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| |introduction = '''Ronnie, Talk To Russia''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s fourth album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]], and, three months after the album’s release, it was released on the b-side of [[Single: Let’s Work|Let’s Work]], the album’s second single. | | |introduction = '''Ronnie, Talk To Russia''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s fourth album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]], and, three months after the album’s release, it was released on the b-side of [[Single: Let’s Work|Let’s Work]], the album’s second single. |
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− | While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place in Spring and Summer 1981, at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California, after [[Prince]] vut an unfinished earlier version at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota earlier in the year. | + | While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place in Spring and Summer 1981, at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California, after [[Prince]] cut an unfinished earlier version at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota earlier in the year. |
| The album was completed at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]]. | | The album was completed at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]]. |
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Ronnie, Talk To Russia is the fifth track on Prince’s fourth album Controversy, and, three months after the album’s release, it was released on the b-side of Let’s Work, the album’s second single.
While specific recording dates are not known, the album sessions took place in Spring and Summer 1981, at Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, after Prince cut an unfinished earlier version at his Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota earlier in the year.
The album was completed at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, between 14 and 23 August 1981.
The title and lyrics of the song refer to Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America.
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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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Spring-Summer 1981
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Tracking of initial version
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Spring-Summer 1981
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Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA (unverified)
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Re-Tracking
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14 - 23 August 1981
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Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA
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Overdubs, mixing
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Recording Personnel
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Ronnie, Talk To Russia
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1:48
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Controversy
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Studio
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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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Ronnie Talk To Russia
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Studio
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unfinished home studio recording
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