Desire

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Desire (a.k.a. Ecstasy / Aguadilla)

from the album The Family Song details Performer: The Family First Released: 12 August 1985 - The Family album Album(s): The Family Things Left Unsaid (Eric Leeds) Live & Tight As A Funk Fiends’ Fix (Fdeluxe) Writer(s): Prince (credited to St. Paul Peterson) Producer(s): Prince (credited to David Z. Rivkin and The Family) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: The song was performed by The Family during the band’s one and only show at the First Avenue on 13 August 1985. Although Prince had overseen the rehearsals and was most likely in attendance that night, he did not appear on stage. This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince. Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Desire is the eighth and final track on The Family’s first and only album The Family. The song was written by Prince, but credited to St. Paul Peterson. Basic tracking of this track, initially as an instrumental with the working title Ecstasy, took place on 27 June 1984 at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, MN, USA (five days after recording Mazerati – later renamed Susannah’s Pajamas, on the same day High Fashion and Mutiny). St. Paul Peterson and Susannah Melvoin overdubbed vocals onto the track in late 1984 - early 1985, and Clare Fischer added orchestral overdubs during the same period. Saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds were recorded a few days later, on 2 July 1984. It was the first song written by Prince that Eric Leeds worked on. In Summer 1989, Eric Leeds worked on what eventually became his first solo album, Times Squared, released on Paisley Park Records in 1991. One track recorded during those sessions, an instrumental titled Portfolio (ultimately supplanted by Lines on the album), was later re-recorded and released as Aguadilla in 1993 on his second album Things Left Unsaid. Prince received co-writing credit, as Aguadilla was freely inspired by Desire, but he was otherwise not directly involved in the track (it is unclear however if Portfolio already had the Desire reference). Although loosely based by Desire, details regarding Aguadilla are listed below as Eric Leeds was involved on both of these tracks released on Paisley Park Records and the affiliation was claimed by Leeds himself. Although indirect, this is also Prince’s only contribution to Things Left Unsaid. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 27 June 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA Tracking (as Ecstasy) 28 June 1984 (estimate) Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA Vocal overdubs 2 July 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA Saxophone overdubs Late Summer 1984 (estimate) Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA Vocal overdubs by St. Paul Peterson October 1984 (estimate) Monterey Studios, Glendale, CA, USA Clare Fischer Orchestral overdubs August - September 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Re-recording by Eric Leeds as Portfolio (see notes above) 1991-1992 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA or Skyline Studios, New York City, NY, USA or Centerfield Recording New York City, NY, USA Re-recording by Eric Leeds as Aguadilla Recording Personnel Desire St. Paul Peterson - vocals Susannah Melvoin - vocals Prince - all instruments, except where noted (uncredited) Eric Leeds - saxophone Clare Fischer - string orchestration Jellybean Johnson - credited, but did not contribute Jerome Benton - credited, but did not contribute Miko Weaver - credited, but did not contribute Aguadilla Eric Leeds - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Synthesizer Christopher Walker - bass Larry Fratangelo - congas, timbales, percussion Dennis Chambers - drums Ricky Peterson - piano Lyndon Achee – steel drums Conrad Herwig - trombone Charlie Sepulveda – trumpet Brian Lynch - trumpet Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Desire 4:58 The Family Studio Aguadilla 6:36 Eric Leeds: Things Left Unsaid Studio Loosely based on Desire Desire 3:47 Fdeluxe: Live & Tight As A Funk Fiends’ Fix Live 2 September 2012, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Desire ?:?? St. Paul: Live At Bunkers DVD Live Recorded live in 2005, Bunker’s Bar And Grill, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Desire Studio Prince’s original studio version, missing strings and instrumental coda

Additional Information See also Trivia The Family album The Family Aguadilla is a Puerto-Rican city. Starting with Times Squared, each of Eric Leeds’ solo albums released under his own name would include an instrumental whose title is the name of a place of the American continents: Cape Horn and Little Rock on Times Squared, Isla Mujeres and Aguadilla on Things Left Unsaid released on Paisley Park Records in 1993, and Rio Diamante on Now & Again released independently in 2000. Other instrumentals on each of his solo albums were named after places from the African continent (see Kenya for details). References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)

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