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|introduction = '''Wonderful Ass''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the seventh track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]. | |introduction = '''Wonderful Ass''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the seventh track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]. | ||
− | While specific recording dates have not been confirmed, | + | While specific recording dates have not been confirmed, basic tracking took place in November 1982 at [[Prince]]'s at [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The track's lyrics were supposedly inspired by [[Vanity]]. [[Jill Jones]] was in the studio with [[Prince]] during the recording and helped come up with the rhyming words ending in "...iate" at the end of the song. It is unknown if the track was intended for any project at the time of recording, although in 1983 there was some discussion of the track being used by [[Vanity 6]], [[Apollonia 6]] or [[The Time]]. |
− | [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] worked on the track further at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, | + | [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] worked on the track further at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California, most likely on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 27|27 September 1984]], adding vocals and possibly other instrumentation. Again, it is not known if this song was intended for any project at the time of additional recording. The liner notes for [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain Deluxe]] state that the track was recorded in September 1984, but this refers only to the overdubs by [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] and [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]]. |
The track was later planned for inclusion on the [[Prince and the Revolution]] album [[Album: Roadhouse Garden|Roadhouse Garden]] worked on in 1998-9, but the album remains unreleased. | The track was later planned for inclusion on the [[Prince and the Revolution]] album [[Album: Roadhouse Garden|Roadhouse Garden]] worked on in 1998-9, but the album remains unreleased. | ||
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|date = November 1982 | |date = November 1982 | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
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