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|song name = Can I Play With U? | |song name = Can I Play With U? | ||
− | |single image = [[File: | + | |single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
− | |performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album |
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
− | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |performer = [[Prince]] (with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis]) |
+ | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
+ | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Camille]] | |previous song = [[Camille]] | ||
|next song = [[Can’t Keep Living Alone]] | |next song = [[Can’t Keep Living Alone]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Can I Play With U?''' is | + | |introduction = '''Can I Play With U?''' is a song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December 1985]] (the same day as [[A Couple Of Miles]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, with saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] done the next day. |
− | The track was sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] (in both instrumental and vocal versions) in January 1986, following a request from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] for [[Prince]] to contribute to Davis' first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] album (called ''The Perfect Way'' at the time, before being renamed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutu_(album) Tutu]). It was accompanied by a note from [[Prince]], reading:<blockquote>''" | + | The track was sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] (in both instrumental and vocal versions) in January 1986, following a request from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] for [[Prince]] to contribute to Davis' first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] album (called ''The Perfect Way'' at the time, before being renamed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutu_(album) Tutu]). It was accompanied by a note from [[Prince]], reading:<blockquote>''"I can tell just from listening to your music that you and I are so exactly alike that I know whatever you play would be what I'd do. So if this tape is of any use to you, please go ahead and play whatever you feel over it. Because I trust what you hear and play."'' </blockquote> |
− | Miles Davis added trumpet to the song | + | Miles Davis added trumpet to the song in late February at Capitol Recording Studio, Los Angeles CA, USA. |
− | [[Prince]] contributed additional material to the track to extend it | + | [[Prince]] contributed additional material to the track to extend it a few days later, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]], but neither Davis nor [[Prince]] were very excited by the final result, and after hearing the rest of the finished album, [[Prince]] asked that his track be removed, as it didn’t fit in with the style of the rest of the album. |
After Davis died in 1991, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] asked [[Prince]] to add some post-production to this track (as well as [[17 (Penetration)|Penetration]], [[19 (Jailbait)|Jail Bait]] and [[20 (A Girl And Her Puppy)|A Girl And Her Puppy]]) to include on his first posthumous album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-Bop Doo-Bop]'', but [[Prince]] was not interested in contributing to tracks that he felt didn’t show Davis at his best. | After Davis died in 1991, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] asked [[Prince]] to add some post-production to this track (as well as [[17 (Penetration)|Penetration]], [[19 (Jailbait)|Jail Bait]] and [[20 (A Girl And Her Puppy)|A Girl And Her Puppy]]) to include on his first posthumous album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-Bop Doo-Bop]'', but [[Prince]] was not interested in contributing to tracks that he felt didn’t show Davis at his best. | ||
− | During a [[Love4oneanother.com]] "? of the week" in 1999, | + | During a [[Love4oneanother.com]] "? of the week" in 1999, someone asked whether [[Prince]] had recorded in the studio with Miles Davis, to which [[Prince]] replied: |
:"[[file:EyeBlue.png|EyeBlue.png]] have recorded with Miles... it sounds as u would xpect: chaotic and beautiful! Its release depends on the length of The War [referring to feuds with record companies rather than the track [[The War]]]."'' | :"[[file:EyeBlue.png|EyeBlue.png]] have recorded with Miles... it sounds as u would xpect: chaotic and beautiful! Its release depends on the length of The War [referring to feuds with record companies rather than the track [[The War]]]."'' | ||
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The longer version of the track was planned for release (credited to "Miles Davis with [[Prince]]") as the twelfth track on a 2001 box-set of Miles Davis’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] work, entitled [http://www.miles-beyond.com/lastwordtracklist.htm The Last Word], but the track was not included on the eventual 2-disc 2010 release, titled ''Perfect Way''. | The longer version of the track was planned for release (credited to "Miles Davis with [[Prince]]") as the twelfth track on a 2001 box-set of Miles Davis’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] work, entitled [http://www.miles-beyond.com/lastwordtracklist.htm The Last Word], but the track was not included on the eventual 2-disc 2010 release, titled ''Perfect Way''. | ||
− | ''' | + | The song was released in September 2020 on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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− | |date = | + | |date = Late February |
|studio = Capitol Recording Studio,<br>Los Angeles CA, USA | |studio = Capitol Recording Studio,<br>Los Angeles CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Trumpet overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis], synth overdubs by Adam Holzman, bass guitar overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller Marcus Miller] | |additional info = Trumpet overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis], synth overdubs by Adam Holzman, bass guitar overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller Marcus Miller] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]] |
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA (assumed) | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA (assumed) | ||
|additional info = Additional recording by [[Prince]] | |additional info = Additional recording by [[Prince]] | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Holzman_(keyboardist) Adam Holzman] - synth | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Holzman_(keyboardist) Adam Holzman] - synth | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller Marcus Miller] - bass guitar | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller Marcus Miller] - bass guitar | ||
+ | |released versions = | ||
+ | {{Songchart| | ||
+ | |line = | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Can I Play With U ? (featuring Miles Davis)'''|2= 6:29 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]|4= Studio|5= }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
+ | {{SongUnreleased| | ||
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|1= '''Can I Play With U?''' | |1= '''Can I Play With U?''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= After saxophone overdubs | + | |3= After [[Eric Leeds]] saxophone overdubs |
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|1= '''Can I Play With U?''' | |1= '''Can I Play With U?''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= version after Miles Davis overdubs, before final mix |
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
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− | |see also = [[ | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album |
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | ||
* ''[http://www.miles-beyond.com/lastwordtracklist.htm The Last Word]'' | * ''[http://www.miles-beyond.com/lastwordtracklist.htm The Last Word]'' | ||
* ''[http://princeonlinemuseum.com/love4oneanother/home99.html PrinceOnlineMuseum.com]'' | * ''[http://princeonlinemuseum.com/love4oneanother/home99.html PrinceOnlineMuseum.com]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1985]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1985]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Recorded 1985]] |
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