Very rare original ‘unglued’ record sleeve for the self-titled debut album by Apollonia 6, the back cover of which features the original seven-song track listing, all of which were written by Prince:
‘Sex Shooter’
‘Blue Limousine’
‘Manic Monday’
‘A Million Miles (I Love You)’
‘Ooo She She Wa Wa’
‘Some Kind of Lover’
‘In a Spanish Villa’
In fine condition. The record is not included.
The addition of ‘Manic Monday’ is of considerable interest and rarity. As this album indicates, Prince originally wrote the song to be included as a duet between Prince and Apollonia on Apollonia 6’s debut album. It was included as the third track on the February 29, 1984, and Spring 1984 configurations of the Apollonia 6 album, but was later withdrawn from the album before its release.
Two years later, he offered the single to the Bangles under the pseudonym ‘Christopher,’ a character he played in the 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon. Taken by the band's 1984 debut album, All Over the Place, and the video for their ‘Hero Takes A Fall’ single, Prince offered the Bangles the song in May 1985, when the group was at Sunset Sound’s sister studio, The Sound Factory, recording their second album, Different Light. The song eventually became the Bangles’ first hit, reaching No. 2 in the United States—coincidentally, the song was kept from the top spot by Prince's ‘Kiss.’
