The Dawn

~ Release by Prince (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

I am leaving this link here for reference as there is not much out there about this DAWN release.

This link points to a Japanese 2019 Re-issue of this album
https://www.discogs.com/The-Artist-Formerly-Known-As-Prince-The-Dawn/release/13888069

Annotation last modified on 2019-08-05 20:10 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Act 1: Come
#TitleRatingLength
1Welcome 2 the Dawn
recording of:
Welcome 2 the Dawn
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
2:08
2NPG Operator
0:12
3Come (Part 1)
recording of:
Come
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:22
4Endorphinmachine
recording of:
Endorphinmachine
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
3:51
5Space
recording of:
Space
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
5:09
6We March
recording of:
We March
lyricist and composer:
Nona Gaye and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:44
7Days of Wild
recording of:
Days of Wild
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
7:17
8NPG Operator
0:18
9The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
recording of:
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
6:21
10The Pope
recording of:
Pope
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
4:33
11Ripopgodazippa
clarinet:
Kathy Jensen (saxophonist)
drums (drum set):
Michael B. (drummer aka Michael B.)
electric bass guitar:
Sonny T. (Prince bass player)
instruments and vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
saxophone:
Brian Gallagher (jazz saxophonist)
trombone:
Michael B. Nelson (horn player, member of Hornheads)
trumpet:
Dave Jensen (trumpeter & flugelhornist) and Steve Strand
background vocals and spoken vocals:
Mayte Garcia
recording of:
Ripopgodazippa
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
34:37
12NPG Operator
0:06
13Race
recording of:
Race
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
8:22
14Empty Room
recording of:
Empty Room (in 1994)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
3:17
15NPG Operator
0:07
16Mad
recording of:
Mad
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
5:30
17Rock & Roll Is Alive!
recording of:
Rock and Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives in Minneapolis)
writer:
Michael Bland (drummer aka Michael B.), Morris Hayes, Lloyd Sonny Thompson (Prince bass player), Prince Nelson (Prince, “The Artist Formerly Known as…”) and Thomas Elm
4:32
18Shhh
recording of:
Shhh
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
6:58
19Strays of the World
recording of:
Strays of the World
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:41
2▼CD: Act 2: Chaos
#TitleRatingLength
1Pussy Control
recording of:
P Control
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
premiered at:
Glam Slam (Minneapolis) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (on 1994-07-25)
5:40
2NPG Operator
0:10
3Peach
recording of:
Peach
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
3:05
4Chaos and Disorder
recording of:
Chaos and Disorder
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:13
5Shy
recording of:
Shy
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:56
6NPG Operator
0:15
7Pheromone
recording of:
Pheromone
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:28
8319
recording of:
319
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
3:20
9Hide the Bone
drums (drum set):
Michael B. (drummer aka Michael B.)
electric bass guitar:
Sonny T. (Prince bass player)
instruments and vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
keyboard:
Tommy Barbarella
recording of:
Hide the Bone
lyricist:
Brenda Lee Eager and Hilliard Wilson
composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
35:07
1018 & Over
recording of:
18 & Over
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
6:22
11NPG Operator
0:14
12(Lemme See That Body Get) Loose!
recording of:
Loose!
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:32
13Papa
recording of:
Papa
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
2:58
14Dark
recording of:
Dark
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
5:30
15NPG Operator
0:07
16Billy Jack Bitch
recording of:
Billy Jack Bitch
lyricist and composer:
Michael Bert Nelson (songwriter) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
8:27
17I Hate U
recording of:
Eye Hate U
lyricist and composer:
Prince Nelson (Prince, “The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
8:51
18Let It Go
recording of:
Letitgo
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
5:38
19Don’t Talk to Strangers
recording of:
Don’t Talk 2 Strangers
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
33:13
3▼CD: Act 3: Gold
#TitleRatingLength
1Interactive
recording of:
Interactive
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
43:02
2Acknowledge Me
recording of:
Acknowledge Me
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
7:11
3NPG Operator
0:10
4Somebody’s Somebody
bass guitar:
Rhonda Smith (bassist) (in 1996)
drums (drum set):
Kirk Johnson (percussionist/drummer, producer, composer) (in 1996)
guitar:
Kat Dyson (guitarist and vocalist) (in 1996), Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1996) and Mike Scott (funk and R&B guitarist) (in 1996)
keyboard:
Morris Hayes (in 1996)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1996)
recorded at:
Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States (in 1996)
recording of:
Somebody’s Somebody (in 1996)
lyricist:
Brenda Lee Eager, Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) and Hilliard Wilson
composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
3:42
5Love Sign
recording of:
Love Sign
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:36
6What’s My Name
recording of:
What’s My Name
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
33:03
7The Ride
recording of:
The Ride
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
8:45
8Zannalee
recording of:
Zannalee
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
2:46
9NPG Operator
0:20
10Now
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
baritone saxophone:
Kathy Jensen (saxophonist)
tenor saxophone:
Brian Gallagher (jazz saxophonist)
trombone:
Michael B. Nelson (horn player, member of Hornheads)
trumpet:
Dave Jensen (trumpeter & flugelhornist) and Steve Strand
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
performer:
The New Power Generation and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
recording of:
Now
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
34:29
11Face Down
recording of:
Face Down
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
2:19
12NPG Operator
0:13
132morrow
recording of:
2morrow (in 1996-11)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
34:19
14The Same December
recording of:
The Same December
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
3:28
15Extraordinary
recording of:
Extraordinary
lyricist, writer and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
2:25
16Dolphin
recording of:
Dolphin
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
6:18
17Come (Part 2)
recording of:
Come
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
11:50
18NPG Operator
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
spoken vocals:
Rain Ivana
recording of:
NPG Operator (Gold Experience track 17)
lyricist:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
10:39
19Gold
co-producer:
Ricky P. (American keyboardist)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
additional keyboard:
Ricky P. (American keyboardist)
drums (drum set):
Michael B. (drummer aka Michael B.)
electric bass guitar:
Sonny T. (Prince bass player)
keyboard:
Tommy Barbarella and Mr. Hayes
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
spoken vocals:
Rain Ivana
performer:
The New Power Generation and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
additional arranger:
Ricky P. (American keyboardist)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
recording of:
Gold
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
3.57:27