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|album name = Originals | |album name = Originals | ||
|album image = [[File:Originals.jpg|200px|border|Originals album artwork]] | |album image = [[File:Originals.jpg|200px|border|Originals album artwork]] | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 7|7 June 2019]] ''([[Tidal]] release date)''<br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 21|21 June 2019]] ''( | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 7|7 June 2019]] ''([[Tidal]] release date)''<br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 21|21 June 2019]] ''(retail release date)'' |
|length = 63:54 | |length = 63:54 | ||
|label = [[The Prince Estate]] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros. Records] / [[Tidal]] | |label = [[The Prince Estate]] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros. Records] / [[Tidal]] | ||
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<b>Recording Process</b> | <b>Recording Process</b> | ||
− | The album is a compilation of tracks recorded between 1981 and | + | The album is a compilation of tracks recorded between 1981 and 1991. Recording information is listed in chronological order below:<br> |
Chronologically, the earliest written track on the album is [[Wouldn't You Love To Love Me?]], which is also among [[Prince]]'s most-recorded songs. Initially the track was recorded in 1976 as a home recording on a basic cassette recorder, featuring some lyrics that were changed or removed for later recordings. It was then re-recorded twice in Summer 1978 at [[Prince]]'s [[France Avenue Home Studio]] in Edina, Minnesota; once with [[Prince]] on vocals and once with [[Sue Ann Carwell]] on vocals. It was re-recorded again in June 1981 at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California, which is the version featured on this album. Yet another version was started from scratch on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_1|1 April 1982]], at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. That version was worked on further in 1986 and was submitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Michael Jackson] for use on his album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_(album) Bad]. When it did not get included on Jackson's album [[Prince]] offered it to [[Taja Sevelle]], who for her version simply replaced [[Prince]]'s own vocals from the 1986 recording. It was released in 1987 as the second track on [[Taja Sevelle]]'s first album [[Album: Taja Sevelle|Taja Sevelle]] and, in early 1988 was released as the album's second single.<br> | Chronologically, the earliest written track on the album is [[Wouldn't You Love To Love Me?]], which is also among [[Prince]]'s most-recorded songs. Initially the track was recorded in 1976 as a home recording on a basic cassette recorder, featuring some lyrics that were changed or removed for later recordings. It was then re-recorded twice in Summer 1978 at [[Prince]]'s [[France Avenue Home Studio]] in Edina, Minnesota; once with [[Prince]] on vocals and once with [[Sue Ann Carwell]] on vocals. It was re-recorded again in June 1981 at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California, which is the version featured on this album. Yet another version was started from scratch on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_1|1 April 1982]], at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. That version was worked on further in 1986 and was submitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Michael Jackson] for use on his album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_(album) Bad]. When it did not get included on Jackson's album [[Prince]] offered it to [[Taja Sevelle]], who for her version simply replaced [[Prince]]'s own vocals from the 1986 recording. It was released in 1987 as the second track on [[Taja Sevelle]]'s first album [[Album: Taja Sevelle|Taja Sevelle]] and, in early 1988 was released as the album's second single.<br> | ||
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[[Gigolos Get Lonely Too]], although written solely by [[Prince]] was intended for [[The Time]] and was credited to [[Morris Day]] when it appeared as the fifth track on their second album [[Album: What Time Is It?|What Time Is It?]], and was released as the album's third [[Single: Gigolos Get Lonely Too|single]]. Basic tracking likely took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_11|11 January 1982]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California.<br> | [[Gigolos Get Lonely Too]], although written solely by [[Prince]] was intended for [[The Time]] and was credited to [[Morris Day]] when it appeared as the fifth track on their second album [[Album: What Time Is It?|What Time Is It?]], and was released as the album's third [[Single: Gigolos Get Lonely Too|single]]. Basic tracking likely took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_11|11 January 1982]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California.<br> | ||
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− | [[You're My Love]] was written by [[Prince]], using the pseudonym [[Joey Coco]] when released, the first time this pseudonym had been used officially. The song was featured as the third track on American country music singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rogers Kenny Rogers]' album [[Album: They Don't Make Them Like They Used To|They Don't Make Them Like They Used To]], and as the b-side of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap Ronnie Misap] and Kenny Rogers' single [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_No_Mistake | + | [[You're My Love]] was written by [[Prince]], using the pseudonym [[Joey Coco]] when released, the first time this pseudonym had been used officially. The song was featured as the third track on American country music singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rogers Kenny Rogers]' album [[Album: They Don't Make Them Like They Used To|They Don't Make Them Like They Used To]], and as the b-side of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap Ronnie Misap] and Kenny Rogers' single [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_No_Mistake He's_Mine#Ronnie_Milsap_and_Kenny_Rogers_recording Make No Mistake, She's Mine]. Although exact recording dates are not known, basic tracking for [[Prince]]'s original version took place in March 1982 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]]. which is the version on this release. [[Clare Fischer]] added orchestral overdubs in May 1986, by which time the song was attributed to [[Prince and the Revolution]], but Kenny Rogers and his band re-recorded the song in 1986. Kenny Rogers' version of the song contains no musical input by [[Prince]] or [[Clare Fischer]].<br> |
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[[Baby, You're A Trip]] as it appears on this album is from 1982, but did not get an 'associate artists' release until 1987 when it was released as the eighth and final track on [[Jill Jones]] [[Album: Jill Jones|eponymous album]]. It was also included as the b-side of [[Jill Jones]]'s [[Single: For Love|For Love]]. Basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_8|8 July 1982]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. The version on this album has overdubbed [[Jill Jones]] vocals alongside [[Prince]]'s guide vox. <br> | [[Baby, You're A Trip]] as it appears on this album is from 1982, but did not get an 'associate artists' release until 1987 when it was released as the eighth and final track on [[Jill Jones]] [[Album: Jill Jones|eponymous album]]. It was also included as the b-side of [[Jill Jones]]'s [[Single: For Love|For Love]]. Basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_8|8 July 1982]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. The version on this album has overdubbed [[Jill Jones]] vocals alongside [[Prince]]'s guide vox. <br> | ||
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The 2019 mixing was presumably done out of technical necessity, because originally the tracks were never properly remixed and/or such mixes were not preserved to a high quality re-suable storage medium such as 2-track tape. | The 2019 mixing was presumably done out of technical necessity, because originally the tracks were never properly remixed and/or such mixes were not preserved to a high quality re-suable storage medium such as 2-track tape. | ||
[[Noon Rendezvous]] seems to have been given a 2019 mix that was not approximating anything [[Prince]] originally did with the track in 1984, as it seems likely that if it were, this mix with the a capella intro, would have been the version that would have ended up as such on the [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]] album with [[Sheila E.]] simply replacing [[Prince]] guide vocal with hers. | [[Noon Rendezvous]] seems to have been given a 2019 mix that was not approximating anything [[Prince]] originally did with the track in 1984, as it seems likely that if it were, this mix with the a capella intro, would have been the version that would have ended up as such on the [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]] album with [[Sheila E.]] simply replacing [[Prince]] guide vocal with hers. | ||
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+ | The 'Cinematic mix' of [[Nothing Compares 2 U]], that appears as a bonus track on the cd available from Target and on the Japanese release, was made in 2019. It was constructed with the separate tracks found on the 24-track master, including the Clare Fischer arrange that is audible only slightly on the regular [[Prince]]-vocal version – indicating that in itself is also mixed after the fact and not the true original that would not yet have featured the orchestral arrangement. | ||
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