Did You Know

From our newest additions:

... that Pain is Prince's reworking of a song called Joy And Pain, written by D. Channsin Berry? ... that 94 East's One Man Jam had already been released in 1979 as Fast Freddie the Roller Disco King? ... that Clouds, U Know and Funknroll had charted in French SNEP Single Top 100 chart? ... that the "Instrumental" track released on NPG Music Club Edition #6 was essentially an instrumental re-recording of The Holy River? ... that Purple Rain Home Video remained 12 consecutive weeks at position 1 in Billboard Top Videocassette sales chart? ... that Sharon McCormack designed the hologram for the Diamonds And Pearls album cover? ... that graphic designer Jay Vigon adapted the "Prince Purple Rain" logotype that was originally commissionned by Warner Bros for the movie for the Purple Rain album cover ? ... that Wal-Mart refused to carry Lovesexy album in their 1,100 stores across the USA because of Prince's "provocative pose" on the cover that they thought was "too hot to handle"? ... that Prince borrowed a keyboard from Pierre Lewis (of The Lewis Connection) and used it to record Soft And Wet? ... that Chris Moon has described Aces as experimental in nature, lasting around 7 minutes long, with Mediterranean and Indian sections?

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