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Apollonia discography torrent download#q= Discography torrent download Apollonia discography torrent download#q=Vanity 6 Discography torrent download. 1980 : LADY T - (Gordy/) : backing vocals, co-wrote "Young Girl in Love". Produced by Richard Rudolph, co- produced by Teena Marie. 1980 : - TEENA MARIE (Gordy/Motown) : backing vocals. Produced by Teena Marie. 1981 : IT MUST BE MAGIC - TEENA MARIE (Motown) : backing vocals, co-wrote "The Ballad of Cradle Rob & Me". Produced by Teena Marie. 1982 : 1999 - (Warner Bros.) : Backing Vocals on "1999", "Automatic", "Free", featured vocal on "Lady Cab Driver". Produced by Prince. Jill also appeared in two of the promo videos that were shot for single releases, "AUTOMATIC" and "1999" (see Gallery section) 1984 : PURPLE RAIN - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION (Warner Bros.) : Backing Vocals. Produced by Prince & The Revolution. 1984 : SHEILA E - THE BELLE OF ST. MARK (Warner Bros.) : Backing vocals. Produced by The Starr Company. 1984 : - APOLLONIA 6 (Warner Bros.) : Backing Vocals on "Oo She She Wa Wa". Produced by Apollonia 6 & The Starr Company. 1985 : - (Columbia) : Featured Backing Vocals (uncredited). Produced by David Kahne. (UK release single sleeve) (French release single sleeve) 1985 : MAZARATI - MAZARATI (Paisley Park / Warner Bros.) : Backing Vocals on "Strawberry Lover" and "I Guess It's All Over". 1985 : PRINCE - HELLO (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.) : Uncredited backing vocals on this song, which appeared as the B-side of the single "Pop Life", and subsequently re-appeared on the 3-disc collection "The Hits / The B-Sides" 1987 : PRINCE - SIGN O' THE TIMES (Paisley Park / Warner Bros.) : Co-lead vocals on "It's gonna be a Beautiful Night". Produced by Prince. 1987 : - JILL JONES (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.) : Produced by David Z & Jill Jones, co-produced by Prince. (Singles issued were : "Mia Bocca" b/w "77 Bleeker St.", "G-Spot" b/w "Baby Cries (Ay Yah)" and "For Love" b/w "Baby, You're a Trip" As the latest graduate of the Prince school of 'n' roll, Jill Jones is the most complete female artist touched by His Purple Highness. She has been with Prince since singing background on "1999", and has since worked with Teena Marie. The eight songs on this first album are written and produced either by herself or in tandem with Himself, and show her to be capitalizing on Prince's style yet determined that her own personality survives. She manages it in a way that puppets such as Vanity and Appolonia never could. Lyrically, Jill Jones can handle her mentor's bent for the pervier side of Iurrrve in a way that never sounds less than convincing, and often like quite good fun. Jill Jones is as polished and exciting a first album as anyone could wish for. It makes no mistakes and sets things up for something truly adventurous next time round. Also, it is perhaps an indication that Prince is at last ready to share his space with more than just a succession of mindless bimbos. reviewer : Lloyd Bradley source : Q magazine. **** (from a possible 5*) MIA BOCCA (SINGLE) / B.W. 77 BLEEKER ST . G-SPOT B/W BABY CRIES (AY YAH) FOR LOVE B/W BABY YOU'RE A TRIP. 1988 : GOOD LOVE - PRINCE (uncredited backing vocals) : This track originally appeared on the OST album for the movie "Bright Lights, Big City". It was originally planned for inclusion in Prince's planned, later aborted "Camille" project, and subsequently resurfaced on 1998's "Crystal Ball" collection. 1988 : THE LONDON SESSIONS - JILL JONES (unreleased demos) : tracks (heard) : Deep Kiss, Living Legend, Long Time, Unattainable Love, White Dogs, Some of Us, Red, Tango. Also possibly recorded during the same sessions, "Sweet Liberty", "Revolutionary" and "Ecstasy". In November 1988, Jill recorded this collection of songs at AOSIS (Audio & Visual) Studios in London. These songs were intended for presentation to Prince as submissions for her second Paisley Park album, but this was not to be the case. This material has a more personal edge to it, whether it be Jill imploring someone special not to " treat [her] like a fan " (Long Time). or imparting to us that if it's love we're looking for, "there's a place where gypsies come and go, and lovers say goodbye and hello." She is no longer asking "where, oh where" can the G-Spot be, as here she implores her anonymous lover for a "deep kiss that touches every part of [her]". The song "Unattainable Love" sees Jill finally putting into words a sentiment that had become a current theme in much of her material up to this point. She's grown up now, no longer the "star-struck fool" or earlier work - here it seems she is beginning to realise where she has gone wrong, and that the one, great love she wants may perhaps be "unattainable." Jill is now seeing 'red' - no matter what she does, it will never be enough. At last, the girl "who would suffer kisses from another" is standing up for herself. She explains that "the pressure of pain has gotten to the limit", and asks the subject of one song why he can't "taste the venom on [her] tongue" When first hearing these songs, the listener may be disappointed, especially if a fan of the Paisley Park album, and it may initially appear that many of these songs are mere fillers. But repeat listens provide many rewards. Jill's voice seems to scale new heights: she sings about how she wants to "live forever . . to be a living legend", and you believe her. The arrangements and instrumentation here is not as lush as on her debut album, but it's the belief in this music that makes it work. Some of the material could quite easily be reworked - "Red", in particular, is a commercial, big sing- along chorus type of song, but it suffers from it's brevity. Musically reminiscent in places of "Purple Rain", another verse, an additional chorus and middle eight would make it a classic. It would not be too difficult to imagine Wendy & Lisa, or even Sheryl Crow, singing this one. Still unreleased to this day, this material would make a perfectly acceptable "commercial bootleg", similar to Prince's "Crystal Ball" release, although Jill has no plans for this to happen. 1989 : THE GROUND YOU WALK ON - JILL JONES (Warner Bros.) : From the motion picture 'Earth Girls are Easy'. Produced by Nile Rogers. Bizarrely, this is NOT the version heard in the film "Earth Girls are Easy", where the song is sung by Geena Davis. 1989 : YOU DO ME - (Virgin) : Lead Vocals. Produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Released as a single, and appeared on Sakamoto's "Beauty" album. 1990 : UNRELEASED DEMOS - JILL JONES (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.) The songs "My Baby knows how to Love Me", "Flesh and Blood" and "Boom Boom" (also known as "Boom Boom, Can't U feel the Beat of my Heart") were re-worked during these sessions. Saxophonist Candy Dulfer stated in an interview around this time that she had been at Paisley Park recording tracks for the new Jill Jones album. I suspect that a release was closer to fruition than any of us realised, since a video for the track "Boom Boom" was even filmed, suggesting that this was to be the debut single from the album. 1990 : C'EST SI BON (From Yves St. Laurent television spot). Produced by Trevor Horn. 1990: THE TIME - PANDEMONIUM (Paisley Park / Warner Bros.) : One of "Various Stellas" on the album (!) . Produced by The Time. 1991-95 : UNRELEASED DEMOS WITH TIM SIMENON & JOHN REYNOLDS. 1993 : BALD : Lead Vocals. Co-written with Paolo Rusticelli. This song was issued as a single (credited to Jill Jones), and also appeared on a compilation album released on Radikal Records called "The Best of Flying" 1994 : THE GREAT PRETENDER - LISA LISA (EMI) : Written and produced by Jill Jones and Giovanni Salah. 1995 : BABY MOTHER - BABY MOTHER (London Records) : Unreleased. Lead Vocalist. Produced by David Steele, Andy Cox, Carmen Rizzo and Jamie Mahobaritz. 1995 : OIL FOR THE LAMPS OF CHINA - THE LISTENING POOL (Telegraph / Island) : Backing Vocals, produced by The Listening Pool. The single subsequently appeared on the Listening Pool's album "Still Life" 1996 : MYSTIC MAN - PAOLO RUSTICELLI (Island) : Vocalist on the album tracks "Rock Man" and "In Deep". Produced by Paolo Rusticelli. 1997-98 : WRITING AND PRODUCING SOLO PROJECT WITH CHRIS BRUCE. 1999 : CHIC - LIVE AT THE BUDOKAN - CHIC (Featured Backing Vocals) August 1999 : 7-track EP (Exile Records USA) In addition to this EP release, a brand new studio album is schedule for release in late 1999, featuring many guest producers . . .. as well as cover versions of Blondie's "Call Me" for a German tribute album, a cover version of 's "Why" for Ronny Jordan's Blue Note Label, and guest vocals for other artists, including, among others, Ultra Nate. TO BE CONTINUED . . . credit where credit's due : Thanks to the following people for supplying images for use in this part of the site : Marvin Coleman, John Falcon, Chaka Hannah & Mark Unthank. Apollonia 6 - Apollonia 6 (1984) [Japanese Reissue 1990] Artist : Apollonia 6 Title : Apollonia 6 Year Of Release : 1984/1990 Label : Warner Bros. [WPCP-3701] Genre : Funk, Disco, Soul, R&B, Synth-pop Quality : 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans) Total Time : 34:26 Total Size : 80 mb / 215 mb WebSite : Album Preview. Apollonia 6 is the only studio album released by R&B vocal trio and Prince-protégés Apollonia 6. The album was initially to be the second release by the Prince-formed group Vanity 6, but when lead singer Vanity departed Prince's camp, the musician hired , thus changing the group's name and album. Apollonia 6, the album, primarily features the vocals of Kotero and Bennett with backing vocals by Wendy & Lisa and Jill Jones (Susan Moonsie only recorded one song for this album). The album spawned only one hit, "", which was performed by the group in the film Purple Rain. Although the album was released primarily on vinyl and audio cassette (Warner Bros. 9 25108), a CD version of the album was released in Japan (W.B. WPCP-3701). The CD has become a highly sought-after collectible. Apollonia 6 had a fair chart run, but is considered by some to be a viable part of the sound. :: TRACKLIST :: 1. Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian (07:08) 2. Sex Shooter (03:40) 3. Blue Limousine (06:22) 4. A Million Miles (I Love You) (05:52) 5. Oo She She Wa Wa (04:15) 6. Some Kinda Lover (04:47) 7. In A Spanish Villa (02:19) Personnel Vocals: Apollonia Kotero, Susan Moonsie, Multi-instruments: Prince & The Revolution Guitars: Keyboards: Bass: Mark Brown Drums, percussion: Sheila E. Additional backing vocals: Jill Jones. Album: Vanity 6. The album was produced by Prince under the pseudonym The Starr* Company, and production credit was shared (erroneously) with Vanity 6. Seven of the eight songs were written or co-written by Prince, but credit was given to the bandmembers. He’s So Dull was written and produced by Dez Dickerson. A follow-up to the album was planned to coincide with the Purple Rain movie, but when Vanity decided she did not want to participate in the movie, Prince instead replaced her with Apollonia and changed the group’s name to Apollonia 6; the tracks planned for the follow-up were subsequently included on the album Apollonia 6. Sessions and compiling. Some of the tracks were originally recorded in 1981 and intended for the group The Hookers, the name of the group before Vanity joined. Wet Dream, Make-Up and Drive Me Wild were recorded in Summer 1981, but the album by The Hookers was left unfinished in Autumn 1981, when Prince embarked on the (see details of the album in the trivia section below). The Hookers evolved into Vanity 6 when Vanity (born Denise Matthews) and Brenda Bennett joined the group, replacing Jamie Shoop and Loreen Moonsie. Nasty Girl, Bite The Beat and He’s So Dull were recorded in late March 1982 for the newly revised group. If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up) and 3 x 2 = 6 were the final tracks recorded for the album, in March or April 1982. Vanity and Brenda Bennett’s vocals for Wet Dream, Make- Up and Drive Me Wild were also recorded at some point in Spring 1982. The album produced four singles, Nasty Girl, Bite The Beat, He’s So Dull, and Drive Me Wild, and Vanity 6 supported the album by touring as one of Prince’s opening acts on the (with the musical backing played by The Time). Perhaps due to the album’s explicit lyrics, the album only reached number 45 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, but reached number 6 on the US Billboard Black Chart (recently renamed from the Billboard Soul Chart). The compact disc version is a reissue from the original LP. Nasty Girl (5:10) Wet Dream (4:12) Drive Me Wild (2:31) 1 He’s So Dull (2:32) 2 If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up) (5:34) 3 Make-Up (2:40) 1 Bite The Beat (3:12) 4 3 x 2 = 6 (5:24) 5. The vinyl long play is the original issue. Side 1: Nasty Girl (5:10) Wet Dream (4:12) Drive Me Wild (2:31) 1 He’s So Dull (2:32) 2 Side 2: If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up) (5:34) 3 Make-Up (2:40) 1 Bite The Beat (3:12) 4 3 x 2 = 6 (5:24) 5. All songs written by Prince (credited to Vanity 6) except where noted. 1 Written by Prince (credited to Susan Moonsie) 2 Written by Dez Dickerson (credited to Dez Dickerson and Vanity) 3 Written by Prince and Terry Lewis (credited to Terry Lewis and Vanity 6) 4 Written by Prince (lyrics, credited to Brenda Bennett) and (music) 5 Written by Prince (credited to Vanity) Album: Apollonia 6. Two earlier configurations of the album are known, both listed below: 29 February 1984, configuration Take Me With U Sex Shooter Manic Monday A Million Miles (I Love You) Ooo She She Wa Wa Some Kind Of Lover In A Spanish Villa. 30 April 1984, configuration Sex Shooter Blue Limousine Manic Monday A Million Miles (I Love You) Ooo She She Wa Wa Some Kind Of Lover In A Spanish Villa. The album was produced by Prince under the pseudonym The Starr* Company, and production credit was shared (erroneously) with Apollonia 6. All of the seven songs were written or co-written by Prince, but credit was given to the band members and to various members of The Revolution. Sessions and compiling. By August 1983, Prince had recorded several songs for a second album by Vanity 6, including Sex Shooter, Promise To Be True, Vibrator and Wet Dream Cousin G-Spot and 17 Days were also recorded around the time, but it is not certain they were fully considered for a sophomore Vanity 6 album. Vanity left the Prince camp in late July 1983 and was not going to be in the movie Purple Rain. When Prince recruited Apollonia to replace her Vanity 6 became Apollonia 6 and the sophomore Vanity 6 album became the debut by Apollonia 6. However, except for Sex Shooter recorded in April 1983, all other songs tentatively recorded for a follow-up Vanity 6 album were discarded. A Million Miles (I Love You), Ooo She She Wa Wa, Some Kind Of Lover and In A Spanish Villa were all recorded in February 1984, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. Blue Limousine was recorded in April 1984, also recorded at Sunset Sound. The last track recorded for the album was Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian,recorded in August 1984, at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA. Early project. Several other tracks were originally considered or planned for the album, but Prince lost interest in the project during the process of recording, and withdrew the following tracks: , later released by Prince and the Revolution; , later released by The Bangles; was also considered for the album in an early stage, as the title appears on a handwritten possible track list; While not specifically created for Apollonia 6, Shortberry Strawcake, Oliver’s House, Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar & , all later released by Sheila E. on The Glamorous Life were potentially all considered for the album as well. was recorded in August 1983 with Brenda Bennett on lead vocals. However by this time Vanity had just left the Prince camp and Apollonia was yet to be cast as her replacement. So it was never really intended for either Vanity 6 or Apollonia 6, but perhaps Prince had a solo project with Brenda Bennett in mind. The album produced two singles, Sex Shooter (which preceded the album) and Blue Limousine, but Apollonia 6 did not tour to support the album, and Apollonia made it clear to Prince that her career goals did not involve staying with the group. There was a plan to make videos for every song on the album, but it appears that only Sex Shooter, Blue Limousine and Ooo She She Wa Wa were filmed, with Sex Shooter the only one to be broadcast, while the others remained unreleased. The album reached number 62 on the US Billboard 200 Chart, and number 24 on the Billboard Soul LP’s Chart. The compact disc version is a reissue from the original LP. Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian (7:06) 1 Sex Shooter (3:39) 2 Blue Limousine (6:19) 3 A Million Miles (I Love You) (5:51) 4 Ooo She She Wa Wa (4:10) 5 Some Kind Of Lover (4:48) 6 In A Spanish Villa (2:12) 7. The vinyl long play format is the original issue. Side 1: Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian (7:06) 1 Sex Shooter (3:39) 2 Blue Limousine (6:19) 3 Side 2: A Million Miles (I Love You) (5:51) 4 Ooo She She Wa Wa (4:10) 5 Some Kind Of Lover (4:48) 6 In A Spanish Villa (2:12) 7. 1 Written by Prince (credited to Apollonia (words) and The Revolution (music)) 2 Written by Prince (credited to Apollonia 6) 3 Written by Prince (credited to Apollonia 6 (words) and Sheila E. (music)) 4 Written by Prince and Lisa Coleman (credited to Apollonia 6 (words) and Lisa Coleman (music)) 5 Written by Prince (credited to Susan) 6 Written by Prince (uncredited) and Brenda Bennett 7 Written by Prince (credited to Apollonia (words) and Wendy (music)) Apollonia 6. Apollonia 6 is a pop girl trio revamped from Vanity 6, after Denise Matthews departed the Prince camp and Purple Rain movie project in 1983. They were the second Prince protégée female group. After auditions had been held in Hollywood and New York in September 1983, actress Patricia Kotero (soon renamed Apollonia), a 22-year old model, was selected to play Vanity’s part. She had a few actress roles in movies and TV series from 1980 onward. Like Vanity 6 the band exploited a sexually charged and seductive image. The same lingerie imagery was used on record covers as well as in the Purple Rain movie and in TV shows performances. The band was in fact a sequel to the defunct Vanity 6. But because Apollonia had expressed that her sole interest was to star in the movie, but not to fully commit to the band. Although there’s no formal evidence it seems likely this was a reason for Prince to lose interest in the project already during the recording sessions. They stayed together as a group for some time in 1985, to promote their album, but it was clear to all of them a follow-up album was out of the question. After leaving the Prince camp Apollonia pursued an actress and singer carrier under the name Apollonia Kotero. She had a ten-episode guest stint in the night-time soap "Falcon Crest". In 1988 she released her debut album as a singer and continued to play in other movies, such as Back to Back (1989) and Black Magic Woman (1991). In the early 1990s she married actor Kevin Bernhardt. Since 1996 Apollonia Kotero has been working on her singing and acting career again, releasing the bilingual ballad "Stay With Me" in 1997. In 2005, Apollonia formed a multi-media entertainment company, Kotero Entertainment, partnering with a number of producers to produce a children animated television series, featured films, and television. Kotero Entertainment also manages young talent such as television and film star Sascha Andres and young pop singer Nikki Barreras, also known as Nikki B. After the disbanding of Apollonia 6 both Brenda Bennett and Susan Moonsie retreated from the entertainment industry for the time being. Later Bennett occasionally performed background vocals in the Tombstone Blues Band and in 2011 she released her debut solo album: A Capella. Apollonia: Vocals Brenda Bennett: Vocals Susan Moonsie: Vocals. Additional Band Members : Sheila E.: drums Lisa Coleman: keyboard Wendy Melvoin: guitar Brownmark: background vocals Susannah Melvoin: background vocals Jill Jones: background vocals. Band members additions. The group released only one album. Most of the tracks were initially recorded by Prince for a projected second Vanity 6 album. Among them were 17 Days, Promise To Be True, Vibrator, Sex Shooter and an instrumental tune tentatively titled Wet Dream Cousin. G-Spot originally considered for Purple Rain was at some point also planned for the album. A few other songs such as Manic Monday, Take Me With U that were recorded after Vanity 6 morphed into Apollonia 6 , were discarded from the project and re-used for other albums. The Glamorous Life, Oliver’s House and Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar were also originally intended for the Apollonia 6 project, but Prince opted to used them for Sheila E.’s debut album The Glamorous Life instead and they were never part of any sequence of the Apollonia 6 album. In order to replace Take Me With U, Prince recorded Blue Limousine while Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian replaced Manic Monday. With Prince losing interest in the project during the recording sessions the majority of the stronger material from the record was used elsewhere. Prince completed work on the album in June 1984 with the recording of Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian. Although the three other Prince projects of 1984 were released prior the premiere of Purple Rain film, the Apollonia 6 album wasn’t released until October, 1984, four months after the purple summer extravaganza. The three members of the band appear in the Purple Rain movie as the Apollonia 6 band, a project put together by Morris Day’s character in order to evince The Kid’s band, The Revolution, from the First Avenue acts. The character of Apollonia serves the purpose to level up the rivalry between the two band leaders, while Brenda and Susan’s roles remain minimal. A mini film project loosely based on the Apollonia 6 album was film as four-track video. It was directed by Brian Thomson, an Australian production designer of the original stage versions of Rocky Horror Show and Jesus Christ Superstar and scripted by Keith Williams, concept writer for music videos by , Ray Parker, Jr., and , with a cast comprising Ricky Nelson, Edy Williams and Buck Henry. Shot in a Los Angeles film studio in 1985, and produced by British video firm Limelight, the video never went beyond the rough-cut stage. The plot introduced three lingerie clad widows gathered to listen the reading of Mr. Christian will and testament which leaves them nothing and encourage them to work. The imagery and set is very 1960’s revamped into 1980’s colorful graphic trends. The scenes show prominent neon words such as 'FILL' at a gas station for Blue Limousine, where Brenda Bennett has the main vocal role, 'EAT' at a diner’s for Ooo She She Wa Wa, where Susan Moonsie leads while the two other find themselves struggling in front of piles of dirty dishes to wash. The part featuring Apollonia as leading role feature the word 'BUY' in a supermarket set. An alternate video was shot and released to support Sex Shooter single. Its real life set, mainstream plot - the band meet two guys and take them back to the rehearsal warehouse for cruising purposes - as well as the filming are radically different from the mini-film, making the official video look poorly inspired compared to the more ambitious mini-film project. Apollonia had minor impact on charts, albeit a few TV show appearances were made to promote the Sex Shooter single. Of the two singles issued from Apollonia 6, only Sex Shooter got significant success. The group never toured as a full act, and when performing on TV shows would lip-syncing over a backing tape. It also appeared as guests on occasions during the Purple Rain Tour.