INTRO

3mins - Alan takes on new responsibilities at Paisley Park - from 'off-road road manager' to Vice President of PRN Productions.

7mins - President of Paisley Park Records for 3 years 'until I left'.

10mins30s - Working with George Clinton and Mavis Staples on new records, in a challenging marketplace.

13mins - Differences of opinion on the joint venture with Warner Bros...and the need to provide hits.

15mins - "What made you part company with Prince?"

18mins - "He's got an album every 9 months, that he wants to release..."

20mins - Was Lovesexy a difficult thing to work on, and was it a tour that lost money?

21mins30s - The challenge with the Lovesexy album on U.S. Radio

25mins - Working with D'Angelo...and reminiscing about his live performances.

26mins30s - Alan names his favourite ever tour to work on.

32mins - D'Angelo's struggles with fame, and the celebrity aspect of the music business.

34mins - An extraordinary talent...

39mins - The complicated lives, and legacies, of artists such as James Brown and Prince...

44mins - James Brown's Star Time Box Set liner notes, and a Grammy Award taking pride of place.

48mins - A special memory with Prince and Susan Moonsie...but also D'Angelo.

52mins - Alan's Book...and farewell, for now.

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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INTRO

3mins - Persuading Prince not to go onto the beach in Rio in high heels? Easier said than done.

9mins - Prince has a rare attack of nerves approaching the Purple Rain premiere in 1984, Alan is on hand to maintain calm.

16mins - The Revolution are crestfallen at the end of the Purple Rain tour, how difficult was it for Alan at the centre of that dynamic?

24mins30s - Did Alan feel he got to know a little bit of the man along the way?

30mins30s - What was it like having a family member in his band?

35mins30s - Alan is a nervous wreck the day brother Eric comes to meet Prince for the first time...

39mins - Alan and Sam discuss the Hit n Run tour

44mins - Was Prince trying too hard to prove a point with Crystal Ball?

50mins - The Black Album: dark night of the soul, or trying to bridge to hip-hop?

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

LINKS

Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.

Email me at: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.

#prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO

3mins - Childhood years, growing up and the effects of the Civil Rights movement

5mins - A 3-year old child fascinated by records spinning in a jukebox

6mins - Pete Seeger, Rock n Roll and the 'scratchy 45s'...and then soul music comes along.

7mins30s - James Brown! 'The composite of everything I'd liked in music...'

9mins - Career memoir coming out in November 2026... "It's got to be funky: my life in music"

10min30s - "Questlove calls me the Forrest Gump of the Funk..."

12mins - "Get the James Brown guy..."

14mins30s - Any particular qualities that kept Alan in the game when times got tough?

20mins - First exposure to James Brown the man, as opposed to the artist?

23mins - A (very) brief stint with Kool & The Gang...

29mins - JB meets the Black Panther Party...and continues to hold court.

31mins30s - Processed hair out - Afro in... 'hugely significant at that time'.

34mins - Harder working than even James Brown?? 'What makes you say that?'

35mins30s - When Prince wanted to record, he just went downstairs...

37mins - Was Prince's obsession with music unhealthy at a point? "There's got to be other things in his life that'll suffer...but who am I to say?"

40mins - Prince was the diametric opposite personality type to James Brown.

42mins30s - Alan joins Prince mid-way through the 1999 'Triple Threat' Tour...and all is not well.

47mins30s - Alan finds he's dressed like an accountant, or the tax man?

51mins30s - Every tour has 'one of those nights...this was one of those nights'.

54mins30s - Malfunctions on-stage, conspire to create a huge anti-climax on 'Baby I'm A Star'...!

58mins - Alan has to rally the troops, a storm is coming.

60mins - Alan is summoned to see Prince in his room for a de-brief...before sharing news the artist doesn't want to hear.

64mins - Prince and his team fly to Dallas to watch the Jacksons Victory Tour.

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

LINKS

Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.

Email me at: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.

#prince4ever #love4oneanother