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Tracklist: 17 Days 06:22 Purple Rain 01:26 A Case Of You 01:40 Mary Don't You Weep 04:42 Strange Relationship 02:38 International Lover 03:48 Wednesday 01:59 Cold Coffee & Cocaine 05:13 Why The Butterflies 06:26 Produced, Arranged, Composed and Per4med* by: Prince Trax released as singles: Mary Don't You Weep Notes: *Recorded in 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail home studio in Chanhassen, MN & engineered by Don Batts, Piano & A Microphone 1983 is a nine track, 35-minute album features a previously unreleased home studio cassette recording of Prince at his piano. The Deluxe CD+LP format will include a 12" booklet featuring brand new liner notes written by Prince's then engineer Don Batts, as well as candid shots of Prince including never before seen images. The private rehearsal provides a rare, intimate glimpse
into Prince s creative process as he worked through songs which include 17 Days
and Purple Rain (neither of which would be released until 1984), a cover of Joni
Mitchell's A Case Of You, Strange Relationship (not released until 1987 on his
critically acclaimed Sign O' The Times album), and International Lover. The
album also includes a rare recording of the 19th Century spiritual Mary Don't
You Weep, featured during the end credits of Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman. For
fans of Prince's spontaneous live medleys, tracks 1-7 of the album are presented
in that same format as they were originally recorded. |