MAPLE GROVE, MN. (Pepe Music/ www.pepemusic.com) - Local group 94 East, whose 70s albums featured Princes first professional recordings, is releasing a new CD with two never-before-heard songs featuring Prince on guitar. 94 East featuring 10:15 and Fortune Teller Remix with Prince on Guitar is available exclusively at www.pepemusic.com. The tracks 10:15 and Fortune Teller include a teenage Princes guitar work from the 70s. Both songs were recorded in 1977 when 94 East signed with Polydor Records, under the direction of Hank Cosby (who penned Stevie Wonders hit My Cherie Amour). Cosby wrote Fortune Teller; Pepe Willie penned 10:15. The collaboration happened by accident. Both Prince and 94 East were producing music at Sound 80 in Minneapolis, when Prince asked to sit in on the session. He asked whether he could play with them again and the guitar tracks on 10:15 and Fortune Teller are a result of that collaboration. 94 Easts new CD includes 12 tracks, 10 of which are brand new. This release also launches Pepe Music Inc.s new label, Reo Deo. 94 East previously released Minneapolis Genius/94 East, The Historic 1977 Recordings in the U.S., U.K. and Japan; and 94 East featuring Prince, Symbolic Beginning in the U.K. Pepe Music Inc. is a production, publishing and consulting company operating in Minneapolis since 1977. Please contact Kristie Lazenberry for further information at 763-420-4032.
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