Difference between revisions of "Sex Machine (Sly And The Family Stone)"

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Sex Machine

	Song details
logo from 3rdEye TV (no official artwork)
	Performer:	Prince
	First Released:	3 July 2013 (a.m.) - 3rdEye TV Show # 9 video stream
	Album(s):	None
	Writer(s):	Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart
	Producer(s):	Prince (assumed, no official credits given)
	Live Appearances
	First and last live appearance:
	29 May 1994 (a.m.): Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, USA 18 February 2014 (show 1): Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, England
	Performed regularly on tour:
	none
	Performed occasionally in shows:
	1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2013, 2014

Sex Machine, a cover version of the track by Sly and the Family Stone, was streamed as an instrumental rehearsal during 3rdEye TV Show # 9 in 2013. The track first appeared on their 1969 album Stand!, and was written by Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart.

The version streamed was a rehearsal recorded in early July 2013, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. No studio version is believed to exist. The track is not to be confused with Grand Central’s song Machine (co-written and performed by Prince), which in its earliest stage was also referred to as Sex Machine, or James Brown’s Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, both of which receive separate song entries.

Recording Information

Recording Sessions
Date	Studio	Additional info
n/a	n/a	This track is not believed to have been recorded in the studio by Prince
Recording Personnel
N.B. - recording personnel below refer to streamed versions; this track is not known to have been recorded in the studio by Prince Prince - guitar Hannah Ford - drums (assumed) Larry Graham - bass guitar Ida Nielsen - bass guitar (assumed) Cassandra O’Neal - keyboards (assumed) Donna Grantis - guitar (assumed) BK Jackson - saxophone (assumed) Marcus Anderson - saxophone (assumed) Adrian Crutchfield – saxophone (assumed) Sylvester Onyejiaka - saxophone (assumed) Keith Anderson - saxophone (assumed) Lynn Grissett - trumpet (assumed) Steve Reid - trumpet (assumed) Phil Lassiter - trumpet (assumed) Nick Marchione - trumpet (assumed) Roy Agee - trombone (assumed) Joey Rayfield - trombone (assumed)

Versions

Released Versions

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
Sex Machine	n/a	n/a	n/a	There have been no audio-only releases of this track on 'hard-format'.

Broadcasts/streaming (only)

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
Sex Machine	10:23	3rdEye TV Show # 9 performance audio stream	Rehearsal	Recorded early July 2013, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)

Additional Information

	See also	Trivia

		Prince has performed a number of tracks performed by Sly and the Family Stone, including all but one track from the same album (having performed Stand!, Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey, I Want To Take You Higher, Everyday People, Sex Machine and You Can Make It If You Try, but not Somebody’s Watching You). Prince played Sly and the Family Stone’s original version of Sex Machine while hosting The New Power Generation Radio Show on Minneapolis radio station KMOJ (using the host name Me, Myself and I) in December 1989.

	References

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