal Ball #4 (10:28)*
Sunset Sound, 7-26 December 1986
Bob George (5:36)* (7/12)
Walkin’ In Glory (7/12)
2 Nigs United 4 West Compton #1 (9/12)
Le Grind #1 (10/12)
U Got The Look #1 (21/12)
U Got The Look #2 (3:58)* (21/12)
Pony Ride (26/12) [Edited 11/3/09 6:04am]
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