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− | Album sessions took place from late April to 13 June 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]], Burbank, CA, USA. | + | Album sessions took place from late April to 13 June 1979 at [[Alpha Studios]], Burbank, CA, USA. some overdubs and mixing initially took place at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]], Los Angeles, CA, USA, in late May and early June. However, allegedly when the costs of it started to be an issue, his manager [[Perry Jones]] got a 16-track Soundcraft series 200B board and had it shipped it to [[Prince]]’s home on [[North Arm Drive Home Studio|North Arm Drive]] in Orono, Minnesota, where the album was mixed further. |
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+ | [[I Wanna Be Your Lover]] and [[I Feel For You]] were initially written for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Rushen Patrice Rushen] who was recording her fifth album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzazz Pizzazz] at the same time (and released only four days after [[Prince]]’s album). | ||
As with his first album, [[Prince]] played all instruments on all tracks. [[Bobby Z.]] and [[André Cymone]] were listed in the credits as "heaven-sent helpers" leading to some questioning of their involvement, and [[Prince]] has confirmed that [[André Cymone]] adds some vocal harmony to [[Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?]] | As with his first album, [[Prince]] played all instruments on all tracks. [[Bobby Z.]] and [[André Cymone]] were listed in the credits as "heaven-sent helpers" leading to some questioning of their involvement, and [[Prince]] has confirmed that [[André Cymone]] adds some vocal harmony to [[Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?]] | ||
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− | The album produced five singles, [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] (which preceded the album), [[Single: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?|Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?]], [[Single: Still Waiting|Still Waiting]], [[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]] (released in the UK & Japan only) and [[Single: Bambi|Bambi]] (released in Belgium and | + | The album produced five singles, [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]] (which preceded the album), [[Single: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?|Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?]], [[Single: Still Waiting|Still Waiting]], [[Single: Sexy Dancer|Sexy Dancer]] (released in the UK & Japan only) and [[Single: Bambi|Bambi]] (released in Belgium and The Netherlands only). |
[[Prince]] engaged in his first tour in the USA to support the album on the [[Prince Tour]] in November and December 1979, and February 1980, usually playing every song from the album. | [[Prince]] engaged in his first tour in the USA to support the album on the [[Prince Tour]] in November and December 1979, and February 1980, usually playing every song from the album. | ||
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− | |Single = [[Single: Bambi|Bambi]] <small>(Belgium & Netherlands only)<small> | + | |Single = [[Single: Bambi|Bambi]] <small>(Belgium & The Netherlands only)<small> |
|B-side = [[Still Waiting]] | |B-side = [[Still Waiting]] | ||
|Image = Bambi single.jpg | |Image = Bambi single.jpg | ||
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|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)]]'' | ||
+ | * [https://youtu.be/fEWeTQSws9w?t=469 ONCE UPON A TIME IN MINNEAPOLIS, S1E3] | ||
* <b>Charts:</b>[http://books.google.com/books?id=xyQEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Billboard edition 27 oct. 1979, Vol. 91, N° 43 ISSN 0006-2510] | * <b>Charts:</b>[http://books.google.com/books?id=xyQEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Billboard edition 27 oct. 1979, Vol. 91, N° 43 ISSN 0006-2510] | ||
* <b>Copyright:</b> [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / SR0000014281 / 1979-11-05] | * <b>Copyright:</b> [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / SR0000014281 / 1979-11-05] |
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