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|song name = Wally | |song name = Wally | ||
| − | |single image = [[File: | + | |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'']] |
| − | |performer = [[Prince]] | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album |
| − | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
| − | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |performer = [[Prince]] |
| + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
| + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Wall Of Berlin]] | |previous song = [[Wall Of Berlin]] | ||
|next song = [[Wanderlust]] | |next song = [[Wanderlust]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Wally''' is | + | |introduction = '''Wally''' is a song originally recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (two days after finishing a three-month stay in Los Angeles by recording [[Ponyride]]). |
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After finishing the song [[Prince]] ordered engineer [[Susan Rogers]] to erase all channels on the the 24-stem recording, against her pleas not to. A new version for which [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Atlanta Bliss]] added horns, was then recorded two days afterwards. | After finishing the song [[Prince]] ordered engineer [[Susan Rogers]] to erase all channels on the the 24-stem recording, against her pleas not to. A new version for which [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Atlanta Bliss]] added horns, was then recorded two days afterwards. | ||
| − | The original version was a solo recording dealing with [[Prince]]’s break-up with [[Susannah Melvoin]], and thanking [[Wally Safford]] for being his friend. | + | The original version was a solo recording dealing with [[Prince]]’s break-up with [[Susannah Melvoin]], and thanking [[Wally Safford]] for being his friend. allegedly he felt the song was too personal, however, and kept adding layers of percussion and changing the feel of the track. |
| − | The song is not known to have been considered for inclusion on any configuration of [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] or any other project at the time. | + | The song is not known to have been considered for inclusion on any configuration of [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] or any other project at the time. In September 2020 the re=recorded version of song was released 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. |
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| − | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 29|29 December]] into [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1986]] |
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
| − | |additional info = Re-recording | + | |additional info = Re-recording & horn overdubs |
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*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
*[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | ||
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| + | |1= '''Wally''' | ||
| + | |2= 4:45 | ||
| + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
| + | |4= Studio | ||
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| + | }} | ||
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| + | |unreleased versions = | ||
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|1= '''Wally''' | |1= '''Wally''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]], original 24-track stems were fully erased | + | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]], original 24-track stems were fully erased. No longer exsists. |
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|trivia = This track is believed to be the only track [[Prince]] has ever deliberately erased the 24-track stems in full. [[Susan Rogers]] has suggested that a cassette copy might have been made prior to its erasing, but this seems unlikely, as he would have been the only one in a position to make this copy, and she has no recollection of doing so. In 2020, the [[The Prince Estate|Estate]] archivist Michael Howe also stated in an interview that no such cassette was located in the vault. | |trivia = This track is believed to be the only track [[Prince]] has ever deliberately erased the 24-track stems in full. [[Susan Rogers]] has suggested that a cassette copy might have been made prior to its erasing, but this seems unlikely, as he would have been the only one in a position to make this copy, and she has no recollection of doing so. In 2020, the [[The Prince Estate|Estate]] archivist Michael Howe also stated in an interview that no such cassette was located in the vault. | ||
* This track is named after [[Wally Safford]]. | * This track is named after [[Wally Safford]]. | ||
| − | |see also = [[ | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] 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:2020]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Recorded 1986]] |
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