Difference between revisions of "Just As Long As We're Together"
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|single image = [[File:justaslongasweretogether single.jpg|100px|Just As Long As We're Together|link=Single: Just As Long As We're Together]]<br> <small> single art for [[Single: Just As Long As We're Together|Just As Long As We're Together]]</small> | |single image = [[File:justaslongasweretogether single.jpg|100px|Just As Long As We're Together|link=Single: Just As Long As We're Together]]<br> <small> single art for [[Single: Just As Long As We're Together|Just As Long As We're Together]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 7|7 April | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 7|7 April 1978]] - [[Album: For You|For You]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: For You|For You]] | |album(s) = [[Album: For You|For You]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|introduction = '''Just As Long As We're Together''' is the fifth track on the album [[Album: For You|For You]], and, seven months after the album's release, [[Single: Just As Long As We're Together|Just As Long As We're Together]] was released as the album's second single using an edit of the track (released only in the USA). In 1979, it was included as the b-side on some versions of [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]], the first single from [[Prince]]'s second album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]. | |introduction = '''Just As Long As We're Together''' is the fifth track on the album [[Album: For You|For You]], and, seven months after the album's release, [[Single: Just As Long As We're Together|Just As Long As We're Together]] was released as the album's second single using an edit of the track (released only in the USA). In 1979, it was included as the b-side on some versions of [[Single: I Wanna Be Your Lover|I Wanna Be Your Lover]], the first single from [[Prince]]'s second album [[Album: Prince|Prince]]. | ||
| − | The track was tried out several times during [[Prince]]'s early career. Initial tracking of the instrumental segment (then known as '''Jelly Jam''') took place in Summer 1976 at [[Moonsound]], Minneapolis, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as [[Aces]], [[Baby]], [[Diamond Eyes]], [[Don't Forget]], [[Don't Hold Back]], [[Fantasy]], [[I'm Yours]], [[Leaving For New York]], [[My Love Is Forever|Love Is Forever]] (later renamed [[My Love Is Forever]]), [[Make It Through The Storm]], [[Since We've Been Together]], [[Surprise]] and [[Soft And Wet]]). In 1976-1977, before the album sessions began, the full track was recorded at [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, MN, USA. On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_8|8 April | + | The track was tried out several times during [[Prince]]'s early career. Initial tracking of the instrumental segment (then known as '''Jelly Jam''') took place in Summer 1976 at [[Moonsound]], Minneapolis, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as [[Aces]], [[Baby]], [[Diamond Eyes]], [[Don't Forget]], [[Don't Hold Back]], [[Fantasy]], [[I'm Yours]], [[Leaving For New York]], [[My Love Is Forever|Love Is Forever]] (later renamed [[My Love Is Forever]]), [[Make It Through The Storm]], [[Since We've Been Together]], [[Surprise]] and [[Soft And Wet]]). In 1976-1977, before the album sessions began, the full track was recorded at [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, MN, USA. On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_8|8 April 1977]], [[Prince]] recorded the song from scratch in front of CBS Records executives in Los Angeles to show that he could play all the instruments and produce himself. Later in 1977 he did the same again in front of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] executives, also in Los Angeles. Recording dates for the album version of the song are not known, but the album was recorded at the [[Record Plant]], Sausalito, CA, USA, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at [[Sound Labs]], Los Angeles, CA, USA. |
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| − | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_8|8 April | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_8|8 April 1977]] |
|studio = Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |studio = Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Test recording for CBS | |additional info = Test recording for CBS | ||
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| − | |date = October, - December | + | |date = October, - December 1977 |
|studio = [[Record Plant]], Sausalito, CA, USA | |studio = [[Record Plant]], Sausalito, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Re-recording | |additional info = Re-recording | ||
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| − | |date = Early January | + | |date = Early January 1978 |
|studio = [[Sound Labs]], Los Angeles, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sound Labs]], Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Overdubs and mixing | |additional info = Overdubs and mixing | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
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| − | |first live appearance = [[05 January | + | |first live appearance = [[05 January 1979|5 January 1979, Capri Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA]] |
|performed regularly on = [[Prince_Tour|Prince Tour]]<br> | |performed regularly on = [[Prince_Tour|Prince Tour]]<br> | ||
* [[Rick James "Fire It Up Tour"]] | * [[Rick James "Fire It Up Tour"]] | ||
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