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Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 (Prince Studio Sessions)
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“Paula was the ex-wife of Irish rock star Sir Bob Geldof, late of the Boomtown Rats, and the ex-consort of Australian rock star Michael Hutchence, late in a more permanent sense, and was widely admired by many distinguished Americans, including Andy Warhol, who hailed her first book-a collection of photographs entitled Rock Stars In Their... See more
Because I could at least respect the British rock and rollers—they were clear on their influences, clear that what they were doing was just a riff on Black folks singing the blues, and better than that, at that moment in time they appreciated what freshness we could bring to the sound. Billy Preston was practically another one of the Beatles by
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Thelonious Monk playing “Honeysuckle Rose”.
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(Most ink at the time went toward George Harrison’s post-Beatles solo release, All Things Must Pass, which dropped later that month.)