Madhouse - 16 (1987)
Madhouse's second and final album appeared in the same year as their debut. This one sports a gangster motif: buxom cover model Maneca Lightner returns, this time toting a Tommy Gun, and the music contains occasional samples from The Godfather. According to an interview with Eric Leeds on The Last Miles, the players on this album are actually Eric Leeds on saxophone, Levi Seacer, Jr. on bass, Sheila E. on drums and, of course, Prince. The actual touring band is credited on the CD liner notes: Prince and Sheila E. are substituted with Matt "Doctor" Fink on keyboards and John Lewis on drums.
The subtitle under the album title is "New Directions in Garage Music," which I suppose gives us either Prince's perception or intention. Shortly afterward, Prince merged Madhouse into his New Power Generation. It's possible to get a sense of where Madhouse might have headed by listening to the Eric Leeds solo albums that followed. Eric Leeds' solo debut Times Squared, in particular, is based mostly on unrealized Madhouse material.
Check out the combo music video for "Ten" and "Thirteen":
As with my post of 8, I've included all of Madhouse's 12" single mixes and b-sides as bonus tracks. I've pulled these from a bootleg CD release called Rehearsals & Mixes. These extra tracks were mastered louder, so I used MP3Gain to manually correct the levels to match the rest of the album. Madhouse's numbered songs are normally spelled out, but for some of the additional tracks, numerals were used. The titles may seem inconsistent, but they are exactly how they appeared on the label of each release. As a final bonus, I've included as the final track the band's last official release, "17." This appeared on the compilation 1-800 NEW FUNK, released by the newly-formed (and, like Paisley Park, also Warner Bros. distributed) NPG Records in 1994. As I don't own this disc, I grabbed a nice LAME encoded 192kbps MP3 version using eMule. Although released in 1994, it's unclear what year this track was actually recorded.
Madhouse - 16 (1987)
1. Nine (2:06)
2. Ten (5:04)
3. Eleven (6:13)
4. Twelve (5:12)
5. Thirteen (4:45)
6. Fourteen (5:12)
7. Fifteen (3:48)
8. Sixteen (4:14)
From 10 12" (1987):
9. 10 (The Perfect Mix) (7:12)
10. Ten and 1/2 (3:18)
From 13 12" (1987):
11. 13 (The Paisley Park Mix) (7:49)
12. 13 and 1/4 (5:45)
From 1-800 NEW FUNK Compilation CD (1994):
13. 17 (5:24)
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34 comments:
Thanks much!
Hey thanks! We lost this recording in a flood this summer.
I knew there had to be some people in the world that were willing to just share this music without trying to make a buck out of it. Of course, I have to find this out a week after I've paid good money to get said music. :-(
Hehe, my sympathies. I've been there myself...
Thanks so much for sharing these! I had just ordered 16 used on Amazon, but I didn't have the extras. The last time I heard 8 was when I borrowed a friend's vinyl copy in high school, just before it got stolen out of my locker. :) Any other Prince-related rarities would be most appreciated.
I had these stollen from me a while back and miss the dearly still.
When I stumbled across this site, accidentally, I was surprised to see that they were being offered for download.
The problem now is that I have a Mac and everytime I download the files, I can't open them. If there is anyone out there that know a way to open these files or have Mac friendly files of "Madhouse 16 (1987) please email me at: hungkongkung@yahoo.com
Thank you.
thanks a lot. i've been looking for this for a while on ebay (germany) and it was either not there or to expensive.
Any chance of the unreleased 24 album and other rarities?
Sorry, but I don't have either of the two different 24 bootleg compilations floating around.
Download link was expired/deleted. Re-uploaded and available for download again!
Download link was expired/deleted. Re-uploaded and available for download again!
Wonderful!
Thank you from Brazil!
Thanks a lot Kevin. I have been look a long time for 8 and 16 and the extras. I purchased all of them back in the 80's but lost them in move. Some folks just wanted to much money.
Any chance on other Prince's 12" remix releases?
A Very Big THANK YOU for this! I had the 16 Casette for years and after a while, it pretty much vanished, not that I have much to play it on now. MP3s were very scarce, and the cost of the CDs on ebay and Amazon usually runs $75!
Glad to see you sharing this rare gem, and even more glad to once again listing to tracks like Ten and Eleven!
You helped me recover another great "lost" album from Prince's camp. Thanks again, bro!
- Mike Stone
I have 8 and 16 of course, and even the B-sides on 12", but I never put them on cd. THANKS bigtime for posting that. Very cool !!
Incredibly strange blog. Really enjoying this. It's like you're coming from left field - out of my field of vision. Thanks for the Madhouse with the attached singles & 17. Haven't heard this stuff since the '80's. Still have the singles on 12 inch though. Didn't think I would hear them for quite a while. Thanks for this. I do appreciate the work & the craft that you are putting into your blog. It's strangely superb. Thank you, friend. John - Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Thnx a lot.
Have lost these cd's ages ago, lending them out to people because i was so enthousiastic. Finally I'm able to hear them again.
E.
Thanks for posting this and 8. Like so many others, I loaned my copies to the to the long forgotten and have been missin' them ever since. It's great to get a chance to listen again.
thank you so very very much for having this and making it easily available!!!!
I have both 24's, but have no idea how to post them. I have those and a bunch of P stuff that isn't anywhere online. If you need them just let me know. Post a message on here with a IM address or something..
thanks for the B-sides to, so awesome!!!
Thank you so much for this!! Been trying to find this for years.
Many thanks for all the great music! I'm very excited to hear some new tunes I otherwise wouldn't have heard.
Thanks for 16!
Saw Madhouse playing in Utrecht Holland back in 1987 or so and was completely awed by them. 8 was often in my CD player but 16 somehow never made it.
Thx, J.
Been looking for this, I had it on cassette way back in the day, who knows where it is now! Great to have it again, thanks!!
thanks for the great post. have the two lp's tucked away in a box in a barn - haven't seen teh light of day for 10 yrs +. woke up this morning thought i'd LOVE to hear them again and i'm about to now. thanks.
Thanks so much. I had these as cassette tapes and like with most cassette tapes they were damaged within 3 or 4 years of constant play. So great to hear Madhouse 8 and Madhouse 16 after so many years. track number 8 was very influential. I am a flutist and love that track to this day. Even though I am in classical musician, the creativity in improvisation are just inspiring! Thanks again!
Share has been uploaded to MediaFire and is available now!
Thanks for sharing. I had copies of both 8 and 16 on cassette,you know the rest of the story. I'm a happy girl today thanks to you.
Peace
P.S If you get a chance check out the latest Wax Poetics
magazine (Prince is on the cover) they did a great issue on all things Prince.
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you SO MUCH.
I used to play this vinyl to death. haven't heard these tracks in 15 years and they sound as great as ever. Unbelievable. You rock.
Thank you so much for the share! I appreciate your work!
Thank you so much. I was able to download 8 but 16 may be expired. Can you re-upload the link please. I really appreciate you bringing good music back.
Nate Johnson, I just double-checked the link and it's still good (I'm downloading it now). Maybe try again! If you're still having trouble, let me know and I'll upload it to Rapidgator.
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