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− | |introduction = '''Possessed''' is a song that was cut and worked on in the studio by [[Prince]] on many different occasions. Basic tracking of the initial version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1982]] by [[Prince]] alone at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. This version was overdubbed | + | |introduction = '''Possessed''' is a song that was cut and worked on in the studio by [[Prince]] on many different occasions. Basic tracking of the initial version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1982]] by [[Prince]] alone at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota and a mix-down of it was done nine days later. This version was then overdubbed somewhere in early-mid 1983, also at the at the [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. |
A new version, started from scratch, was cut with [[The Revolution]] in August 1983 at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. It was a hot day and they kept running into power outage problems while attempting to record. In the end the session was stopped. But it is likely the song was committed to tape in the same setting at a later date. This version however also remains unreleased. | A new version, started from scratch, was cut with [[The Revolution]] in August 1983 at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. It was a hot day and they kept running into power outage problems while attempting to record. In the end the session was stopped. But it is likely the song was committed to tape in the same setting at a later date. This version however also remains unreleased. | ||
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It was this 1984 studio version (incorrectly attributed as the 1983 version) that was released as the sixth track (and seventh song) on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album in June 2017. | It was this 1984 studio version (incorrectly attributed as the 1983 version) that was released as the sixth track (and seventh song) on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album in June 2017. | ||
− | Until after [[Prince]]’s death the song was only released in a live version as the eighth track on the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS in a double VHS case sometimes referred to as '''Double Live''' (later re-released as a single VHS). | + | Until after [[Prince]]’s death the song was only released in a live version as the eighth track on the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS in a double VHS case sometimes referred to as '''Double Live''' (later re-released as a single VHS). In the end credits of that release '''Possessed''' is dedicated to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown]. |
A studio version of the 1984 recording was released as the sixth track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album in June 2017. A studio version of the original 1982 recording (sans 1983 overdubs) was released in 2019 as the first track on the ''Vault Tracks part 2'' disc of a ''Super Deluxe Edition'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. | A studio version of the 1984 recording was released as the sixth track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album in June 2017. A studio version of the original 1982 recording (sans 1983 overdubs) was released in 2019 as the first track on the ''Vault Tracks part 2'' disc of a ''Super Deluxe Edition'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. | ||
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− | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1982]] |
+ | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | ||
+ | |additional info = Mixdown | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = Early 1983 (estimate) | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Overdubs | |additional info = Overdubs | ||
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|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | |5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Possessed''' | ||
+ | |2= 4:24 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release) | ||
+ | |4= Live | ||
+ | |5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]. Remastered | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|2= 4:24 | |2= 4:24 | ||
|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc <br> | |3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc <br> | ||
− | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]] | + | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]]<br> |
+ | [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release) | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | |5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | ||
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|1= '''Possessed''' | |1= '''Possessed''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= 1983 overdubs version |
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1982|1982]] <small>(lyrical clip included in [[How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1982|1982]] <small>(lyrical clip included in [[How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]] | ||
|trivia = Played live (in 1985) the song often contained some lyrics form [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown’s] [[Licking Stick - Licking Stick]] including ''Sister out in the backyard, doin’ the [outside] dance.'' | |trivia = Played live (in 1985) the song often contained some lyrics form [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown’s] [[Licking Stick - Licking Stick]] including ''Sister out in the backyard, doin’ the [outside] dance.'' | ||
− | * | + | * On the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS the song is dedicated to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown]. |
+ | * The 1984 re-recording of this song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually utilized by [[Prince]]. | ||
|see also = [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] home video | |see also = [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] home video | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | * ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | ||
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