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1988-1989

Lovesexy

Lovesexy is Prince's tenth album. It was recorded quickly following the cancellation of The Black Album. It has an eclectic sound, with hip-hop, house and gospel influences alongside Prince’s usual pop and funk styles.

It was the first album to be fully recorded at Paisley Park. The album features the unnamed Sign O The Times band on two songs, “Eye No” and “Dance On”. Sheila E, Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss appear on many of the other songs as well. The Roland D-50 appears prominently on this album, and would become Prince’s preferred keyboard for the next four albums.

Prince toured the album from July 1988 to February 1989, which was filmed for the Livesexy concert movie.

Prince Live

Equipment

Rig Diagram

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NADY 700 WIRELESS SYSTEM CLEAN CLEAN DIRTY DIRTY BAG END D12-M CABINETS OFF STAGE, MIKED FOR FRONT OF HOUSE BAG END D12-M CABINETS OFF STAGE, MIKED FOR FRONT OF HOUSE CARVER POWER AMP MESA/BOOGIE MARK II (DIRTY) FOOTSWITCH BOSS VB-2 VIBRATO BOSS OC-2 OCTAVE BOSS BF-2 FLANGER BOSS PSM-5 POWER SUPPLY/ MASTER SWITCH BOSS DSD-2 DIGITAL SAMPLER/ DELAY BOSS SD-1 SUPER OVERDRIVE COLORSOUND WAH * * ALTERNATE WITH CRY BABY YAMAHA SPX-90 SWITCHING UNIT JBI UREI 5547A THIRD OCTAVE GRAPHIC EQ

Prince In The Studio

Prince in the studio in the Lovesexy era.

Lovesexy was recorded between October 1988 and January 1988 at Paisley Park studios.

Equipment

Vocals
  • Neumann U47
  • Neumann TLM 170
Vocals recorded through a Focusrite 110 Pre-Amp and a UREI LA-2A compressor
Guitars
Amplifier
Amps were recorded through Shure SM57 or Sennheiser MD421 microphones. Guitars were also recorded direct using a Countryman 85 DI.
Effects
Basses
Synthesizers
Pianos and Keyboards
Drums and Percussion

References

  • Brown, Jake. (2010) Prince 'in the Studio' 1975 - 1995.