Difference between revisions of "Can I Play With U?"
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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
|previous song = [[Camille]] | |previous song = [[Camille]] | ||
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− | |introduction = '''Can I Play With U?''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December 1985]] (the same day as [[A Couple Of Miles]], two days before [[Slaughterhouse]], [[U Just | + | |introduction = '''Can I Play With U?''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December 1985]] (the same day as [[A Couple Of Miles]], two days before [[Slaughterhouse]], [[U Just Can’t Stop]], [[Run Amok]], [[Mobile]], [[Madrid]], [[Breathless]], [[High Calonic]] and [[The Question Of U|12 Keys]]) at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, with saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27 December 1985]]. |
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>''"Miles, even though we have never met, 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> | 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>''"Miles, even though we have never met, 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> | ||
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Miles Davis added trumpet to the song on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]] at Capitol Recording Studio, Los Angeles CA, USA. | Miles Davis added trumpet to the song on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]] at Capitol Recording Studio, Los Angeles CA, USA. | ||
− | [[Prince]] contributed additional material to the track to extend it in 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 | + | [[Prince]] contributed additional material to the track to extend it in 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 | + | 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, a fan (using the name ''Øster'') asked whether [[Prince]] had recorded in the studio with Miles Davis, to which [[Prince]] replied: | During a [[Love4oneanother.com]] "? of the week" in 1999, a fan (using the name ''Øster'') asked whether [[Prince]] had recorded in the studio with Miles Davis, to which [[Prince]] replied: | ||
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:"[[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]]]."'' | ||
− | 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 | + | 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''. |
'''Can I Play With U?''' remains unreleased. | '''Can I Play With U?''' remains unreleased. |
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