Piano & A Microphone 1983 LP fg_Catalog Number_87548-1 ANT an instrument used here again

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dictate the album’s feel

Dan the Automator aka The Cantankerous Captain Aptos on production

Distant Plastic Trees was called “a contender for album of the year” by Folk Roots magazine

Piano & A Microphone 1983 LP fg_Catalog Number_87548-1 ANT an instrument used here againThe nine track, 35 minute album features a previously unreleased home studio cassette recording of Prince at his piano captured in 1983. The private rehearsal provides a rare, intimate glimpse into Prince's creative process as he worked through songs which include "17 Days" and "Purple Rain" (neither of which would be released until 1984), a cover of Joni Mitchell's "A Case Of You", "Strange Relationship" (not released until 1987 on his critically