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− | |introduction = '''So Blue''' is the eighth track on the album [[Album: For You|For You]], and, two months after the | + | |introduction = '''So Blue''' is the eighth track on the album [[Album: For You|For You]], and, two months after the album’s release, the track was included as the b-side of the album’s first single [[Single: Soft And Wet|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]] in Sausalito, California, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at [[Sound Labs]] in Los Angeles, California. | Recording dates for the song itself are not known, but the album was recorded at the [[Record Plant]] in Sausalito, California, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at [[Sound Labs]] in Los Angeles, California. | ||
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|date = October - December 1977 | |date = October - December 1977 | ||
|studio = [[Record Plant]],<br>Sausalito, CA, USA | |studio = [[Record Plant]],<br>Sausalito, CA, USA | ||
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|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]] | ||
− | |trivia = According to [[André Cymone]], '''So Blue''' was inspired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Joni Mitchell] | + | |trivia = According to [[André Cymone]], '''So Blue''' was inspired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Joni Mitchell]’s album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hejira_(album) Hejira] released in November 1976 while [[Prince]] was working on his first album, and specifically the song [[Blue Motel Room]] which [[Prince]] has covered during the [[Nude Tour]] in 1990. The cover of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hejira_(album) Hejira] can also be seen briefly during a scene in [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]. This album has also been mentioned as one of the six records bought during the 2016 edition of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Store_Day Record Store Day] at the [http://www.electricfetus.com Electric Fetus] along with a volume of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Silvertones Swan Silvertones]' ''Inspirational Gospel Classics'', [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chambers_Brothers The Chambers Brothers]' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Has_Come_(The_Chambers_Brothers_album) The Time Has Come] (1967), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder]’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Book Talking Book] (released in 1972), a 1987 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Missing_Persons Best Of] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_Persons_(band) Missing Persons] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santana_(band) Santana]’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santana_IV Santana IV] (the latter being released on 15 April 2016, the day before the Record Store Day and a few days before [[Prince]]’s passing). |
|see also = [[Album: For You|For You]] album | |see also = [[Album: For You|For You]] 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:1978]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1978]][[Category:Recorded 1977]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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