Alphabet St.
~ Recording by Prince
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.14 | Alphabet St. | 5:40 | Prince | The Hits / The B-Sides (ARC pressing) | Prince | Album + Compilation |
| Paisley Park, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 45440-2 |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Eddie Miller (US recording engineer) Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) Joe Blaney (on 1987-12-30) |
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| producer: | Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) |
| mixer: | Joe Blaney Eddie Miller (US recording engineer) Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) |
| cuíca, drum machine [Dynacord ADD-One], drum machine [Linn LM-1], electric bass guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer [Roland D-50] and lead vocals: | Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1987-12-30) |
| drums (drum set): | Sheila E. (on 1987-12-30) |
| Hammond organ: | Boni Boyer (US vocalist) (on 1987-12-30) |
| handclaps: | Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1987-12-30) Sheila E. (on 1987-12-30) |
| saxophone: | Eric Leeds (saxophonist) (on 1987-12-30) |
| trumpet: | Atlanta Bliss (on 1987-12-30) |
| background vocals: | Boni Boyer (US vocalist) (on 1987-12-30) Cat (US choreographer & vocalist Cat Glover) (on 1987-12-30) Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1987-12-30) |
| lead vocals [rap]: | Cat (US choreographer & vocalist Cat Glover) (on 1987-12-30) |
| spoken vocals: | Ingrid Chavez (on 1987-12-30) |
| arranger: | Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) |
| recorded at: | Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen (on 1987-12-30) |
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| mixed at: | Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen |
| DJ-mixes: | New Megamix (order: 1) |
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| compiled in: | 👁 No / Alphabet St. / Glam Slam / Anna Stesia / Dance On / Lovesexy / When 2 R in Love / I Wish U Heaven / Positivity (order: 2) |
| has remixes: | Alphabet St. (“This is not music, this is a trip”) |
| sampled by: | Ringfinger by Nine Inch Nails |
| edits: | Alphabet St. (cont.) Alphabet St. (edit) |
| part of: | NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (2012-10-25) (number: 29) (order: 29) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/781jv9lCKdgP3qjxocB7r8 [info] |
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| streaming page: | https://music.apple.com/us/song/1544343953 [info] https://tidal.com/track/165687337 [info] |
| recording of: | Alphabet St. (on 1987-12-30) |
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Related works
Alphabet St.
| lyricist and composer: | Prince Rogers Nelson (Prince, “The Artist Formerly Known as…”) |
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| publisher: | Controversy Music |
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| referred to in medleys: | Purple Medley (order: 17) |
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| is the basis for: | L.M.L.Y.P. |
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