Better Than You Think

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Better Than You Think

from the album Symbolic Beginning from the album The Cookhouse Five Song details Performer: 94 East First Released: 16 May 1995 - Symbolic Beginning collection Album(s): Symbolic Beginning The Early Years One Man Jam 94 East Featuring Prince The Cookhouse Five Dance To The Music Of The World Expanded CD Edition Writer(s): Pepé Willie and Kristie Lazenberry 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

Better Than You Think is the fourth track on 94 East’s second collection of studio recordings Symbolic Beginning, 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 Games, I’ll Always Love You, If We Don’t and If You See Me), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring Prince to have been released. 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 two versions of Better Than You Think were included on the reissues of 94 East’s Symbolic Beginning (The Early Years in 1999 and One Man Jam in 2000). The vocal version was also included in 94 East Featuring Prince in 2016 and on the Expanded CD edition of Dance To The Music Of The World in 2024. In 2011, the remixed version by Matt "Dr." Fink was included as the fifth and last 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 June 2010 StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, MN, USA Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink Recording Personnel Pepé Willie - vocals and guitar Dale Alexander - drums Wendell Thomas - bass guitar Prince - guitar Pierre Lewis - keyboards Teddy Randazzo - mellotron Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals Kristie Lazenberry - vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Better Than You Think 4:29 Symbolic Beginning The Early Years One Man Jam Studio a.k.a. Better Than You Think (Vocal version) Better Than You Think (Instrumental version) 4:31 Symbolic Beginning The Early Years One Man Jam Studio Better Than You Think 4:16 The Cookhouse Five Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink Better Than You Think (Instrumental) 4:16 The Cookhouse Five Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink Better Than You Think 4:29 94 East Featuring Prince Studio a.k.a. Better Than You Think (Vocal version). Remastered for a reissue of the Symbolic Beginning album (2016) Better Than You Think (Instrumental version) 4:31 94 East Featuring Prince (3LP Box Set) Dance To The Music Of The World Expanded CD Edition Studio Remastered in 2016

Additional Information See also Trivia Symbolic Beginning collection 94 East This track, recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring Prince to have been released. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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