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How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.

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Sam Bleazard
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Date created
2021/04/10
Latest episode
2026/06/17
Average duration
44 min.
Release period
18 days

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Prince Rogers Nelson was a cultural icon, ground-breaking artist and one of the most influential, prolific and revered musicians of his generation, inspiring diverse groups of people around the world. This show talks to people who have memories of the Purple one, and will include associates, bandmates and fans alike. Don't be 'alone in a world that's so cold' - join us! May U Live 2 C the Dawn...

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As President of Prince's Paisley Park Records, Alan Leeds tried to bridge a relationship between mercurial artist and major corporation. In the final part of the interview he also shares his favourite memories of various artists, including D'Angelo.
2026/06/17
INTRO 3mins - Alan takes on new responsibilities at Paisley Park - from 'off-road road manager' to Vice President of PRN Productions. 7mins - President of Paisley Park Records for 3 years 'until I left'. 10mins30s - Working with George Clinton and Mavis Staples on new records, in a challenging marketplace. 13mins - Differences of opinion on the joint venture with Warner Bros...and the need to provide hits. 15mins - "What made you part company with Prince?" 18mins - "He's got an album every 9 months, that he wants to release..." 20mins - Was Lovesexy a difficult thing to work on, and was it a tour that lost money?   21mins30s - The challenge with the Lovesexy album on U.S. Radio 25mins - Working with D'Angelo...and reminiscing about his live performances. 26mins30s - Alan names his favourite ever tour to work on. 32mins - D'Angelo's struggles with fame, and the celebrity aspect of the music business. 34mins - An extraordinary talent... 39mins - The complicated lives, and legacies, of artists such as James Brown and Prince... 44mins - James Brown's Star Time Box Set liner notes, and a Grammy Award taking pride of place. 48mins - A special memory with Prince and Susan Moonsie...but also D'Angelo. 52mins - Alan's Book...and farewell, for now. 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
Brazilian beaches in high heels, frenzied premieres in limousines and some general counsel for a genius. But behind the scenes, some very rare moments of vulnerability, "when the Emperor had no clothes", as Alan Leeds tells Sam Bleazard in part 2.
2026/05/30
INTRO 3mins - Persuading Prince not to go onto the beach in Rio in high heels? Easier said than done. 9mins - Prince has a rare attack of nerves approaching the Purple Rain premiere in 1984, Alan is on hand to maintain calm. 16mins - The Revolution are crestfallen at the end of the Purple Rain tour, how difficult was it for Alan at the centre of that dynamic? 24mins30s - Did Alan feel he got to know a little bit of the man along the way?   30mins30s - What was it like having a family member in his band? 35mins30s - Alan is a nervous wreck the day brother Eric comes to meet Prince for the first time... 39mins - Alan and Sam discuss the Hit n Run tour 44mins - Was Prince trying too hard to prove a point with Crystal Ball? 50mins - The Black Album: dark night of the soul, or trying to bridge to hip-hop? 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
The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, glam rockers KISS, Prince, D'Angelo - Alan Leeds has had quite a life in artist management. Ahead of publishing his career memoir, he sits down with Sam Bleazard to discuss his seminal experiences in music.
2026/05/04
INTRO 3mins - Childhood years, growing up and the effects of the Civil Rights movement 5mins - A 3-year old child fascinated by records spinning in a jukebox 6mins - Pete Seeger, Rock n Roll and the 'scratchy 45s'...and then soul music comes along. 7mins30s - James Brown! 'The composite of everything I'd liked in music...' 9mins - Career memoir coming out in November 2026... "It's got to be funky: my life in music" 10min30s - "Questlove calls me the Forrest Gump of the Funk..." 12mins - "Get the James Brown guy..." 14mins30s - Any particular qualities that kept Alan in the game when times got tough? 20mins - First exposure to James Brown the man, as opposed to the artist? 23mins - A (very) brief stint with Kool & The Gang...   29mins - JB meets the Black Panther Party...and continues to hold court. 31mins30s - Processed hair out - Afro in... 'hugely significant at that time'. 34mins - Harder working than even James Brown?? 'What makes you say that?' 35mins30s - When Prince wanted to record, he just went downstairs... 37mins - Was Prince's obsession with music unhealthy at a point? "There's got to be other things in his life that'll suffer...but who am I to say?" 40mins - Prince was the diametric opposite personality type to James Brown. 42mins30s - Alan joins Prince mid-way through the 1999 'Triple Threat' Tour...and all is not well. 47mins30s - Alan finds he's dressed like an accountant, or the tax man? 51mins30s - Every tour has 'one of those nights...this was one of those nights'. 54mins30s - Malfunctions on-stage, conspire to create a huge anti-climax on 'Baby I'm A Star'...! 58mins - Alan has to rally the troops, a storm is coming. 60mins - Alan is summoned to see Prince in his room for a de-brief...before sharing news the artist doesn't want to hear. 64mins - Prince and his team fly to Dallas to watch the Jacksons Victory Tour. 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
Celebrating our 5th Anniversary Pt 1: Those who knew Prince in the late 1970s, from school days through to early band try outs in Minneapolis...we spoke to his first Manager, band members, but also writers who studied this crucial period. Essential.
2026/04/07
INTRO 2mins - Prince's High School days and local Talent Shows with Cousin Chazz Smith 3mins30s - Mark Brown (aka BrownMark) discusses growing up in Minneapolis, the club scene and a 'sense of segregation'. 5mins30s - Author and Journalist Neal Karlen shares his memories of Minneapolis in the late 1970s, and Prince's childhood mischief. 9mins - Chazz and Prince go exploring in the local neighbourhoods on the lookout for musicians and band members...they meet future New Power Generation member Sonny Thompson along the way. 15mins - First Manager Owen Husney talk about the 'original Prince'. "He was just a kid, he was 18 when I met him...he took the bus to my house."   17mins30s - "I realised what had to be done for him. He was just a guy from North Minneapolis...as much as I admired his talent, I knew he was vulnerable." 19mins - "Controversy creates awareness...", Owen and Prince prepare to do anything to get attention, studying P.T. Barnum and Colonel Tom Parker along the way. 22mins - Understanding the magic required to be a star. "He could see down the tunnel, he knew how talented he was..." 23mins30s - Guitar tech and Luthier Dave Rusan talks about his experience trying out for a very early version of Prince's group... at Del's Tire Mart. 29mins30s - Meeting Prince for the first time, as a cook in a local Minneapolis restaurant, and cooking him pancakes. "He looked like a rock star." 31mins30s - Dr. Casci Ritchie on The Life and Legacy of Prince's Fashion. "It's one of my favourite eras of Prince to look at, because he's really messy...and there's a relatability to it." 35mins - "He is figuring out things. He was always borrowing people's clothes." Prince obsesses about borrowing keyboardist Gayle Chapman's boots. 37mins - Founding member of The Revolution Lisa Coleman discusses her teenage years, how she got the gig, and came to meet Prince. "It sounds a bit like Introverts anonymous!" 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
Xclusive interview with author, actor, dancer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Mayte Garcia, Prince's first wife and band member in the New Power Generation. "My measurements were the code to the Vault," she tells Sam.
2026/03/24
Intro 2mins - Catching up with Mayte, an eruption of rescue dogs... and a strict pet policy in the UK. 5mins - Mayte's motivation for the recent TEDx Talk 'Love Without Words: from Prince's stage to animal rescue.' 7mins30s - The need for silence in a modern age, and the silent language. 9mins - What were the main lessons from Mum & Dad? "They were very supportive, as a dancer..." 11mins30s - Independence as a teenager, and fame as a child and as a young woman, with proud parents... "I had a cheque-book at 8!" 15mins - "Being Puerto Rican, they would always ask me, are you white or you black?" Belonging, and proving your worth growing up. 16mins - Being on Prince's payroll as an employee...and assuming it was only ever going to be one project. 'You're doing all the dancing.' 19mins - Funk Nights with The NPG... who would be the wildest? The brown bag tour. 22mins - Borrowing Mayte's mascara, clothing and pulling it off! 24mins - Prince's women and the secret codes... 25mins - Mayte considering another book... ' 27mins - Sam asks Mayte about The Prince Estate, 'not a lot of communication right now...', and her feelings on the vault recordings. 27mins30s - "My measurements were the code to the safe..." 29mins - Memories of Prince in the recording studio...Chaos & Disorder. 31mins30s - Prince's inability to stop. 'For me it was a shock...'. Having to leave Paisley Park, after being around Prince from aged 17 to aged 25. 32mins - Finding a new role after leaving Prince's Paisley Park world, as an actor. 37mins30s - Philanthropic work and the future? Live4Love charities. 43mins - Final thoughts on Prince - 'people don't realise how short life is...' 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
Diamonds & Pearls Deluxe, reflections on Prince's live output and working with Warners on Tina Turner and David Bowie projects. Music industry brand consultant, author and journalist Jason Draper talks to Sam.
2026/02/07
INTRO 2mins30s - Did Jason get to hear any of the tracks in advance (of the Diamonds & Pearls super deluxe)? 4mins - Prince's punk period in the 90s, and creating a lot of interesting things...comic books, stage-shows and pressing his own CDS. 5mins30secs - From a Gett Off vinyl DJ pressing to The Undertaker on VHS, an artist begins to rebel. 7mins - Prince has to find other avenues to get his music out... 8mins30s - Jeff Gold, and the hologram cover! 11mins - Sam has a bit of fun with Jason Draper!! What are his favourite tracks? Jason talks New Jack Swing... 13mins30s - Jason and Sam talk about the amazing Glam Slam live gig on D&P Deluxe 14mins30s - The countdown clock... 16mins - Sam's sympathy for sound engineers. 17mins - Jason would love to work on more projects, related to his favourite artists - 'living the dream' 20mins - The Piano & Microphone show, could that be released... 'the fact that we missed out on that, in the UK, still kills me to this day.' 21mins - Sam talks about the morning tickets went on sale in the UK via Ticketmaster. 22mins - ...the Love 4 One Another room, Celebration #1: Prince plays bass on America - video is played from the DJ booth 24mins - Prince plays on Act II tour in Edinburgh: discussing track lists from 'live shows [which] are a gold mine'. 26mins - Working in McDonald's in Plymouth, and missing Prince in Hammersmith on the One Nite Alone tour...   27mins - Getting close to Prince at the Koko show in Camden...memories of the show, and of Shepherd's Bush - 'he sent hot chocolate down the queue'! 31mins - Tina Turner Private Dancer re-issue project - Jason's editorial role for Warners, and speaking to Holly Knight, co-writer of The Best and some of Private Dancer's songs. 33mins - Tina has to change behind a shower curtain in the Rivoli Ballroom in South London, for the Private Dancer video. 35mins - Jason's Instagram, and his work on David Bowie projects. 38mins - "Hope I've done justice to Bowie's career...", across 2 magazines. 40mins - What does the future hold for Jason? 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
From freelance writing on Bowie and Beck for Record Collector, working for record labels, contributing to the liner notes for the Diamonds & Pearls Deluxe album, and working with the Prince Estate. Sam talks to Jason Draper.
2026/02/01
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
"Prince was like a combination between Mozart, Charlie Chaplin and Michael Corleone". In part 3 Sam Bleazard discusses Prince's legacy with Hans-Martin Buff, and asks him why he chose to leave Paisley Park.
2026/01/18
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
In part 2 Hans discusses Prince's acoustic album The Truth, stepping into The Vault while working on the fabled Crystal Ball project, and being a studio engineer for the 3-CD opus Emancipation. Essential listening.
2026/01/11
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
Hans-Martin Buff was Prince's sound engineer for 4 years. He talks immersive music, a Grammy nomination, Nirvana, Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, and going to Prince School, before working with the purple one. Photo: Rankin for the Recording Academy.
2026/01/02
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
In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, Grammy Award winning trumpeter and arranger Phil Lassiter shares memories of Montreux Jazz Festival 2013. He also reflects on Prince's legacy, band members, and his unique approach to sound.
2025/12/20
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
Phil Lassiter's Philthy Texas Funk, Alabama Gospel, New Orleans Jazz & Nashville Soul, makes him an 11-time Grammy award winning horn and string arranger. But what was it like recording at Paisley Park, and playing live with Prince? Tune in now.
2025/12/01
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
In part 3 Lisa talks activism, Annie Lennox, MeShell NdegeOcello, April 21st 1985, Carousel, saying goodbye to Prince and whether The Revolution might play again. Bonus episode for the heads.
2025/11/03
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
Were Prince & The Revolution In All Your Dreams? Lisa Coleman tells Sam Bleazard, 'it got bigger than we thought...we didn't expect to become the mainstream!' Tune in to Part 2 as she hangs on to Prince's creative coat tails in 1985. Essential listening
2025/10/28
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
Emmy® Award winning composer & pianist Lisa Coleman, is one half of Wendy & Lisa. At 19, she joined Prince & The Revolution. She still records, works with others, and writes for film & TV. Her solo album, Collage, was released in 2019. This is her stor
2025/10/21
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

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It’s those little things that are the foundation of who Prince really was.
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Kula78 2021/04/21
Fantastic podcast!
Sam Bleazard’s podcast is treat to listen to! His deep dive into all things Prince is exactly what Prince fans need. I can’t wait to hear more!
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