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While [[Sheila E.]] appears on drums for many of the album's tracks, the album was largely recorded solely by [[Prince]]. His full live band appeared on [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]], and some band members appeared in minor roles on [[Alphabet St.]], [[Anna Stesia]], [[Lovesexy]] and [[Positivity]]. The album marks [[Cat]] and [[Boni Boyer]]'s first appearances on a [[Prince]] album. | While [[Sheila E.]] appears on drums for many of the album's tracks, the album was largely recorded solely by [[Prince]]. His full live band appeared on [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]], and some band members appeared in minor roles on [[Alphabet St.]], [[Anna Stesia]], [[Lovesexy]] and [[Positivity]]. The album marks [[Cat]] and [[Boni Boyer]]'s first appearances on a [[Prince]] album. | ||
+ | A first sequence of the album was done on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 21|21 January 1988]]. The exact sequence of this version is unknown, but likely had the first four songs (Side A of the album) as it was later released, although some versions (including [[Glam Slam]] and [[Anna Stesia]] were possibly edited or mixed differently at this point. The other songs on there were [[Dance On]] | ||
+ | [[When 2 R In Love]], [[Lovesexy]], [[The Line]] and [[Positivity]], most likely in that order. [[Prince]] likely worked on mixing the tracks over the next week. | ||
+ | [[Lovesexy]] at this point was the earlier incarnation of the song, while [[Positivity]] at this stage included [[Cat]] rapping J.M. Silk's "Music Is The Key", previously incorporated into [[Cindy C.]] which was removed from the version as it was released. | ||
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+ | In early February 1988 a new test pressing of the album is made, now including both the newly recorded [[Lovesexy]] and [[I Wish U Heaven]]. Before its final release [[I Wish U Heaven]] was remixed once more and replaced a guitar part with a keyboard part, while [[Cat]]'s "Music Is The Key" rap was omitted from [[Positivity]]. | ||
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* '''<u>21 January 1988 configuration</u>''' | * '''<u>21 January 1988 configuration</u>''' | ||
− | + | # <b>[[Eye No]]</b> | |
+ | # <b>[[Alphabet St.|Alphabet Street]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Glam Slam]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Anna Stesia]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Dance On]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[When 2 R In Love]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Lovesexy]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[The Line]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Positivity]]</b> | ||
+ | <small>* sequence tentative </small> | ||
+ | :Included the initial recording of [[Lovesexy]] (re-recorded the following week) | ||
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* '''<u>February 1988 configuration</u>''' | * '''<u>February 1988 configuration</u>''' |
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