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From: dsi@unccvax.UUCP (Dataspan Inc)
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Subject: Re: Wanted:The Origin of Prince
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 16:47:18 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 16:47:18 1985
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     Nothing more than a particularly bad "boom-chaka-laka-laka" record,
"Soft and Wet." Seems that the "offensive subject matter" of the record
caused WKTU New York to wimp out of playing it, despite the time being
the peak of disco.

     A full-page banner headline in Billboard (with respect to blacklisting
of the record) probably earned Prince the first dose of real noteriety. If
stations had let Soft and Wet simply drop (as Anita Ward and Peaches & Herb
simply dropped) .... oh well, radio without Prince is just too good to
even contemplate.

     We promptly added it after WKTU dropped it. Nothing like a naughty
record to get higher cumes. 

dya
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