Tag: charles smith
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1978 Instrumentals
Prince’s 1978 instrumentals are fundamentally rough sketches, not unlike his untitled home recordings of 1976; the main difference is that both the aural fidelity and his musicianship had improved exponentially in the interim.
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I’m Yours
“I’m Yours” is one of the few moments of For You when Prince’s genre-bending later persona comes into sharp focus.
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Don’t You Wanna Ride?
Prince spins a yarn about hooking up with a “foxy lady down in New Orleans” that sounds for all the world like a Penthouse Forum letter set to music.
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Home Recordings, 1976
The Anderson home provided a fruitful place for Prince to further his musical aspirations.