One Man Jam

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One Man Jam (a.k.a. Fast Freddie the Roller Disco King)

from the album Minneapolis Genius single art for Fast Freddie The Roller Disco King by The Imperials Song details Performer: 94 East First Released: 1979 - The Imperials: (as Fast Freddie The Roller Disco King‎) single / 12 February 1986 - Minneapolis Genius album Album(s): Minneapolis Genius Symbolic Beginning The Early Years One Man Jam 94 East Featuring Prince Dance To The Music Of The World Writer(s): Pepé Willie, Ike Paige and Tony Silvester Producer(s): Pepé Willie and Tony Silvester 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

One Man Jam is the sixth and final track on 94 East’s first collection of studio recordings Minneapolis Genius, featuring Prince on guitar, synthesizer, clavinet and keyboards. A preliminary version of the song was recorded in February 1978 at Sound Palace Studios in New York, during a day of sessions led by Pepé Willie intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group The Main Ingredient to use as demos for Little Anthony and the Imperials, who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced If You Feel Like Dancin’). Attributed to the Imperials the song was released after further recordings as Fast Freddie The Roller Disco King‎ in 1979. As with the other tracks included on Minneapolis Genius, additional recording was done on the song and renamed One Man Jam by Pepé Willie at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. The original 1978 version remains unreleased. In 1995, it was included as the sixth track on Symbolic Beginning (re-released in 1999 as The Early Years, in 2016 as 94 East Featuring Prince and in 2024 as Dance To The Music Of The World) and as the second track on the first disc of One Man Jam in 2000. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info February 1978 Sound Palace Studios, New York, NY, USA Tracking 1979 Unknown studio. overdubs by The Imperials for Fast Freddie the Roller Disco King 1984 - 1985 Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados Additional recording by Pepé Willie Recording Personnel Fast Freddie the Roller Disco King Bobby Wade - vocals Clarence Collins - vocals Dwight Brewster - vocals Prince - guitar, synthesizer, clavinet and keyboards Pepé Willie - synthesizer, percussion André Cymone - bass guitar other personnel, if any, unknown One Man Jam Prince - guitar, synthesizer, clavinet and keyboards Pepé Willie - synthesizer, percussion André Cymone - bass guitar Mark Sullivan - additional synthesizers Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey - drums Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Fast Freddie The Roller Disco King‎ 6:12 Fast Freddie The Roller Disco King‎ single Studio Different mix of what became 'One Man Jam', released on a single by the Imperials in 1979 One Man Jam 6:13 Minneapolis Genius Symbolic Beginning The Early Years One Man Jam Just Another Sucker single reissue Studio One Man Jam 6:12 94 East Featuring Prince Dance To The Music Of The World Studio Remastered in 2016 Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Fast Freddie the Roller Disco King Studio Original 1978 recording before The Imperials 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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