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{{song-2|
{{song|
|song name                = Games
|song name                = Games
|single image             = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]</small>
|album image               = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album.jpg|100px|link= Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]</small> <br> <br> [[File:Symbolicbeginning album.jpg|100px|link= Album: Symbolic Beginning]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]</small>
|single image              = [[File:Thecookhousefive album.jpg|100px|link= Album: The_Cookhouse_Five]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]</small>
|performer                = [[94 East]]
|performer                = [[94 East]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 12|12 February 1986]] - [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 12|12 February 1986]] - [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br>
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br>
[[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br>
[[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br>  
[[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] <br>
[[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]<br>
[[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]] <br>
[[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Dance To The Music Of The World]]
|writer(s)                = [[Pepé Willie]]
|writer(s)                = [[Pepé Willie]]
|producer(s)              = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester
|producer(s)              = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester / [[Pepé Willie]], Tony Silvester and Ralph Moss (on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] version)
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|introduction              = '''Games''' is the third track on [[94 East]]'s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar. The track has featured on every collection of [[94 East]]'s early recordings. In 1992, three versions were included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]. In 1995, the original, previously-unreleased, version was included as the fourth track on the first disc of [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]], along with two other versions (the set was re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]). In 2000, two versions were included on [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]. Also in 2000, three versions were included on [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]. In 2002, three versions were included on [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]. In 2011, a remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the first track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]].
|introduction              = '''Games''' is the third track on [[94 East]]’s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar.  


Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as [[I'll Always Love You]], [[If We Don't]], [[Better Than You Think]] and [[If You See Me]]), marking the earliest recording featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. As with the other tracks included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], additional recording was done by [[Pepé Willie]], for which details are not known. [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, MN, USA, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session.
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[I’ll Always Love You]], [[If We Don’t]], [[Better Than You Think]] and [[If You See Me]]), marking the earliest recording featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. As with the other tracks included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], additional recording was done by [[Pepé Willie]] at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session.
 
In 1995, three versions (the [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] overdubbed version, the original from 1975 and the instrumental versions before overdubs) were included on [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]], in 2000 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]]). The original version was also included on [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] released in 2016 (re-released in 2024 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Dance To The Music Of The World]]).
In 2011, a remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the fourth track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]].
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]]
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]]
|studio                    = [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Cookhouse Studios]],<br>Minneapolis, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
|additional info          = Tracking
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = 1976 - 1985
|date                      = 1984 - 1985
|studio                    = Studio information needed
|studio                    = Blue Wave Recording Studio,<br>St. Philip, Barbados
|additional info          = Additional recording by [[Pepé Willie]]
|additional info          = Additional recording by [[Pepé Willie]]
}}
}}
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = June 2010
|date                      = June 2010
|studio                    = StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, MN, USA
|studio                    = StarVu Studios,<br>Minneapolis, MN USA
|additional info          = Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
|additional info          = Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
}}
}}
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*[[Prince]] - guitar
*[[Prince]] - guitar
*Alvin Moody - bass guitar, guitar and keyboards
*Alvin Moody - bass guitar, guitar and keyboards
*Mark Sullivan - keyboards (uncredited)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Brailey Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey] - drums (uncredited)
*Unidentified and uncredited horn players
<br>
<br>
'''Original version'''
'''Original version'''
*[[Pepé Willie]] - synthesizer
*[[Prince]] - guitar
*Pierre Lewis - keyboards
*Wendell Thomas - bass guitar
*[[Dale Alexander]] - drums
<br>
'''Vocal version'''
*[[Pepé Willie]] - vocals and synthesizer
*[[Pepé Willie]] - vocals and synthesizer
*[[Dale Alexander]] - drums
*[[Dale Alexander]] - drums
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*Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals
*Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals
*Kristie Lazenberry - vocals
*Kristie Lazenberry - vocals
<br>
'''Instrumental version'''
*[[Pepé Willie]] - synthesizer
*[[Prince]] - guitar
*Pierre Lewis - keyboards
*Wendell Thomas - bass guitar
*[[Dale Alexander]] - drums
<br>
|released versions        =
|released versions        =
{{Songchart|
{{Songchart|
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|2= 5:01
|2= 5:01
|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br>
|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]]<br>
[[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br>
[[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br>  
[[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5= a.k.a. '''Games (Inst.)''' and '''Games (Instrumental Version)'''
|5= Overdubbed version
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Games'''
|1= '''Games (Original Version)'''
|2= 4:59
|2= 3:40
|3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
|3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]]
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5= Original 1975 version before overdubs
|5= Original 1975 version before overdubs
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Games (Vocal)'''
|1= '''Games (Instrumental version)'''
|2= 3:34
|2= 3:43
|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
|3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] <br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] <br>  
[[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
|4= Studio
[[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
|5= Alternate version of the original 1975 version. A.k.a '''Games (Alternate Instrumental Version)'''
[[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]
|4= Alternate version
|5= a.k.a. '''Games (Original Version)''' and '''Games'''
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Games (Instr.)'''
|1= '''Games'''
|2= 3:35
|2= 3:36
|3= [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]]<br>
|3= [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]]<br>
[[Single: If You See Me|If You See Me]] single
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]<br>
|4= Remix
[[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]<br>
|5= Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
[[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']]
|4= Alternate version
|5= a.k.a. '''Games (Instrumental Version)'''
}}
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Games'''
|1= '''Games (Instrumental)'''
|2= 3:36
|2= 3:36
|3= [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]
|3= [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]
|4= Remix
|4= Remix
|5= Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
|5= Remix by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]]
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Games (Original Version)'''
|2= 5:01
|3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]]<br>
[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Dance To The Music Of The World]]
|4= Studio
|5= Remastered in 2016
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Games (Instrumental Version)'''
|2= 3:40
|3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]]
|4= Studio
|5= Original 1975 version before overdubs. Remastered for the 3LP Box Set reissue of the [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] album (2016)
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Games (Alternate Instrumental Version)'''
|2= 3:43
|3= [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]]
|4= Studio
|5= a.k.a '''Games (Instrumental version)'''. Alternate version of the original 1975 version. Remastered for the 3LP Box Set reissue of the [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] album (2016)
}}
}}
}}
}}
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|trivia                    = This track, recorded in December 1975, marks the earliest-recorded track featuring [[Prince]] to have been released.
|trivia                    = This track, recorded in December 1975, marks the earliest-recorded track featuring [[Prince]] to have been released.
|see also                  = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album
|see also                  = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] album
*[[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] collection
*[[94 East]]
*[[94 East]]
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
|categories                = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Recorded 1975]]
*''[https://www.amazon.com/If-You-See-Me-Six-Decade/dp/168134176X If You See Me: My Six-Decade Journey in Rock and Roll, Pepé Willie (2021)]''
|categories                = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Recorded 1975]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 12:10, 10 October 2024

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Games

from the album Minneapolis Genius


from the album Symbolic Beginning
from the album The Cookhouse Five
Song details
Performer: 94 East
First Released: 12 February 1986 - Minneapolis Genius album
Album(s): Minneapolis Genius

Symbolic Beginning
The Early Years
One Man Jam
94 East Featuring Prince
The Cookhouse Five
Dance To The Music Of The World

Writer(s): Pepé Willie
Producer(s): Pepé Willie and Tony Silvester / Pepé Willie, Tony Silvester and Ralph Moss (on Minneapolis Genius version)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince.
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Games is the third track on 94 East’s first collection of studio recordings Minneapolis Genius, featuring Prince on guitar.

Basic tracking took place on 4 December 1975, at Cookhouse Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as I’ll Always Love You, If We Don’t, Better Than You Think and If You See Me), marking the earliest recording featuring Prince to have been released. As with the other tracks included on Minneapolis Genius, additional recording was done by Pepé Willie at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. Matt "Dr." Fink remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other Cookhouse Studios tracks from the same session.

In 1995, three versions (the Minneapolis Genius overdubbed version, the original from 1975 and the instrumental versions before overdubs) were included on Symbolic Beginning (re-released in 1999 as The Early Years, in 2000 as One Man Jam). The original version was also included on 94 East Featuring Prince released in 2016 (re-released in 2024 as Dance To The Music Of The World). In 2011, a remixed version by Matt "Dr." Fink was included as the fourth track on the digital collection The Cookhouse Five.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
4 December 1975 Cookhouse Studios,
Minneapolis, MN, USA 		Tracking
1984 - 1985 Blue Wave Recording Studio,
St. Philip, Barbados 		Additional recording by Pepé Willie
June 2010 StarVu Studios,
Minneapolis, MN USA 		Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink
Recording Personnel

Minneapolis Genius version

  • Pepé Willie - synthesizer
  • Prince - guitar
  • Alvin Moody - bass guitar, guitar and keyboards
  • Mark Sullivan - keyboards (uncredited)
  • Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey - drums (uncredited)
  • Unidentified and uncredited horn players


Original version

  • Pepé Willie - vocals and synthesizer
  • Dale Alexander - drums
  • Wendell Thomas - bass guitar
  • Prince - guitar
  • Pierre Lewis - keyboards
  • Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals
  • Kristie Lazenberry - vocals


Instrumental version



Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Games 5:01 Minneapolis Genius

Symbolic Beginning
The Early Years
One Man Jam

Studio Overdubbed version
Games (Original Version) 3:40 Symbolic Beginning

The Early Years
One Man Jam

Studio Original 1975 version before overdubs
Games (Instrumental version) 3:43 Symbolic Beginning

The Early Years
One Man Jam

Studio Alternate version of the original 1975 version. A.k.a Games (Alternate Instrumental Version)
Games 3:36 The Cookhouse Five

If You See Me single

Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink
Games (Instrumental) 3:36 The Cookhouse Five Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink
Games (Original Version) 5:01 94 East Featuring Prince

Dance To The Music Of The World

Studio Remastered in 2016
Games (Instrumental Version) 3:40 94 East Featuring Prince Studio Original 1975 version before overdubs. Remastered for the 3LP Box Set reissue of the Symbolic Beginning album (2016)
Games (Alternate Instrumental Version) 3:43 94 East Featuring Prince Studio a.k.a Games (Instrumental version). Alternate version of the original 1975 version. Remastered for the 3LP Box Set reissue of the Symbolic Beginning album (2016)



 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • This track, recorded in December 1975, marks the earliest-recorded track featuring Prince to have been released.
References
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