1980-1981
Dirty Mind
Dirty Mind is Prince’s third album. Initially intended as a set of demos, it was entirely recorded at Prince’s home studio.
It is his first album to include contributions from other musicians, with Dr Fink performing a synth solo on “Head”, and co-writing and playing on “Dirty Mind”. Alongside Prince’s established R&B style, some of the songs have a punk and new wave influence.
Prince toured the album from December 1980 to April 1981, followed by his first performances in Europe.
Prince Live
Rig Diagram
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Prince In The Studio
Dirty Mind was recorded between May and June 1980 at Prince's North Arm Drive home studio. Dr Fink appears on the songs “Dirty Mind”, playing an Arp Omni, and “Head”, playing an Oberheim OB-X.
References
- Brown, Jake. (2010) Prince 'in the Studio' 1975 - 1995.
- Prince's bass players over the years: in their own words. (2021) Bass Player.
- Regen, Jon. (2019) Lisa Coleman “Prince would just use a preset and then brighten the f**k out of it!”. MusicRadar.