The Time Vinyl First Album Morris Day Prince Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis Grammys RARE!

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The Time Vinyl First Album Morris Day Prince Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis Grammys RARE
Fresh on the heels of their appearance at the Grammys, here’s the Time’s 1981 first album in vinyl with Prince’s direction and playing.
The Time ‎– The Time Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– BSK 3598 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: US Released: 1981
Vinyl – Mint(-) / Cover – Mint(-)
Tracks Side One 1.Get It Up9:05 2.Girl5:34 3.After Hi School4:20
Side Two 1.Cool         10:06 2.Oh, Baby4:57 3.The Stick8:23

Credits Bass, Lead Vocals [Co-Lead], Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Terry Lewis Drums, Percussion – Jellybean Johnson Guitar, Vocals – Jesse Johnson Keyboards, Vocals – Jimmy Jam, Monte Moir Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Morris Day Produced by Morris Day and Prince Recorded, engineered and mixed by Prince
The Time was assembled under a clause in Prince's contract with Warner Bros. that allowed him to recruit and produce other artists for the label. Inspired by the 1980 film The Idolmaker, Prince decided to put together a pop-funk group that would serve as an outlet for material in the vein of his own early albums, while he explored other genres and styles in his own career.
By 1981, he had built The Time out of an existing Minneapolis funk/R&B unit, Flyte Tyme, which featured Cynthia Johnson on lead vocals and sax, Anton (Tony) Johnson on guitar, David Eiland on saxophone, Jellybean Johnson on drums, Jimmy Jam and Monte Moir on keyboards, and Terry Lewis on bass. To the last four were added Jesse Johnson on guitar and a lead singer and childhood friend named Morris Day, and Jerome Benton who was a promoter drawn from another local band called "Enterprise", who became Day's comic foil. Prince had used an Enterprise song, "Partyup", on his Dirty Mind album.
This is the Time’s first album, first edition vinyl LP from 1981.  It would make a great addition to any Time, Prince or Minneapolis Funk collection.
This is from my personal record collection.
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