motherfunka said:

MikeyB71 said:

Seeing Prince on the PR tour must have been amazing, but to see Sheila too must have been a great bonus. I heard that she used to get audience members on stage and handcuff them to chairs and shit, very sexually charged shows. Those performances must have been influenced by Prince's live show during that time. Would you agree?

I saw the Purple Rain tour too. Sheila was amazing. The glow sticks, the skimpy outfits, the music! She would pull a male audience member up on stage and would tie him to a chair and sing to him. I'm almost positive it was to Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar. Janet Jackson did the same type thing years later. There's a video of The Belle Of St Mark running on a certain video site from the actual tour. Most probably know this too, but if not, there is a soundboard recording of Sheila's set from the last night of the Purple Rain tour in Miami.

Thanks, i will check out the video.

Yes i have the PR finale soundboard with Sheila's set, this was actually the very first bootleg that i obtained (back when i used to buy them).

Great show, and Prince's performance is not too bad either..

MikeyB71 said:

motherfunka said:

I saw the Purple Rain tour too. Sheila was amazing. The glow sticks, the skimpy outfits, the music! She would pull a male audience member up on stage and would tie him to a chair and sing to him. I'm almost positive it was to Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar. Janet Jackson did the same type thing years later. There's a video of The Belle Of St Mark running on a certain video site from the actual tour. Most probably know this too, but if not, there is a soundboard recording of Sheila's set from the last night of the Purple Rain tour in Miami.

Thanks, i will check out the video.

Yes i have the PR finale soundboard with Sheila's set, this was actually the very first bootleg that i obtained (back when i used to buy them).

Great show, and Prince's performance is not too bad either..

Yes, check it out. I just saw it recently and it brought back some great memories. Too bad the entire concert wasn't released. Sheila did several shows at Glam Slam and the Fine Line in the early to mid 90s. The shows were always great and she would hang out afterwards and was always very friendly and down to earth. I remember at one show, it was her, St Paul, Eric, and Jellybean and it was advertised as a Sheila E show, but they did a lot of the Family material with Sheila taking on Susannah's vocals. Very Cool!

On another note, everyone always talks about how Prince didn't tour the states with SOTT, but what about him not touring overseas with Purple Rain? I've never seen anyone discuss that.

Efan said:

PurpleJedi said:

Yeah...I remember first listening to that track and thinking WTF?

Now...over two decades later, I can listen to that song and appreciate what they were trying to do with the sound. So I wouldn't say that they "lost" their creative chemistry, they just went wayward with it. Kind'a like Prince in general after Graffiti Bridge.

I totally jammed to that song back in the day. I still kinda like it.

Squirrel, it's interesting you say that about their creative chemistry. I think it got immensely better after Hollyrock. My thought has always been that up until Hollyrock, Prince would just bring Sheila in to record over a track he had already done (maybe adding percussion and such, as well as vocals, of course). But after Hollyrock or around that time, they seemed to get more collaborative. This is why I always think of Sheila as having a huge influence on my favorite period of his work (the SOTT and Lovesexy eras and the side projects and unreleased material from that time). That's just my opinion, though.

I guess I was more-or-less talking about Prince and Sheila's collaborations on her songs. True, Sheila kept it very interesting through the SOTT era.

motherfunka said:

MikeyB71 said:

Seeing Prince on the PR tour must have been amazing, but to see Sheila too must have been a great bonus. I heard that she used to get audience members on stage and handcuff them to chairs and shit, very sexually charged shows. Those performances must have been influenced by Prince's live show during that time. Would you agree?

I saw the Purple Rain tour too. Sheila was amazing. The glow sticks, the skimpy outfits, the music! She would pull a male audience member up on stage and would tie him to a chair and sing to him. I'm almost positive it was to Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar. Janet Jackson did the same type thing years later. There's a video of The Belle Of St Mark running on a certain video site from the actual tour. Most probably know this too, but if not, there is a soundboard recording of Sheila's set from the last night of the Purple Rain tour in Miami.

I'm fairly positive that it was the same guy being pulled on stage every night. I believe I saw two different performances with the same dude getting the lap dance. Lucky guy anyway...

motherfunka said:

MikeyB71 said:

Thanks, i will check out the video.

Yes i have the PR finale soundboard with Sheila's set, this was actually the very first bootleg that i obtained (back when i used to buy them).

Great show, and Prince's performance is not too bad either..

Yes, check it out. I just saw it recently and it brought back some great memories. Too bad the entire concert wasn't released. Sheila did several shows at Glam Slam and the Fine Line in the early to mid 90s. The shows were always great and she would hang out afterwards and was always very friendly and down to earth. I remember at one show, it was her, St Paul, Eric, and Jellybean and it was advertised as a Sheila E show, but they did a lot of the Family material with Sheila taking on Susannah's vocals. Very Cool!

On another note, everyone always talks about how Prince didn't tour the states with SOTT, but what about him not touring overseas with Purple Rain? I've never seen anyone discuss that.

I would love to get my hands on some of those shows you mentioned.

And you have a good point about us lot not getting the PR tour. I'm not sure of the reasons why he did not bring that tour over here. The first time that the UK got to see Prince properly was in '86 with the Parade tour, i remember the massive hype surrounding that visit, he was everywhere, his poularity around then in the UK at least was at fever pitch.

The story i have heard the most is that the US tour was so large that Prince wanted simply to have a break from touring, and he must have been itching to get back into the studio too.

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MikeyB71 said:

motherfunka said:

Yes, check it out. I just saw it recently and it brought back some great memories. Too bad the entire concert wasn't released. Sheila did several shows at Glam Slam and the Fine Line in the early to mid 90s. The shows were always great and she would hang out afterwards and was always very friendly and down to earth. I remember at one show, it was her, St Paul, Eric, and Jellybean and it was advertised as a Sheila E show, but they did a lot of the Family material with Sheila taking on Susannah's vocals. Very Cool!

On another note, everyone always talks about how Prince didn't tour the states with SOTT, but what about him not touring overseas with Purple Rain? I've never seen anyone discuss that.

I would love to get my hands on some of those shows you mentioned.

And you have a good point about us lot not getting the PR tour. I'm not sure of the reasons why he did not bring that tour over here. The first time that the UK got to see Prince properly was in '86 with the Parade tour, i remember the massive hype surrounding that visit, he was everywhere, his poularity around then in the UK at least was at fever pitch.

The story i have heard the most is that the US tour was so large that Prince wanted simply to have a break from touring, and he must have been itching to get back into the studio too.

[Edited 9/28/10 16:11pm]

Most of those shows centered around the jazz-like stuff from Madhouse, always with the Glamourous Life and A Love Bizarre thrown in. I think it was advertised as Sheila E and the E Train w/Special Guest Eric Leeds. I'm sure the recordings/videos exists, because every show at Glam Slam was professionaly filmed for all the tv monitors they had in the club. I saw Prince perform there 14 times, and only 2 are circulating that I know of.

As far as the PR tour, knowing how Prince doesn't like to focus on one thing for too long, I guess I can understand why he was over it. Considering how ATWIAD was released the same month the PR tour ended. It's just funny how everyone always talks of what a big mistake it was for him not to tour the US with SOTT. I would just think that the overseas fans would have been really, really disappointed. I know I was when we didn't get Parade or SOTT.

motherfunka said:

I saw the Purple Rain tour too. Sheila was amazing. The glow sticks, the skimpy outfits, the music! She would pull a male audience member up on stage and would tie him to a chair and sing to him. I'm almost positive it was to Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar. Janet Jackson did the same type thing years later. There's a video of The Belle Of St Mark running on a certain video site from the actual tour. Most probably know this too, but if not, there is a soundboard recording of Sheila's set from the last night of the Purple Rain tour in Miami.

I love that soundboard. I'm really happy it exists. There's also a Westwood One radio broadcast of a concert Sheila did in L.A. floating around. Pretty similar but nice to have.

I wish more Sheila soundboards existed. Or even non-soundboards. She and her band did some incredible stuff from 1984-1986, and obviously it has that Prince-directed feel to it. It would be so nice to be able to hear more of it.

Efan said:

motherfunka said:

I saw the Purple Rain tour too. Sheila was amazing. The glow sticks, the skimpy outfits, the music! She would pull a male audience member up on stage and would tie him to a chair and sing to him. I'm almost positive it was to Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar. Janet Jackson did the same type thing years later. There's a video of The Belle Of St Mark running on a certain video site from the actual tour. Most probably know this too, but if not, there is a soundboard recording of Sheila's set from the last night of the Purple Rain tour in Miami.

I love that soundboard. I'm really happy it exists. There's also a Westwood One radio broadcast of a concert Sheila did in L.A. floating around. Pretty similar but nice to have.

I wish more Sheila soundboards existed. Or even non-soundboards. She and her band did some incredible stuff from 1984-1986, and obviously it has that Prince-directed feel to it. It would be so nice to be able to hear more of it.

I could not agree more.

There is the Romance 1600 Live video but some nice quality recordings of pre and post PR shows would be nice, remember Sheila was playing gigs before the PR tour, as promotion for The Glamorous Life album but also as warm ups for the PR haul.

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MikeyB71 said:

Efan said:

I love that soundboard. I'm really happy it exists. There's also a Westwood One radio broadcast of a concert Sheila did in L.A. floating around. Pretty similar but nice to have.

I wish more Sheila soundboards existed. Or even non-soundboards. She and her band did some incredible stuff from 1984-1986, and obviously it has that Prince-directed feel to it. It would be so nice to be able to hear more of it.

I could not agree more.

There is the Romance 1600 Live video but some nice quality recordings of pre and post PR shows would be nice, remember Sheila was playing gigs before the PR tour, as promotion for The Glamorous Life album but also as warm ups for the PR haul.

[Edited 9/28/10 18:47pm]

True (and there's the soundboard from Live Romance 1600 as well). It's fascinating to listen to what Sheila's band is doing and compare it to what Pince and the Revolution were doing at the same time and then realize how Prince was orchestrating and directing all of it. It's a huge loss not to have more of it.

Efan said:

MikeyB71 said:

I could not agree more.

There is the Romance 1600 Live video but some nice quality recordings of pre and post PR shows would be nice, remember Sheila was playing gigs before the PR tour, as promotion for The Glamorous Life album but also as warm ups for the PR haul.

[Edited 9/28/10 18:47pm]

True (and there's the soundboard from Live Romance 1600 as well). It's fascinating to listen to what Sheila's band is doing and compare it to what Pince and the Revolution were doing at the same time and then realize how Prince was orchestrating and directing all of it. It's a huge loss not to have more of it.

Even the look of Sheila and her band was similar to that of The Revolution as can be seen perfectly in this picture..

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I have been reading a bit about other Prince proteges/side projects too, and it is interesting what you say about Prince being behind almost every aspect of his side projects, but as you are probably aware it was not just the music.

He was often giving bandmembers (of side projects) pepp talks about how he wanted their hair and clothes to look like, even in some cases how to stand and walk in a certain way.

^^^ Yeah. It always seemed like you could take any member of any side band and place them on stage with Prince, and they'd be able to follow the cues. Fascinating when you think of how the Revolution, Sheila's band, and the Family (and you could probably even throw Mazarati into this) could work with Prince at any given time.

When you look at The Glamorous Video in your OP, you can see how Susie and Eddie and the rest were all moving on stage, and that just seems so Prince-driven. And yet those bands still seemed to maintain their own identities to some extent--or at least they didn't all sound totally homogenized (at least not to me).

Efan said:

^^^ Yeah. It always seemed like you could take any member of any side band and place them on stage with Prince, and they'd be able to follow the cues. Fascinating when you think of how the Revolution, Sheila's band, and the Family (and you could probably even throw Mazarati into this) could work with Prince at any given time.

When you look at The Glamorous Video in your OP, you can see how Susie and Eddie and the rest were all moving on stage, and that just seems so Prince-driven. And yet those bands still seemed to maintain their own identities to some extent--or at least they didn't all sound totally homogenized (at least not to me).

I agree, the three bands, The Revolution, Sheila's and The Family were quite distinct.

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MikeyB71 said:

Sheila E – The first 3 – A brief history.

This thread concentrates on the first 3 albums by Sheila E. They are of special interest to me mainly because of Prince's involvement, but I hope it will also be of interest to those who may not know the background of these albums. Enjoy.

Sheila Escovedo is from Oakland California. Her father is percussionist Pete Escovedo who has played with both Santana and Azteca. Pete and his brother Coke have been premier session percussionists in San Francisco since the 1950's. Sheila began playing percussion at the age of 5. When she was 15, she joined Azteca to sing and play percussion. She then played with George Duke for three years before recording two albums with her father. Before working with Prince, Sheila had recorded or toured with names including Herbie Hancock, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye.

January 1978.

Prince attends a concert by Al Jarreau in San Carlos California. It is at this show that he meets a young percussionist named Sheila Escovedo. Sheila would later say “he was standing against a wall and we just sort of made eye contact.”

28^th November 1979.

Sheila Escovedo is a backstage guest at the launch of the Prince tour at the Roxy Theatre in L.A. Sheila was playing percussion with George Duke at the time, and Prince wanted to know how much she charged. When Sheila told him, Prince responded “well, I'll never be able to afford that.”

Despite this, the two became friends.

February 1984.

During recording sessions at Sunset Sound Studio in L.A, Prince invited Sheila to the studio to work on some tracks he had recorded. Sheila then sang with Prince on Erotic City which was intended as a b-side. Prince then urged her to launch a solo career, asking her if she might like to sing some songs that he felt may suit her. Sheila had sung backing vocals for many artists, but she was not comfortable with singing. Finally, after much persuasion by Prince, she decided to take the leap and go solo.

1^st April 1984.

Sheila Escovedo begins recording vocals on some songs that she and Prince had chosen for an album. The name of the album was to be The Glamorous Life. These vocal sessions lasted from 1^st April to the 4^th. Prince renamed her Sheila E, he then took the recordings to his management who introduced Sheila to Warner Bros. Within a few weeks, the deal was done and signed.

4^th June 1984.

Release of The Glamorous Life, the debut album by Sheila E. The cover pictures Sheila as a glamorous film star. The full album title is Sheila E, In The Glamorous Life. In keeping with the “cinematic” theme, the album was “directed” by Sheila E and The Starr Company. Prince's name does not appear on the record, though he wrote, performed on and produced the entire album. Sheila is credited as being the writer of four of the six tracks, while Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar is listed as a collaboration between Brenda Bennett, and Strawberry Shortcake with Jesse Johnson. However, it is Prince who is registered as being the writer of all the songs except Noon Rendezvous which has Sheila as co-writer.

The Glamorous Life was released as a single before the albums release and became a club hit. Another two singles were released, The Belle Of St Mark and Oliver's House.

The album reached number 28 on the pop chart and eventually went gold.

[img:$uid]http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/MMikeyBee/Prince%20and%20related%20album%20and%20singles/se-glamor.jpg[/img:$uid] Album cover.

[img:$uid]http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/MMikeyBee/Prince%20and%20related%20album%20and%20singles/Sheila_Glam.jpg[/img:$uid] Single cover art.

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The third single from "The Glamorous Life" album was "Noon Rendezvous". "Oliver's House" was the b-side to "Noon Rendezvous". FYI

marvinlovell said:

MikeyB71 said:

The third single from "The Glamorous Life" album was "Noon Rendezvous". "Oliver's House" was the b-side to "Noon Rendezvous". FYI

I love her make up and hair in this video, the 80's had the best style! Love this song too! Yay, and she actually has talent!

marvinlovell said:

MikeyB71 said:

Sheila E – The first 3 – A brief history.

This thread concentrates on the first 3 albums by Sheila E. They are of special interest to me mainly because of Prince's involvement, but I hope it will also be of interest to those who may not know the background of these albums. Enjoy.

Sheila Escovedo is from Oakland California. Her father is percussionist Pete Escovedo who has played with both Santana and Azteca. Pete and his brother Coke have been premier session percussionists in San Francisco since the 1950's. Sheila began playing percussion at the age of 5. When she was 15, she joined Azteca to sing and play percussion. She then played with George Duke for three years before recording two albums with her father. Before working with Prince, Sheila had recorded or toured with names including Herbie Hancock, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye.

January 1978.

Prince attends a concert by Al Jarreau in San Carlos California. It is at this show that he meets a young percussionist named Sheila Escovedo. Sheila would later say “he was standing against a wall and we just sort of made eye contact.”

28^th November 1979.

Sheila Escovedo is a backstage guest at the launch of the Prince tour at the Roxy Theatre in L.A. Sheila was playing percussion with George Duke at the time, and Prince wanted to know how much she charged. When Sheila told him, Prince responded “well, I'll never be able to afford that.”

Despite this, the two became friends.

February 1984.

During recording sessions at Sunset Sound Studio in L.A, Prince invited Sheila to the studio to work on some tracks he had recorded. Sheila then sang with Prince on Erotic City which was intended as a b-side. Prince then urged her to launch a solo career, asking her if she might like to sing some songs that he felt may suit her. Sheila had sung backing vocals for many artists, but she was not comfortable with singing. Finally, after much persuasion by Prince, she decided to take the leap and go solo.

1^st April 1984.

Sheila Escovedo begins recording vocals on some songs that she and Prince had chosen for an album. The name of the album was to be The Glamorous Life. These vocal sessions lasted from 1^st April to the 4^th. Prince renamed her Sheila E, he then took the recordings to his management who introduced Sheila to Warner Bros. Within a few weeks, the deal was done and signed.

4^th June 1984.

Release of The Glamorous Life, the debut album by Sheila E. The cover pictures Sheila as a glamorous film star. The full album title is Sheila E, In The Glamorous Life. In keeping with the “cinematic” theme, the album was “directed” by Sheila E and The Starr Company. Prince's name does not appear on the record, though he wrote, performed on and produced the entire album. Sheila is credited as being the writer of four of the six tracks, while Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar is listed as a collaboration between Brenda Bennett, and Strawberry Shortcake with Jesse Johnson. However, it is Prince who is registered as being the writer of all the songs except Noon Rendezvous which has Sheila as co-writer.

The Glamorous Life was released as a single before the albums release and became a club hit. Another two singles were released, The Belle Of St Mark and Oliver's House.

The album reached number 28 on the pop chart and eventually went gold.

[img:$uid]http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/MMikeyBee/Prince%20and%20related%20album%20and%20singles/se-glamor.jpg[/img:$uid] Album cover.

[img:$uid]http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/MMikeyBee/Prince%20and%20related%20album%20and%20singles/Sheila_Glam.jpg[/img:$uid] Single cover art.

[img:$uid]http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/MMikeyBee/Prince%20and%20related%20album%20and%20singles/sheila-thebel.jpg[/img:$uid] Single cover art.

The third single from "The Glamorous Life" album was "Noon Rendezvous". "Oliver's House" was the b-side to "Noon Rendezvous". FYI

All the information i have points to Olivers House being the A side of the single, with Noon Renezvous as the B side.

Also....from discogs..

The Vault book and Uptown mag also states that Olivers House was the A side.

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[Edited 9/29/10 16:05pm]

^ Maybe diferent countries had a different a side (Noon Rendezvous). Or promo copies had the tracks switched round.

Is this possible?

Does anyone have a copy of the single to clarify?

It is also strange that i could not find a picture of the cover art to the 3rd single.

[Edited 9/29/10 16:28pm]

Great thread, Mike. I know that Sheila has been pretty busy this past year!

rubymoon53 said:

Great thread, Mike. I know that Sheila has been pretty busy this past year!

Thanks ruby.

MikeyB71 said:

^ Maybe diferent countries had a different a side (Noon Rendezvous). Or promo copies had the tracks switched round.

Is this possible?

Does anyone have a copy of the single to clarify?

It is also strange that i could not find a picture of the cover art to the 3rd single.

[Edited 9/29/10 16:28pm]

This one is easy (unless someone sets me straight with a picture sleeve). It was a double A-Side. Since it is most often listed alphabetically (and would have been by WB), Noon Rendezvous is the default "A-Side" in discographies. I don't have a clue as to why Discogs would list Oliver's House as the A-Side, since there is no label differentiation in that regard.

squirrelgrease said:

MikeyB71 said:

^ Maybe diferent countries had a different a side (Noon Rendezvous). Or promo copies had the tracks switched round.

Is this possible?

Does anyone have a copy of the single to clarify?

It is also strange that i could not find a picture of the cover art to the 3rd single.

[Edited 9/29/10 16:28pm]

This one is easy (unless someone sets me straight with a picture sleeve). It was a double A-Side. Since it is most often listed alphabetically (and would have been by WB), Noon Rendezvous is the default "A-Side" in discographies. I don't have a clue as to why Discogs would list Oliver's House as the A-Side, since there is no label differentiation in that regard.

Thanks for clearing that up squirrel.

2 Sexy a Glamorous Life B side

was composed by Sheila E. & Steph B (guitarist)

I love it, has a night time while riding in a fast car feel

Noon Rendezvous

I've been wondering what 2 wear
I love our noon rendezvous
I know U tell me U missed me
And I want 2 make love 2 U

Your words, they intoxicate me
I shiver each time that U speak
How much more can I endure, my love?
The sound of your voice makes me weak

If my bodily functions operate
This way when U just call my name
I'd hate 2 see when we are finally
Playing that nasty love game

Your words, they intoxicate me
I shiver each time that U speak
How much more can I endure, my love?
The sound of your voice makes me weak

The words are all over your face, my love
What shall U or shall I do?
U could show me some new tricks, my love
I'd love 2 be taught by U

I've been wondering what 2 wear
I love our noon rendezvous

© 1984 Girlsongs Music - ASCAP

^ Beautiful song, Sheila sang a fantastic version of this at the 2002 Xenophobia gathering a Paisley Park.

Sheila E A pretty good album...Koo Koo has that unmistakeable Minneapolis Sound. I think Pride and the pASSION is just a great track...Love BOys Clu b too.

JoeyCococo said:

Sheila E A pretty good album...Koo Koo has that unmistakeable Minneapolis Sound. I think Pride and the pASSION is just a great track...Love BOys Clu b too.

Yeah Koo Koo was definately a song that fit with the Sign o the Times vibe

Hold Me actually did pretty good as a ballad and 1st single for the album I remember that song being on the rnb charts for a while

1 thing I noticed about the piano for the song is that it has that same Purple Rain era sound(think Fathers Song)

My favorites though are

0 Paradise Gardens

1 One Day(I'm Gonna Make Him Mine)

2 Wednesday Like a River

5 Koo Koo

7 Boys Club

9 Hon E Man

10 Love on a Blue Train (extended version)

OldFriends4Sale said:

JoeyCococo said:

Sheila E A pretty good album...Koo Koo has that unmistakeable Minneapolis Sound. I think Pride and the pASSION is just a great track...Love BOys Clu b too.

Yeah Koo Koo was definately a song that fit with the Sign o the Times vibe

Hold Me actually did pretty good as a ballad and 1st single for the album I remember that song being on the rnb charts for a while

1 thing I noticed about the piano for the song is that it has that same Purple Rain era sound(think Fathers Song)

My favorites though are

0 Paradise Gardens

1 One Day(I'm Gonna Make Him Mine)

2 Wednesday Like a River

5 Koo Koo

7 Boys Club

9 Hon E Man

10 Love on a Blue Train (extended version)

The Sex Cymbal CD obviously wasn't one of the first 3 releases, but the promo cd was really cool. It came with a real Paiste cymbal. I found it odd at the time that there was a track by Brownmark on it.

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motherfunka said:

The Sex Cymbal CD obviously wasn't one of the first 3 releases, but the promo cd was really cool. It came with a real Paiste cymbal. I found it odd at the time that there was a track by Brownmark on it.

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Hehe, i just purchased this from an internet shop, i think it is an American promo, but i cannot be sure. My copy is still sealed, which i nice, i have never heard the album before, if i don't like it i can always drive my friends crazy with that cymbal.