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| *[[Album: Vanity 6 (1984)|Vanity 6]] second unreleased album | | *[[Album: Vanity 6 (1984)|Vanity 6]] second unreleased album |
| |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/1538105497/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511110969&sr=8-1&keywords=duane+tudahl+prince&dpID=51jJZJCGZoL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984, Duane Tudahl (2017)]'' | + | * ''[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)]'' |
| |categories = [[Category:1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1983]] | | |categories = [[Category:1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1983]] |
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Promise To Be True is an unreleased song recorded on 30 April 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the same day as basic tracking for Sex Shooter. It was intended for Vanity 6's planned second album, although it is unclear if Vanity ever recorded vocals for it. Dez Dickerson worked on it in May 1983, but when Vanity decided in August not to participate in the Purple Rain movie, the song was shelved for the time being.
The track was worked on further (or perhaps re-recorded) in early 1987, at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio,Chanhassen, MN, USA, for use by American blues singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, during a short-lived collaboration between the two artists. It is not clear if she recorded lead vocals for the track, however. Although Prince offered four songs to Bonnie Raitt (I Need A Man, Jealous Girl, Promise To Be True and There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool), it is unclear whether this collaboration was intended to lead to an album or to a particular project. The track remains unreleased.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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30 April 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking
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May 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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vocal and guitar overdubs by Dez Dickerson
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Early 1987
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Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking or overdubs (Bonnie Raitt version)
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Recording Personnel
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Vanity 6 version
Dez Dickerson version
- Dez Dickerson - vocals, guitar (and possibly keyboard) overdubs
- Prince - all instruments except where noted (assumed)
Bonnie Raitt version
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Versions
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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Promise To Be True
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Studio
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'Vanity 6' version
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Promise To Be True
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Studio
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Dez Dickerson version
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Promise To Be True
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Studio
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Recorded 1987; Bonnie Raitt version
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