what's your favorite song on either albums?....they had 2 albums....mine was "she's just that kind of lady" and "I guess it's all over".....any opinions?

Their first album is great. Brown Mark and Prince. Player's Ball and Strawberry Lover r my favorites. I seen Mazarati at The Palace in Hollywood. First time I met Andre Cymone. Mazarati was my fave act on Paisley Park.

really?....well,i'm a big fan of theirs,i have both albums,but i never got 2 see them live(would have luv 2).....i also agree w/blackguitarist,they were the best on paisley,i have them in concert on tape live!

i used to listen to the album quite often (obviously when i was younger)

my favorite :

Strawberry love (forgive i may not remember most of the songs it has been so long and the album is long lost)

100 miles definately my fav.


someone has to list the songs and i will remember.

100 MPH and I guess it's all over!!!

purplerainman said:

those are my two favorite songs too! "She's Just That Kinda Lady" sounds very Time-like,and you can easily imagine Morris Day singing those lyrics."I Guess It's All Over" is a killer slow jam.

here is the songlist of the album: Player's Ball,Lonely girl on Bourbon Street,100mph,She's just that kinda lady,Stroke,Suzy,Strawberry lover and I Guess it's all over....

Their second album on Motown is pretty hard to find. I remember seeing two promo 12" singles for "Saga Of A Man" and "Woman Thang" at the time, but since Prince was no longer involved I wasn't really that interested. Wasn't Bernadette Cooper (Klymaxx) associated with the second LP?

purplerainman said:

The b-side to the "100mph" single, "Don't Leave Me Baby" isn't bad either. I've heard there was another non-album track on the b-side to the "Stroke" promo 45, but I've never heard it.

purplerainman said:

yep yep thank you my favorite was the Bourbon Street one, strawberry lover.

thank you thank you thank you

sextonseven said:

I have it, it's buried away with my other 45's. It's called "Wednesday Champagne" or some shit like that. It's a instrumental. It's cool, Brown Mark solos on his bass.

blackguitaristz said:

Oh,man!!I didn't know about any b-sides!!Man,you gotta get us all copies!!!

I like thsi whole album,but strawberry lover,guess it's all over,players ball,100 mph,and the jammin' stroke are standouts!!

well,i have both albums...as well as a huge poster of them,that b-side was called"Champagne Saturday"....

HEY HEY HEY
what's this BOTH ALBUMS talk???


I of course have the self-titled album that came out in '86.
in addition to loving that "majestic" guitar riff that opens the album & 100 MPH,

there is of course She's Just That Kind Of Lady & Stroke
both I love mainly because of their VERY FUNKY bass lines;

Strawberry Lover rocks, even though the singing almost.. lowers the quality of the song;

I prefer the 12" version of Player's Ball (which I have) to the album version;
100 MPH is solid too.


now WHEN did they release a 2nd album? is it available on cd? is it worth getting?

I love their first album, all of it.Plus the B-sides & remixes.Couldn't get into the 2nd album.They did some Stones covers I think which were awful. Ironically , their outtake version of Kiss isn't that great, IMHO.

I saw them @ Bogarts in Cincinnati,Ohio in 1986,They rocked!!!They're encore of "America"rivaled the version Prince and The Revolution did in France for the video!Totally BADASS!!!

hard to pick a favorite. That was a great album. I love on the live version of 100MPH where they get to the bass line from Cool and they really break it down and jam on it

Hi @ All,

I'm cleaning up my harddisc just now and - what a coincidence - listened to the Mazarati stuff just a few hours ago. Here are some additional infos about the album(s):

Mazarati @ Paisley Park Records
01. Player's ball (4:42)
02. Lonely girl on Bourbon Street (4:46)
03. 100MPH (7:22)
04. She's just that kind of lady (3:46)
05. Stroke (4:34)
06. Suzy (4:30)
07. Strawberry lover (5:26)
08. I guess it's all over (4:56)

Mazarati 2 @ Motown Records
01. Words (4:31)
02. The saga of a man (5:22)
03. The woman thang (5:25)
04. Something's going on (3:28)
05. Seduction (4:17)
06. Up all night (4:23)
07. Don't leave me baby (4:10)
08. Betcha (3:44)
09. One girl (4:01)

Mazarati: The Lost Tape (Unreleased)
01. Little Mazarati (4:15)
02. This is groovy (4:47)
03. Aggravation (3:32)
04. Infatuation (4:29)
05. Come together (3:12)
06. Satisfaction (3:39)
07. Listen to me (3:25)
08. Candy sweet (2:53)

Peace

Hey,purplemusiccologne.....if u can,can u make me a copy of that lost tape,i'm a huge fan!!!

Wow! I didn't know about anything but the first album.Damn!Where was the internet when I needed it back then???

Hi @ all again,

I also found a little text file on my HD where I stored a - kind of - discography of Mazarati. I don't know if it really include all their records, but I think it's nearly complete. Except of "Don't leave me baby" I have all that stuff as MP3. I will check out if I can upload the songs somwhere for you - but please give me a few days.

And here's the "Discography":

MAZARATI

(Commercial Vinyl Album, 1986, Paisley Park, USA 1-25368)
(Commercial Compact Disc, 1989, Warner-Pioneer, JAP WPCP-3707)
1. Players' ball (4:40)
2. Lonely girl on Bourbon Street (4:46)
3. 100 MPH (7:23)
4. She's just that kind of lady (4:31)
5. Stroke (4:30)
6. Suzy (4:28)
7. Strawberry lover (5:30)
8. I guess it's all over (4:56)

1st Single: Player's ball

(Promotional 7inch, 1986, Paisley Park, USA 7-28759-a)
1. Players' ball (4:40)
2. Players' ball (4:40)

(Commercial 7inch, 1986, Paisley Park, USA 7-28759)
1. Players' ball (4:40)
2. I Guess it's all over (4:56)

(Commercial 12inch, 1986, Paisley Park, USA 0-20438)
1. Players' ball (extended version) (8:10)
2. I guess it's all over (4:56)

2nd Single: 100 MPH

(Promotional 7inch, 1985, Paisley Park, USA ???)
1. 100 MPH (single edit) (3:09)
2. 100 MPH (single edit) (3:09)

(Commercial 7inch, 1985, Paisley Park, USA 7-28705)
1. 100 MPH (single edit) (3:09)
2. Don't leave me baby (??)

(Promotional 12inch, 1985, Paisley Park, USA PRO-A-2392)
(No commercial 12inch released worldwide !!)
1. 100 MPH (7:23)
2. 100 MPH (single edit) (3:09)

3rd Single: Stroke

(Commercial 7inch, 1986, Paisley Park, USA 7-28606)
1. Stroke (edit) (4:06)
2. Champagne saturday (instrumental) (4:06)

(Promotional 12inch, 1986, Paisley Park, USA PRO-A-2546)
(No commercial 12inch released worldwide !!)
1. Stroke (4:30)
2. Stroke (edit) (4:06)

2

(Commercial Vinyl Album, 1989, Motown Records, CAN MOT-6266)
(Commercial Compact Disc, 1989, Motown Records, CAN MOTD-6266)
(No commercial album released in the USA !!)
1. Words (4:31)
2. The saga of a man (5:22)
3. The woman thang (5:25)
4. Something's going on (3:28)
5. Seduction (4:17)
6. Up all night (4:23)
7. Don't leave me baby (4:10)
8. Betcha (3:44)
9. One girl (4:01)

1st Single: The saga of a man

(Promotional 12inch, 1989, Motown Records, USA L33-17758)
(Commercial 12inch, 1989, Motown Records, USA MOT-4630)
1. The saga of a man (extended version) (6:30)
2. The saga of a man (7inch mix) (4:02)
3. The saga of a man (radio edit) (4:54)

2nd Single: The woman thang

(Promotional 12inch, 1989, Motown Records, USA L33-17866)
(No commercial 12inch released worldwide !!)
1. The woman thang (7inch edit) (4:34)
2. The woman thang (dance mix) (7:23)
3. The woman thang (thang mix) (4:10)
4. The woman thang (instrumental) (4:20)

DEMOS & OUTTAKES

(Previously unreleased, various sources and quality)
1. Jerk out (Demo) (7:05)
2. Kiss (Demo) (4:01)
3. Aggravation (Outtake) (3:32)
4. Candy sweet (Outtake) (2:53)
5. Come together (Outtake) (3:12)
6. Infatuation (Outtake) (4:29)
7. Listen to me (Outtake) (3:25)
8. Little Mazarati (Outtake) (4:15)
9. Satisfaction (Outtake) (3:39)
10. This is groovy (Outtake) (4:47)

Peace

Note: My homepage is offline 'til July 1st, 2004 !!!

purplerainman said:

I love Strawberry Lover the best, but then "Player's Ball" and "100 mph".

I've never heard their second album. Was that one on Motown or some other label?

In late 1986,BrownMark left the Prince camp and he signed a recording contract with Motown Records.As part of the deal,he was able to bring Mazarati with him.He wrote and produced a second album for them titled 'Mazarati II' and it was released in 1989 on Motown Records.The album was a commercial flop (which is why most of y'all didn't even know it existed,lol) and Mazarati was never heard from again.

So far, I've read one review on this thread that said Mazarati's second album isn't so good. What do the other people that have heard it think? How much involvement did Brownmark have with it? Is it worth tracking down?

Is the B-side of 100MPH, "Don't Leave Me Baby" the same song or version as the one on the Mazarati 2 album?

jujubeans said:

Yes, it is (exactly) the same song. I wonder about that, because I've never heared before that a b-side was later released as a regular album track again. That's really unique I think.

PS: I encoded the songs in 160k Stereo MP3 and started uploading all the stuff for you (about 200 MB). I will post the link when the page is ready.

Peace

Note: My homepage is offline 'til July 1st, 2004 !!!

sextonseven said:

I've never heard the second Mazarati album,but I doubt that it's any good.BrownMark released his own second album around the same time,and it was crap.He had great potential as a producer,but I think he "lost" something when he left the Prince camp.

blackguitaristz said:

Its an instrumental called Champange Saturday. I have the 45 single

PurpleMusicCologne said:

What about "Call The Law"?