Eric Leed's best solos. Go.

I nominate Hot Thing, and Mountains Extended.

1. Flute solo on "Gett Off"

2. Sax solo on "Junk Music"

3. Sax solo on "Mountains" 12 inch

4. Flute lead line on "Pop Life" from June 7 1986

5. Sax solo on "Scandalous" Sex Suite, The Crime, The Rapture, The Passion

6. "Seven" from Madhouse 8

7. "Lovers" by fDeluxe on "Gaslight"

8. "One by Madhouse 8

9. "I Hate You" (Quiet Storm Mix)

10. "Dreaming About You" by Prince from the Emancipation album

Great list bashraka! I didn't include things like 7 because I'm pretty sure that's all worked out (except for the brief solo section), but holy flaming tenor that track is amazing.

I'm pretty sure except for in the background of UTCM I've never heard junk music. Wasn't aware it was circulating.

Always loved those flute flouished in Gett Off too, nice pick. Had forgotten all about them! Remember Eric playing Flute on Dinner With Delores during one of those TV appearances (Letterman maybe?).

bashraka said:

1. Flute solo on "Gett Off"

2. Sax solo on "Junk Music"

3. Sax solo on "Mountains" 12 inch

4. Flute lead line on "Pop Life" from June 7 1986

5. Sax solo on "Scandalous" Sex Suite, The Crime, The Rapture, The Passion

6. "Seven" from Madhouse 8

7. "Lovers" by fDeluxe on "Gaslight"

8. "One by Madhouse 8

9. "I Hate You" (Quiet Storm Mix)

10. "Dreaming About You" by Prince from the Emancipation album

Is "Junk Music" circulating?

paulludvig said:

bashraka said:

1. Flute solo on "Gett Off"

2. Sax solo on "Junk Music"

3. Sax solo on "Mountains" 12 inch

4. Flute lead line on "Pop Life" from June 7 1986

5. Sax solo on "Scandalous" Sex Suite, The Crime, The Rapture, The Passion

6. "Seven" from Madhouse 8

7. "Lovers" by fDeluxe on "Gaslight"

8. "One by Madhouse 8

9. "I Hate You" (Quiet Storm Mix)

10. "Dreaming About You" by Prince from the Emancipation album

Is "Junk Music" circulating?

Honestly, I was going by the snippet from "Under The Cherry Moon". Eric's playing gave me goosebumps. I don't know if it is circulating or not.

Which scene is it in again?

Hatman said:

Which scene is it in again?

It's the scene where Mary and Christopher have a car race and it climaxes with the two making love to each other near the beach.

bashraka said:

I like His solo in "Little Rock" off His project "Times Squared". And- if U listen closely, U'll hear Prince in the background towards the end..........

Great thread. I love Leeds, I think he's the best musician that has worked with Prince. Looking forward to the two new albums with fDeluxe.

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Definitely the 12" of Mountains makes the list. And I also agree with the comments about his flute licks on "Gett Off." It's amazing to me how much those little trills are an integral part of that song.

Interestingly, as much as I adore Eric, I'm sitting here having difficulty remembering the solos in specific songs...I mean, I know which songs he plays on, but when it comes to solos I'll have to listen to them again. Which is an exciting thing, because any Prince song with Eric on it is just pure bliss to me.

I really like his solo albums too...the tracks that stick out to me (without going back and listening to them, which I will be doing!) are "Soldier's Things" from Things Left Unsaid, and "The Dopamine Rush" from Times Squared.

Oh, and I'm not sure about soloing specifically, but his playing on "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" is sublime. The only thing that makes Eric + Prince better is to throw Atlanta Bliss in the mix.

It's crazy no one even mentioned N.E.W.S. yet, Eric's performances there, particularly these hysterical solos on East, are probably among the best things he ever produced.

His third (and last to this day) solo album, Now & Again, is also really cool, much better than Things Left Unsaid IMHO.

paulludvig said:

bashraka said:

1. Flute solo on "Gett Off"

2. Sax solo on "Junk Music"

3. Sax solo on "Mountains" 12 inch

4. Flute lead line on "Pop Life" from June 7 1986

5. Sax solo on "Scandalous" Sex Suite, The Crime, The Rapture, The Passion

6. "Seven" from Madhouse 8

7. "Lovers" by fDeluxe on "Gaslight"

8. "One by Madhouse 8

9. "I Hate You" (Quiet Storm Mix)

10. "Dreaming About You" by Prince from the Emancipation album

Is "Junk Music" circulating?

Only the snippet from UTCM. I still hope the full The Flesh album will leak one of these days, since it's in some lucky people's hands

databank said:

It's crazy no one even mentioned N.E.W.S. yet, Eric's performances there, particularly these hysterical solos on East, are probably among the best things he ever produced.

His third (and last to this day) solo album, Now & Again, is also really cool, much better than Things Left Unsaid IMHO.

Y'know, I'll have to pull out my copy of N.E.W.S. and give it another listen. It's one of those albums that just never grabbed me...but that was when I was listening to it more for Prince than for Eric. Thanks for the suggestion.

bashraka said:

1. Flute solo on "Gett Off"

2. Sax solo on "Junk Music"

3. Sax solo on "Mountains" 12 inch

4. Flute lead line on "Pop Life" from June 7 1986

5. Sax solo on "Scandalous" Sex Suite, The Crime, The Rapture, The Passion

6. "Seven" from Madhouse 8

7. "Lovers" by fDeluxe on "Gaslight"

8. "One by Madhouse 8

9. "I Hate You" (Quiet Storm Mix)

10. "Dreaming About You" by Prince from the Emancipation album

Jesse Johnsons "Every Shade of Love" , the lead-in and ending is awesome.

RODMANN said:

bashraka said:

1. Flute solo on "Gett Off"

2. Sax solo on "Junk Music"

3. Sax solo on "Mountains" 12 inch

4. Flute lead line on "Pop Life" from June 7 1986

5. Sax solo on "Scandalous" Sex Suite, The Crime, The Rapture, The Passion

6. "Seven" from Madhouse 8

7. "Lovers" by fDeluxe on "Gaslight"

8. "One by Madhouse 8

9. "I Hate You" (Quiet Storm Mix)

10. "Dreaming About You" by Prince from the Emancipation album

Jesse Johnsons "Every Shade of Love" , the lead-in and ending is awesome.

Sorry, RODMANN... that's Eddie M you're speaking of on JJ's ESOL album (he still plays on JJ's new stuff). Eddie M plays Alto Sax. Eric Leeds plays mainly Tenor Sax, along with Baritone Sax and Flute.