A Must-Have for the Prince Collector completist.

Vinyl: VERY GOOD
Cover: GOOD PLUS (has some wear and tear. Inner dust sleeve is split. )

Minneapolis Genius is the first collection of studio recordings by , the band name given to a number of tracks recorded by and with occasional other musicians (it is misleading to consider it an "album", as the tracks have been rearranged many times for reissues under different titles).

The collection contained one song with writing input by , , and appeared as a musician on all tracks, stemming from recording sessions between 1975 and 1979 (the cover subtitle incorrectly labels the sessions as "the historic 1977 recordings").

had no input into the final release, however, and was upset at its release, leading to a heated discussion between and in First Avenue in Minneapolis upon its release.

This collection has been re-released several times under different titles, often with additional tracks. The other releases containing these tracks are:

Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince in 1992 (listed as a standard reissue below) in 1995 in 1999 in 2000 in 2000 in 2002

A second collection, featuring different tracks (including two additional tracks featuring , titled , was released in 2002.

The album was released without much promotion, and did not chart.

Side 1: (7:11) (4:21) (5:01) Side 2: (5:21)1 (5:09) (6:17)2

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