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|evolution = While the band in the studio was essentially [[Prince]] alone with [[Eric Leeds]] on sax (in a way exactly how [[Madhouse]] started out in late 1986), a band was soon made up of the three members of [[The Time]] that were still in [[Prince]]’s employ, and fronted by [[Wendy Melvoin]]’s twin sister [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]], whom until then sometimes sang background vocals for [[Prince]]. | |evolution = While the band in the studio was essentially [[Prince]] alone with [[Eric Leeds]] on sax (in a way exactly how [[Madhouse]] started out in late 1986), a band was soon made up of the three members of [[The Time]] that were still in [[Prince]]’s employ, and fronted by [[Wendy Melvoin]]’s twin sister [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]], whom until then sometimes sang background vocals for [[Prince]]. | ||
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After having [[Paul Peterson]] and [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]] overdub the lead vocals, all tracks were submitted to [[Clare Fischer]] for orchestral overdubs, which was the first time [[Prince]] worked with him. [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]] suggested to ask him to create orchestral arrangements, being familiar with [[Clare Fischer|Fischer’s]] work through her father, session musician Mike Melvoin. | After having [[Paul Peterson]] and [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]] overdub the lead vocals, all tracks were submitted to [[Clare Fischer]] for orchestral overdubs, which was the first time [[Prince]] worked with him. [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]] suggested to ask him to create orchestral arrangements, being familiar with [[Clare Fischer|Fischer’s]] work through her father, session musician Mike Melvoin. | ||
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A live version of the band with [[Miko Weaver]], who came from [[Sheila E.]]’s band on guitar, [[Alan Flowers]] on bass, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Carrothers Bill Carrothers] and another Melvoin sibling [[Jonathan Melvoin|Jonathan]] on keyboards and former bodyguards [[Wally Safford]] and [[Greg Brooks]] as dancers and background vocalists, played one show at First Avenue, before the group was disbanded. [[Jerome Benton]], [[Wally Safford]] and [[Greg Brooks]] together with [[Miko Weaver]] and [[Eric Leeds]] then joined an expanded version of [[The Revolution]] in early 1986. | A live version of the band with [[Miko Weaver]], who came from [[Sheila E.]]’s band on guitar, [[Alan Flowers]] on bass, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Carrothers Bill Carrothers] and another Melvoin sibling [[Jonathan Melvoin|Jonathan]] on keyboards and former bodyguards [[Wally Safford]] and [[Greg Brooks]] as dancers and background vocalists, played one show at First Avenue, before the group was disbanded. [[Jerome Benton]], [[Wally Safford]] and [[Greg Brooks]] together with [[Miko Weaver]] and [[Eric Leeds]] then joined an expanded version of [[The Revolution]] in early 1986. | ||
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Since the band was created after the fact, apart from Eric Leeds’s saxophone the band wasn’t involved in creating their album to great extent, apart from St. Paul and Susannah, Much like The Time before them. In fact the band drummer Jellybean Johnson, just like on The Time’s early albums is not on any of the record and Jerome Benton’s contributions to The Family are also minimal. | ||
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The band never performed live expect for their sole performance at First Avenue on 13 August 1985 for which they rehearsed about a month. An idea to have violas and cellos in the live line-up to reproduce Clare Fischer’s orchestral arrangements was abandoned. |
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