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Mutiny

from the album The Family Song details Performer: The Family First Released: 19 August 1985 - The Family album Album(s): The Family Live & Tight As A Funk Fiends' Fix Writer(s): Prince (credited to Jerome Benton) Producer(s): Prince (credited to David Z. Rivkin and The Family) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 26 October 1984 (a.m.): First Avenue - 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, Minnesota (some lyrics quoted only); 7 June 1985: Prom Center, St. Paul, MN, USA (full song); 13 August 1985: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota (first performance by The Family) 8 March 2014: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California Performed regularly on tour: Parade Tour Sign O’ The Times Tour (performed by Madhouse during opening set) Hit N Run Tour (in medley with Controversy) A Celebration (in medley with Controversy) Performed occasionally in shows: 1985, 1986, 1987, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Mutiny is the second track on The Family’s first and only album The Family. The song was written by Prince, but credited to Jerome Benton. In 2001, a live performance medley by Prince of Controversy and Mutiny was released as part of NPG Music Club Edition # 2. Basic tracking took place on 27 June 1984 at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, MN, USA (five days after recording Mazarati – later renamed Susannah’s Pajamas, on the same day High Fashion and Desire). Saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds were recorded a few days later, on 2 July 1984. St. Paul Peterson overdubbed vocals onto the track in late 1984 - early 1985. On 23 April 2012, a 9:54 rehearsal version of Mutiny containing an interpolation of Ice Cream Castles by Prince and the New Power Generation and likely recorded around mid-April 2012 was streamed on drfunkenberry.com to promote the forthcoming Welcome 2 Australia Tour. The track was sent to Paul Peterson prior to its online stream, and fDeluxe (as The Family became known) responded the following week by streaming Hot Summer At Menard’s (a spoof commercial for Menards, a mid-west home goods store, using Prince’s Hot Summer as background music) on drfunkenberry.com. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 27 June 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA Tracking 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 Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA Clare Fischer Orchestral overdubs Spring 2013 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA re-recording w/ 11-piece horn arrangement Recording Personnel The Family version St. Paul Peterson - vocals Prince - all instruments, except where noted, and background vocals (uncredited) Eric Leeds - saxophone Jellybean Johnson - credited, but did not contribute Jerome Benton - credited, but did not contribute Miko Weaver - credited, but did not contribute Prince version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Eric Leeds - saxophone 2013 re-recording Prince - lead vocals Shelby J. - background vocals (assumed) Elisa Dease - background vocals (assumed) Liv Warfield - background vocals (assumed) John Blackwell - drums (assumed) Ida Nielsen - bass guitar (assumed) Cassandra O’Neal - keyboards (assumed) BK Jackson - saxophone Marcus Anderson - saxophone Adrian Crutchfield – saxophone Sylvester Onyejiaka - saxophone Keith Anderson - saxophone Lynn Grissett - trumpet Steve Reid - trumpet Phil Lassiter - trumpet Nick Marchione - trumpet Roy Agee - trombone Joey Rayfield - trombone Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Mutiny 3:57 The Family Studio Mutiny 5:32 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 Controversy / Mutiny 4:05 NPG Music Club Edition # 2 .mov download Live 8 December 2000, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA Mutiny ?:?? St. Paul: Live At Bunkers DVD Live As part of the "Family Medley". Recorded live in 2005, Bunker’s Bar And Grill, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Mutiny T.B.C. Live concert TV broadcast Live 7 June 1986, Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA Mutiny (originally titled Days of Wild & Loose) 9:54 Delayed performance online stream Rehearsal Recorded mid-April 2012, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota (assumed); contains an interpolation of Ice Cream Castles Mutiny 5:09 Delayed performance TV broadcast Studio 4 March 2014, The Arsenio Hall Show, Sunset Bronson Studios - Stage 19, Los Angeles, California; contains an interpolation of Ice Cream Castles; also posted online as performance video Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Mutiny Studio Prince’s original studio version, using an alternate mix from the final release Mutiny Studio 2013 re-recording with 11-piece horn section

Additional Information See also Trivia The Family album The Family Promotional image posted with 2012 rehearsal stream: 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) 2018 Phil Lassiter interview

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