Sheila E. - Sheila E. (1987) Vinyl LP • Hold Me, Paisley Park, Percussion

Catalog Number: 9-25498-1

Record Grading: Excellent (EX), Sleeve Grading: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; scuffing, slight discoloration (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (lyrics/credits); seams partially split. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with very mild-wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; minor wear to corners, developing splits on top/bottom-edges. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• One Day (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)
• Wednesday Like A River
• Hold Me
• Faded Photographs
• Koo Koo
• Pride And The Passion
• Boy's Club
• Soul Salsa
• Hon E. Man
• Love On A Blue Train

About The Record:

Sheila E., the third solo album from Sheila E., peaked at No. 24 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums and featured singles Koo Koo and Hold Me. Love on a Blue Train was the first single released in Japan. The album is notable for its Latin influence and prominent presence in this hybrid of jazz, rock, funk and salsa. The video for Koo Koo features Sheila dancing with Cat Glover. The album is also notable for having the earliest recorded appearance of members from the group Tony! Toni! Toné!, who Sheila E. would attempt to bring to Paisley Park. Almost a decade later, she would return the favor by appearing on their 1996 swan song House of Music. Prince met Sheila E. at a concert in 1978, when she was performing with her father. After the show he met her and told her that he and his bassist "were just fighting about which one of us would be the first to be your husband". He also prophetically vowed that one day she would join his band. The two would eventually join forces during the Purple Rain recording sessions. She provided vocals on the B-side to Let's Go Crazy, Erotic City in 1984. Though taken under Prince's wing, she proved to be a successful artist in her own right.