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What should be part of any great Prince-collection ...
In my opinion no Prince-Collection is really complete without the ones he inherited the skills from ... To get a first impression of an artist catalogue, the "best-off-collections" are great. Which collections do you think are important to fully appreciate the Prince back-catalogue? I think these are assential: James Brown - Foundations Of Funk: A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969 James Brown - Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang James Brown - Make It Funky: The Big Payback: 1971-1975 Parliament - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection Funkadelic - Music for Your Mother Bootsy Collins - Glory B Da' Funk's on Me! The Bootsy Collins Anthology Sly and the Family Stone - The Essential Sly & the Family Stone Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix Marvin Gaye - The Very Best of Marvin Gaye Ohio Players - Funk on Fire: The Mercury Anthology What are your thoughts about this? If you are unfamiliar with the above mentioned artists: Go buy those collections! | |
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Prince - Purple Rain
The DEFINITIVE Pop album. http://elmadartista.tumblr.com/ http://twitter.com/madartista | |
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madartista said: Prince - Purple Rain
The DEFINITIVE Pop album. I think u missed the point... | |
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Prince - purple rain and TRC This love is a private affair | |
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You can't forget that Prince was also inspired by Carlos Santana...so you cant leave out..ABRAXIS...the best Santana record ever released...
Prince also loved Joni Mitchell's 'Hissing of Summer Lawns'...in '85 he said in Rolling Stone that 'Hissing of Summer Lawns' is the last album I've loved front to back... Joan Osborne "Relish"..with 'One of Us' which P covered... Every minute of last night is on my face today.... | |
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James Brown
Maceo Parker George Clinton/Funkadelic/Parliament Sly & The Family Stone Earth, Wind & Fire Little Richard Carlos Santana Jimmy Hendrix Herbie Hancock Miles Davis The Beatles Mick Jagger/The Rolling Stones Joni Mitchell For me, Prince is a mixture of all these. All I'm missing is a female vocalist. I don't know too much about vocalists - anyone got any good suggestions? Toejam @ Peach & Black Podcast: http://peachandblack.podbean.com
Toejam's band "Cheap Fakes": http://cheapfakes.com.au, http://www.facebook.com/cheapfakes Toejam the solo artist: http://www.youtube.com/scottbignell | |
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toejam said: James Brown
Maceo Parker George Clinton/Funkadelic/Parliament Sly & The Family Stone Earth, Wind & Fire Little Richard Carlos Santana Jimmy Hendrix Herbie Hancock Miles Davis The Beatles Mick Jagger/The Rolling Stones Joni Mitchell For me, Prince is a mixture of all these. All I'm missing is a female vocalist. I don't know too much about vocalists - anyone got any good suggestions? Throughout P's legacy you could hear influences ranging from... Joni Mitchell Mavis Staples Chaka Khan Bonnie Raitt Billie Holiday Kate Bush any others??? Every minute of last night is on my face today.... | |
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The Human League - Dare
Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister Incognito - 100 Degrees & Rising Felix da Housecat - Kittenz & Thee Glitz Ladytron - Light & Magic Donna Summer - Once Upon a Time Ganymede - Euromantique ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm a sucker for a major chord | |
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VANITYSprisonBYTCH said: toejam said: James Brown
Maceo Parker George Clinton/Funkadelic/Parliament Sly & The Family Stone Earth, Wind & Fire Little Richard Carlos Santana Jimmy Hendrix Herbie Hancock Miles Davis The Beatles Mick Jagger/The Rolling Stones Joni Mitchell For me, Prince is a mixture of all these. All I'm missing is a female vocalist. I don't know too much about vocalists - anyone got any good suggestions? Throughout P's legacy you could hear influences ranging from... Joni Mitchell Mavis Staples Chaka Khan Bonnie Raitt Billie Holiday Kate Bush any others??? I would add Led Zeppelin and Santana. | |
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I hear the Bee Gees in his early work. | |
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Sly Stone "Climb in my fur." | |
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ThataintFunky said: James Brown - Foundations Of Funk: A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969
James Brown - Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang James Brown - Make It Funky: The Big Payback: 1971-1975 what? no star time??  | |
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Anything by Shuggie Otis. | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: ThataintFunky said: James Brown - Foundations Of Funk: A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969
James Brown - Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang James Brown - Make It Funky: The Big Payback: 1971-1975 what? no star time?? ... I prefer these funk compilations ... 7 discs of nearly 80 minutes of pure FUNK (incl."James Brown - Dead on the Heavy Funk: 1975-1983") | |
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I don't think you need to like the artists who influenced Prince to like Prince or to have a good Prince collection. | |
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Moonbeam said: I don't think you need to like the artists who influenced Prince to like Prince or to have a good Prince collection.
You're right, but you don't know what are Prince's own genius-moments ... and what are just some rip-offs ... The history is important to fully appreciate the Prince back-catalogue It would be a shame to not know the godfathers of Funk | |
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John Nelson( Father)
Mattie Shaw (Mother) Sly and the Family Stone Earth Wind and Fire Stevie Wonder James Brown Little Richard Joni Mitchell  | |
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MrSquiggle said: madartista said: Prince - Purple Rain
The DEFINITIVE Pop album. I think u missed the point... Thanks for being so diplomatic, truly. I WAYYY, WAYYY missed the point. Ouch -- I musta been on crack. Clearly I didn't read too well. I need to be cited for "Wreckless Orging."  http://elmadartista.tumblr.com/ http://twitter.com/madartista | |
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It never occured to me before ... but when I listened to the Isley Brothers yesterday ...
There are quit some simularities between the guitar-solo's of Prince and Ernie Isley. So I'd like to add this one: The Isley Brothers - Ultimate Collection (mainly the Groove-side) | |
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What about :
Peri Como Frank Sinatra Pat Boone Val Doonican Des O' Connor Russ Abbot the end of the last track of 1977, Ash's debut album all big influences for the Rainbow Children Lemmy, Bowie, Prince, Leonard. RIP. |
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