How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.

• In part 3 Sophie talks to Sam about Prince's French influences, Anna Fantastic coming to stay and in the 1990s receiving a very special invite, to a very special day.

  Intro2mins - French influences in '85/86 and Prince's love of Nice and Paris5mins - How much warning would you get before Prince arrived in Paris?6mins30s - Anna Fantastic comes to stay...9mins - Gathering photos of the Prince universe along the way...11mins - Why the relationship came to an end, Prince moves to Spain and Sophie has a child.13mins - Seeing Prince in concert in the late 90s, the last time Sophie talked to Prince.15mins - A special invite to a very special day...17mins30 - Sophie remembers where she was in her life when Prince passed away...20mins - Prince: ICON book23mins - A cat called Diva25mins - Nice to be back in London, meeting Paddy and Steve at the Iconic Images Gallery.27mins - Sophie's favourite Prince songs... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

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• In part 2 Sophie Roux talks to Sam Bleazard about looking after Prince's Parisienne residence. For ten years at the height of his fame in the late 1980s, she explains what it felt like to have that unique responsibility.

  PART 2 - Sophie Roux talks to Sam BleazardINTRO2mins45secs - Were you nervous? Landing in Paris - just before Prince - to look after this apartment. 'I was a little nervous...but it was something special.'3mins30secs - Any initial instructions on arrival?6mins - Sophie tells us about her first interactions with Prince in Paris...7mins30secs - Sophie's main responsibilities in Paris, from Basketball courts to fashion shows to video shoots... and back again!11mins - Night-clubs, new places and Prince asks Sophie to dance... on many occasions!15mins30s - In a happy mood on the Lovesexy tour, and reviewing the footage...18mins - Sam asks Sophie about famous nights after hours at The New Morning (concert hall).21mins - Favourite concert moments...24mins - Taking a famous photo of Prince in 1988, which went on to be displayed in the Iconic Images Gallery in London recently.29mins - Preview to Part 3 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

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• Sophie Roux was studying set and costume design in Nice, France, when Prince decided to film a major motion picture there. What happened next, changed her life. This is part 1 of her story...

  Sophie Roux interview PART 1INTRO2mins - Where did Sophie's artistic journey begin...and how did she come to specialise in set and costume design?5mins - a first sighting of Prince in Nice 1985...6mins - Asking, and then getting to work on, Under The Cherry Moon...with local, and American crews11mins - Designing elements for the UTCM film, including the logo, and getting to know Prince's work better.15mins - Meeting Alan Leeds, Marie-France and other members of the band22mins - America video shoot! A hot night in the Theatre de Verdure...24mins - The journey to becoming Prince's personal assistant...26mins - Sophie's birthday at the Warehouse in February 1987 in MPLS...with ping pong and cake!28mins - Back to Paris France, via Phoenix, Arizona and Mexico...JOIN US IN PART 2 when we talk to Sophie about living in Prince's Parisien property for 10 years, and all of the many amazing experiences she had in that time... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

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• In part 2 of our interview with former Art Director Steve Parke, we discuss the first Paisley Park Celebration in 2000, magic moments and opportunities beyond his wildest dreams, but also a parting of the ways after 13 years. Essential listening.

  PART 22mins30s - The Paisley Park studios summer music festival 'Celebration' in 20007mins - Prince having extraordinary vision, and being the hardest working person in the building.10mins - Prince asks Steve very personal Qs, on naming his son and his spirituality...13mins30s - A Jeep or a BMW??14mins - A very magical moment with Prince...18mins30s - Acoustic Prince19mins45s - The recording of One Nite Alone, hearing the grand piano...and doves in the atrium...22mins - Photographing Prince in the open air and countryside of Minneapolis26mins - A moment of realisation, and a parting of the ways after 13 years...34mins - The human toll of a long career... Steve's observations.38mins - Celebration #1: family members stop by at a dance party at Paisley Park...?39mins30s - Jellybean Johnson being supportive...and being inspired by a cousin's hairstyle...42mins30s - Prince: ICON photo exhibition and book, how it all came together48mins30s - What does Steve think Prince's lasting legacy will be?50mins - Having a unique segment of time, that wasn't purely about 'the music'...and opportunities beyond your wildest dreams.52mins - 'He believed in people and pushed you beyond what you thought you could do for yourself...'53mins30s - Cancel culture and public figures. 'Having a perspective on someone's entire life is important...'58mins - The Prince Estate - projects past and present... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

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• We talk to Steve Parke, who for 13 years was Prince's Art Director at Paisley Park. Fulfilling all of his boyhood dreams required tenacity, imagination and always thinking on his feet.

  INTRO2mins30secs - how do you get from being a teenager on the school bus with your friends, with dreams of rock stars, to actually being at Paisley Park working as Art Director for Prince?7mins - Coming up with a set design in 3 hours! 9mins30s - Coming full circle with Prince's best friend at High School, Andre Cymone...11mins30s - Lovesexy t-shirt made in a hotel room - but how to get Prince's likeness...??14mins - Three different Princes...? '...he could be tough with the musicians...'17mins - "He expected so much more from himself..."18mins - Being brought out to work on The Gold Experience, and 'being thrown right into the fire'19mins - Working 120 hours a week...and being asked to move out to Minneapolis. Then saying no!23mins - Coping mechanisms. 'I think everyone's relationship with him was different...'25mins - ...how Prince motivated Steve, and swapping music with your idol.33mins30s - Next assignment - being flown to Birmingham to paint Prince's eyes, having no passport in London and Graffiti Bridge...38mins - Re-doing the artwork and Salvador Dali ideas... 43mins - Support networks in Paisley Park...'it was like a big family...' 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

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