MAVIS STAPLES FEATURING PRINCE TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE USA VER À TOURS

Mavis Staples ‎– Time Waits For No One Label:Paisley Park ‎– 9 25798-2 Format:CD, Album Pays:US Date:1989 Etat / Grading: Très bon; comme neuf / Very Good, like new Time Waits For No One is the seventh solo studio album by American R&B and gospel singer Mavis Staples (her first on Paisley Park Records), and her first to include input by Prince. Six of the album's eight songs are written, produced and largely performed by Prince, and he is listed as the executive producer of the whole album (although he is not believed to have had any input on the two tracks not written by him). First steps Prince (through manager Bob Cavallo) approached Mavis Staples about recording an album in Autumn 1987 after seeing her perform as part of The Staple Singers in August 1987 at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA. The group had been unsigned for 13 years, and Mavis Staples soon signed with Paisley Park Records. Recording process Work on the album began in February 1988, when Prince recorded Interesting. He sent the track, along with Jaguar (a vault track recorded in January 1987, originally intended for Sheena Easton), to Mavis Staples in Memphis, TN, USA, where she recorded lead vocals on both tracks using producers Al Bell, Homer Banks and Lester Snell at Ardent Studios. In late June 1988, shortly before leaving for the European opening of the Lovesexy Tour, Prince recorded Time Waits For No One for the album, and revised Come Home (initially recorded January 1987), I Guess I'm Crazy (initially recorded October 1987) and Train (initially recorded July 1986), and all four songs were sent to Mavis Staples for lead vocal overdubs. Prince and Mavis Staples did not work together in the studio on this album, therefore, although they did work together in late July 1988, in Olympic Studio, London, England, on God Is Alive, which was not considered for the album, as well as on later projects following the release of this album. The compact disc version is the original issue. Details given for Prince-related tracks only: 1. Interesting (4:28) 1 2. 20th Century Express 3. Come Home (5:29) 1 4. Jaguar (5:29) 1 5. Train (4:27) 1 6. The Old Songs 7. I Guess I'm Crazy (4:10) 1 8. Time Waits For No One (6:12) 2 1 Written by Prince 2 Written by Prince and Mavis Staples Musicians - Mavis Staples - lead vocals - Prince - all instruments, except where noted (credited only as "featuring..."), background vocals on Interesting, Come Home, Jaguar, Train and Time Waits For No One - Levi Seacer, Jr. - bass guitar on Interesting - Miko Weaver - guitar on Interesting - Boni Boyer - keyboards on Interesting, background vocals on Time Waits For No One - Dr. Fink - keyboards on Interesting - Eric Leeds - saxophone on Interesting, Come Home and Train - Atlanta Bliss - trumpet on Interesting, Come Home and Train - Lester Snell - clavinet on Interesting, keyboards on Train - Homer Banks - background vocals on Interesting, Come Home and Train - William Brown - background vocals on Interesting, Come Home and Train - Sheila E. - drums, percussion and background vocals on Time Waits For No One