Get Blue is the fourth track on Louie Louie’s second album Let’s Get Started. The song was written by Prince (as Paisley Park) and Levi Seacer, Jr. and produced by Prince (as Paisley Park).
A tape photographed in Prince’s vault at Paisley Park Studios lists it as 8 April 1991 alluding the exact date for the recording at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Louie Louie’s vocal overdubs were recorded at Sideways Recording, Santa Ana, California, but recording dates are not known.
In 2010, co-writer Levi Seacer, Jr. released a mostly-instrumental version of the track with Ric Alexander on their album 2wo 4or 1ne (crediting Prince, rather than the pseudonym Paisley Park, as co-writer), but this version did not contain input by Prince.
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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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8 April 1991
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking
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April 1991
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Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA, USA
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Mixing by Keith "K.C." Cohen (and possible additional recording)
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April 1991 - early 1993
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Sideways Recording, Santa Ana, CA, USA
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Vocal overdubs by Louie Louie
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Recording Personnel
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Louie Louie version
- Louie Louie – lead vocals
- Prince - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted
- Sam Mesa-rani - percussion
- Dain Noel - strings
- Reverend Dave Boruff - saxophone
Unreleased Prince version
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Versions
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Released Versions
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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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Get Blue
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Studio
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Prince’s original studio version, missing some later instrumentation
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