* Apollonia 6 album photos removed *

There will be an Apollonia 6 era thread soon.

This one is specifically about the Vanity 6 period

Thx

-Of4$

violetcrush said:

SoulAlive said:

the artwork from Brenda Bennett's unreleased late-80s solo album

This was an album cover I designed for Brenda Bennett at her request when she was to do a solo album in the late 80's...she went to London, but the project was scrapped at some point. My friend George was a close friend of Brenda's before her career with Prince.

Brenda Bennett is a singer from Boston, Massachusetts, USA that married Prince set designer Roy Bennett, and became Prince's wardrobe mistress. Prince gave her a "tough-girl, cigarette smoking" persona and Brenda became a member of Vanity 6 in 1982, then Apollonia 6 in 1984. She also had a part in the film Purple Rain......Cynthia-Blair (artist)

That's a great cover! Very 80's, but would have been cool back then. Prince should have finished her solo album. She had the best voice of the girls in the group.

I agree,she deserved a solo deal.Great voice!

"Sex Shooter" by Vanity 6 (1983)

I really like this early version of "Sex Shooter" with Vanity what do you guys think?

SoulAlive said:

"Sex Shooter" by Vanity 6 (1983)

I really like this early version of "Sex Shooter" with Vanity what do you guys think?

I just listened to the YT video that is supposedly Vanity singing with the group, but it's hard to tell. The speaking voice at the end sounds like Vanity. Also, the info on that post states that Vanity recorded the original in Novermber 1983, but she was gone by that point. She left the camp August '83. Unless, the date of the original recording was wrong, and it was recorded prior to August '83....

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SoulAlive said:

"Sex Shooter" by Vanity 6 (1983)

I really like this early version of "Sex Shooter" with Vanity what do you guys think?

Oh this version kills the Apollonia 6 version

raw, wild and you can hear Vanity in control

SoulAlive said:

"Sex Shooter" by Vanity 6 (1983)

I really like this early version of "Sex Shooter" with Vanity what do you guys think?

did he change the lyrics from " come on play with my erection"

OldFriends4Sale said:

SoulAlive said:

I really like this early version of "Sex Shooter" with Vanity what do you guys think?

Oh this version kills the Apollonia 6 version

raw, wild and you can hear Vanity in control

Yeah,Vanity has that raw 'nasty' attitude and it seems so genuine it's convincing.

as soon as I get undressed,y'all clap yo hands,ok?

violetcrush said:

SoulAlive said:

I really like this early version of "Sex Shooter" with Vanity what do you guys think?

I just listened to the YT video that is supposedly Vanity singing with the group, but it's hard to tell. The speaking voice at the end sounds like Vanity. Also, the info on that post states that Vanity recorded the original in Novermber 1983, but she was gone by that point. She left the camp August '83. Unless, the date of the original recording was wrong, and it was recorded prior to August '83....

yeah,that info is wrong.I believe that this version of "Sex Shooter" was recorded in the spring of '83.

Basic tracking took place on 30 April 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the same day as Promise To Be True, and the track was originally planned for a second album by Vanity 6. It is unclear however if Vanity cut vocals for the song on this day or at a later occasion. When Vanity decided not to participate in the Purple Rain movie and left the group and, Prince restructured the group as Apollonia 6, after casting Apollonia for the project in September or October 1983. New lead vocals were recorded by her and Prince worked on the track further in October and November....(PrinceVault)

SoulAlive said:

violetcrush said:

I just listened to the YT video that is supposedly Vanity singing with the group, but it's hard to tell. The speaking voice at the end sounds like Vanity. Also, the info on that post states that Vanity recorded the original in Novermber 1983, but she was gone by that point. She left the camp August '83. Unless, the date of the original recording was wrong, and it was recorded prior to August '83....

yeah,that info is wrong.I believe that this version of "Sex Shooter" was recorded in the spring of '83.

Basic tracking took place on 30 April 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the same day as Promise To Be True, and the track was originally planned for a second album by Vanity 6. It is unclear however if Vanity cut vocals for the song on this day or at a later occasion. When Vanity decided not to participate in the Purple Rain movie and left the group and, Prince restructured the group as Apollonia 6, after casting Apollonia for the project in September or October 1983. New lead vocals were recorded by her and Prince worked on the track further in October and November....(PrinceVault)

Ahhh, that makes sense. He definitely made it more light and "campy" with Appollonia rather than overly sexual, which ended up fitting the film, because she played a sweeter character than was originally planned with Vanity.

violetcrush said:

SoulAlive said:

yeah,that info is wrong.I believe that this version of "Sex Shooter" was recorded in the spring of '83.

Basic tracking took place on 30 April 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the same day as Promise To Be True, and the track was originally planned for a second album by Vanity 6. It is unclear however if Vanity cut vocals for the song on this day or at a later occasion. When Vanity decided not to participate in the Purple Rain movie and left the group and, Prince restructured the group as Apollonia 6, after casting Apollonia for the project in September or October 1983. New lead vocals were recorded by her and Prince worked on the track further in October and November....(PrinceVault)

Ahhh, that makes sense. He definitely made it more light and "campy" with Appollonia rather than overly sexual, which ended up fitting the film, because she played a sweeter character than was originally planned with Vanity.

I think that,if Vanity had stayed,the second Vanity 6 album would have been outrageous.....even more provocative and more sexual than the first one.Songs like "Vibrator" and "G-Spot" likely would have appeared on it.

SoulAlive said:

violetcrush said:

Ahhh, that makes sense. He definitely made it more light and "campy" with Appollonia rather than overly sexual, which ended up fitting the film, because she played a sweeter character than was originally planned with Vanity.

I think that,if Vanity had stayed,the second Vanity 6 album would have been outrageous.....even more provocative and more sexual than the first one.Songs like "Vibrator" and "G-Spot" likely would have appeared on it.

It's possible, although I feel that G-Spot is better with Prince on vocal, because it fits more with a man being frustrated that he can't find his woman's "G Spot" during sex. I didn't like Jill Jone's version of that song. I liked how Prince later added the vocals from Vibrator to the song Orgasm to describe his mutual masturbation experience with a woman he loves.

SoulAlive said:

violetcrush said:

Ahhh, that makes sense. He definitely made it more light and "campy" with Appollonia rather than overly sexual, which ended up fitting the film, because she played a sweeter character than was originally planned with Vanity.

I think that,if Vanity had stayed,the second Vanity 6 album would have been outrageous.....even more provocative and more sexual than the first one.Songs like "Vibrator" and "G-Spot" likely would have appeared on it.

A duet, a duet with Prince & Vanity would have been hot.

violetcrush said:

SoulAlive said:

I think that,if Vanity had stayed,the second Vanity 6 album would have been outrageous.....even more provocative and more sexual than the first one.Songs like "Vibrator" and "G-Spot" likely would have appeared on it.

It's possible, although I feel that G-Spot is better with Prince on vocal, because it fits more with a man being frustrated that he can't find his woman's "G Spot" during sex. I didn't like Jill Jone's version of that song. I liked how Prince later added the vocals from Vibrator to the song Orgasm to describe his mutual masturbation experience with a woman he loves.

but that would make it seem like Prince can't satisfy his woman during sex,and I don't think that's a message he wanted to send back then but his version is excellent.I like it much,much better than the Jill Jones version.

SoulAlive said:

violetcrush said:

It's possible, although I feel that G-Spot is better with Prince on vocal, because it fits more with a man being frustrated that he can't find his woman's "G Spot" during sex. I didn't like Jill Jone's version of that song. I liked how Prince later added the vocals from Vibrator to the song Orgasm to describe his mutual masturbation experience with a woman he loves.

but that would make it seem like Prince can't satisfy his woman during sex,and I don't think that's a message he wanted to send back then but his version is excellent.I like it much,much better than the Jill Jones version.

True! Ya know he is always satisfying his woman in his songs, so that wouldn't fly at any point in his life

*

Yes, I guess the intention was that his woman is frustrated because she's not able to reach orgasm during regular sex?

G-Spot is the second track on Jill Jones's first and only Paisley Park Records album Jill Jones, and within a few months of the album's release, G-Spot was released as the album's second single. Although Jill Jones shared official writing credits, the song was written solely by Prince.

Prince's original version contains Prince calling out "Maceo" for a solo and the line "I don't want no trash, gimme some of that popcorn" (taken from Mother Popcorn) - this is an homage to James Brown and saxophonist Maceo Parker, with whom Prince would work many years later (PrinceVault).

I had this crazy idea that the second Vanity 6 album would be a concept album of sorts...titled In Search Of The G-Spot

SIDE ONE---

Sex Shooter

Vibrator

G-Spot

has anyone ever heard the version of "G-Spot" with Vanity on lead vocals? I have the song "Vibrator" on a bootleg and as the song ends,I hear the beat of "G-Spot" but it cuts off before the vocals begin

SoulAlive said:

G-Spot is the second track on Jill Jones's first and only Paisley Park Records album Jill Jones, and within a few months of the album's release, G-Spot was released as the album's second single. Although Jill Jones shared official writing credits, the song was written solely by Prince.

While exact recording dates are not known, basic tracking for Prince's original version likely took place in May 1983, at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA. It was both considered for Vanity 6's sophomore albumas for Purple Rain and its title appears in versions of the script as late as October 1983. In the movie the song was to be performed by Prince. It was ultimately cut from the script before shooting commenced in November.

Both Vanity and Jill Jones cut lead vocals for it at the Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Vanity's version was presumably done in the spring of 1983 and Jill Jones's lead vocals were done sometime after Vanity was out of the picture, possibly later that same summer.

The song was ultimately mixed the song further on 30 January 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (on the same day as mixing With You, Mia Bocca and Baby, You're A Trip, and recording It's A Wonderful Day).

Prince's original version contains Prince calling out "Maceo" for a solo and the line "I don't want no trash, gimme some of that popcorn" (taken from Mother Popcorn) - this is an homage to James Brown and saxophonist Maceo Parker, with whom Prince would work many years later (PrinceVault).

I love this version with Vanity on background vocals

F is for frustration....I'm looking for what isn't really there

SoulAlive said:

has anyone ever heard the version of "G-Spot" with Vanity on lead vocals? I have the song "Vibrator" on a bootleg and as the song ends,I hear the beat of "G-Spot" but it cuts off before the vocals begin

Well I came across it while back on mixcloud (where I found alot of Prince protege stuff) and so I bookmarked it. However, on the next day, when I had the time to try to listen to it.....it got removed I've been ever since

[Edited 10/27/18 20:32pm]

OldFriends4Sale said:

iZsaZsa said:

OldFriends4Sale said: Loreen

Thank U

In order to recruit his stable of Hookers, Prince stayed even closer to home than he had for the Time. He drafted his personal assistant, Jamie Shoop, who then-engineer Don Batts described as “a good-looking blonde… kind of a ballsy woman in a man’s world” (Nilsen 1999 63). The other two spots were filled by his girlfriend at the time, Susan Moonsie, and her sister Loreen.

Oooh look at me I'm a cadillac
I'm a brand new convertible child
I've never been driven baby your the first
Come on baby drive me wild

Ooh, look at me, I’m a telephone
Whatever you want, just dial
Come on honey, please, it’s so easy
Do it baby, drive me wild

Come on baby do it, drive me wild
Do it baby, drive me wild
(repeat)

Oooh look at me I'm a radio
Call me up make a request
I'll do anything just name it
When I'm bad baby, I'm the best

Come on baby do it, drive me wild
Do it baby, drive me wild
(repeat)

Come on baby do it, drive me wild
Do it baby, drive me wild
(repeat)

Drive Me Wild is the third track on Vanity 6's first and only album Vanity 6, and, six weeks after the album's release, it was included as the b-side of Nasty Girl, the album's first single. In Spring 1983, Drive Me Wild was released as the album's fourth and final single.

While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in Summer 1981 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same time as Pizza and Jealous Girl. Make-Up, Wet Dream and I Need A Man are also thought to be from around this time).

Prince worked on the extended version for a 12" release during the week of 7-14 January 1983 (during the same sessions as the extended version of Little Red Corvette), five months after the album had been released, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California.

• Susan Moonsie - lead vocals
• Vanity - vocals (uncertain)
• Brenda Bennett - vocals (uncertain)
• Prince - all instruments (credited as The Time)

• David Leonard - assistant engineer (Sunset, 12" mix)
• Peggy McCreary - assistant engineer (Sunset, 12" mix)

-PrinceVault

Goddess4Real said:

SoulAlive said:

I love this version with Vanity on background vocals

I just hear Prince and Jill Jones.

HamsterHuey said:

Goddess4Real said:

I love this version with Vanity on background vocals

I just hear Prince and Jill Jones.

yeah that's Prince and Jill

I don't think we've heard the Vanity version

OldFriends4Sale said:

Who's the guy??

Vanity 6 interview (sometime in 1983)

"alot of your lyrics are real sexually explicit"