Were Prince & The Revolution In All Your Dreams in the 80s? Band member Lisa Coleman tells Sam Bleazard, 'it got bigger than we thought...we didn't expect to become the mainstream!' Tune in to Part 2 as they hang on to Prince's creative coat tails in 1985. Emmy® Award winning composer & pianist Lisa Coleman, is one half of Wendy & Lisa. At 19, she joined Prince & The Revolution. She still records, works with others, and writes for film & TV. Her solo album, Collage, was released in 2019. This is part 2 of her story, as told to Sam Bleazard. Essential listening.
INTRODUCTION - 2mins
2mins30s - Bootleg tapes begin to circulate at High School
3mins30s - Lisa remembers recording All My Dreams at Sunset Sounds...
5mins - Steiner School Highland Hall recitals and morning prayers make it on to unreleased songs with Prince
7mins - 'Sometimes we hurt each others feelings...and it meant a lot to me. There was always some kind of repair immediately afterwards.'
10mins - Rehearsals and cassette decks in the studio... 'I just found 4 boxes!'
11mins30s - Purple Rain 'it got bigger than we thought... we didn't expect it to become the mainstream, it was our version of alternative...'
16mins - The incredible well-spring of creativity taking place in 1985 with Prince, the Purple Rain tour, Around the World In a Day and Parade!
18mins30s - Prince seeks sanctuary, in the confines of the recording studio with The Revolution...
20mins30s - Any regrets looking back, about what could have been released? 'We were headed in this really interesting direction at that time...'
23mins30s - Sam asks Lisa if it's true that Prince re-recorded all of the Around the World In a Day album close to release?
25mins - Prince's bodyguards are drafted in to join the group as backing singers and dancers, as The Revolution band swells to double its original size.
27mins - Swapping musical ideas with Prince, conversations about classical music with Lisa...and listening to Bolero.
29mins30s - A shared love and appreciation of Joni Mitchell's music...'it turns out that he and Andre used to listen to Joni when they were kids.'
31mins - 'Prince didn't listen to The Beatles at all...' Lisa explains why!
32mins - After The Parade... 'I think we were both shell-shocked...'
34mins - Getting back together briefly in the new millennium...'there was that high', and getting onstage at The Brit Awards.