High Fashion

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High Fashion

Thefamily album.jpg
from the album The Family
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single art for High Fashion
Song details
Performer: The Family
First Released: 19 August 1985 - The Family album
Album(s): The Family

Live & Tight As A Funk Fiends' Fix

Writer(s): Prince (credited to Jerome Benton and St. Paul Peterson)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to David Z. Rivkin and The Family)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

High Fashion (initially sometimes written as as Hi Fashion) is the first track on The Family’s first and only album The Family, and, two months after the album’s release, High Fashion was released as the album’s second and final single. The song was written by Prince, but credited to Jerome Benton and St. Paul Peterson.

Basic tracking took place on 27 June 1984 at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, MN, USA (five after recording Mazarati – later renamed Susannah’s Pajamas, on the same day Mutiny and Desire). Saxophone overdubs by Eric Leeds were recorded a few days later, on 2 July 1984.

St. Paul Peterson overdubbed vocals onto the track in late 1984 - early 1985. An extended remix was done for the song intented for a 12" release of High Fashion, but this release was aborted when promotion for the album ended.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
27 June 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Tracking
2 July 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Saxophone overdubs
Late Summer 1984 (estimate) Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Vocal overdubs by St. Paul Peterson
12 September 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. (Discarded) string overdubs
October 1984 (estimate) Monterey Sound Studios,
Glendale, CA, USA
Clare Fischer Orchestral overdubs
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
High Fashion 5:06 The Family
Studio
High Fashion (Edit) 3:45 High Fashion single Edit
High Fashion 5:00 Fdeluxe: Live & Tight As A Funk Fiends' Fix Live 2 September 2012, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
High Fashion ?:?? St. Paul: Live At Bunkers DVD Live As part of the "Family Medley". Recorded live in 2005, Bunker's Bar And Grill, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Cream (N.P.G. Mix) 5:47 Cream single

Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition album

Remix Remix includes a sampled string part from High Fashion
Things Have Gotta Change (Tony M. Rap) 3:56 Cream single

Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition album

Studio Includes sampled a sampled string part from High Fashion
2 The Wire (Creamy Instrumental) 3:13 Cream single Studio Instrumental largely based on Things Have Gotta Change (Tony M. Rap) with a sampled string part from High Fashion
Cream (Straight Pass 12") Unreleased Remix Includes a sampled string part from High Fashion
Cream (TV Track 12") Unreleased Remix Includes a sampled string part from High Fashion
Cream (Instr. 12") Unreleased Remix Includes a sampled string part from High Fashion
Cream (Creamstrumental) Unreleased Remix Includes a sampled string part from High Fashion
Cream (Creaminch-Vocal) Unreleased Remix Includes a sampled string part from High Fashion
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Hi Fashion Studio Original studio version with Prince and St. Paul Peterson on vocals, using an alternate mix from the final release
High Fashion (Extended Version) Extended Remix Remix intended for never released 12"
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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