Album: Symbolic Beginning

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Symbolic Beginning

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 the USA Certifications This album has not received any certifications in the USA Awards This album has not received any awards in the USA Singles released None See also Minneapolis Genius (album) 94 East (album)

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 occasional 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 and again in 2004 with a song missing (the original version of Games). The album was released without much promotion, and did not chart. Track listing CD CD Reissue (1999) The compact disc version is the original issue. Disc 1: Just Another Sucker (5:21) 1 If You Feel Like Dancin’ (7:08) Lovin’ Cup (4:20) 2 Games (4:59) Dance To The Music Of The World (5:06) One Man Jam (6:13) 3 Disc 2: If You See Me (5:40) Games (Original Version) (3:40) I’ll Always Love You (3:55) Better Than You Think (4:30) If We Don’t (4:09) You Can Be My Teacher (4:06) Love, Love, Love (3:53) Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session) (6:04) If You See Me (Instrumental Version) (5:39) Games (Instrumental Version) (3:40) Better Than You Think (Instrumental Version) (4:31) The Legends Collection Disc 1: Just Another Sucker (5:21) 1 If You Feel Like Dancin’ (7:08) Lovin’ Cup (4:20) 2 Games (4:59) Dance To The Music Of The World (5:06) One Man Jam (6:13) 3 Disc 2: If You See Me (5:40) Games (Original Version) (3:40) I’ll Always Love You (3:55) Better Than You Think (4:30) If We Don’t (4:09) You Can Be My Teacher (4:06) Love, Love, Love (3:53) Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session) (6:04) If You See Me (Instrumental Version) (5:39) Games (Instrumental Version) (3:40) Better Than You Think (Instrumental Version) (4:31) CD Reissue (2004) If You Feel Like Dancin' Disc 1: Just Another Sucker (5:21) 1 If You Feel Like Dancin’ (7:08) Lovin’ Cup (4:20) 2 Games (4:59) Dance To The Music Of The World (5:06) One Man Jam (6:13) 3 Disc 2: If You See Me (5:40) I’ll Always Love You (3:55) Better Than You Think (4:30) If We Don’t (4:09) You Can Be My Teacher (4:06) Love, Love, Love (3:53) Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session) (6:04) If You See Me (Instrumental Version) (5:39) Games (Instrumental Version) (3:40) 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 Pepé Willie 3 Written by Ike Paige and Tony Silvester Personnel 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 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 Kristie Lazenberry - vocals on Lovin’ Cup, Just Another Sucker and If We Don’t Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals on Lovin’ Cup, Just Another Sucker and If We Don’t Alvin Moody - bass guitar, guitar and keyboards on Games, guitar on Just Another Sucker Dale Alexander - drums on If We Don’t Wendell Thomas - bass guitar on If We Don’t Pierre Lewis - keyboards on If We Don’t Production Pepé Willie - co-producer Tony Sylvester - co-producer Other production credits needed Thanks none.

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Additional Information Promotion (at time of release) Trivia The album was released without much promotion, and did not chart. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff (Uptown, 2004) Discogs

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