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. The band created promotional music videos for "Scene of the Crime", "Fast Forward", and "Boxes", which were featured on

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's music video show ''Real Videos'' at the time of the album's release. In a 2009 interview, frontman Loyd Boldman said "we put a 'stop-groove' at the end of Side Two that would 'catch' the vinyl record and wouldn't allow it to eject on an automatic

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, the most popular computer of that time. If you used a cassette drive, the Commodore would show you lyrics and graphics and some facts about the album." In 2019, it was demonstrated that the contents were a short

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Track listing

"Boxes" fades into a verse of the early 20th-century hymn "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus", sung by producer Jon Phelps. This track is listed on the inner sleeve but not on the record label or album jacket.

Band members

*Loyd Boldman: Keyboards, vocals *Dave Workman: Drums, vocals *Rick Fields: Guitars, saxophones, vocals *Mike Wilson: Bass guitar

Production

*Producer: Jon Phelps *Recording engineer: Greg McNeily: *Engineers: Rytt Hershburg, Brad Kuenning, Paul Thompson *Mixer: Gary Platt *Mastering: Mike Fuller

References

{{Authority control 1984 albums Prodigal (band) albums