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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 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. The track was included on every collection of 94 East’s early recordings. 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 2020. 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 Basic 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 Pepé Willie - synthesizer Prince - guitar Pierre Lewis - keyboards Wendell Thomas - bass guitar Dale Alexander - drums 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 94 East Featuring Prince 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 Games 3:36 The Cookhouse Five If You See Me single Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink

Additional Information See also Trivia Minneapolis Genius album Symbolic Beginning collection 94 East This track, recorded in December 1975, marks the earliest-recorded track featuring Prince to have been released. 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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