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24 Jul

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Week 4🧵Round Up

Jill Jones debut album.

June & July = JJ = Jill Jones

1 FINAL week left on the Jill Jones Twitter Thread!

#ICYMI - see the published🧵’s below.

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Sampling Jill Jones

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On Sampling JJ @polishedsolid weaves a fascinating alternate unknown history of JJ as the Rave Muse sampled in Breakbeat Hardcore classics rinsed at every rave in the early 90’s - perhaps spreading JJ’s legacy further afield than Paisley Park ever did....

https://twitter.com/polishedsolid/status/1418650050801061895

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22 Jul

@jilldjones

“My Man” - ‘MM’ is the track that kick started it all.

MM provided the impetus that began the creative work for the @jilldjones ‘JJ’ album.

So from that POV alone, it’s a very important track.

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MM was constructed over a period of 7 months at Sunset Sound.

On 10 May 1985, after finalising the configuration of the Mazarati album, P created the initial version of MM.

On 12 May 1985 P recorded overdubs & it’s also possible that JJ laid down the vocals on this date.

In that same month, P was laying down tracks & configuring several other projects including Parade, The Family, ATWIAD, Dance Electric, Manic Monday & Roadhouse Garden.

He was also working on a no. of unreleased tracks.

And also planning UTCM & scouting for movie locations🤯

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22 Jul

Just because U are the
finest of your mama's children
Doesn't mean U can play around

Build up your stamina & join me later for “My Man” - the penultimate track from the JJ debut.

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@deejayumb is a host of #PrinceTwitterThread

Grew up w/ P soundtracking my teens & it was *MORE* phenomenal than they would have you believe!

- Stanning P since 82’

Done stuff in the music world, inc. w/ family of music royalty but that was then & this is.....just for now!

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29 Jun

Part II

June & July = JJ = Jill Jones

This Part II will be a brief overview of the album from its recording to it’s release.

The individual tracks will not be covered as our contributors will dive into these.

So let’s start with the Album.

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I wish I could drop a streaming link to this album but it isn’t on streaming platforms.

it went out of print not long after its release & is difficult to find on Vinyl & CD.

There’s a GREAT demand for a JJ SDE on translucent Pink💖Vinyl.

And it needs to come out NOW 🖤💀

Front Cover:

JJ is standing over a manhole & is pulling down her flyaway skirt to avoid exposing her underwear.

This mirrors the iconic movie poster to the Monroe classic “7 Year Itch” - Monroe standing on a subway grate as her white dress is blown upwards by a passing train.

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28 Jun

@jilldjones

Welcome to the 5th instalment of the #PrinceTwitterThread series.

June & July = JJ = Jill Jones

Our spotlight falls on on the @jilldjones debut album.

This is our first 🧵 on an album by 1 of the Purple Associates.

Over the next few weeks our guests will be:👇🏽

In Part 1 of this introduction I’ll take a look at JJ’s background & all her work in the P Kingdom up to the point of her debut album.

Tomorrow, in Part 2, I’ll cover the debut album to present day.

Jill Jones (JJ) is:

1 of the cultured 1’s
1 of the intellectual 1’s
1 of the beautiful 1’s

A Prince (P) collaborator for 8 years between 1982 – 1990.

1 of the most prolific & longest serving musical partnerships of his early years.

P had a hard time of letting go of people.

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25 Oct 20

*If I Was Your Girlfriend*

And together we'll stare into silence
And we'll try to imagine
what it looks like
Yeah, we'll try to imagine what,
what silence looks like
Yeah, we'll try to imagine what silence looks like
Yeah, we'll try

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Sit here w/ me for 2 minutes & listen to this heart achingly gorgeous instrumental intro...

Try to imagine what silence looks like ...

Try to imagine this amazing 2 minute segment from the NYE show forming the basis of an extended instrumental version on a 12”!

Imagine it as a late hours jam B4 the love songs for that last slow dance!

I wish the Deluxe had contained a 🤯10 min instrumental of this!

A perfect mirror to 💜 the A side:

If I Was Your Girlfriend (IIWYG).

One of the greatest & most complex songs of all time!

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