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.

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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.

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INTRO

2mins - Prince's High School days and local Talent Shows with Cousin Chazz Smith

3mins30s - Mark Brown (aka BrownMark) discusses growing up in Minneapolis, the club scene and a 'sense of segregation'.

5mins30s - Author and Journalist Neal Karlen shares his memories of Minneapolis in the late 1970s, and Prince's childhood mischief.

9mins - Chazz and Prince go exploring in the local neighbourhoods on the lookout for musicians and band members...they meet future New Power Generation member Sonny Thompson along the way.

15mins - First Manager Owen Husney talk about the 'original Prince'. "He was just a kid, he was 18 when I met him...he took the bus to my house."  

17mins30s - "I realised what had to be done for him. He was just a guy from North Minneapolis...as much as I admired his talent, I knew he was vulnerable."

19mins - "Controversy creates awareness...", Owen and Prince prepare to do anything to get attention, studying P.T. Barnum and Colonel Tom Parker along the way.

22mins - Understanding the magic required to be a star. "He could see down the tunnel, he knew how talented he was..."

23mins30s - Guitar tech and Luthier Dave Rusan talks about his experience trying out for a very early version of Prince's group... at Del's Tire Mart.

29mins30s - Meeting Prince for the first time, as a cook in a local Minneapolis restaurant, and cooking him pancakes. "He looked like a rock star."

31mins30s - Dr. Casci Ritchie on The Life and Legacy of Prince's Fashion. "It's one of my favourite eras of Prince to look at, because he's really messy...and there's a relatability to it."

35mins - "He is figuring out things. He was always borrowing people's clothes." Prince obsesses about borrowing keyboardist Gayle Chapman's boots.

37mins - Founding member of The Revolution Lisa Coleman discusses her teenage years, how she got the gig, and came to meet Prince. "It sounds a bit like Introverts anonymous!"

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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2mins - Catching up with Mayte, an eruption of rescue dogs... and a strict pet policy in the UK.

5mins - Mayte's motivation for the recent TEDx Talk 'Love Without Words: from Prince's stage to animal rescue.'

7mins30s - The need for silence in a modern age, and the silent language.

9mins - What were the main lessons from Mum & Dad? "They were very supportive, as a dancer..."

11mins30s - Independence as a teenager, and fame as a child and as a young woman, with proud parents... "I had a cheque-book at 8!"

15mins - "Being Puerto Rican, they would always ask me, are you white or you black?" Belonging, and proving your worth growing up.

16mins - Being on Prince's payroll as an employee...and assuming it was only ever going to be one project. 'You're doing all the dancing.'

19mins - Funk Nights with The NPG... who would be the wildest? The brown bag tour.

22mins - Borrowing Mayte's mascara, clothing and pulling it off!

24mins - Prince's women and the secret codes...

25mins - Mayte considering another book... '

27mins - Sam asks Mayte about The Prince Estate, 'not a lot of communication right now...', and her feelings on the vault recordings.

27mins30s - "My measurements were the code to the safe..."

29mins - Memories of Prince in the recording studio...Chaos & Disorder.

31mins30s - Prince's inability to stop. 'For me it was a shock...'. Having to leave Paisley Park, after being around Prince from aged 17 to aged 25.

32mins - Finding a new role after leaving Prince's Paisley Park world, as an actor.

37mins30s - Philanthropic work and the future? Live4Love charities.

43mins - Final thoughts on Prince - 'people don't realise how short life is...'

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

2mins30s - Did Jason get to hear any of the tracks in advance (of the Diamonds & Pearls super deluxe)?

4mins - Prince's punk period in the 90s, and creating a lot of interesting things...comic books, stage-shows and pressing his own CDS.

5mins30secs - From a Gett Off vinyl DJ pressing to The Undertaker on VHS, an artist begins to rebel.

7mins - Prince has to find other avenues to get his music out...

8mins30s - Jeff Gold, and the hologram cover!

11mins - Sam has a bit of fun with Jason Draper!! What are his favourite tracks? Jason talks New Jack Swing...

13mins30s - Jason and Sam talk about the amazing Glam Slam live gig on D&P Deluxe

14mins30s - The countdown clock...

16mins - Sam's sympathy for sound engineers.

17mins - Jason would love to work on more projects, related to his favourite artists - 'living the dream'

20mins - The Piano & Microphone show, could that be released... 'the fact that we missed out on that, in the UK, still kills me to this day.'

21mins - Sam talks about the morning tickets went on sale in the UK via Ticketmaster.

22mins - ...the Love 4 One Another room, Celebration #1: Prince plays bass on America - video is played from the DJ booth

24mins - Prince plays on Act II tour in Edinburgh: discussing track lists from 'live shows [which] are a gold mine'.

26mins - Working in McDonald's in Plymouth, and missing Prince in Hammersmith on the One Nite Alone tour...  

27mins - Getting close to Prince at the Koko show in Camden...memories of the show, and of Shepherd's Bush - 'he sent hot chocolate down the queue'!

31mins - Tina Turner Private Dancer re-issue project - Jason's editorial role for Warners, and speaking to Holly Knight, co-writer of The Best and some of Private Dancer's songs.

33mins - Tina has to change behind a shower curtain in the Rivoli Ballroom in South London, for the Private Dancer video.

35mins - Jason's Instagram, and his work on David Bowie projects.

38mins - "Hope I've done justice to Bowie's career...", across 2 magazines.

40mins - What does the future hold for Jason?

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

2mins30s - "What led you to have the career you've had?" 25 years ago, Jason tells a friend at University that no one is going to give him money to be a music journalist.

4mins - "Finding a pathway to doing what I wanted to do..." Jason looks for work experience on Music monthlies, and picks up first freelance work at Record Collector.

6mins - Parents musical taste - 'were they big music lovers?'

7mins - Kids in Plymouth weren't listening to Kid Creole & The Coconuts...! Bowie, Beck and Prince being the Father, the Son & the Holy Ghost.

9mins30s - Was Prince in your mind (as a subject to write about)? 'I was 8 when Diamonds & Pearls came out, and my Mum had the cassette in the car...'

13mins - checking out Prince, making the connection to Beck, Sly Stone amd borrowing his friend's Dad's Sign O The Times VHS

14mins30s - How did Jason get from being a Post-Graduate student to writing books on Prince?

17mins - From the Record Collector to the Rough Guide to Prince (Pitching on 'Prince is going to turn 50 this year')

18mins - Jason discusses the publication of his Prince books and their re-issues.

21mins45secs - Favourite interviews in Prince world? Lives of the musicians... Covid-era interviews with Mayte, 3rd Eye Girl and others.

26mins - Was Prince aware of the books you were writing? "He became aware after the fact..."

29mins - How did Jason get to work on the D&P liner notes? "I think The Estate knew who I was at that point..."

31mins - A different approach: Four to five writers discuss Diamonds & Pearls from their own perspective and angle.

35mins - What is Jason's view of The Prince Estate, having worked for big record labels in the past?

39mins - What's the biggest challenge to protect Prince's legacy? "The biggest challenge is to keep Prince's audience growing..."

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

2mins30s - To what extent was Emancipation a high personal project for Prince and/or the album he was 'born to make'.

3mins30s - A rare apology from Prince...

5mins30s - Prince and the elders: Chaka Khan, Larry Graham & Maceo Parker. How did the dynamic change when his heroes were around?

7mins - Nobody's touching that guitar!? But nobody's saying no to The Queen!

12mins - Chaka clips Prince's wings on tour...but also wows Hans in the studio.

15mins - What does Hans think Prince's legacy is...and what should it be?

16mins - "Where are we going to put him in 50-60 years time?"

19mins - Stuck between the rock star pop God and the later Guerrilla dude...

20mins - Will there be as much interest in the late 90s period Prince cannon?

21mins - Why did Hans part company with Prince? "I'm a big believer in, quit while you're ahead..."

22mins30s - "At the end I kind of became cynical..."

23mins30s - From great coffee to typing album lyrics...

25mins - "Prince was like a combination between Mozart, Charlie Chaplin and Michael Corleone"

26mins - Did Hans like The Rainbow Children?

27mins - Good times in 2026 and the power to say no, as learned from Prince.

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

2mins30s - Did Prince ever try to persuade Hans to join him on the road?

4mins - Were you aware that you were working on Prince's first acoustic album 'The Truth' at the time?

10mins - Any reason why Prince chose to do an acoustic album? Hans explains the Ani Di Franco influence.

14mins - Prince, Boys II Men, and 90s RnB.

16mins - The stuff that lit Hans' candle!

18mins - Learning the art of the sequence from Prince...

21mins - Working on the mythical 1990s version of the Crystal Ball project...and going down to the Vault, being watched by Security.

25mins - Working on the Crystal Ball edits, and Hans honing his production skills.

28mins - Working on the 3-disc Emancipation set, as five to six tracks don't make the cut.

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

2mins30s - Hans' musical family background

7mins - 'Made for immersive' music, and the ability to listen anywhere...on any headphones

9mins - Rave 2000 5.1 mix!  

11mins - Catching lightning in a bottle vs sound quality

14mins - Prince's sound guys had it tough?

18mins - Minneapolis radio, and the programming in New York

20mins - How did Hans come to be on Prince's radar? Living and working in Minneapolis.

21mins - Hans works in the studio where Nirvana In Utero was recorded, cleaning up after them...

23mins - Did you reach out to Prince or did he reach out to you??

25mins - Which engineer did you take over from at Paisley Park?

27mins - Prince School!

30mins - Were you nervous working for Prince initially?

33mins - Memories of pleasing the boss...by fixing his console.

37mins - Biggest life lesson from Prince?

39mins30s - Any questions you wish someone had asked you about Prince?

Join us in part 2 when we discuss acoustic album The Truth, Crystal Ball and Prince's three album set Emancipation. 

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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