Lovin’ Cup

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from the album Minneapolis Genius 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 Writer(s): Pepé Willie and Ike Paige Producer(s): Pepé Willie and Tony Sylvester 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

Lovin’ Cup is the second track on 94 East’s first collection of studio recordings Minneapolis Genius, featuring Prince on drums, guitar and keyboards. A preliminary version of the song was recorded in Summer 1978 at Sound 80, Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Dance To The Music Of The World and Just Another Sucker). Sue Ann Carwell added vocal overdubs soon after the original recording unbeknownst to Willie. The song was considered for her first album but Pepé Willie prevented her from doing so. As with the other tracks included on Minneapolis Genius, additional recording was done by Willie at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. The original 1978 versions remain unreleased. In 1995, it was included as the third track on the first disc of Symbolic Beginning (re-released in 1999 as The Early Years and in 2020 as 94 East Featuring Prince) and as the first track on the second disc of One Man Jam released in 2000. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Summer 1978 Sound 80, Minneapolis, MN, USA Tracking Summer 1978 Sound 80, Minneapolis, MN, USA Vocal overdubs by Sue Ann Carwell 1984 - 1985 Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados Additional recording by Pepé Willie Recording Personnel 94 East version Kristie Lazenberry - vocals Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals Prince - drums, guitar and keyboards Pepé Willie - keyboards André Cymone - bass guitar Unidentified and uncredited horn player (presumably Don Myrick) Unreleased Sue Ann Carwell version Sue Ann Carwell - lead vocals Kristie Lazenberry - vocals Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals Prince - drums, guitar and keyboards Pepé Willie - keyboards André Cymone - bass guitar Unidentified and uncredited horn player (presumably Don Myrick) Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Lovin’ Cup 4:21 Minneapolis Genius Symbolic Beginning The Early Years One Man Jam Just Another Sucker single Studio Lovin’ Cup 4:19 94 East Featuring Prince Studio Remastered for a reissue of the Symbolic Beginning album (2016) Lovin’ Cup 4:19 Dance to the Music Of The World Studio Remastered for a reissue of the Minneapolis Genius album (2024) Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Lovin’ Cup Studio Original 1978 version before overdubs Lovin’ Cup Studio 1978 version after Sue Ann Carwell vocal overdubs

Additional Information See also Trivia Minneapolis Genius album Symbolic Beginning collection 94 East References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) If You See Me: My Six-Decade Journey in Rock and Roll, Pepé Willie (2021)

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