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| *[[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] - "featuring..." (unidentified musicians, although most likely this was simply [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) on [[Love Sign]], [[Color]], [[Standing At The Altar]] and [[A Woman's Gotta Have It]] | | *[[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] - "featuring..." (unidentified musicians, although most likely this was simply [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) on [[Love Sign]], [[Color]], [[Standing At The Altar]] and [[A Woman's Gotta Have It]] |
| *[[Mayte]] - lead and background vocals on [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=If I Love U 2 Nite]][[If I Love U 2 Nite| ♥ U 2night]] and [[The Most Beautiful Girl In The World|The Most Beautiful Boy In The World]] | | *[[Mayte]] - lead and background vocals on [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=If I Love U 2 Nite]][[If I Love U 2 Nite| ♥ U 2night]] and [[The Most Beautiful Girl In The World|The Most Beautiful Boy In The World]] |
− | *[[Kathleen Bradford]] - background vocals on [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=If I Love U 2 Nite]][[If I Love U 2 Nite| ♥ U 2night]] | + | *[[Kathleen Johnson|Kathleen Bradford]] - background vocals on [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=If I Love U 2 Nite]][[If I Love U 2 Nite| ♥ U 2night]] |
| *[[Statik]] - drum programming on [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=If I Love U 2 Nite]][[If I Love U 2 Nite| ♥ U 2night]] | | *[[Statik]] - drum programming on [[If I Love U 2 Nite|If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=If I Love U 2 Nite]][[If I Love U 2 Nite| ♥ U 2night]] |
| *[[Kirk Johnson]] - unidentified instruments on [[Color]], background vocals on [[2gether]], percussion on [[You Will Be Moved]] | | *[[Kirk Johnson]] - unidentified instruments on [[Color]], background vocals on [[2gether]], percussion on [[You Will Be Moved]] |
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| *[[Dave Kent]] - recording engineer on [[You Will Be Moved]] | | *[[Dave Kent]] - recording engineer on [[You Will Be Moved]] |
| *[[Fred Harrington]] - recording engineer on [[A Woman's Gotta Have It]] | | *[[Fred Harrington]] - recording engineer on [[A Woman's Gotta Have It]] |
− | *[[Juli Knapp-Winge]] - '''1-800 New Funk''' project manager | + | *[[Juli Knapp|Juli Knapp-Winge]] - '''1-800 New Funk''' project manager |
| *Lizz Luce - art direction / design | | *Lizz Luce - art direction / design |
| *J C Munson - art direction / design | | *J C Munson - art direction / design |
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| *John Ragel - photo of Mavis Staples | | *John Ragel - photo of Mavis Staples |
| *Richard Litt - [[Madhouse]] photo | | *Richard Litt - [[Madhouse]] photo |
− | |thanks = | + | |thanks = MESSAGE 2 A FRIEND "This compilation reflects 2 years of hard work and pain endured by the artists of these children. It's been said before but songs really are like children and the ones contained herein are left 2 die until now. My eternal gratitude goes out 2 everyone at NPG records 4 giving these children a home. Experience the beautiful. [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] |
| <!-------SINGLES -------> | | <!-------SINGLES -------> |
| |singles = | | |singles = |
| {{AlbumSinglesLine| | | {{AlbumSinglesLine| |
− | |Single = [[Single: 2gether|2gether]]<br><small style="font-weight: normal;">(released in 1993 in conjunction with [[Album: Gold Nigga|Gold Nigga]])'' </small> | + | |Single = [[Single: 2gether|2gether]]<br><small>(released in 1993 in conjunction with [[Album: Gold Nigga|Gold Nigga]])</small> |
− | |B-side = None | + | |B-side = [[2gether]] |
| |Image = 2gether single.jpg | | |Image = 2gether single.jpg |
| |Link = Single: 2gether | | |Link = Single: 2gether |
| }} | | }} |
| {{AlbumSinglesLine| | | {{AlbumSinglesLine| |
− | |Single = [[Single: MPLS|MPLS]]<br><small style="font-weight: normal;">(limited release)'' </small> | + | |Single = [[Single: MPLS|MPLS]] <small>(limited release)</small> |
| |B-side = [[The Ryde Dyvine]] | | |B-side = [[The Ryde Dyvine]] |
| |Image = MPLS single.jpg | | |Image = MPLS single.jpg |
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− | |Single = [[Single: Love Sign|Love Sign]] (promo) | + | |Single = [[Single: Love Sign|Love Sign]] <small>(promo only)</small> |
| |B-side = [[Standing At The Altar]] | | |B-side = [[Standing At The Altar]] |
| |Image = Lovesign single.jpg | | |Image = Lovesign single.jpg |
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− | |Single = [[Single: If Eye Love U 2night|If]] [[File:EyeBlue.png|link=Single: If Eye Love U 2night]][[Single: If Eye Love U 2night| ♥ U 2night]]<br><small style="font-weight: normal;">(released in 1995 in conjunction with [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]])'' </small> | + | |Single = [[Single: If Eye Love U 2night|If]] [[File:EyeBlue.png|link=Single: If Eye Love U 2night]][[Single: If Eye Love U 2night| ♥ U 2night]]<br><small>(released Europe only in 1995 in conjunction with [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]])</small> |
| |B-side = [[The Rhythm Of Your Heart|The Rhythm Of Your ♥]] | | |B-side = [[The Rhythm Of Your Heart|The Rhythm Of Your ♥]] |
| |Image = Ifeyeloveu2night single.jpg | | |Image = Ifeyeloveu2night single.jpg |
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| |album promotion = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] took out advertisements in music periodicals mimicking those that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] was putting out for the [[Album: Come|Come]] album released three days later. The intention was to market this as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]'s "new" music, as opposed to [[Prince]]'s "old" music.<br>[[file:1994-BellmarkAdvert-1800newfunk.png|150px|Bellmark records advert published in Billboards]] | | |album promotion = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] took out advertisements in music periodicals mimicking those that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] was putting out for the [[Album: Come|Come]] album released three days later. The intention was to market this as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]'s "new" music, as opposed to [[Prince]]'s "old" music.<br>[[file:1994-BellmarkAdvert-1800newfunk.png|150px|Bellmark records advert published in Billboards]] |
− | |trivia = [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]] was named after [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]'s phone service [[Phone: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]], which offered music and other products related to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. | + | |trivia = [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]] was named after [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]'s phone service [[1-800 New Funk]], which offered music and other products related to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. |
| |alternative = | | |alternative = |
| |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' |
1-800 New Funk is a compilation of music largely written and produced by Prince/, recorded by other Paisley Park Records / NPG Records artists.
Some had been released previously, but most tracks were previously-unreleased and did not subsequently appear on any other releases, although the booklet showed images that could have been intended as album covers for each artist.
Other than George Clinton's contribution Hollywood, all songs contained either writing or other musical input from Prince, and the album included a new track by Prince (as ), Love Sign, which was credited as a duet by "Nona Gaye and ", with Nona Gaye credited as the main artist due to the disputes Prince was having with Warner Bros. about releasing his music independently.
Promotion
The album produced three singles, MPLS (available in limited release), Love Sign (available only as a promotional single) and Standing At The Altar (the only commercially-available single from the album).
2gether had previously been available, but tied in with the New Power Generation album Gold Nigga.
If ♥ U 2night was also released as a single in November 1995, in conjunction with Mayte's album Child Of The Sun.
Prince (as ) supported the album with a video and TV performance of Love Sign, and the album was advertised with a full-page advertisement in Billboard magazine, mimicking the advertisement put out the previous month by Warner Bros. advertising Come (which was released three days after 1-800 New Funk').
The album failed to enter the US Billboard 200 chart, but reached number 45 on the Billboard R&B Chart.
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Personnel
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Musicians
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- Sonny T. - co-lead vocals and bass guitar on MPLS and MPLS (Reprise), bass guitar on 2gether, 17 and A Woman's Gotta Have It
- Jana Anderson - co-lead vocals on MPLS and MPLS (Reprise)
- Prince (as ) - all other instruments, except where noted, on MPLS, MPLS (Reprise), The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Sax Mix) and The Most Beautiful Boy In The World, all vocals and instruments, except where noted, on Love Sign, background vocals on If ♥ U 2night, keyboards on 17
- Morris Hayes - keyboards, background vocals on MPLS and MPLS (Reprise), keyboards on 2gether and Standing At The Altar
- Billy Franze - guitar (unconfirmed) on MPLS and MPLS (Reprise), guitar on If ♥ U 2night and You Will Be Moved
- Jevetta Steele - background vocals on MPLS, You Will Be Moved and MPLS (Reprise), vocals on Color
- Fred Steele - background vocals on MPLS, You Will Be Moved and MPLS (Reprise), vocals on Color
- JD Steele - background vocals on MPLS, You Will Be Moved and MPLS (Reprise), vocals on Color
- Jearlyn Steele - background vocals on MPLS, You Will Be Moved and MPLS (Reprise), vocals on Color
- Nona Gaye - co-lead vocals on Love Sign, lead vocals on A Woman's Gotta Have It
- Paul Peterson - bass guitar on Love Sign and You Will Be Moved
- Ricky Peterson - keyboards on Love Sign, A Woman's Gotta Have It, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Sax Mix) and The Most Beautiful Boy In The World, all instruments, except where noted, on If ♥ U 2night, organ and keyboards on You Will Be Moved
- New Power Generation - "featuring..." (unidentified musicians, although most likely this was simply ) on Love Sign, Color, Standing At The Altar and A Woman's Gotta Have It
- Mayte - lead and background vocals on If ♥ U 2night and The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
- Kathleen Bradford - background vocals on If ♥ U 2night
- Statik - drum programming on If ♥ U 2night
- Kirk Johnson - unidentified instruments on Color, background vocals on 2gether, percussion on You Will Be Moved
- Tony M. - lead vocals on 2gether
- Prince - all instruments, except where noted (uncredited) on 2gether
- Michael B. - drums on 2gether and 17
- Levi Seacer, Jr. - guitar on 2gether, Standing At The Altar, You Will Be Moved and 17
- Damon Dickson - background vocals on 2gether
- Tommy Barbarella - piano on 2gether
- Michael B. Nelson - horns (uncredited) on 2gether
- Kathy Jensen - horns (uncredited) on 2gether
- Dave Jensen - horns (uncredited) on 2gether
- Brian Gallagher - horns (uncredited) on 2gether, saxophone on The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Sax Mix)
- Steve Strand - horns (uncredited) on 2gether
- Margie Cox - lead vocals and background vocals on Standing At The Altar
- Jackie Robinson - bass guitar on Standing At The Altar
- Eric Leeds - saxophone on Standing At The Altar and 17
- Rosie Gaines - background vocals on Standing At The Altar
- Greg Sain - background vocals on Standing At The Altar
- Mavis Staples - vocals on You Will Be Moved
- David Barry - guitar on You Will Be Moved
- Pops Staples - backing vocals on You Will Be Moved
- Ken Holmen - saxophone on A Woman's Gotta Have It
- James Behringer - additional guitar on The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Sax Mix) and The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
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- - producer on MPLS and MPLS (Reprise) (uncredited), co-producer on Love Sign, producer on 2gether (credited to the New Power Generation), producer on 17 (credited to Madhouse)
- Ray Hahnfeldt - recording and mixing engineer on MPLS, Love Sign, If ♥ U 2night, 2gether, Standing At The Altar, You Will Be Moved, 17 and MPLS (Reprise), mixing engineer on Color
- Chronic Freeze - recording engineer on MPLS, Love Sign, 2gether, Standing At The Altar, You Will Be Moved, 17, A Woman's Gotta Have It and MPLS (Reprise), mixing engineer on Color and 17
- Razor Boy - editor on MPLS and MPLS (Reprise)
- Ricky Peterson - producer on If ♥ U 2night, You Will Be Moved and A Woman's Gotta Have It, co-producer on The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Sax Mix) and The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
- Brian Poer - recording engineer on If ♥ U 2night and You Will Be Moved
- Femi Jiya - recording engineer on If ♥ U 2night
- Heidi Hanschu - recording engineer on If ♥ U 2night
- Tom Tucker - mixing engineer and recording engineer on If ♥ U 2night, 2gether, You Will Be Moved and A Woman's Gotta Have It, recording engineer on Love Sign
- Tom Garneau - recording engineer on If ♥ U 2night, You Will Be Moved and 17
- Kirk Johnson - producer on Color (as "Kirky J.")
- Steve Durkee - recording engineer on 2gether, Standing At The Altar and You Will Be Moved
- Morris Hayes - co-producer on Standing At The Altar (as "Mr. Hayes")
- Greg Sain - co-producer on Standing At The Altar
- Steve Noonan - recording engineer and mixing engineer on Standing At The Altar, recording engineer on You Will Be Moved
- Michael Koppelman - recording engineer on Standing At The Altar and You Will Be Moved
- Simon Harris - extended version engineering on Standing At The Altar
- Dave Kent - recording engineer on You Will Be Moved
- Fred Harrington - recording engineer on A Woman's Gotta Have It
- Juli Knapp-Winge - 1-800 New Funk project manager
- Lizz Luce - art direction / design
- J C Munson - art direction / design
- Nicole Nodland - 1-800 New Funk logo photo, photos of The Steeles and Nona Gaye
- Debbie McGuan - MPLS by Minneapolis design
- Scott Morgan - photo of George Clinton
- Jeff Katz - photo of Mayte
- John Ragel - photo of Mavis Staples
- Richard Litt - Madhouse photo
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- MESSAGE 2 A FRIEND "This compilation reflects 2 years of hard work and pain endured by the artists of these children. It's been said before but songs really are like children and the ones contained herein are left 2 die until now. My eternal gratitude goes out 2 everyone at NPG records 4 giving these children a home. Experience the beautiful.
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