Uncut  |  July 2106
NOTHING COMPARES PRINCE: THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE
On 7th April 1978, a week before the release of the Grease soundtrack sent John Travoltamania spinning into its second phase, a debut album by a new artist on Warner Bros slipped quietly into American record stores. For You charted at one hundred and sixty three on the Billboard charts, a fair achievement for a nineteen year old who hadn’t yet done a national tour. But the startling thing about For You, even more impressive than the opening chorale of harmonised voices that all turned out to be the work of one person, was the amount of instruments he played. There were twenty seven of them. “Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by Prince,” the sleevenotes boasted. Alone, singlehandedly. Nobody else so much as rattled a tambourine.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Uncut July 2106.