MADHOUSE “8” jazz funk LP PAISLEY PARK ’87 U.S. orig PRINCE side project NM

$

39

Artist:  MADHOUSE

Title:   “8”

Label:   PAISLEY PARK.  Label is multi-colored paisley pattern, with black text.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Catalog number is 1-25545. 

Year:  1987.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is NM- with full original gloss.  Has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  One slight hairline mark on track 1, side 1; otherwise clean.  No serious or audible marks.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean.  This hard-to-find LP is one that you will never need to upgrade.      

JACKET:   Jacket is EXCELLENT with nice bright artwork on front and reverse.   Nice seams and corners; spine has small, slight separation at center (approximately one inch) that has started to separate top layer only (see photo), almost unnoticeable.  Reverse is clean and bright with no writing, stickers, or cutout indications.  Overall a beautiful jacket you will be proud to display.  

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• One
• Two
• Three
• Four
• Five

Side Two:

• Six
• Seven
• Eight

Review:

“Recorded in less than five days in the fall of 1986, “8” was Prince's first foray into jazz fusion, a natural progression from the sophisticated, horn-spiked funk of Parade.  As with his numerous other side projects, like the Time and early Sheila E., Prince took pains to disguise his involvement, making woodwind player Eric Leeds the spokesman for Madhouse.  In fact, Prince wrote and laid down all eight tracks before calling on Leeds -- who was reportedly being rewarded for his loyalty -- to add overdubs on sax and flute.  The results, titled only by number, are more impressive when considered in light of how many other musical balls Prince had in the air at the time: Sheila E.'s third effort, the beginnings of The Black Album, and his own epic Dream Factory (which would later mutate into the two-disc Sign o' the Times), among others.  But on their own merits, the songs aren't bad, either, with the instrumental format offering Prince and Leeds a chance to indulge in more complex melodic and harmonic ideas than often appeared on record.  In that sense, 8 has more in common with the Revolution's legendary live shows of this period, which often featured such extended jams.  The best song, however, is the simple single "6," a throwback to the foot-stomping '60s soul-jazz of artists like Grant Green, updated with an explosive '80s backbeat.  Not an essential item in the Prince canon, this is still miles ahead of the sort of fuzak Kenny G. and Najee (who would end up in Prince's band, years later) were taking straight to the bank at about the same time.”

(review courtesy of Dan LeRoy, allmusic)   

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