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|song name = Stone Lover | |song name = Stone Lover | ||
− | | | + | |album image = [[File:Stone_Lover_single.png|100px|link=Single: Stone Lover]]<br><small> from the single [[Single: Stone Lover|Stone Lover]]</small> |
+ | |single image = [[File:Purplesnow album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound]] <br><small> from the compilation <br>[[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]] | ||
|performer = MLF (Music, Love and Funk) | |performer = MLF (Music, Love and Funk) | ||
|first released = 1979 - [[Single: Stone Lover|Stone Lover]] single | |first released = 1979 - [[Single: Stone Lover|Stone Lover]] single | ||
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|previous song = [[Star *69 (PS With Love)]] | |previous song = [[Star *69 (PS With Love)]] | ||
|next song = [[Story Of You & I]] | |next song = [[Story Of You & I]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Stone Lover''' is the first and only track released by Minneapolis-area band MLF (Music, Love and Funk), featuring [[Prince]] on guitar. | + | |introduction = '''Stone Lover''' is the first and only track released by Minneapolis-area band MLF (Music, Love and Funk), featuring [[Prince]] on guitar. |
− | + | ''MLF'' is an alternate name for the band ''The Family'' led by [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] in the 1970’s (and which is unrelated to the band produced by [[Prince]] in the 1980’s [[The Family]]). | |
− | Either this track or [[Got To Be Something Here]], released around the same time ( | + | Basic tracking took place in late 1976 at [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same session that produced [[Got To Be Something Here]] which was recorded with basically the same musicians and released under another band name, The Lewis Connection on their [[Album:_The_Lewis_Conection|self-titled album]]). Prince played on these tracks to raise money for his first New York trip in the autumn of 1976. |
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+ | Either this track or [[Got To Be Something Here]], released around the same time (it’s not clear which was released first), marks the first time [[Prince]] appeared on a track he did not write (although earlier recordings by [[94 East]] were released later). It also marks the first release of a collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] (recorded almost 13 years before [[Diamonds And Pearls]], the next released collaboration). | ||
Confusingly though participating musicians have made conflicting statements whether Prince played on the track or not. | Confusingly though participating musicians have made conflicting statements whether Prince played on the track or not. | ||
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+ | In 2013, the full (unedited) version (along with [[Got To Be Something Here]]) was included on the [[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]] compilation. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = Late 1976 | |date = Late 1976 | ||
− | |studio = [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Sound 80]], <br>Minneapolis, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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* It also marks the first release of a collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]]. | * It also marks the first release of a collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]]. | ||
|see also = [[Single: Stone Lover|Stone Lover]] single | |see also = [[Single: Stone Lover|Stone Lover]] single | ||
+ | *[[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]] compilation | ||
*[[Sonny T.]] | *[[Sonny T.]] | ||
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− | |categories = [[Category:1979]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1979]][[Category:Recorded 1977]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:40, 26 June 2022
Star *69 (PS With Love) < < < | Non-Prince Songs | All Prince Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Story Of You & I |
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Star *69 (PS With Love) < < < | All Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Story Of You & I |