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|next year = 1982 | |next year = 1982 | ||
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|next album link = [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|''Untitled The Hookers album'']] | |next album link = [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|''Untitled The Hookers album'']] | ||
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− | |introduction = This entry details a planned album for [[The Rebels]], [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = This entry details a planned album for [[The Rebels]], [[Prince]]’s backing band which was named so for the occasion. Nine tracks were recorded during a 12-day recording sessions between 10 and 21 July 1979 at [[Mountain Ears Sound Studio]] in Boulder, Colorado (shortly after [[Prince]] finished work on his second album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]). |
− | Although [[Dez Dickerson]] has once said he believed The Rebels' "album" was never more than an incentive for the band rather than a real album idea, it is still probable that the sessions were intended to produce an album for the group. [[Matt Fink]] said in an interview that [[Prince]] told his band: | + | Although [[Dez Dickerson]] has once said he believed The Rebels' "album" was never more than an incentive for the band rather than a real album idea, it is still probable that the sessions were intended to produce an album for the group. [[Matt Fink]] said in an interview that [[Prince]] told his band: “We’re going to Colorado and I want to make another record with you guys. I’m going to create a separate group.” [[Prince]]’s cousin, [[Charles Smith|Charles 'Chazz' Smith]] (who was still close to some band members at that time), said that [[Prince]] went as far as envisioning the cover of the album which was going to be "the silhouettes of the faces of the group, just the shapes of their heads and no faces, so no one could see who it was". In a later interview, [[Dez Dickerson]] also confirmed that there were talks about a cover for the album. |
− | With The Rebels project, [[Prince]] eased some tension by allowing [[Andre Cymone]] and [[Dez Dickerson]] to write and record their own songs. The studio in Boulder, Colorado, was chosen by Perry Jones (who worked for [[Bob Cavallo]] and [[Joe Ruffalo]] at that time), because he had connections with the studio management. The sessions were engineered [[Bob Mockler]], whom [[Prince]] met during the recording of his [[Album: Prince|second album]]. | + | With The Rebels project, [[Prince]] eased some tension by allowing [[Andre Cymone]] and [[Dez Dickerson]] to write and record their own songs. The studio in Boulder, Colorado, was chosen by Perry Jones (who worked for [[Bob Cavallo]] and [[Joe Ruffalo]] at that time), because he had connections with the studio management. The sessions were engineered by [[Bob Mockler]], whom [[Prince]] met during the recording of his [[Album: Prince|second album]]. |
− | Nine songs including two instrumentals were recorded during these sessions: [[Dez Dickerson]] wrote [[Too Long]] and [[Disco Away]] on which he also sings lead, and one of the [[Instrumental-Rebels 1|untitled instrumentals]]. [[Andre Cymone]] wrote [[Thrill You Or Kill You]], which was already demoed by him 5 months earlier and the other [[Instrumental-Rebels 2|instrumental]]. [[Prince]] contributed four songs for the project, three of which were sung by [[Gayle Chapman]] ([[U|You]], [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If I Love You Tonight]] and [[The Loser]]). The fourth song, [[Hard To Get]] was sung by him and [[Andre Cymone]]. Most of [[The Rebels]]' music was more rock and guitar-oriented than [[Prince]] | + | Nine songs including two instrumentals were recorded during these sessions: [[Dez Dickerson]] wrote [[Too Long]] and [[Disco Away]] on which he also sings lead, and one of the [[Instrumental-Rebels 1|untitled instrumentals]]. [[Andre Cymone]] wrote [[Thrill You Or Kill You]], which was already demoed by him 5 months earlier and the other [[Instrumental-Rebels 2|instrumental]]. [[Prince]] contributed four songs for the project, three of which were sung by [[Gayle Chapman]] ([[U|You]], [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If I Love You Tonight]] and [[The Loser]]). The fourth song, [[Hard To Get]] was sung by him and [[Andre Cymone]]. Most of [[The Rebels]]' music was more rock and guitar-oriented than [[Prince]]’s first two albums, showing [[Dez Dickerson]]’s influence. |
− | None of the songs recorded during these sessions has ever been released under the name [[The Rebels]] and the band never made any appearance under that name. According to [[Matt Fink]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] | + | None of the songs recorded during these sessions has ever been released under the name [[The Rebels]] and the band never made any appearance under that name. According to [[Matt Fink]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] didn’t want to release [[The Rebels]] album fearing that a release "under another name would confuse people". The album was shelved but some of the song were re-recorded in the following years. |
[[U|You]] was later re-recorded and released (as [[U]]) by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul Paula Abdul] on her 1991 album [[Album: Spellbound|Spellbound]]. [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If I Love You Tonight]] was later re-recorded and released (as [[If I Love U 2 Nite]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mica_Paris Mica Paris] on her album [[Album: Contribution|Contribution]] (and later by [[Mayte]] as [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If ]][[File:EyeBlue.png|link=If I Love U 2 Nite]][[If I Love U 2 Nite| Love U 2night]] on her album [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]]). | [[U|You]] was later re-recorded and released (as [[U]]) by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul Paula Abdul] on her 1991 album [[Album: Spellbound|Spellbound]]. [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If I Love You Tonight]] was later re-recorded and released (as [[If I Love U 2 Nite]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mica_Paris Mica Paris] on her album [[Album: Contribution|Contribution]] (and later by [[Mayte]] as [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If ]][[File:EyeBlue.png|link=If I Love U 2 Nite]][[If I Love U 2 Nite| Love U 2night]] on her album [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]]). | ||
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− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = The song [[Let’s Work]] was recorded during these sessions as [[Let’s Work|Let’s Rock]]. The song was named after a dance called "The Rock" [[Prince]] had seen in clubs during the summer of 1979, and [[Prince]] wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] declined, and while [[Prince]] liked the track, he felt it needed to be renamed when released to avoid it seeming dated. [[Let’s Work]] was re-recorded during sessions for the [[Album: Controversy]] album in 1981. |
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1978: Untitled Suzie Stone album ◄ | Unreleased Albums (Prince) |
Unreleased Albums (Related Artists) |
► 1982: Untitled The Hookers album |
Untitled The Rebels album |
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1978 Untitled Suzie Stone album |
Unreleased Albums (Prince) |
Unreleased Albums (Related Artists) |
1982 Untitled The Hookers album |