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|song name                = Rebirth Of The Flesh
 
|song name                = Rebirth Of The Flesh
 
|album image              = [[File:NPGMusicClub logo.jpg|100px|link=NPGMusicClub.com downloads]]<br> <small>[[NPG Music Club]] download <br> no official artwork created </small>
 
|album image              = [[File:NPGMusicClub logo.jpg|100px|link=NPGMusicClub.com downloads]]<br> <small>[[NPG Music Club]] download <br> no official artwork created </small>
|single image              = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]
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|single image              = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 28|28 August 2001]] - [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_8|NPG Music Club Edition # 8]] mp3 download (live version)<br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album (studio version)
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 28|28 August 2001]] - [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_8|NPG Music Club Edition # 8]] mp3 download (live version)<br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album (studio version)
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
|previous song            = [[Reason Enough]]
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|previous song            = [[Rearrange]]
 
|next song                = [[Reconsider (U Betta)]]
 
|next song                = [[Reconsider (U Betta)]]
|introduction              = Basic tracking for '''Rebirth Of The Flesh''' took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 28|28 October 1986]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (the day after a re-recording of [[Feel U Up]], the same day as [[Rockhard In A Funky Place]], two days before [[Good Love]]). A version with an edited,shortened ending was included as the first track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 5|5 November 1986]] configuration of the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album (credited to the pseudonym [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]), which was later aborted. A few weeks later, it was included as the first track on the first disc of the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration. The track was removed when the album was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]].
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|introduction              = '''Rebirth Of The Flesh''' is a song recorded by [[Prince]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 28|28 October 1986]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (the day after a re-recording of [[Feel U Up]], the same day as [[Rockhard In A Funky Place]], two days before [[Good Love]]). A version with an edited, shortened ending was included as the first track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 5|5 November 1986]] configuration of the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album (credited to the pseudonym [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]), which was later aborted. A few weeks later, it was included as the first track on the first disc of the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration. The track was removed when the album was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]].
  
The full version as recorded in 1986 was released in September 2020 on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set. The song is listed as '''Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro)''' although no other studio version with a different outro was released.
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The full version as recorded in 1986 was released in September 2020 as the second track of ''Vault Tracks part 3'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']].The song is listed as '''Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro)''' although no other studio version with a different outro was released.
  
A rehearsal version from 1988 (labeled '''Rebirth Of The Flesh (Rehearsal '88)'''), from rehearsals for an aborted USA Tour in 1988, was released as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_8|NPG Music Club Edition # 8]]. No other details about musicians, recording date or location were given, but [[Greg Brooks]] is audible and also named in the song, which dates it to being recorded somewhere before mid February 1988 when he and [[Wally Safford]] left the band. The studio version remains unreleased.
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A rehearsal version from 1988 (labeled '''Rebirth Of The Flesh (Rehearsal '88)'''), from rehearsals for an aborted USA Tour in 1988, was released as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_8|NPG Music Club Edition # 8]]. No other details about musicians, recording date or location were given, but [[Greg Brooks]] is audible and also named in the song, which dates it to being recorded somewhere before mid February 1988 when he and [[Wally Safford]] left the band.
  
  
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{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 28|28 October 1986]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 28|28 October 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]]- Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking, overdubs (including horns), vocals, mix (28th)
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 2|2]] - [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 4|4 November 1986]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]]- Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Mix (2nd); horn overdubs, mix (3rd), overdubs, mix (4th)
 
}}
 
}}
 
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{{RecordingLine|
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|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
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'''Studio version'''
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (as [[Alias: Camille|Camille]])
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*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
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*[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet
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'''Rehearsal version'''
 
'''Rehearsal version'''
 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
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*[[Wally Safford]] - background vocals (assumed)
 
*[[Wally Safford]] - background vocals (assumed)
 
*[[Greg Brooks]] - background vocals (assumed)
 
*[[Greg Brooks]] - background vocals (assumed)
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'''Original studio version'''
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (as [[Alias: Camille|Camille]])
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|released versions        =
 
|released versions        =
 
{{Songchart|
 
{{Songchart|
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|1= '''[[Rebirth Of The Flesh]]'''
 
|1= '''[[Rebirth Of The Flesh]]'''
 
|2= 5:28
 
|2= 5:28
|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
|5= Listed as '''Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro)'''
 
|5= Listed as '''Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro)'''
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|performed occasionally in = none
 
|performed occasionally in = none
 
|trivia                    = '''Rebirth Of The Flesh'''’s title was likely inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis]’s 1957 album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_of_the_Cool Birth Of The Cool]'' (a compilation of previously-unreleased tracks recorded in 1949 and 1950).
 
|trivia                    = '''Rebirth Of The Flesh'''’s title was likely inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis]’s 1957 album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_of_the_Cool Birth Of The Cool]'' (a compilation of previously-unreleased tracks recorded in 1949 and 1950).
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*The introductory lyrics ("''Kick drum pounds on the two and four, all the party people get on the floor"'') from that song were later used for [[Escape]].
 
|see also                  = [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_8|NPG Music Club Edition # 8]]
 
|see also                  = [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_8|NPG Music Club Edition # 8]]
 
* [[NPG Music Club]]
 
* [[NPG Music Club]]
* [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album
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* [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
 
* [[Album: Camille|Camille]] unreleased album
 
* [[Album: Camille|Camille]] unreleased album
 
* [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]
 
* [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]
 
* [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased 1986 album
 
* [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased 1986 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)]] ''
|categories                = [[Category:2001]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]]
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* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
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|categories                = [[Category:2001]][[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 31 March 2023

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Rebirth Of The Flesh

NPGMusicClub logo.jpg
NPG Music Club download
no official artwork created
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
from the album
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 28 August 2001 - NPG Music Club Edition # 8 mp3 download (live version)
25 September 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition album (studio version)
Album(s): Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Rebirth Of The Flesh is a song recorded by Prince on 28 October 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (the day after a re-recording of Feel U Up, the same day as Rockhard In A Funky Place, two days before Good Love). A version with an edited, shortened ending was included as the first track on the 5 November 1986 configuration of the Camille album (credited to the pseudonym Camille), which was later aborted. A few weeks later, it was included as the first track on the first disc of the triple-album Crystal Ball on the 30 November 1986 configuration. The track was removed when the album was eventually pared down and became Sign O’ The Times.

The full version as recorded in 1986 was released in September 2020 as the second track of Vault Tracks part 3, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition.The song is listed as Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro) although no other studio version with a different outro was released.

A rehearsal version from 1988 (labeled Rebirth Of The Flesh (Rehearsal '88)), from rehearsals for an aborted USA Tour in 1988, was released as an mp3 download as part of NPG Music Club Edition # 8. No other details about musicians, recording date or location were given, but Greg Brooks is audible and also named in the song, which dates it to being recorded somewhere before mid February 1988 when he and Wally Safford left the band.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
28 October 1986 Sunset Sound- Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Tracking, overdubs (including horns), vocals, mix (28th)
2 - 4 November 1986 Sunset Sound- Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Mix (2nd); horn overdubs, mix (3rd), overdubs, mix (4th)
Early 1988 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
Rehearsal recording
Recording Personnel

Studio version

Rehearsal version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Rebirth Of The Flesh (Rehearsal '88) 4:02 NPG Music Club Edition # 8 mp3 download Rehearsal Recorded early 1988 (assumed)
Rebirth Of The Flesh 5:28 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Studio Listed as Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro)


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Rebirth Of The Flesh Studio Edit of studio version, as placed on Camille & Crystal Ball
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Rebirth Of The Flesh’s title was likely inspired by Miles Davis’s 1957 album Birth Of The Cool (a compilation of previously-unreleased tracks recorded in 1949 and 1950).
  • The introductory lyrics ("Kick drum pounds on the two and four, all the party people get on the floor") from that song were later used for Escape.

References
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