If I Had A Harem

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If I Had A Harem
Lovesexy2 vhs.jpg
from the home video Lovesexy Live 2
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 19 April, 1989 - Lovesexy Live 2 home video
Album(s): None
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

If I Had A Harem was released in a live version (as Blues In C (If I Had A Harem) as the twelfth track on the Lovesexy Live 2 home video (from the 9 September, 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany live broadcast). No audio version of the track has been released.

Initial tracking of the studio version of the track with its original title, If I Had A Harem, took place in Spring or early Summer, 1988 (likely around May/June). While the released live version contains blues and jazz elements (including horn interpolations of Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra's Things Ain't What They Used To Be and Charlie Parker's Re Bopper's Billie's Bounce), the studio version is quite different, as a solo rockabilly-style recording containing some keyboard riffs which were not included in the live version, as well as a few minor lyrical differences. The studio version was included on the 27 October, 1988 configuration of Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic. It was also included as the second track on a late 1988 or early 1989 configuration of Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic, but the album was ultimately abandoned.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Spring - early Summer, 1988 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
Recording Personnel


Lovesexy Live version (as Blues In C (If I Had A Harem))


Unreleased studio version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
n/a n/a n/a n/a There have been no audio-only releases of this track.
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
as Blues In C (If I Had A Harem) T.B.C. Lovesexy Live 2 home video Live 9 September, 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
If I Had A Harem Studio May/June 1988 (assumed)
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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