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INTRO 2mins30s - "What led you to have the career you've had?" 25 years ago, Jason tells a friend at University that no one is going to give him money to be a music journalist. 4mins - "Finding a pathway to doing what I wanted to do..." Jason looks for work experience on Music monthlies, and picks up first freelance work at Record Collector. 6mins - Parents musical taste - 'were they big music lovers?' 7mins - Kids in Plymouth weren't listening to Kid Creole & The Coconuts...! Bowie, Beck and Prince being the Father, the Son & the Holy Ghost. 9mins30s - Was Prince in your mind (as a subject to write about)? 'I was 8 when Diamonds & Pearls came out, and my Mum had the cassette in the car...' 13mins - checking out Prince, making the connection to Beck, Sly Stone amd borrowing his friend's Dad's Sign O The Times VHS 14mins30s - How did Jason get from being a Post-Graduate student to writing books on Prince? 17mins - From the Record Collector to the Rough Guide to Prince (Pitching on 'Prince is going to turn 50 this year') 18mins - Jason discusses the publication of his Prince books and their re-issues. 21mins45secs - Favourite interviews in Prince world? Lives of the musicians... Covid-era interviews with Mayte, 3rd Eye Girl and others. 26mins - Was Prince aware of the books you were writing? "He became aware after the fact..." 29mins - How did Jason get to work on the D&P liner notes? "I think The Estate knew who I was at that point..." 31mins - A different approach: Four to five writers discuss Diamonds & Pearls from their own perspective and angle. 35mins - What is Jason's view of The Prince Estate, having worked for big record labels in the past? 39mins - What's the biggest challenge to protect Prince's legacy? "The biggest challenge is to keep Prince's audience growing..." How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins30s - To what extent was Emancipation a high personal project for Prince and/or the album he was 'born to make'. 3mins30s - A rare apology from Prince... 5mins30s - Prince and the elders: Chaka Khan, Larry Graham & Maceo Parker. How did the dynamic change when his heroes were around? 7mins - Nobody's touching that guitar!? But nobody's saying no to The Queen! 12mins - Chaka clips Prince's wings on tour...but also wows Hans in the studio. 15mins - What does Hans think Prince's legacy is...and what should it be? 16mins - "Where are we going to put him in 50-60 years time?" 19mins - Stuck between the rock star pop God and the later Guerrilla dude... 20mins - Will there be as much interest in the late 90s period Prince cannon? 21mins - Why did Hans part company with Prince? "I'm a big believer in, quit while you're ahead..." 22mins30s - "At the end I kind of became cynical..." 23mins30s - From great coffee to typing album lyrics... 25mins - "Prince was like a combination between Mozart, Charlie Chaplin and Michael Corleone" 26mins - Did Hans like The Rainbow Children? 27mins - Good times in 2026 and the power to say no, as learned from Prince. How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins30s - Did Prince ever try to persuade Hans to join him on the road? 4mins - Were you aware that you were working on Prince's first acoustic album 'The Truth' at the time? 10mins - Any reason why Prince chose to do an acoustic album? Hans explains the Ani Di Franco influence. 14mins - Prince, Boys II Men, and 90s RnB. 16mins - The stuff that lit Hans' candle! 18mins - Learning the art of the sequence from Prince... 21mins - Working on the mythical 1990s version of the Crystal Ball project...and going down to the Vault, being watched by Security. 25mins - Working on the Crystal Ball edits, and Hans honing his production skills. 28mins - Working on the 3-disc Emancipation set, as five to six tracks don't make the cut. How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins30s - Hans' musical family background 7mins - 'Made for immersive' music, and the ability to listen anywhere...on any headphones 9mins - Rave 2000 5.1 mix!   11mins - Catching lightning in a bottle vs sound quality 14mins - Prince's sound guys had it tough? 18mins - Minneapolis radio, and the programming in New York 20mins - How did Hans come to be on Prince's radar? Living and working in Minneapolis. 21mins - Hans works in the studio where Nirvana In Utero was recorded, cleaning up after them... 23mins - Did you reach out to Prince or did he reach out to you?? 25mins - Which engineer did you take over from at Paisley Park? 27mins - Prince School! 30mins - Were you nervous working for Prince initially? 33mins - Memories of pleasing the boss...by fixing his console. 37mins - Biggest life lesson from Prince? 39mins30s - Any questions you wish someone had asked you about Prince? Join us in part 2 when we discuss acoustic album The Truth, Crystal Ball and Prince's three album set Emancipation.  How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins - Working on Andy Allo's material...and two horn sections in the mix! 4mins - "Regular is not a word I would ever use about Prince...he was very mysterious and difficult to read. But he understood how to be a leader." 8mins30s - Getting the group to be performance ready in Paisley Park.   11mins30s - Phil talks about Prince's former drummer Michael Bland. 13mins - Sound engineers and Prince's unique approach to onstage monitors. "We all put ear-plugs in otherwise we were going to go deaf!!" 17mins - Phil's luggage goes missing, the story of the White Suit at Montreux... 22mins - Meeting his wife Josephine at a Prince gig in Curacao. 24mins30s - Favourite live moment with Prince? 30mins - Reflecting on the end of an amazing career...going down in history as a great musician and bandleader. 33mins - Cassandra playing a leadership role in Prince's band, and the underrated nature of great musicians. 35mins - Big City, an arrangement of Mutiny in the Vault and working with Nik West on Hair. 36mins - When The Wooten Brothers played at Paisley Park... 39mins30s - https://philthyfunk.com/ - PhilLassiter.com - https://www.instagram.com/philiplassitermusic/ How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins - Developing a sound and working with major artists 3mins30s - A love of music that developed in childhood in a church background. 'I learned to read music in school, but I learned to play in Church.' 6mins - Music programme at St Louis with wind ensembles, marching and jazz bands. 'That was really a big step for me...' 7mins45s - Listening to Christian versions of what was on the radio. 'I was influenced by some good music...' 8mins30s - New Orleans music 'was always there...' 10mins - The battle between the sacred and the profance, God vs The Devil? 10mins45s - Ultimately, where has Phil's love of music come from? 12mins - The importance of music teachers, and their approach... 13mins30s - What Phil's kids are listening to... 'funk'? 16mins - Teaching and further studies 20mins - Having an open-mindedness in music. 22mins - Meeting extraordinary musicians in Texas including the 'cats' in the jazz clubs. 25mins - Working on strings for Ariana Grande...and for Roberta Flack. 29mins30s - What's the difference between a musician and an arranger? 32mins - Making the connection to Prince via Gospel...in 2012. 36mins - Working on purple projects behind the scenes, while struggling financially. 38mins - Flying to Paisley... 40mins - Crossing paths with Andy Allo... How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins30s - Working on two albums with Meshell NdegeOcello... 'I respected her greatly' 4mins30s - Lisa talks about ambitions that remain for the rest of her career - 'I'm always trying things, because I have a limited technical ability' 6mins - Working with Annie Lennox, and hoping to release an album soon! 8mins - Feeling frustrated by politics, racism and the extreme brutality in the world...Lisa's social media presence and activism. 11mins - What would Prince be doing, and what would he make of the times we're living in right now? 15mins - '...he couldn't be that vulnerable, the older he got, the harder it was to change...' 16mins - Carousel, and Power Fantastic...The Revolution 'were all in different rooms in the house...' 18mins30s - Prince second guessing himself...? 'It should have gone on forever...' 20mins - "Do you remember your last conversation with Prince?" 21mins - The 21st April... and Sometimes It Snows In April... 26mins - 'I've been blessed, this life has been great to me...' 28mins - The Coleman and Melvoin family influence on Around The World In A Day....   30mins - "Keep sharing the pieces you do - sharing footage of your hands..." 31mins30s - Finding old cassettes in the attic...Venus de Milo (long) 33mins - "You just put a bit of magic out into the world...! 34mins - Solo album, would you ever perform it... and will The Revolution go back out on the road again? How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRODUCTION - 2mins 2mins30s - Bootleg tapes begin to circulate at High School 3mins30s - Lisa remembers recording All My Dreams at Sunset Sounds... 5mins - Steiner School Highland Hall recitals and morning prayers make it on to unreleased songs with Prince 7mins - 'Sometimes we hurt each others feelings...and it meant a lot to me. There was always some kind of repair immediately afterwards.'   10mins - Rehearsals and cassette decks in the studio... 'I just found 4 boxes!' 11mins30s - Purple Rain 'it got bigger than we thought... we didn't expect it to become the mainstream, it was our version of alternative...' 16mins - The incredible well-spring of creativity taking place in 1985 with Prince, the Purple Rain tour, Around the World In a Day and Parade! 18mins30s - Prince seeks sanctuary, in the confines of the recording studio with The Revolution... 20mins30s - Any regrets looking back, about what could have been released? 'We were headed in this really interesting direction at that time...' 23mins30s - Sam asks Lisa if it's true that Prince re-recorded all of the Around the World In a Day album close to release? 25mins - Prince's bodyguards are drafted in to join the group as backing singers and dancers, as The Revolution band swells to double its original size. 27mins - Swapping musical ideas with Prince, conversations about classical music with Lisa...and listening to Bolero. 29mins30s - A shared love and appreciation of Joni Mitchell's music...'it turns out that he and Andre used to listen to Joni when they were kids.' 31mins - 'Prince didn't listen to The Beatles at all...' Lisa explains why! 32mins - After The Parade... 'I think we were both shell-shocked...' 34mins - Getting back together briefly in the new millennium...'there was that high', and getting onstage at The Brit Awards. How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins - Waldorf Salad in the early 1970s 3mins30s - Making music as a child with friends and neighbours 5mins - Born into music while growing up in Los Angeles 7mins - Early musical memories 8mins - Dissonance / discordance in music 10mins - Prince's Pop Life...'those chords...it's almost the wrong note every time!' 12mins - 'He knew I had that weird ear.' and Sometimes it snows in April 14mins - Learning Bach on the piano as a child, and 'unlocking something' 17mins - Meeting Wendy Melvoin for the first time... 20mins - 'Our steel mill was the recording studio...', and synthesisers in the 1970s. 23mins - Hearing about Prince for the first time, and flying out to Minneapolis to meet him. 25mins - Lisa on being really shy as a teenager...and feeling her way. 28mins - The Dirty Mind era, and Head....'from Bach to this!' 30mins - "Station Wagons and vans, with our amps in the back, it was down and dirty!" 32mins - Living, and growing with, Prince...'there was a lot to adapt to.' 35mins - Things started to change... 38mins - "Prince is still with me, and I think of him every day. I loved that guy..." How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins - Prince's working methods, a remarkable ability to complete songs...but also dip into his vault of recordings 4mins - Was Sign O The Times the last time that Prince didn't second guess himself artistically? 6mins - Prince's talent for mentoring musicians and artists across the board vs Madonna and MJ working with established producers and stars. 7mins30s - The mythology of The Crystal Ball project - did the world lost a masterpiece? 9mins - Q: What would you change about the album Sign 'O' The Times? 10mins - Unreleased tracks creating a huge amount of mystique... 12mins - Quirky stories about Prince - some made the book, some didn't... 13mins - Appreciation of the album as a format - Beyoncé & Taylor Swift. 14mins - Not just mystery and myth - the most self actualised popstar of all time, and the ultimate editor. 16mins30s - Michael Jackson's trucks readying themselves to roll into Paisley Park? Prince planning ballet lessons? 18mins - Are there parallels between 1999 and Sign O The Times as Prince solo projects? 21mins - Creative mountain tops...and a food fight between The Time and The Revolution. 22mins30s - First concert at Birmingham NEC on the Nude Tour 1990, and going to MPLS and Paisley Park for a birthday present. 23mins30s - Memories of great shows - 'treat him like a new artist...when you see him'. 26mins - Who does John want to reach - ambitions for his book? 29mins30s - Did Prince exist in a unique moment of time and circumstance? And staying rooted in Minneapolis. 31mins30s - The importance of Oakland, California on Prince's sound. 33mins - What is the legacy of Sign O The Times, album and concert film? 34mins30s - Beverley Knight's favourite track...and SOTT being a singers record How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins - Just back from seeing the concert movie from 1987 in London, lovingly restored on IMAX screens 3mins - "For me Sign O The Times is the high watermark..." 5mins - Living out a dream at Smash Hits & Q Magazine, as editor...after starting out in music writing and journalism. 7mins - How the book came to be written...John reflects on Prince saying goodbye to a successful band, relationships changing around him, and a triple album is scheduled.   9mins - "If I was Director General of the BBC I would have Sign O The Times on every Christmas!" And being jealous of people seeing the Sign O The Times concert movie for the first time. 11mins30mins - Wanting to make a much broader book about Prince's career "I don't really know the guy that made this record..." 15mins - Prince's competitiveness but also his love of sports, and turning the hurt of childhood into something positive, life fulfilling and an inspiration to millions. 17mins - 'Sunset Sounds [recording studio] is like its own character in the book...', the cream of 1980s pop and rock play basketball with each other in the courtyard. 20mins - Prince, before and after 1987... 22mins - "Do you have a different feeling about Prince now? Having written the book..." And banning the word 'genius'. 24mins - Viewing Prince with a critical eye...'are you a fan or are you a journalist?' 26mins - Sam goes on a quest to find Prince... 29mins - The artist not being self-critical... 'well, good for Prince...' 30mins30s - Not playing the entertainment industry game. 'When everyone else zigged, he zagged...' Tune in for part 2 when we discuss John's favourite Prince stories in the book, the Crystal Ball project, Minneapolis, and the legacy of Sign O The Times, the album and movie... How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Intro 2mins - French influences in '85/86 and Prince's love of Nice and Paris 5mins - How much warning would you get before Prince arrived in Paris? 6mins30s - Anna Fantastic comes to stay... 9mins - Gathering photos of the Prince universe along the way... 11mins - Why the relationship came to an end, Prince moves to Spain and Sophie has a child. 13mins - Seeing Prince in concert in the late 90s, the last time Sophie talked to Prince. 15mins - A special invite to a very special day... 17mins30 - Sophie remembers where she was in her life when Prince passed away... 20mins - Prince: ICON book 23mins - A cat called Diva 25mins - Nice to be back in London, meeting Paddy and Steve at the Iconic Images Gallery. 27mins - Sophie's favourite Prince songs... How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

PART 2 - Sophie Roux talks to Sam Bleazard INTRO 2mins45secs - Were you nervous? Landing in Paris - just before Prince - to look after this apartment. 'I was a little nervous...but it was something special.' 3mins30secs - Any initial instructions on arrival? 6mins - Sophie tells us about her first interactions with Prince in Paris... 7mins30secs - Sophie's main responsibilities in Paris, from Basketball courts to fashion shows to video shoots... and back again! 11mins - Night-clubs, new places and Prince asks Sophie to dance... on many occasions! 15mins30s - In a happy mood on the Lovesexy tour, and reviewing the footage... 18mins - Sam asks Sophie about famous nights after hours at The New Morning (concert hall). 21mins - Favourite concert moments... 24mins - Taking a famous photo of Prince in 1988, which went on to be displayed in the Iconic Images Gallery in London recently. 29mins - Preview to Part 3 How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Sophie Roux interview PART 1 INTRO 2mins - Where did Sophie's artistic journey begin...and how did she come to specialise in set and costume design? 5mins - a first sighting of Prince in Nice 1985... 6mins - Asking, and then getting to work on, Under The Cherry Moon...with local, and American crews 11mins - Designing elements for the UTCM film, including the logo, and getting to know Prince's work better. 15mins - Meeting Alan Leeds, Marie-France and other members of the band 22mins - America video shoot! A hot night in the Theatre de Verdure... 24mins - The journey to becoming Prince's personal assistant... 26mins - Sophie's birthday at the Warehouse in February 1987 in MPLS...with ping pong and cake! 28mins - Back to Paris France, via Phoenix, Arizona and Mexico... JOIN US IN PART 2 when we talk to Sophie about living in Prince's Parisien property for 10 years, and all of the many amazing experiences she had in that time... How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

PART 2 2mins30s - The Paisley Park studios summer music festival 'Celebration' in 2000 7mins - Prince having extraordinary vision, and being the hardest working person in the building. 10mins - Prince asks Steve very personal Qs, on naming his son and his spirituality... 13mins30s - A Jeep or a BMW?? 14mins - A very magical moment with Prince... 18mins30s - Acoustic Prince 19mins45s - The recording of One Nite Alone, hearing the grand piano...and doves in the atrium... 22mins - Photographing Prince in the open air and countryside of Minneapolis 26mins - A moment of realisation, and a parting of the ways after 13 years... 34mins - The human toll of a long career... Steve's observations. 38mins - Celebration #1: family members stop by at a dance party at Paisley Park...? 39mins30s - Jellybean Johnson being supportive...and being inspired by a cousin's hairstyle... 42mins30s - Prince: ICON photo exhibition and book, how it all came together 48mins30s - What does Steve think Prince's lasting legacy will be? 50mins - Having a unique segment of time, that wasn't purely about 'the music'...and opportunities beyond your wildest dreams. 52mins - 'He believed in people and pushed you beyond what you thought you could do for yourself...' 53mins30s - Cancel culture and public figures. 'Having a perspective on someone's entire life is important...' 58mins - The Prince Estate - projects past and present... How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests! The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder. LINKS Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media. Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother