Uncovering Prince with H.M Buff | Paisley Park Engineer
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2018
- Purple Army, it's one of the biggest interviews we've done yet! Check it out as we break it down with Hans-Martin Buff, who worked as the main audio engineer at Paisley Park from 1996-2000, engineering such CLASSIC Prince albums as "Emancipation", "Crystal Ball", "Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic" and more!
It's one of THE MOST detailed interviews you'll hear!
In this interview, you'll find out:
- How Buff got his start working with Prince
- What song was supposed to be "Bohemian Rhapsody huge" in it's arrangement and mix, but didn't turn out that way
- the NAME and SOUND of the unreleased song that Buff did with Prince on his first day
- which songs from "Musicology" and "20TEN" actually date back to the mid 1990s!
- The time Prince wanted to re-record his ENTIRE back catalog?!
- The Prince remake sketch that DIDN'T make it into the Muppets Show
- The emotional, unused vocal part that was removed from the song "Comeback"
- which song Prince spent weeks working on and how that was unheard of for Prince
- how Buff "went shopping" in The Vault to compile Crystal Ball with Prince
- What happened to the 7 CD "sample set" that Prince, Buff and Morris Hayes compiled
- which song got pulled from "Crystal Ball" because it was supposed to be on "Roadhouse Garden"
- and MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!
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This man is so respectful of Prince. Myself as a fan since 1980 has seen many people take personal advantage of Prince. This man has my respect.
Uncovering Prince is ESSENTIAL viewing! What a great insight into a period in Prince’s career that generally gets much less coverage. The moment for me was thinking about what Hans must experience when he listens to an album he knows so intimately, like Emancipation. It must be such a headrush! Great interviewing - you are getting really good at this guys, no fangirling, just incisive, intelligent questions that reveal Prince’s genius.
It seems to me, that Prince surrounded himself with very likable and reflective people.
Cool interview!
Rarely do you see interviewers so informed. Touching on such intricate details 💜
Great interview, thanks. My compliments to Mr Buff, great engineering on Emancipation, one of my fav albums!
Really interesting interview. Prince seemed to have a knack for employing intelligent, laid back engineers. There was clearly so much more he could have said but held back out of respect for Prince's privacy. To his credit but it would have been intriguing to hear it anyway! Looking forward to more Uncovering interviews!
H.m. Buff sound like he had a lot of admiration
And respect for prince as well as on the job
frustration At times which happens with
most jobs or place of employment 💜 🧚🏾♀️
Outstanding interview! Thank you to everyone involved for sharing this!
Thank you, The Violet Reality, this was a great interview and ranks very very high on the list. Buff seemed to be honest and respectful still of Prince’s privacy in death, he was a little guarded but still gave some nice little nuggets about the Prince. Somebody, Someday or Sex in the Summer is my pick from Emancipation. 💜✌🏼
What a great conversation! I didn't think I'd listen to as much of it as I did, but it was just infectious! So entertaining, and fun to listen to! Thank you for doing the interview, and for sharing!
Your channel is incredible. I've been watching an interview each night for the last week. Been getting a bit emotional watching, but enjoying these special insights from people who worked with him. Thank you so much for taking the time and getting these people on your show. Much love!!
Thank you so much Anna! We appreciate your love and support!
Thank you Casey, Kim and HM Buff for the great interview. Love the series and look forward to more. Thanks for the video.
What a great scoop getting this guy really eye opening. He's cool and seems straight forward to the point and candid, dry sense of humour. But Buff?! You kidding me?😲 Sun Moon and Stars is my favourite. Have you heard him sing it live? 😍 It's not complete reggae but it's close. Prince knew! Thank goodness you had NO say in what was included 😂😋. This interview though reinforces my thought that the onion that is Prince did what he thought felt and wanted. We all are the sum of our experiences. Keep on uncovering Prince ~ good job guys. P.S. i like that you only have 1 microphone it helps them to complete their thoughts without interruption. You are great interviewers 👏💜
Incredibly interesting interview. Thanks to you all 💜 I love this series!
Great interview. Thank you.
Another great interview, well done guys, essential listening.
Enjoyed it! Thank You!
Dope Interview!
Great interview!
A very informative interview. Thank you team for the perfectly placed, intelligent questions. Hans is no doubt a brilliant engineer and was obviously highly respected by Prince. It will be forever difficult to try an understand Prince's reasons for placing certain songs on his albums. All I can say is that when I listen to the Rave album, my mind, heart and soul travel the journey Prince wants me to take. The quality of the man he was, the depth of his own soul recognition and his multi-faceted artistic genius continues to astound me as I learn more from these interviews. Thank you Violet Reality and thank you Hans for your generosity of spirit.
Peace and be wild. xxx
Very interesting and enjoyable .........thanks so much
thank you for this interview!!!!
Great interview. Thank you
Nice work guys.....Thanks
Thanks, as always
First Single Right back here in my arms
Great interview. Very informative.
1:03:30 Kevin Smith asked Prince why he didn't play these songs and others like Morning Papers, and Prince said it was because Mayte wasn't around to dance with him - quite sad.
Good interview. I think the thing to remember is that prince lived inside his head and was generally a private man.
He expressed himself through his work which also was his art and his craft.
Work, art, craft: these are very different words with different subtexts attached to each. Now, think about these words in the context of high productivity. What I mean is that he was he was exercising all of these things simultaneously on a non stop work schedule. Before you know it you have literally a mountain of music. Taken as a whole, this man at any given time had a multitude of choices to make. As time went on and as his career developed he had more and more options and choices to make. He had more to choose from.
I would go out on a limb of pure conjecture and say that after he was done with Warner brothers and put out Emancipation that he didn’t want the lead off single to be another Prince commodity. My theory is that he chose that song because it represents something that his spirit chose before he was known as the rock star “Prince”.
It’s an homage to what came before him and laid the foundation of what he’d become, therefore releasing a cover song was a great way of reestablishing his position in the world as a new born artist. He would be them free to release original music. But I think the cover song was part of the design. He strategically places covers on each disc of Emancipation.
Brilliant move.
But if I’m gonna choose a different lead off single, wow, I might choose White Mansion. I think it would have done well in the R&B thing that was happening in 96’.
Sorry about all the weird typos. Ugh
Oh. And the most obvious reason this was the first single, it’s a beautiful love song and he says, “sometimes the words of another just seem to work out fine”.
Go figure. Lol
I think he was in love with Mayte, and this song. It’s most likely as simple as that.
Great points toekevin. I forgot about White Mansion that would have been a great first single song.👍🏼✌🏼
toekevin whoa. Great information.. I got a history lesson on Prince 💜☂️☔️. So cool
Very well said. Prince was playing 4D chess at all times. Each disc was made 60 minutes long to symbolise the pyramids - Prince used this as a way to further pay homage to the foundations built by black men/woman during their previous renaissance period. Genius instinct.
Emancipation (Disc 2) is very underrated in its influence on modern music.
This is a very interesting interview ....You can't be Frank Zappa and Justin Timberlake at the same time. 💜When you're creative like Prince you're a complex artist. You can see he respects him immensely. No gossip .Very cool.
I remember meeting Hans in the 90s when he worked at Paisley. The story of George eating chicken! LOL. Please estate remasters! Remember Hans being just as easy going. "She Gave Her Angels"/"U'r Still the One" would be a good release around Celebration(NC2U) and the unreleased intro "Comeback" sounds interesting.
This was great and Buff was awesome. My sadness is, i could live til a ripe old 80 and i'll probably never get to hear alot of the vault. The Buff stories are exciting but also a little sad for that reason. Dude, i'm a huge fan of Newpowersoul, glad to hear that come up, too. Thanks Buff, and of course Casey and Kim.
I loved that he asked if there were any albums they didn't like at 28:30. Yeah Prince was a rock-god, but he wasn't perfect. I have meet too many fans who refused to be critical at things that were obviously sub-par, and this usually happened when he was trying to do what Hans mentioned here, trying to be everything to everyone. Rave Unto is a perfect example. This album is at the bottom of my list save the title track and "Beautiful Strange". It sounds like it was an obvious attempt to capitalize in the Santana success with collaborations.
Rave was on Arista so why would they not try a duplicate the success of Santana. You work for someone else you do as you are told.
You definately have a point there, but don´t forget the wonderful "I Love U, But I Don´t Trust U Anymore".
Totaly right
Wow this is amazing you guys are so awesome for this i love how y'all interview and much respect for saying I will keep that private about her ... At least he is loyal but so much info it's like class is now in session
Nice interview
Hans is one of the best guys.
Casey & Kim you really did such a great job with this interview. I enjoyed listening to H.M. Buff speak, he was very detailed & very thorough when it came to describing his work with Prince. He sounds like a great guy. Maybe he'll write a book about Prince in the future, I'm sure it would be very interesting.
Binging on ur videos. U guys are great 😁
Thank you very much Casey Rain, Kim Camilla and Hans-Martin, I want the same tee shirts that you have :-)
Thanks 4 this great interview,some great questions & answers with a few secrets.2 albums 2 every 1 made goes in the vault,gonna remortgage the house 😀
So thankful I found y'alls chnl! -Fantastic♡
Q: What happened to all the unused footage for Purple Rain?? There are scenes in the film trailer, not in the movie. I know They were forced to cut many scenes to avoid an X rating, resulting theaters being unable to play the motion picture. Probably pretty tame today; ) Nobody knows where it is!! The vault? or WBros? Thank you
Thank u 🔮😈💜☔️
Great interview! It's interesting to hear stories about different songs, and it would be great to hear the acapella vocals at the start of 'Comeback'. However, despite having some stellar songs (stuff like 'The War', 'Soul Sanctuary', 'Dreamin' About U', 'Strange But True') this is probably my least favourite Prince era. In my opinion, none of the albums from this time sit amongst the pantheon of great Prince albums, and the era represents Prince in a bit of an artistic slump (something Hans seems to agree on! I certainly agree that Prince had a fire under his arse just after this period when recording 'The Rainbow Children', which I believe to be his last truly great - released - album). Hans mentions that there is always a duality in Prince's recording - such as the 'funky' stuff he was recording alongside The Truth - and that's what I've always hoped was the case with this era, that he was also recording more experimental/strange/artistic tracks such as 'The War' and for whatever reason didn't see fit to release them. On Hans account that doesn't appear to be the case - but nonetheless there are a few treasures from this period.
"He spent years working with Prince, now he's sat next to me" - must be amazing feeling
Nice intervieuws
I was really wondering why U both not ask martin about the planned album the dawn or the beautiful strange album....??? But it was cool that he mention the song the divine......great job......MB
I loved all of Princes Albums.
I loved hip hop stuff
Jazzy stuff.
Everything.
Prince told Kevin Smith that he didn't play songs from the Symbol, Gold and Emancipation albums because Mayte wasn't there to dance with him anymore. Which i thought it was heart warming and heart breaking at the same time.
I’m amazed by the achievements he had with Prince. What does he think of those songs that became legged from other countries?
Where can I get a Paisley Park t shirt?
I wish I could find beautiful strange I love it
The Truth is soooo good. I hope there's enough around for a "Further Truths."
Interesting that Prince had so many introverts working at Paisley. Always tell my students that introverts brains function as complete internal circuits that don't require the outside stimulation of constant communication/ socializing mandatory for extroverts. Those who lasted at Paisley seemed comfortable with the fact Prince expected them to hold the line and focus intensely, whether in the moment, or for 24 hours straight while completing, or finessing his vision, with little connection to the outer world. There was a certain vignette in Steve Parke's book that struck a chord: Prince's sudden socializing with Paisley staff prior to a tour, inferring how hard it must have been for him to leave his private, PP, world, and insert himself back into the madding crowd of interviews, traveling from city to city, and adjusting the sound properly in different venues.
Thank you for this and for the conversation regarding "The Truth". What is the name of the gallery in London?
Thank you! It’s called Proud Gallery Central and is by Charing Cross.
the violet reality thank you!
In my opinion, 'The Truth' is the standout record from this period.
I would've released Dreamin' or One Kiss as the first single. Sets the tone for much of the album, characterizes his mindset at the time, and would've easily integrated into the quiet storm R&B happening on urban radio then
Blue Light is the JAM
Alone in my room 1st single
He should've released Somebody's Somebody in '96. It's best radio-friend R&B song in my opinion. Radio edit length was 4min30sec.
I like how one half of AVioletReality always laughs at things that aren't funny?! It makes me happy.
Somebody's Somebody, Right back here in my arms & sleep around would've been great singles.
I'd choose Sleep Around as the first single. It's a straight banger. easily could've got a Most Beautiful Girl level of success.
I would have chose Somebody's Somebody, Right Back Here In My Arms, Betcha By Golly Wow and Sleep Around as singles. The last would have been a lot of fun.
I want that Paisley Park tshirt.....
ROCKNROLLFAN l
So in this time frame not much in the way of unreleased stuff?
oh wow at one point he acted like there was not much unreleased but then he says 2 albums per 1 released?
Generally there are two albums for every one released, but during my tenure, there may be only one or so left over.
Please interview the guy that watched MJ and Prince create their album rumors say it had a delayed realese date is 2030
I'm the Organ
I would have picked “Jam Of The Year” as the first single
"Style" gets my vote for imaginary, retro-active first single from "Emancipation."
I would have chosen face down
I listened to "My Computer" again but still no Kate Bush backing vocal can not be heard...
Maybe it's because she's only on two choruses and you expect more? 2:30 moving in, 3:10 fully featured.
I've always heard her distinctive vocal quite well. I'd love to know who did the slowed down "computer" vocal though. I remember there was rumour it was a sample of Jean Luc Picard. If that were true it would be awesome :)
HIIIIIIIII! ALL 3 OF YOU REPRESENTIN' IN YOUR SHIIIRTS! YESSS! Where is H.M.'s shirt from?? Where can I email you guys?? I sent a rather long email to what I thought was your email but it bounced back. Please let me know ! Peace, love & O(+>
Hey!!!! Thanks so much! The shirt Buff is wearing is from PRN Alumni - you may be able to buy it from their website and all money goes to the charity! You can email us at : thevioletreality at gmail 💜
PERFECT!! thaaaank you! XOXO
No way did Prince want to be Justin Timberlake!
Wow.. This guy probably had to sign a non-disclosure agreement .. Never heard of him. He should do Pensado's place.
Jam of the Year would have been a great signal
26:00 that's why there was no "best Prince band" it was his music and they all just played "his" notes.