Prince
PRINCE - PIANO & A MICROPHONE 83
The album is a 35 minute recording of Prince alone at his piano, rehearsing / jamming through nine songs.
It is thought to have been recorded in January 1983.
The first section of 7 songs is a medley, while the last two tracks are stand-alone tracks.
There are three previously unreleased tracks, plus three early versions of tracks that would be recorded and released in later years.
RELEASE: 21/9
TRACKLISTING
Medley (LP Side A)
1. 17 Days - a year before Prince recorded his studio version
2. Purple Rain - an early version of what would become one of his biggest tracks
3. A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell cover) - a live favourite
4. Mary Don’t You Weep - 19th century spiritual and played live by Prince sporadically in the 90s
5. Strange Relationship - four years before it would be released on Sign O' The Times
6. International Lover - studio version appears on 1999
7. Wednesday - eventually recorded with Jill Jones on vox, this is a previously unreleased and unbootlegged version with Prince singing
Stand-alone tracks (LP Side B)
8. Cold Coffee & Cocaine - previously unreleased
9. Why The Butterflies - previously unreleased
The album is a 35 minute recording of Prince alone at his piano, rehearsing / jamming through nine songs.
It is thought to have been recorded in January 1983.
The first section of 7 songs is a medley, while the last two tracks are stand-alone tracks.
There are three previously unreleased tracks, plus three early versions of tracks that would be recorded and released in later years.
RELEASE: 21/9
TRACKLISTING
Medley (LP Side A)
1. 17 Days - a year before Prince recorded his studio version
2. Purple Rain - an early version of what would become one of his biggest tracks
3. A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell cover) - a live favourite
4. Mary Don’t You Weep - 19th century spiritual and played live by Prince sporadically in the 90s
5. Strange Relationship - four years before it would be released on Sign O' The Times
6. International Lover - studio version appears on 1999
7. Wednesday - eventually recorded with Jill Jones on vox, this is a previously unreleased and unbootlegged version with Prince singing
Stand-alone tracks (LP Side B)
8. Cold Coffee & Cocaine - previously unreleased
9. Why The Butterflies - previously unreleased
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