Pretty much what's in the title: the eggs and the sunflower always confused me.

Curious about what P instructed Steve.

databank said:

Pretty much what's in the title: the eggs and the sunflower always confused me.

Curious about what P instructed Steve.

maybe he only wanted scrambled eggs done in sunflower oil?

I can understand the curiosity?

Since it's a piano album, and Prince wrote a lot of songs on piano, I always took it as the eggs being a symbol of something new, in its infancy, much like the idea of a new song pounded out on piano.

dualboot said:

databank said:

Pretty much what's in the title: the eggs and the sunflower always confused me.

Curious about what P instructed Steve.

maybe he only wanted scrambled eggs done in sunflower oil?

I can understand the curiosity?

TrivialPursuit said:

Since it's a piano album, and Prince wrote a lot of songs on piano, I always took it as the eggs being a symbol of something new, in its infancy, much like the idea of a new song pounded out on piano.

Yeah but what sort of instructions was Steve given???

What I imagine is:

- Steve, dude, can u put eggs on the piano?

- Ain't u vegan?

- Damn, bro, u right. OK, how 'bout vegan eggs?

- Prince, I don't think there's such a thing as veg...

- U know what? Just make a sunflower grow outta one of 'em. Sunflower eggs. That's def vegan!

- So, wait... Eggs on a piano and...

- In a nest, yeah, and a sunflower.

- I don't think sunflowers make nests.

- Don't get technical with me! That'll do, don't worry!

- You're the boss, boss.

knowing prince it was some inside thing that only one chick he banged will know what it means

"Maybe we might swing by THE EGG.... the perfect place to play house."

Musze said:

Steve Parke may be a fantastic human. THE FUCKING BEST!

But goddam his work for Prince is just utter crap. We all know this. His services must have been really cheap that Prince said yeah whatever.

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v10letblues said:

Steve Parke may be a fantastic human. THE FUCKING BEST!

But goddam his work for Prince is just utter crap. We all know this. His services must have been really cheap that Prince said yeah whatever.

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Prince was also not great with visual ideas. His music videos have always been weak and that's only partly because he was cheap and always in a hurry.

LoveGalore said:

amethyst68 said:

The sunflower represents Mayte Garcia. You’ll see the sunflower all over her album. She said he thought it was fitting for her album cover and had it designed before she had much input. The sunflower and the symbol are intertwined and coming out out an egg. I have no idea the meaning behind it. Several of the songs hint at the end of his marriage, broken relationship.

holy shit

You made me look this up and you're right. Could the egg be symbolic of an embryo and an homage to Amri maybe? The nest would be the home they might have made? There's even THREE eggs.

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I think he just threw in some imagery that gave off the impression of something delicate, soft, new. A fresh-grown flower, newly laid eggs, an untouched. Nothing super deep. The symbol is clear, like ice or glass.

That said, fucking hell, is that an ugly album cover.

Shockedelicus said:

OperatingThetan said:

I think the eggs may have represented the albums originally intended to be released to NPGMC members as part of their membership. These plans were abandoned in favour of the 'ONA... LIVE' box-set.

This.

We were going to get 4 albums of "new material" that year, and got ONA:Piano and ONA:Live. He later released Xpectation and CNOTE to appease fans.

The eggs:

"1+1+1=3"

...
"Completing the Collection was the One Nite Alone Solo Piano CD that Steve Parke had designed the package for with the help of Jeremy Gavin. Digging through my archives I had the original cover art Steve had created back then. It had more of a Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" vibe but did not get used. With Parke's help cleaning it up, I got to include it inside the Piano CD package as something new for everyone to enjoy.

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Another way I got to make a new contribution was to name the collection. We needed a title to tie the previous 3 CD set with the addition of the Solo Piano CD and the Vegas Live DVD. Drawing from my own experience listening to all of this great music while designing the package, I suggested we call it "Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection." If you listen to all this great material at once, you certainly will be up all nite! The name stuck."

Written by

Sam Jennings

Creative Designer & Pop Culture Enthusiast
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https://medium.com/@samje...77f43772fb

v10letblues said:

I'm searching still...

paisleypark4 said:

v10letblues said:

The font is the biggest offense. I love that shot of the Piano in the atrium. I understand that ARBORETUM (my favorite track on the album) was recorded there.

OldFriends4Sale said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

...
"Completing the Collection was the One Nite Alone Solo Piano CD that Steve Parke had designed the package for with the help of Jeremy Gavin. Digging through my archives I had the original cover art Steve had created back then. It had more of a Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" vibe but did not get used. With Parke's help cleaning it up, I got to include it inside the Piano CD package as something new for everyone to enjoy.

.

Another way I got to make a new contribution was to name the collection. We needed a title to tie the previous 3 CD set with the addition of the Solo Piano CD and the Vegas Live DVD. Drawing from my own experience listening to all of this great music while designing the package, I suggested we call it "Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection." If you listen to all this great material at once, you certainly will be up all nite! The name stuck."

Written by

Sam Jennings

Creative Designer & Pop Culture Enthusiast
.
https://medium.com/@samje...77f43772fb

Where is this "Bitches Brew" looking cover?

I have always thought that as it was recorded at Paisley with the Doves near by - the eggs represented the doves..................and one of the songs "Arboretum" means a garden devoted to trees (and you can hear the doves "coo-ing") ....................so figured the artwork was related to that. I love the cover though it looks stunning on the Vinyl LP release.

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