I only have Purple Rain on vinyl But as soon as it warms up and the flea markets open up, I'm on a mission! lol Yea, I could get them off ebay but I want that feel of looking through a bunch of records and finding them.. close as I'll get to a wrecka stow..

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Bambi82 said:

I only have Purple Rain on vinyl But as soon as it warms up and the flea markets open up, I'm on a mission! lol Yea, I could get them off ebay but I want that feel of looking through a bunch of records and finding them.. close as I'll get to a wrecka stow..

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Good luck on that,

about 10 years ago, I actually found a Purple Rain LP with the poster still brand new inside.

That was at a yard sale. Other than that, I never find Prince records at yard sales.

I've never tried the flea market. It is so fun looking through the stacks of records

and finding your treasure......

chriss said:

Bambi82 said:

I only have Purple Rain on vinyl But as soon as it warms up and the flea markets open up, I'm on a mission! lol Yea, I could get them off ebay but I want that feel of looking through a bunch of records and finding them.. close as I'll get to a wrecka stow..

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Good luck on that,

about 10 years ago, I actually found a Purple Rain LP with the poster still brand new inside.

That was at a yard sale. Other than that, I never find Prince records at yard sales.

I've never tried the flea market. It is so fun looking through the stacks of records

and finding your treasure......

Yeah, I'm sure it won't be easy but I asked my mom, who likes to go to the flea markets, and she said there are good sized record booths the ones she goes to so I have a chance.

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That was a good find. Mine has the poster, too but it was taped on the corners.

I have about 40-50 Prince vinyls, which is pretty impressive as I don't really collect vinyl. If we're talking CD's though.... I got about 150-200 of those! If you count albums, singles, international editions, and promo's.

I'd say my favorites are the Japanese editions of "The Scandalous Sex Suite" and "Space", as they have the additional tracks not on the other releases. And I just like OBI strips, lol.

Militant said:

I have about 40-50 Prince vinyls, which is pretty impressive as I don't really collect vinyl. If we're talking CD's though.... I got about 150-200 of those! If you count albums, singles, international editions, and promo's.

I'd say my favorites are the Japanese editions of "The Scandalous Sex Suite" and "Space", as they have the additional tracks not on the other releases. And I just like OBI strips, lol.

ok pal, now i know who to call....?

Gunsnhalen said:

I heard it today on lunch break. It doesn't get as much play as When Doves Cry, Purple Rain, Kiss, 1999, Little Red Corvette etc. But... too me it is the perfect revolution single.

Lyrically it is Prince at his best. Talking about social issues, personal issues, issues of race, gender etc. Wendy & Lisa on backing vocals, the funky bass, the ''pops'' this song embodied everything great about Prince with the revolution.

lyrically, musically, and vocally. Too me it's one of the songs where you can feel the whole bands input. On a lot of revolution era songs i just hear Prince influence in a lot of it. Hear everyone comes together to create a short but incredible work.

At least that's my take it on it. What do y'all think?

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ATWIAD and Parade were NOT band oriented records. Prince played everything on those records unless it's notated otherwise. In the case of 'Pop Life', Sheila E. was on drums and Wendy and Lisa on the background vocals. At best, the band may have influenced the sound, but it was NOT a band effort. If you want a total band effort that also ended up being a beautiful swan song for the Revolution, check out 'Power Fantastic'. Also 'Jack You Off' is another good band cut. Of course the live tracks from Purple Rain serve as good examples too.

anthonyspeaks said:

Gunsnhalen said:

I heard it today on lunch break. It doesn't get as much play as When Doves Cry, Purple Rain, Kiss, 1999, Little Red Corvette etc. But... too me it is the perfect revolution single.

Lyrically it is Prince at his best. Talking about social issues, personal issues, issues of race, gender etc. Wendy & Lisa on backing vocals, the funky bass, the ''pops'' this song embodied everything great about Prince with the revolution.

lyrically, musically, and vocally. Too me it's one of the songs where you can feel the whole bands input. On a lot of revolution era songs i just hear Prince influence in a lot of it. Hear everyone comes together to create a short but incredible work.

At least that's my take it on it. What do y'all think?

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ATWIAD and Parade were NOT band oriented records. Prince played everything on those records unless it's notated otherwise. In the case of 'Pop Life', Sheila E. was on drums and Wendy and Lisa on the background vocals. At best, the band may have influenced the sound, but it was NOT a band effort. If you want a total band effort that also ended up being a beautiful swan song for the Revolution, check out 'Power Fantastic'. Also 'Jack You Off' is another good band cut. Of course the live tracks from Purple Rain serve as good examples too.

The band and band members played on way more than was credited on the albums.

I've been doing a lot of background research, and if I do another era thread 4 those I will definately post what I have

OldFriends4Sale said:

anthonyspeaks said:

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ATWIAD and Parade were NOT band oriented records. Prince played everything on those records unless it's notated otherwise. In the case of 'Pop Life', Sheila E. was on drums and Wendy and Lisa on the background vocals. At best, the band may have influenced the sound, but it was NOT a band effort. If you want a total band effort that also ended up being a beautiful swan song for the Revolution, check out 'Power Fantastic'. Also 'Jack You Off' is another good band cut. Of course the live tracks from Purple Rain serve as good examples too.

The band and band members played on way more than was credited on the albums.

I've been doing a lot of background research, and if I do another era thread 4 those I will definately post what I have

Looking forward to that.

OldFriends4Sale said:

2 POP LIFE (3:41)
Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by Prince and The Revolution
With Sheila E: drums
String interlude composed by Lisa and Wendy

Performed by Sid Page, Marcev Dicterow
Vaj-violins
Denyse Buffum, Laury Woods -Viola
Suzi Katayama, David Coleman -Cello
Tim Barr, Annette Atkinson -Stand up Bass
Recorded at Sunset Sound by Peggy Mac
Engineered by Susan Rogers, Prince, David Leonard and David Tickle
Mixed by Prince; assisted by Susan Rogers
Published by Controversy Music, administered by WB Music Corp. ASCAP
From AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY

Any way you could find out exactly who contributed what on PR? (I still maintain this was a group effort lol)

Bambi82 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

2 POP LIFE (3:41)
Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by Prince and The Revolution
With Sheila E: drums
String interlude composed by Lisa and Wendy

Performed by Sid Page, Marcev Dicterow
Vaj-violins
Denyse Buffum, Laury Woods -Viola
Suzi Katayama, David Coleman -Cello
Tim Barr, Annette Atkinson -Stand up Bass
Recorded at Sunset Sound by Peggy Mac
Engineered by Susan Rogers, Prince, David Leonard and David Tickle
Mixed by Prince; assisted by Susan Rogers
Published by Controversy Music, administered by WB Music Corp. ASCAP
From AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY

Any way you could find out exactly who contributed what on PR? (I still maintain this was a group effort lol)

yep, I have tons of statements and quotes by people in the band. I have a Chicago Radio interview with Wendy & Lisa from a few years ago where they talked about that whole production

OldFriends4Sale said:

Bambi82 said:

Any way you could find out exactly who contributed what on PR? (I still maintain this was a group effort lol)

yep, I have tons of statements and quotes by people in the band. I have a Chicago Radio interview with Wendy & Lisa from a few years ago where they talked about that whole production

Well then, I guess the question is whether they're telling the truth or not.. I believe them but who knows..

We all need to remember that what it says on the label or in the official record is not the same as what really happened. Even the people that really did compose it may not really know who came up with what. When they are working on a song all sorts of things come out of people. what happens is sometimes people get or take credit they do not deserve and some do not get credit for something they did do.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

We all need to remember that what it says on the label or in the official record is not the same as what really happened. Even the people that really did compose it may not really know who came up with what. When they are working on a song all sorts of things come out of people. what happens is sometimes people get or take credit they do not deserve and some do not get credit for something they did do.

Right, and this is especially true with Prince who would give writing credits to people to insure they had an income (his dad for instance), which is generous but confusing.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

We all need to remember that what it says on the label or in the official record is not the same as what really happened. Even the people that really did compose it may not really know who came up with what. When they are working on a song all sorts of things come out of people. what happens is sometimes people get or take credit they do not deserve and some do not get credit for something they did do.

yeah that

"When Doves Cry"-no Revolution

"Let's Go Cazy"-and the Revolution

"Purple Rain"-and the Revolution

"Take Me With U"-a little Revolution

"I Would Die 4 U"-and the Revolution

"Baby I'm A Star"-and the Revolution

"Raspberry Beret"-and the Revolution

"Pop Life"-and the Revolution

"Paisley Park"-very little Revolution

"America"-and the Revolution

"Kiss"-no Revolution

"Mountains"-and the Revolution

"Anotherloverholenyohead"-and the Revolution

"Girls And Boys"-and the Revolution

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"Purple Rain" is still the forerunner as the classic single.

But! My personal favorite is the 12" of "America"!

I dare you to listen to it whilst staring at the record from above without glancing away!

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Prost!

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At the time I thought it was an odd choice. "Pop Life" wasn't a song I had given much attention to. I expected "Paisley Park" -- that song was played on my local station when the album came out, and before the Raspberry Beret single. I thought it was the most commercial track by far.

I still think it would have been a smash had it been released after Raspberry Beret, with a really cool, colorful video...

But anyway,yeah I have come to love Pop Life and it indeed was a great single.

NoVideo said:

At the time I thought it was an odd choice. "Pop Life" wasn't a song I had given much attention to. I expected "Paisley Park" -- that song was played on my local station when the album came out, and before the Raspberry Beret single. I thought it was the most commercial track by far.

I still think it would have been a smash had it been released after Raspberry Beret, with a really cool, colorful video...

But anyway,yeah I have come to love Pop Life and it indeed was a great single.

"Paisley Park" is an outstanding track...the best song on that album,imo.

I would have chosen it as the first single.

SoulAlive said:

NoVideo said:

At the time I thought it was an odd choice. "Pop Life" wasn't a song I had given much attention to. I expected "Paisley Park" -- that song was played on my local station when the album came out, and before the Raspberry Beret single. I thought it was the most commercial track by far.

I still think it would have been a smash had it been released after Raspberry Beret, with a really cool, colorful video...

But anyway,yeah I have come to love Pop Life and it indeed was a great single.

"Paisley Park" is an outstanding track...the best song on that album,imo.

I would have chosen it as the first single.

Purple Rain didn't need any videos, because it had the movie

But ATWIAD should have had no less than 5 singles/videos:Paisley Park, Raspberry Beret, Pop Life America and maybe Temptation or ATWIAD

That's the album that should have been pushed because of the drastic change in sound.

OldFriends4Sale said:

SoulAlive said:

"Paisley Park" is an outstanding track...the best song on that album,imo.

I would have chosen it as the first single.

Purple Rain didn't need any videos, because it had the movie

But ATWIAD should have had no less than 5 singles/videos:Paisley Park, Raspberry Beret, Pop Life America and maybe Temptation or ATWIAD

That's the album that should have been pushed because of the drastic change in sound.

I totally agree, that album could have been much bigger. There were so many visual aspects, based on the color of the music and the artwork, that could have been used to make some great videos, just like Raspberry Beret. Paisley Park, Pop Life, America for sure - maybe The Ladder could have worked as a mini-Purple Rain type ballad.

iZsaZsa said:

Mountains for me.

For me, Mountains seems less like a Prince & The Revolution song and more like a W&L song that Prince sings lead on...

As to Purple Rain; I think Wendy & Lisa have both stated they contributed to composing that track and in at least one interview commented that they never knew how they would be credited, none on PR but yet one on Computer Blue which i seem to recall them stating that they did NOT help compose.

jtfolden said:

iZsaZsa said:

Mountains for me.

For me, Mountains seems less like a Prince & The Revolution song and more like a W&L song that Prince sings lead on...

As to Purple Rain; I think Wendy & Lisa have both stated they contributed to composing that track and in at least one interview commented that they never knew how they would be credited, none on PR but yet one on Computer Blue which i seem to recall them stating that they did NOT help compose.

Yeah, I think, with so many "final" versions of Computer Blue, Prince was way too focused and intent on making it perfect that he is unlikely to have entertained any input from the rest, but I could be wrong.

Bambi82 said:

jtfolden said:

For me, Mountains seems less like a Prince & The Revolution song and more like a W&L song that Prince sings lead on...

As to Purple Rain; I think Wendy & Lisa have both stated they contributed to composing that track and in at least one interview commented that they never knew how they would be credited, none on PR but yet one on Computer Blue which i seem to recall them stating that they did NOT help compose.

Yeah, I think, with so many "final" versions of Computer Blue, Prince was way too focused and intent on making it perfect that he is unlikely to have entertained any input from the rest, but I could be wrong.

even though the people listed as composers did compose. John Nelsons contrib came from som connection 2 the piano piece: Fathers Song

the whole band in studio were on that one. I'll post the pieces where Dr fink talks about it.

jtfolden said:

iZsaZsa said:

Mountains for me.

For me, Mountains seems less like a Prince & The Revolution song and more like a W&L song that Prince sings lead on...

As to Purple Rain; I think Wendy & Lisa have both stated they contributed to composing that track and in at least one interview commented that they never knew how they would be credited, none on PR but yet one on Computer Blue which i seem to recall them stating that they did NOT help compose.

I don't know where U got any of that from

the composion of the song that have and Dr Fink are definately composers of

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I believe Mountains like Power Fantastic are musically a Lisa Coleman composition. But Mountains has all the touches of Princes sound

OldFriends4Sale said:

Bambi82 said:

Yeah, I think, with so many "final" versions of Computer Blue, Prince was way too focused and intent on making it perfect that he is unlikely to have entertained any input from the rest, but I could be wrong.

even though the people listed as composers did compose. John Nelsons contrib came from som connection 2 the piano piece: Fathers Song

the whole band in studio were on that one. I'll post the pieces where Dr fink talks about it.

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Of course his dad helped.. that completely slipped my mind.

OldFriends4Sale said:

jtfolden said:

For me, Mountains seems less like a Prince & The Revolution song and more like a W&L song that Prince sings lead on...

As to Purple Rain; I think Wendy & Lisa have both stated they contributed to composing that track and in at least one interview commented that they never knew how they would be credited, none on PR but yet one on Computer Blue which i seem to recall them stating that they did NOT help compose.

I don't know where U got any of that from

the composion of the song that have and Dr Fink are definately composers of

.

I believe Mountains like Power Fantastic are musically a Lisa Coleman composition. But Mountains has all the touches of Princes sound

As I stated, in an interview (much too long ago to remember where from but maybe around the time Girl Bros was released), I seem to recall W&L stating they never knew where they would receive credit. It wouldn't be on a track they felt they were much more instrumental in helping with but then would appear on another. Do you have something from W&L stating the opposite? I could be wrong but I haven't seen anything different.

Mountains... and for that matter Sometimes It Snows In April... sound musically much like W&L's first album (Waterfall, The Life), imo.

jtfolden said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I don't know where U got any of that from

the composion of the song that have and Dr Fink are definately composers of

.

I believe Mountains like Power Fantastic are musically a Lisa Coleman composition. But Mountains has all the touches of Princes sound

As I stated, in an interview (much too long ago to remember where from but maybe around the time Girl Bros was released), I seem to recall W&L stating they never knew where they would receive credit. It wouldn't be on a track they felt they were much more instrumental in helping with but then would appear on another. Do you have something from W&L stating the opposite? I could be wrong but I haven't seen anything different.

Mountains... and for that matter Sometimes It Snows In April... sound musically much like W&L's first album (Waterfall, The Life), imo.

Yeah I agree about that, but Computer Blue they did. I have a 'Chicago' Sound Bite? radio interview where they talk about it. Lisa talks about her part in Take Me With U, that Darling Nikki is ALL Prince and she talks about that wildness that he would put out on certain songs like Tamborine, she talks about how she and Wendy came up with the 'Wendy, Yes Lisa...' conversation. And the other 'female computer part' The open guitar solo on Computer Blue is Wendy Melvoin. Prince of course did the the lyrics(even though it's not much, I think the song is developed around the 'Hallway Speech' he created. I'll have the transcript of the Radio interview somewhere, here is a piece by Fink

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FINK: Well “Computer Blue” really grew from a seed, so to speak, that took place during a jam session.

We’d always warm up before rehearsals doing free-form improv rock/jazz music jams, 

and someone would start a chord progression (or Prince would or one of us would) or in this case on that day, 

I started playing that main bass groove which was the main bass part for “Computer Blue” which was later brought into that. 

So the band started grooving on it, next thing you know we’re all sort of joining in, doing some jam on that. 

Prince started coming up with some stuff we recorded a rough version of it and he took it into the studio and just incorporated it all 

and made it fly that way. Lisa & Wendy came in and they did some of the stuff on it. Prince borrowed the bridge/portal section from his own father 

who had given him some music over the years to play around with. So that particular song was a real mixture of different people and influences. 

So that’s how that one came about. So I kind of germinated the beginning of it—the bassline, the main groove, Bobby Z. was there to play the drums, of course—

and that’s how it evolved.

Bambi82 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

even though the people listed as composers did compose. John Nelsons contrib came from som connection 2 the piano piece: Fathers Song

the whole band in studio were on that one. I'll post the pieces where Dr fink talks about it.

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Of course his dad helped.. that completely slipped my mind.

...and we suddenly recognize the MUSIC
as his Father's -- the song he played on the piano the night before.
But it's Prince's now, stamped with his own signature.
He's bent at the waist, his back to the audience, alone with his
father's, and his, pain.

Father's Song is an unreleased song recorded on 29 October, 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA. It was included as the ninth track on a 7 November, 1983 configuration of Purple Rain. The song appears in the Purple Rain movie, where Prince's character "The Kid" plays the song on piano after discovering his father's sheet music for the song. The main melody was then included as a section in Computer Blue. The song itself, however, remains unreleased. - PrinceVault

Computer Blue:The song was composed by Prince & the Revolution, with credit to his father, John L. Nelson for the guitar solo based on an untitled piano piece by Nelson. Prince titled the piece "Father's Song" and recorded it on piano for the film, though on screen it was portrayed as being played by Prince's on-screen father, actor Clarence Williams III.

OldFriends4Sale said:

jtfolden said:

Yeah I agree about that, but Computer Blue they did. I have a 'Chicago' Sound Bite? radio interview where they talk about it. Lisa talks about her part in Take Me With U, that Darling Nikki is ALL Prince and she talks about that wildness that he would put out on certain songs like Tamborine, she talks about how she and Wendy came up with the 'Wendy, Yes Lisa...' conversation. And the other 'female computer part' The open guitar solo on Computer Blue is Wendy Melvoin. Prince of course did the the lyrics(even though it's not much, I think the song is developed around the 'Hallway Speech' he created. I'll have the transcript of the Radio interview somewhere, here is a piece by Fink

Which part is that?

paulludvig said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Yeah I agree about that, but Computer Blue they did. I have a 'Chicago' Sound Bite? radio interview where they talk about it. Lisa talks about her part in Take Me With U, that Darling Nikki is ALL Prince and she talks about that wildness that he would put out on certain songs like Tamborine, she talks about how she and Wendy came up with the 'Wendy, Yes Lisa...' conversation. And the other 'female computer part' The open guitar solo on Computer Blue is Wendy Melvoin. Prince of course did the the lyrics(even though it's not much, I think the song is developed around the 'Hallway Speech' he created. I'll have the transcript of the Radio interview somewhere, here is a piece by Fink

Which part is that?

at the beginning when they are saying "Wendy, Yes Lisa..." the screeching guitar