Piano & A Microphone 1983 LP fg_Catalog Number_A 468412 guitarist Rogelio “Roy” Lozano

guitarist Rogelio “Roy” Lozano

`I'm In Love With My Car' and

rhythm and arrangement rather than the mentality that ‘more is more’

“I was really just trying to make a symphony in three minutes

the 20-year old Nas stood on the shoulders of his predecessors and made them proud with this one

Piano & A Microphone 1983 LP fg_Catalog Number_A 468412 guitarist Rogelio “Roy” LozanoThe 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