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Record: Excellent (EX) Cover: Very Good (VG) NO cut-out marks, NO stickers, NO Writing  Labels: Clean! Prince and the Revolution Let's Go Crazy / Erotic City 1984 United States Warner Brothers 12" Stereo Single SB-43165
Prince and the Revolution

Let's Go Crazy / Erotic City
 1984 United States Warner Brothers 12" Single

Original picture sleeve press (without barcode) with gold promo stamp at top center

Condition
Vinyl: Excellent (EX)
Sleeve: Very Good (VG) storage wear, small blemish at front lower left corner NO cut-out marks, NO stickers, NO Writing

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Prince And The Revolution ?– Let's Go Crazy Label: Warner Bros. Records ?– 9 20246-0 A, Warner Bros. Records ?– 0-20246 Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single, SRC Country: US Released: 1984 Genre: Electronic, Rock Style: Synth-pop Tracklist Hide Credits A Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix) 7:35 B Erotic City ("Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive") Backing Vocals [Background Vocal] – Sheila E. 7:24 Companies, etc. Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Published By – Controversy Music Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc. Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Credits Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince And The Revolution Notes Initial release without barcode - some copies are issued with (promo) gold stamp

PRINCE &t REVOLUTION Let's Go Crazy 12" pic sleeve PROMO Orig'84 no barcode HEAR The Revolution was an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 by Prince. Although widely associated with rock music, the band's sound incorporated rhythm and blues, funk, pop, and hard rock elements. Before their official break-up, The Revolution had released two studio albums, two soundtracks, and two videos. The band is known for its many members, varied in race and gender. The Revolution rose to international fame in the mid-1980s with Purple Rain, selling over 16 million albums in the United States alone.[1] The band achieved two number-one Billboard 200 albums (Purple Rain and Around the World in a Day), six top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and won three Grammy Awards. The band officially disbanded in 1986 after the Hit n Run – Parade Tour, which supported Parade, the soundtrack for Under the Cherry Moon. Early years When Prince formed his backing band after the release of his first album, he followed in the footsteps of one of his idols, Sly Stone by creating a multi-racial, multi-gendered musical ensemble. The band initially consisted of: Prince on lead vocals, guitar, and piano Dez Dickerson on guitar André Cymone on bass guitar Bobby Z. on drums & percussion Gayle Chapman on keyboards Matt Fink on keyboards Though officially unnamed, Prince experimented with the band acting as a side project known as The Rebels, recording material in 1979 in Colorado, just as a side project to get more music out. The recordings were a group effort with lead vocals by Cymone, Dickerson or Chapman. The project was shelved for unknown reasons, however two of the tracks would later be re-recorded and given away by Prince. "You", became "U", and was released on Paula Abdul's Spellbound album while "If I Love U 2nite" was released by both Mica Paris and Prince's later wife, Mayte Garcia. Paris rerecorded the song from scratch. Garcia's version was rerecorded by Prince. The Pre-Revolution On the next two tours following the Prince Tour, the band underwent two line-up changes. Gayle Chapman, who had strong religious beliefs as a member of The Way, quit the band in 1980 due to performing the sexually explicit lyrics of Prince's music, furthermore she disliked having to kiss her bandleader rather suggestively during the song "Head". The end came when she told Prince she planned to go on a trip with her Way group, but Prince wanted her to commit to some short-noticed rehearsals instead. After a long argument, Chapman quit the group to be replaced by Lisa Coleman.[2] Coleman was usually only identified by her first name, while Fink started wearing surgical scrubs on stage and became known as "Doctor" Fink. Fink originally wore a black and white striped prison jumpsuit. However, a member of Rick James' band was doing the same thing and not wanting to copy that, Prince asked Fink, "Do you have any other ideas?" Fink said, "What about a doctor's outfit?" Prince loved the idea, and thus was born Doctor Fink. The following year, after the Dirty Mind Tour, bass guitarist André Cymone would leave the band. Cymone, whose family gave Prince a home after he left his father's house, left over a number of grievances with Prince - little input in the studio, he wasn't getting credit for his contributions to Prince's music, and in general his desire to start his own career- and would have bitter feelings toward Prince as he later claimed that Prince stole many of his ideas that were used for The Time and that he created the bassline for Controversy's "Do Me, Baby".[2] Ultimately, Cymone was replaced by Mark Brown, renamed Brownmark by Prince. From 1982–1983, when the band was almost identified as The Revolution, it consisted of: Prince on lead vocals, guitar, and piano Dez Dickerson on guitar Brown Mark on bass Bobby Z. on drums & percussion Lisa Coleman on keyboards and piano Matt Fink on keyboards The words "and the Revolution" can be seen printed backwards on the cover of his fifth album 1999. The band members were curious as to if they were getting a real name, but Prince had held back from fully calling the group The Revolution partly because of Dez Dickerson's wishes to leave the band. When the 1999 Tour ended, Dez Dickerson finally left the band for religious reasons and was replaced by Lisa's childhood friend Wendy Melvoin. Prince told Dickerson that he needed three years from him, and Dickerson wasn't willing to commit. Prince told Dickerson he'd leave him on payroll and honor his contract, which Prince did. Dickerson went on to eventually work for independent Christian record label Star Song. The Melvoin-Coleman tandem shortly thereafter formed a special bond with Prince and greatly influenced his output during the rest of their tenure in the band. Prince's former mostly R&B/funk offerings would be more diversified with rock, pop and classical music elements. Prince and The Revolution Purple Rain (1984–1985) Prince and The Revolution's best-selling album, Purple Rain produced by Prince and The Revolution themselves, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 knocking Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. from the number one spot.[3] The album, released in the end of June 1984, featured the singles "When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy", "Purple Rain", "I Would Die 4 U", and "Take Me with U".[3] All the singles had accompanying music videos and all charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but only the first four peaked within the top 10 while "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" topped the chart.[3] "When Doves Cry" would become the most successful single from Purple Rain at the time of its release on the pop charts, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as the Dance and R&B chart.[3] The song "Purple Rain" won two Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television.[3] The album spent 24 weeks at number one and would eventually be certified thirteen times platinum in the United States, six times platinum in Canada and two times platinum in the United Kingdom.[1][4][5] Purple Rain would become the first official appearance of The Revolution.[6] At the time of the release the band contained: Prince on lead vocals, guitar, and piano Wendy Melvoin on guitar and vocals Brown Mark on bass guitar and vocals Lisa Coleman on keyboards, piano and vocals Matt "Doctor" Fink on keyboards and vocals Bobby Z. on drums Expansion (1985–1986) They lasted as such through 1986's Hit n Run – Parade Tour. In 1985, members of the then soon-to-be-defunct R&B/pop group The Family (which, in turn, included former members of another disbanded Prince-associated group, The Time) joined The Revolution, along with people from Sheila E.'s band. The "Counter-Revolution" line-up: Prince on lead vocals, guitar, and piano Wendy Melvoin on guitar and vocals Brown Mark on bass guitar and vocals Bobby Z. on drums Lisa Coleman on keyboards, piano and vocals Matt Fink on keyboards and vocals Miko Weaver on guitar1 Susannah Melvoin on backing vocals2 Eric Leeds on saxophone3 Matt "Atlanta Bliss" Blistan on trumpet4 Jerome Benton, Wally Safford and Greg Brooks as dancers/vocalists/comic foils (known as The Bodyguards)5 R&B & Soul Classic R&B,Contemporary R&B,Psychedelic,Soul 1st Edition,Picture Sleeve,Promo 45 RPM   Prince and the Revolution Let's Go Crazy / Erotic City 1984 United States Warner Brothers 12" Single Cover: Very Good (VG) NO cut-out marks, NO stickers, NO Writing Record: Excellent (EX) Labels: Clean!  SB-43165

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