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− | |date = 1986 | + | |date = 1985 (assumed) |
− | |studio = Unknown studio (s) (details needed) | + | |studio = Nola Recording Studios, New York, NY |
| |additional info = Horn overdubs | | |additional info = Horn overdubs |
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| |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 28|28 January 1986]] | | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 28|28 January 1986]] |
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = Mixing | + | |additional info = Mix, crossfades, edit |
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| |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 17|17 February 1986]] | | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 17|17 February 1986]] |
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = Overdubs and mixing | + | |additional info = Mixing |
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| |recording personnel = | | |recording personnel = |
G-Spot is the second track on Jill Jones’s first and only Paisley Park Records album Jill Jones, and within a few months of the album’s release, G-Spot was released as the album’s second single. Although Jill Jones shared official writing credits, the song was written solely by Prince.
While exact recording dates are not known, basic tracking for Prince’s original version likely took place in May 1983, at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA. It was both considered for Vanity 6’s sophomore album as for Purple Rain and its title appears in versions of the script as late as October 1983. In the movie the song was to be performed by Prince. It was ultimately cut from the script before shooting commenced in November.
Both Vanity and Jill Jones cut lead vocals for it at the Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Vanity’s version was presumably done in the spring of 1983 and Jill Jones’s lead vocals were done sometime after Vanity was out of the picture, possibly later that same summer.
The song was ultimately mixed further on 28 January 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California.
Prince’s original version contains Prince calling out "Maceo" for a solo and the line "I don’t want no trash, gimme some of that popcorn" (taken from Mother Popcorn) - this is an homage to James Brown and saxophonist Maceo Parker, with whom Prince would work many years later.
The Extended Version of the song released on the 12" contains orchestral part by Clare Fischer but it is not clear when this was recorded. It is possibly the arrangement was lifted from another Clare Fischer arrangement for another song.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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May 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Tracking
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Spring 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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Vanity vocal overdub
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Summer 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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Jill Jones vocal overdub
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16 September 1983
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA
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Overdubs
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1985 (assumed)
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Nola Recording Studios, New York, NY
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Horn overdubs
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28 January 1986
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA
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Mix, crossfades, edit
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17 February 1986
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA
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Mixing
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Recording Personnel
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Jill Jones version
- Jill Jones - vocals
- Prince - all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
- Bob Minzer - saxophone
- Chris Hunter - saxophone
- Roger Rosenberg - saxophone
- Jim Pugh - trombone
- Jon Faddis - trumpet
- Randy Brecker - trumpet
Vanity 6 version
- Vanity - vocals
- Prince - all other instruments, except where noted
Prince version
- Prince - all vocals and instruments
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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G-Spot
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4:30
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Jill Jones
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Studio
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G-Spot (Edit)
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4:01
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G-Spot single
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Edit
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G-Spot (Remix)
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6:23
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G-Spot single
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Extended version
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Remix by Jimmy Destri
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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G-Spot
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Studio
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Original 1983 version with Prince lead vocal
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G-Spot
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Studio
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1983 version with Vanity lead vocal
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G-Spot (Extended Version)
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Remix
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Alternate mix of released Extended Version
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