Dance To The Music Of The World

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Dance To The Music Of The World

from the album Minneapolis Genius from the album Symbolic Beginning Song details 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 Writer(s): Pepé Willie 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

Dance To The Music Of The World is the fifth track on 94 East’s first collection of studio recordings Minneapolis Genius, featuring Prince on drums, guitar and synthesizer. A preliminary version of the song was recorded in Summer 1978 at Sound 80, Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Lovin’ Cup and Just Another Sucker). As with the other tracks included on Minneapolis Genius, additional recording was done by Pepé Willie at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. The original 1978 version remains unreleased. In 1995, two versions (the Minneapolis Genius overdubbed version and a rehearsal take from 1978) were included on Symbolic Beginning (re-released in 1999 as The Early Years, in 2000 as One Man Jam and in 2020 on 94 East Featuring Prince). Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Summer 1978 Upton Avenue S., Pepe Willie house, Minneapolis, MN, USA Rehearsal recording Summer 1978 Sound 80, Minneapolis, MN, USA Tracking 1984 - 1985 Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados Additional recording by Pepé Willie Recording Personnel 94 East version Prince - guitar, synthesizer, keyboards and drums Pepé Willie - percussion and vocoder André Cymone - bass guitar Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session) Prince - guitar and vocals Pepé Willie - vocals André Cymone - bass guitar and vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Dance To The Music Of The World 5:09 Minneapolis Genius Symbolic Beginning The Early Years One Man Jam 94 East Featuring Prince Studio Dance To The Music Of The World (Practice Session) 6:03 Symbolic Beginning The Early Years One Man Jam 94 East Featuring Prince Rehearsal Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Dance To The Music Of The World Studio Original 1978 version before 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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