There is a Prince comic book ‘Alter Ego’ by Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan from 1991, which the Prince Estate cited as a possible stylistic reference. We were aiming to keep things as authentic as possible. Our main source of visual inspiration and reference was Prince’s style, fashion and body of work from the relevant era (the track is from 1985). Together with archival footage from his vault - which captures Prince rehearsing with his band, The Revolution, for their massive Purple Rain Tour - these recordings provide a rare window into Prince’s creative process in this wildly productive era. Out now on Warner Records, Originals also includes Prince’s original performances of “Jungle Love,” “The Glamorous Life,” “Sex Shooter,” and more. Prince’s rendition of “Holly Rock” is one of the 15 tracks on the new album Originals, a collection of Prince’s versions of the hit songs he gave to other artists. Though not a hit at the time, the electrifying full six and half-minute version has become a firm fan favourite due to the scarcity of copies of the soundtrack. sole writing and producer credit, he actually produced the track himself and co-wrote it with Sheila.
“Holly Rock” was recorded for inclusion on the original soundtrack for the 1985 movie Krush Groove. The basic tracking for “Holly Rock” took place at Sunset Sound studios in Los Angeles at the end of April 1985 – the very same week that Prince also recorded “Kiss” for his own Parade album.
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