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|single image              = [[File:For you.jpg|100px|link=Album: For You]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: For You|For You]]</small>
 
|single image              = [[File:For you.jpg|100px|link=Album: For You]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: For You|For You]]</small>
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 7|7 April, 1978]] - [[Album: For You|For You]] album
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 7|7 April 1978]] - [[Album: For You|For You]] album
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: For You|For You]]
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: For You|For You]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
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|date                      = October - December, 1977
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|date                      = October - December 1977
 
|studio                    = [[Record Plant]], Sausalito, CA, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Record Plant]], Sausalito, CA, USA
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
 
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|date                      = Early January, 1978
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|date                      = Early January 1978
 
|studio                    = [[Sound Labs]], Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Sound Labs]], Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
|additional info          = Overdubs and mixing
 
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|first live appearance    = [[05 January,_1979|5 January, 1979, Capri Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
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|first live appearance    = [[05 January 1979|5 January 1979, Capri Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Prince_Tour|Prince Tour]]<br>
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Prince_Tour|Prince Tour]]<br>
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1979|1979]]
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1979|1979]]

Revision as of 21:52, 27 February 2016

Snow Man   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   So Far, So Pleased
So Blue

For you.jpg
from the album For You
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 7 April 1978 - For You album
Album(s): For You
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

So Blue is the eighth track on the album For You, and, two months after the album's release, the track was included as the b-side of the album's first single Soft And Wet, the album's first single (and the first single release of Prince's career).

Recording dates for the song itself are not known, but the album was recorded at the Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA, USA.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
October - December 1977 Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA Initial tracking
Early January 1978 Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA, USA Overdubs and mixing
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
So Blue 4:26 For You

Soft And Wet single

Studio


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
So Blue Studio 1977 preliminary recording before overdubs
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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