Difference between revisions of "Got To Be Something Here"
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− | |introduction = '''Got To Be Something Here''' is the fourth track on Minneapolis-area band The Lewis Connection’s first and only album [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar. The track was written by [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] (who would become a member of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] many years later), and produced by brothers Pierre and André Lewis. | + | |introduction = '''Got To Be Something Here''' is the fourth track on Minneapolis-area band The Lewis Connection’s first and only album [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar. ''The Lewis Connection'' is an alternate name for the band ''The Family'' led by [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] in the 1970’s (and which is unrelated to the band produced by [[Prince]] in the 1980’s [[The Family]]). The track was written by [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] (who would become a member of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] many years later), and produced by brothers Pierre and André Lewis. |
− | Basic tracking took place in late 1976 at [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same session that produced [[Stone Lover]]). | + | Basic tracking took place in late 1976 at [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same session that produced [[Stone Lover]] with the same musicians). Prince played on these tracks to raise money for his first New York trip in the autumn of 1976. |
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+ | [[Got To Be Something Here]] was planned to be the B-side of the [[Single: Stone Lover|Stone Lover]] single, released under the moniker MLF (but is actually an alternate name for The Lewis Connection / The Family), but the band chose to cut [[Stone Lover]] into two parts for both sides. | ||
Either this track or [[Stone Lover]] released around the same time (it’s not clear which was released first), marks the first time [[Prince]] appeared on a release by another artist, on a track he did not write (although earlier recordings by [[94 East]] were released later). It also marks the first release of a collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] (recorded almost 13 years before [[Diamonds And Pearls]], the next released collaboration). | Either this track or [[Stone Lover]] released around the same time (it’s not clear which was released first), marks the first time [[Prince]] appeared on a release by another artist, on a track he did not write (although earlier recordings by [[94 East]] were released later). It also marks the first release of a collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] (recorded almost 13 years before [[Diamonds And Pearls]], the next released collaboration). |
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