Difference between revisions of "Can I Play With U?"
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− | |introduction = '''Can I Play With U?''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December | + | |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]], Hollywood, CA, USA, 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 | + | 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> |
− | Miles Davis added trumpet to the song on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March | + | 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 didn't fit in with the style of the rest of the album. | [[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. | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December 1985]] |
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27 December | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27 December 1985]] |
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] | |additional info = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]] |
|studio = Capitol Recording Studio, Los Angeles CA, USA | |studio = Capitol Recording Studio, 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] | ||
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− | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December | + | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December 1985]]; before overdubs |
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