What a wonderful blast from the past.

Thank you so much for sharing.

"Ideally, he says, he would like to record jazz on one label under a pseudonym and the pop stuff on another label."

🤔

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What?!

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''(...)If you haven’t heard of him yet, you’re not alone, though you may have danced to rough mixes of his songs (without knowing it) at Scotties.

Right now, Prince is probably the best-kept musical secret in Minneapolis, known mainly to local session musicians and recording studio habitués.(...)''

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Rough mixes of what ?!

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''(...)No last name, and please, no “the” prefix. Just Prince.(...)''

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Now he is THE Prince.

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And just love this :

''(...)After the recording session everyone went out to Perkins for coffee. Tired of having to act twice his age for the elderly WAYL gang, Prince ordered a milk shake and began adding things to it—ketchup, blueberry syrup, honey, steak sauce, coffee, jam, salt and pepper. He ordered the waitress over to the table and handed her the concoction.

Opening his large brown eyes even wider, he said, “I think there’s something wrong with this. It tastes funny.” The worried waitress asked what it was supposed to be and hurried over to the manager, who formally apologized and took it off the bill. Prince brought off the whole scene with a royal aplomb befitting of his name.(...)

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Did they lie about his age early on? Because when the article was published in April, 1977 Prince would have been 17 but the article states he was 18.

embmmusic said:

Another good read! Thank you!

billymeade said:

embmmusic said:

Did they lie about his age early on? Because when the article was published in April, 1977 Prince would have been 17 but the article states he was 18.

Prince was born June 7, 1958

I'm an idiot. Ignore me.

I love this early period,

the various Studios and recordings

thanks 4 sharing

embmmusic said:

billymeade said:

embmmusic said: Prince was born June 7, 1958

I'm an idiot. Ignore me.

Also, why the hell would they lie?

steakfinger said:

After the recording session everyone went out to Perkins for coffee. Tired of having to act twice his age for the elderly WAYL gang, Prince ordered a milk shake and began adding things to it—ketchup, blueberry syrup, honey, steak sauce, coffee, jam, salt and pepper. He ordered the waitress over to the table and handed her the concoction.

Opening his large brown eyes even wider, he said, “I think there’s something wrong with this. It tastes funny.” The worried waitress asked what it was supposed to be and hurried over to the manager, who formally apologized and took it off the bill. Prince brought off the whole scene with a royal aplomb befitting of his name.

Hamad said:

Great find! Thank god for Pepe Willie & Owen Hosney, if it weren’t for these two, we probably wouldn’t have Prince.

You mean "Thank God for Chris Moon and Owen Husney...."

Pepe Willie undercut Husney by telling him that he should deliver a heater to Pepe Willie's own basement rather than being on the phone, talking to booking agencies and William Morris.

He also used, outside of P's contract, the young kid on the 94 East recordings. If that had been found out by WB, they could have dropped him like a hot potato.

Then there's the issue of the too-quick first concert at the Capri, before the band was really ready. That was Pepe's booking.

It would have been much better if Prince had stayed with Husney at least through the Prince album.

Hamad said:

No, I meant thank god for PEPE WILLIS & Owen Hosney. All this Pepe slander in the org is corny. If there wasn’t Pepe, there wouldn’t be Owen or Chris Moon and subsequently no WB. He was there from the beginning, keep your personal feelings about him to the side.

Yes clap back on em

steakfinger said:

steakfinger said:

embmmusic said:

I'm an idiot. Ignore me.

Also, why the hell would they lie?

Fairly standard in the music industry.