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Song details
from the album Minneapolis Genius from the album Symbolic Beginning		from the album The Cookhouse Five
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. 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 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	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	Studio	Overdubbed version. Remastered for a reissue of the Symbolic Beginning album (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)
Games (Original Version)	3:39	Dance To The Music Of The World	Studio	Remastered for a reissue of the Minneapolis Genius album

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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