Prince - Once Upon A Time/bobbi Jo (1987)
Does anyone have info on this piano demo from '87?
Sounds very "Christopher Tracy"

paulludvig said:

Prince - Once Upon A Time/bobbi Jo (1987) Does anyone have info on this piano demo from '87? Sounds very "Christopher Tracy"

It eventually became a track on Eric Leeds' album Times Squared, only in a re-recorded version, but this one's from December 1987. Princevault.com (which gives all the info you'd need) tells you what number it had when the Jan 4 1988 was considered for Madhouse (26, apparently), and that the original one was "a gift for Ingrid Chavez with whom he was working at the time." Now, this is an interesting little track--I'm glad it leaked--but I'm more interested in all those original Chavez demos--which I brought up a few months ago and I couldn't get anyone else interested in. They were briefly up on a site (that used to have to remain nameless, but that people talk about all the time here now), but they seem to be gone now. This was the only place I'd ever seen them, and nobody seemed particularly interested. And now... they're gone.

I love this, both the demo and the title track to Eric's album.
Wonder who Bobbi Jo is?

I find it interesting that he was still playing in the "Parade style" in 87. Makes med think this style came pretty naturally to him.