Sylvester Stewart built Sly and the Family Stone as a multiracial Bay Area band, put that lineup to work on Stand!, played Woodstock at 3 a.m. to hundreds of thousands, and then recorded the darker, stranger answer on There's a Riot Goin' On.
On 14 October 1981 Warner Bros. released Controversy, Prince’s fourth album, written and produced almost entirely by him at Kiowa Trail, Hollywood Sound, and Sunset Sound.
In October 1980, Warner Bros. released Dirty Mind, Prince's third album, cut mostly alone at his Lake Minnetonka home studio and credited to engineer Jamie Starr.
In August 2008 Prince recorded Crimson and Clover at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, keeping the phased vocal and folding Wild Thing into the chorus.
On 19 November 1996, NPG and EMI released Emancipation, Prince's first triple album after leaving Warner Bros., three discs timed to exactly sixty minutes each.
On 17 July 1986 Prince recorded Joy in Repetition at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, then left it off Sign O' the Times until Graffiti Bridge.
Ten chart hits that began as B-sides, warm-ups, dreams, or accidental studio moments rather than planned A-sides.
On 7 April 1978, Warner Bros. released For You, the debut album Prince produced, arranged, composed, and performed alone at nineteen.
On 30 November 1985 Prince and the Revolution tracked Mountains at the Washington Avenue Warehouse, from a demo Wendy and Lisa had cut in London.
