PRINCE Sign "O" The Times PAISLEY PARK (1987 1st Ed. Double LP set) NM

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PRINCE Sign "O" The Times PAISLEY PARK 9 25577-1 (1987 1st Ed. Double record set) 

Tracklist

A1 Sign "O" The Times 5:02 A2 Play In The Sunshine Voice [Background Voice] – Susannah 5:05 A3 Housequake Lead Vocals – Camille (3)Voice [Party Voice] – Brad M.*, Coke J.*, Gilbert D.*, Mike S.*, Susan R.*, The Penguin (3), Todd H.* 4:38 A4 The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker 4:04

B1 It 5:10 B2 Starfish And Coffee Voice [Background Voice], Lyrics By [Lyrics Co-written By] – Susannah 2:51 B3 Slow Love Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Claire Fischer*Guitar, Voice [Backing Voice] – Wendy*Lyrics By [Lyrics Co-written By] – Carol Davis*Voice [Backing Voice] – Lisa* 4:18 B4 Hot Thing 5:39 B5 Forever In My Life 3:38

C1 U Got The Look Drums, Percussion – Sheila E.Vocals – Camille (3), Sheena Easton 3:58 C2 If I Was Your Girlfriend Lead Vocals – Camille (3) 4:54 C3 Strange Relationship Lead Vocals – Camille (3)Sitar, Flute [Wooden Flute] – Lisa*Tambourine, Congas – Wendy* 4:04 C4 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 6:31

D1 The Cross 4:46 D2 It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night Lead Guitar – Mico WeaverMusic By [Music Co-written By] – Dr. Fink, Eric LeedsPercussion, Rap [Transmississippirap] – Sheila E.Performer [Recorded Live In Paris By] – Prince And The RevolutionVoice [Backing Voice] – 6,000 Wonderful Parisians, Greg Brooks, Jerome Benton, Wally SaffordVoice [Co-lead Voice] – Jill Jones, Susannah 8:59 D3 Adore 6:29

*(all photos are of the actual item)

• Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Mastered By [Originally] – Bernie Grundman

• Prince – lead vocals and various instruments
• Wendy Melvoin – guitar and backing vocals (7), tambourine and congas (12, 15)
• Lisa Coleman – backing vocals (7), Fairlight sitar and wooden flute (12), keyboards and backing vocals (15)
• Sheila E. – drums and percussion (10), percussion and rap (15)
• Dr. Fink – keyboards (15)
• Miko Weaver – guitar (15)
• Brown Mark – bass (15)
• Bobby Z. – drums (15)
• Eric Leeds – saxophone (3, 7, 8, 15, 16)
• Atlanta Bliss – trumpet (3, 7, 15, 16)
• Susannah Melvoin – backing vocals (2, 4, 6), vocals (15)
• Jill Jones – vocals (15)
• Sheena Easton – contributing artist (10)
• Clare Fischer – string arrangements

Notes

Heart-shaped title sticker on shrink: (not included)
Specially-Priced Two Record Set
Prince Sign "?" The Times

Created & Mixed at Paisley Park, Sunset Sound and Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks
© 1987 Paisley Park Records 9 25577-1

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand etched): 1-25577-A-SR6 1-2
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand etched): 1-255 6????8???? 77-B-SR6 1-2
• Matrix / Runout (Side C, hand etched): 1-25577-C-SR4 1-3
• Matrix / Runout (Side D, hand etched): 1-25577-D-SH1 15825-X 1-2 SRO-1 B-26797-SH1

AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
     Fearless, eclectic, and defiantly messy, Prince's Sign 'O' the Times falls into the tradition of tremendous, chaotic double albums like The Beatles, Exile on Main St., and London Calling -- albums that are fantastic because of their overreach, their great sprawl. Prince shows nearly all of his cards here, from bare-bones electro-funk and smooth soul to pseudo-psychedelic pop and crunching hard rock, touching on gospel, blues, and folk along the way. This was the first album Prince recorded without the Revolution since 1982's 1999 (the band does appear on the in-concert rave-up, "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"), and he sounds liberated, diving into territory merely suggested on Around the World in a Day and Parade. While the music overflows with generous spirit, these are among the most cryptic, insular songs he's ever written. Many songs are left over from the aborted triple album Crystal Ball and the abandoned Camille project, a Prince alter ego personified by scarily sped-up tapes on "If I Was Your Girlfriend," the most disarming and bleak psycho-sexual song Prince ever wrote, as well as the equally chilling "Strange Relationship." These fraying relationships echo in the social chaos Prince writes about throughout the album. Apocalyptic imagery of drugs, bombs, empty sex, abandoned babies and mothers, and AIDS pop up again and again, yet he balances the despair with hope, whether it's God, love, or just having a good time. In its own roundabout way, Sign 'O' the Times is the sound of the late '80s -- it's the sound of the good times collapsing and how all that doubt and fear can be ignored if you just dance those problems away.