North Arm Drive Home Studio

Lake Minnetonka Home Studio

Overview & History

The Lake Minnetonka Home Studio was the studio in the house Prince rented after moving from France Avenue and before moving to the Kiowa Trail house. He lived and recorded there for a relative short period of time between mid 1980 and early 1981.

Studio

The studio was at the back of the house. behind the living room was an adjacent part and that is where the studio started. The drum booth was under water with sand bags along the sides. There was a drain of water, due to a cesspool that was cut into a hill that was abandoned. There was no room for a piano in the studio. The console had 16-track recording unit.

Material Produced

Music

Albums

The following albums have been recorded at the Lake Minnetonka Home Studio . Check album pages for details.

Prince:

• Dirty Mind

Songs

The following songs have been recorded at Lake Minnetonka Home Studio:

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You can sort the songs listed below per "Title" or "Year". Title Year Work produced American Jam 1980 Initial tracking Big Brass Bed 1980 Initial tracking Broken 1981 Initial tracking Bulgaria 1980 Initial tracking Commercial 1981 Initial tracking Dancin' Flu 1981 Initial tracking (possibly at Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN) Dear Uncle George 1981 Initial tracking Delivery Boy 1981 Initial tracking Dirty Mind 1980 Initial tracking Do It All Night 1980 Initial tracking Eros 1980 Initial tracking Forever Mine 1981 Initial tracking Gotta Broken Heart Again 1980 Initial tracking Gotta Stop (Messin' About) 1980 Initial tracking Hard To Get 1981 re-recording (assumed) Head 1980 Initial tracking Hump You 1981 Initial tracking (assumed) I Can't Figure It Out 1981 Initial tracking (possibly at Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN) I Don't Wanna Stop 1980 Initial tracking (assumed) Lisa 1980 Initial tracking Mink Kitty Cat 1981 Initial tracking (assumed) Partyup 1980 Initial tracking Plastic Love Affair 1980 Initial tracking (assumed) Rough 1980 Initial tracking She's Just A Baby 1981 Initial tracking (assumed) Sister 1980 Initial tracking Susan 1981 Initial tracking (assumed) Uptown 1980 Initial tracking When You Were Mine 1980 Initial tracking

Trivia

• All of the Dirty Mind album was recorded here.