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|album name            = Symbolic Beginning
|album image            = [[File:Symbolicbeginning album.jpg|200px|Symbolic Beginning (Front Cover)]]
|date                  = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 16|16 May 1995]]
|length                = 33:03 / 49:46
|label                  = Charly Records
|studios                = Music Farm Studios, New York, NY, USA; [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, MN, USA; [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, MN, USA
<!------ ALBUM CHRONOLOGY -------->
|previous year          = 1994
|previous year          = 1994
|next year              = 1995
|next year              = 1995
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|previous album link    = [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]]
|previous album link    = [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]]
|next album link        = [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]
|next album link        = [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]]
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{{Header|
|introduction          = '''Symbolic Beginning''' is the a collection of studio recordings by [[94 East]], the band name given to a number of tracks recorded by [[Pepé Willie]] and [[Prince]] with occosional other musicians (it is misleading to consider it an "album", as the tracks have been rearranged many times for reissues under different titles).
|Page name    = Symbolic Beginning}}
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[File:Symbolicbeginning album.jpg|200px|Symbolic Beginning (Front Cover)]]
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Album details
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|-
| valign="top" width="25%"| <b>Released:</b>
| [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 16|16 May 1995]]
|-
| valign="top"| <b>Length:</b>
| 33:03 / 49:46
|-
| valign="top"| <b>Label(s):</b>
| Charly Records
|-
| valign="top"| <b>Studio(s):</b>
| Music Farm Studios, New York, NY, USA; [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, MN, USA; [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, MN, USA
|}
'''Symbolic Beginning''' is the a collection of studio recordings by [[94 East]], the band name given to a number of tracks recorded by [[Pepé Willie]] and [[Prince]] with occosional other musicians (it is misleading to consider it an "album", as the tracks have been rearranged many times for reissues under different titles).  


The collection contained one track which was previously-unreleased, [[If We Don't]], while the other 16 tracks had been included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]] in 1992 (and six of them on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] in 1986).
The collection contained one track which was previously-unreleased, [[If We Don't]], while the other 16 tracks had been included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]] in 1992 (and six of them on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]] in 1986).
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The album was released without much promotion, and did not chart.
The album was released without much promotion, and did not chart.
<br>
<!-------TRACK LIST ------->
==Track listing==
|tracklisting          = <small>The compact disc version is the original issue.</small>
===CD===
*Disc 1:
# <b>[[Just Another Sucker]]</b> (5:21) <sup>1</sup>
# <b>[[If You Feel Like Dancin']]</b> (7:08)
# <b>[[Lovin' Cup]]</b> (4:20)
# <b>[[Games]]</b> (4:59)
# <b>[[Dance To The Music Of The World]]</b> (5:06)
# <b>[[One Man Jam]]</b> (6:13) <sup>2</sup>
*Disc 2:
# <b>[[If You See Me]]</b> (5:40) 
# <b>[[Games]] (Original Version)</b> (3:40)
# <b>[[I'll Always Love You]]</b> (3:55)
# <b>[[Better Than You Think]]</b> (4:30) 
# <b>[[If We Don't]]</b> (4:09)
# <b>[[You Can Be My Teacher]]</b> (4:06)
# <b>[[Love, Love, Love]]</b> (3:53)
# <b>[[Dance To The Music Of The World]] (Practice Session)</b> (6:04)
# <b>[[If You See Me]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (5:39)
# <b>[[Games]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (3:40)
# <b>[[Better Than You Think]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (4:31)
|credits                = All songs written by [[Pepé Willie]], except where noted.
|* comment              = <small>
<sup>1</sup> Written by [[Prince]] and [[Pepé Willie]]<br>
<sup>2</sup> Written by Ike Paige and Tony Silvester
</small>
<!-------LP FORMATS ------->
|other format            = CD
|content                = <small>1999 Reissue</small><br>
 
<b>The Legends Collection</b><br>
 
:[[File:Thelegendscollection album.jpg|150px|border]]<br>
*Disc 1:
*Disc 1:
# <b>[[Just Another Sucker]]</b> (5:21) #
# <b>[[Just Another Sucker]]</b> (5:21) <sup>1</sup>
# <b>[[If You Feel Like Dancin']]</b> (7:08) *
# <b>[[If You Feel Like Dancin']]</b> (7:08)  
# <b>[[Lovin' Cup]]</b> (4:20) *
# <b>[[Lovin' Cup]]</b> (4:20)  
# <b>[[Games]]</b> (4:59) *
# <b>[[Games]]</b> (4:59)  
# <b>[[Dance To The Music Of The World]]</b> (5:06) *
# <b>[[Dance To The Music Of The World]]</b> (5:06)  
# <b>[[One Man Jam]]</b> (6:13) ^
# <b>[[One Man Jam]]</b> (6:13) <sup>2</sup>
*Disc 2:
*Disc 2:
# <b>[[If You See Me]]</b> (5:40) *
# <b>[[If You See Me]]</b> (5:40)  
# <b>[[Games]] (Original Version)</b> (3:40) *
# <b>[[Games]] (Original Version)</b> (3:40)
# <b>[[I'll Always Love You]]</b> (3:55) *
# <b>[[I'll Always Love You]]</b> (3:55)  
# <b>[[Better Than You Think]]</b> (4:30) *
# <b>[[Better Than You Think]]</b> (4:30)  
# <b>[[If We Don't]]</b> (4:09) *
# <b>[[If We Don't]]</b> (4:09)  
# <b>[[You Can Be My Teacher]]</b> (4:06) *
# <b>[[You Can Be My Teacher]]</b> (4:06)  
# <b>[[Love, Love, Love]]</b> (3:53) *
# <b>[[Love, Love, Love]]</b> (3:53)  
# <b>[[Dance To The Music Of The World]] (Practice Session)</b> (6:04) *
# <b>[[Dance To The Music Of The World]] (Practice Session)</b> (6:04)  
# <b>[[If You See Me]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (5:39) *
# <b>[[If You See Me]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (5:39)  
# <b>[[Games]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (3:40) *
# <b>[[Games]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (3:40)  
# <b>[[Better Than You Think]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (4:31) *
# <b>[[Better Than You Think]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (4:31)  
<br>
<b>*</b> Written by [[Pepé Willie]]<br>
<b>#</b> Written by [[Prince]] and [[Pepé Willie]]<br>
<b>^</b> Written by Ike Paige and Tony Silvester
<br>
<br>
==Personnel==
<!-------PERSONNEL ------->
===Musicians===
|musicians              = [[Prince]] - guitar (all tracks), synthesizer on [[If You Feel Like Dancin']], [[Lovin' Cup]], [[Just Another Sucker]], [[Dance To The Music Of The World]] and [[One Man Jam]], keyboards and drums on [[Lovin' Cup]], [[Just Another Sucker]] and [[Dance To The Music Of The World]], keyboards on [[One Man Jam]]
*[[Prince]] - guitar (all tracks), synthesizer on [[If You Feel Like Dancin']], [[Lovin' Cup]], [[Just Another Sucker]], [[Dance To The Music Of The World]] and [[One Man Jam]], keyboards and drums on [[Lovin' Cup]], [[Just Another Sucker]] and [[Dance To The Music Of The World]], keyboards on [[One Man Jam]]
*[[Pepé Willie]] - keyboards on [[If You Feel Like Dancin']], acoustic guitar on [[Lovin' Cup]], synthesizer on [[Games]] and [[One Man Jam]], percussion on [[Dance To The Music Of The World]] and [[One Man Jam]], vocals and guitar on [[If We Don't]]  
*[[Pepé Willie]] - keyboards on [[If You Feel Like Dancin']], acoustic guitar on [[Lovin' Cup]], synthesizer on [[Games]] and [[One Man Jam]], percussion on [[Dance To The Music Of The World]] and [[One Man Jam]], vocals and guitar on [[If We Don't]]  
*[[André Cymone]] - bass guitar on [[If You Feel Like Dancin']], [[Lovin' Cup]], [[Just Another Sucker]], [[Dance To The Music Of The World]] and [[One Man Jam]]
*[[André Cymone]] - bass guitar on [[If You Feel Like Dancin']], [[Lovin' Cup]], [[Just Another Sucker]], [[Dance To The Music Of The World]] and [[One Man Jam]]
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*Wendell Thomas - bass guitar on [[If We Don't]]
*Wendell Thomas - bass guitar on [[If We Don't]]
*Pierre Lewis - keyboards on [[If We Don't]]
*Pierre Lewis - keyboards on [[If We Don't]]
<br>
|production            = [[Pepé Willie]] - co-producer
===Production===
*Tony Sylvester - co-producer
*[[Pepé Willie]] - co-producer
*Tony Silvester - co-producer
*Other production credits needed
*Other production credits needed
<br>
|thanks                = none.
==Singles released==
<!-------SINGLES ------->
*None.
|singles                =
<br>
* None
==Charts==
|see also              =  
*This album did not enter the charts.
{{SeeAlso|
==Releases==
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! colspan="8" |
|charts        =
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{{Charts|
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|charts        = {{NoCharts|format=album|Country=in the USA}}
| UK || CD || CPCD 8104-2 ||  
|certifications = {{noCertification|format=album|Country=in the USA}}
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|album promotion        = The album was released without much promotion, and did not chart.
|-
|trivia                 =  
! colspan="8" |
|alternative            =  
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|references            =[[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & JooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown: 2004) ISBN 91-631-5482-X
|-
*[http://www.discogs.com/94-East-Minneapolis-Genius/release/640444 Discogs]
|}
|categories              = [[Category:1995]][[Category: Related Artists]][[Category:Studio Albums (Related Artists)]]
===Variants, special editions and re-releases===
*1999 reissue:<br>
<b>The Legends Collection</b><br>
:[[File:Thelegendscollection album.jpg|150px|border]]<br>
*Disc 1:
# <b>[[Just Another Sucker]]</b> (5:21) #
# <b>[[If You Feel Like Dancin']]</b> (7:08) *
# <b>[[Lovin' Cup]]</b> (4:20) *
# <b>[[Games]]</b> (4:59) *
# <b>[[Dance To The Music Of The World]]</b> (5:06) *
# <b>[[One Man Jam]]</b> (6:13) ^
*Disc 2:
# <b>[[If You See Me]]</b> (5:40) *
# <b>[[Games]] (Original Version)</b> (3:40) *
# <b>[[I'll Always Love You]]</b> (3:55) *
# <b>[[Better Than You Think]]</b> (4:30) *
# <b>[[If We Don't]]</b> (4:09) *
# <b>[[You Can Be My Teacher]]</b> (4:06) *
# <b>[[Love, Love, Love]]</b> (3:53) *
# <b>[[Dance To The Music Of The World]] (Practice Session)</b> (6:04) *
# <b>[[If You See Me]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (5:39) *
# <b>[[Games]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (3:40) *
# <b>[[Better Than You Think]] (Instrumental Version)</b> (4:31) *
<br>
 
==Album promotion==
===Time-of-release===
*Information needed.
 
==Awards, nominations, and certifications==
*None.
==Quotations and trivia==
*Information needed.
<br>
==References==
* ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
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1994: 1-800 New Funk ◄ All Prince Albums All Related Artists Albums ► 1995: Closer Than Close
Symbolic Beginning
Symbolic Beginning (Front Cover)

Album details

Released: 16 May 1995
Length: 33:03 / 49:46
Label(s): Charly Records
Studio(s): Music Farm Studios, New York, NY, USA; Sound 80, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Cookhouse Studios, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards

Charts
This album has not charted in in the USA
Certifications
This album has not received any certifications in in the USA
Awards
This album has not received any awards in in the USA

Singles released

  • None

See also

    
Symbolic Beginning is the a collection of studio recordings by 94 East, the band name given to a number of tracks recorded by Pepé Willie and Prince with occosional other musicians (it is misleading to consider it an "album", as the tracks have been rearranged many times for reissues under different titles).

The collection contained one track which was previously-unreleased, If We Don't, while the other 16 tracks had been included on Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince in 1992 (and six of them on Minneapolis Genius in 1986).

This collection was re-released as The Legends Collection in 1999 with no changes to the tracklist.

The album was released without much promotion, and did not chart.



Track listing
CD CD

The compact disc version is the original issue.

  • Disc 1:
  1. Just Another Sucker (5:21) 1
  2. If You Feel Like Dancin' (7:08)
  3. Lovin' Cup (4:20)
  4. Games (4:59)
  5. Dance To The Music Of The World (5:06)
  6. One Man Jam (6:13) 2
  • Disc 2:
  1. If You See Me (5:40)
  2. Games (Original Version) (3:40)
  3. I'll Always Love You (3:55)
  4. Better Than You Think (4:30)
  5. If We Don't (4:09)
  6. You Can Be My Teacher (4:06)
  7. Love, Love, Love (3:53)
  8. Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session) (6:04)
  9. If You See Me (Instrumental Version) (5:39)
  10. Games (Instrumental Version) (3:40)
  11. Better Than You Think (Instrumental Version) (4:31)

1999 Reissue

The Legends Collection


  • Disc 1:
  1. Just Another Sucker (5:21) 1
  2. If You Feel Like Dancin' (7:08)
  3. Lovin' Cup (4:20)
  4. Games (4:59)
  5. Dance To The Music Of The World (5:06)
  6. One Man Jam (6:13) 2
  • Disc 2:
  1. If You See Me (5:40)
  2. Games (Original Version) (3:40)
  3. I'll Always Love You (3:55)
  4. Better Than You Think (4:30)
  5. If We Don't (4:09)
  6. You Can Be My Teacher (4:06)
  7. Love, Love, Love (3:53)
  8. Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session) (6:04)
  9. If You See Me (Instrumental Version) (5:39)
  10. Games (Instrumental Version) (3:40)
  11. Better Than You Think (Instrumental Version) (4:31)


All songs written by Pepé Willie, except where noted.
1 Written by Prince and Pepé Willie
2 Written by Ike Paige and Tony Silvester



Personnel
Musicians


Production
  • Pepé Willie - co-producer
  • Tony Sylvester - co-producer
  • Other production credits needed


Thanks
  • none.



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
This section is under construction

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
This section is under construction
 
Additional Information
Promotion (at time of release) Trivia
  • The album was released without much promotion, and did not chart.
References
1994
1-800 New Funk 		All Albums All Related Artists Albums 1995
Closer Than Close
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