So he must have been recording Hotter Than July.
I'm curious as to what The Meters and early 80s Stevie sounded like.

And if he recorded this in his home studio, did Motown know about it?
I'm under the impression this is more vault stuff we won't get to hear
since Stevie said he wants it all destroyed once he passes on.

This also hits on something else.
I've always put Prince on this pedestal because
the AMOUNT of work he put out for himself, his crew, stuff he gave away,
and then all the bootleg stuff, and THEN touring on top of that.
I'm thinking the amount of music he has sitting around is crazy.

Now for the first time I'm kinda thinking about Stevie in the same light.
Like, I knew he had always had a vault. Like, it is well known the amount
of material he created for Songs In The Key Of Life in 1976.
Articles and interviews have said he had enough to drop 3 more albums.
Then there's the album him and MJ did (Buttercup).
Then the album he did for Wonderlove.

As far as music he was making, Stevie was right there.