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|introduction = '''777-9311''' is the second track on [[The Time]]'s second album [[Album: What Time Is It?|What Time Is It?]], and, four weeks before the album's release, [[Single: 777-9311|777-9311]] was released as the album's first single. The song was written by [[Prince]], although the song is officially credited to [[Morris Day]]. It was produced by [[Prince]] (as [[The Starr Company]]), but was credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]]. | |introduction = '''777-9311''' is the second track on [[The Time]]'s second album [[Album: What Time Is It?|What Time Is It?]], and, four weeks before the album's release, [[Single: 777-9311|777-9311]] was released as the album's first single. The song was written by [[Prince]], although the song is officially credited to [[Morris Day]]. It was produced by [[Prince]] (as [[The Starr Company]]), but was credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]]. | ||
While specific recording dates are not known, | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in May or June 1982 at [[Prince]]'s at [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Onedayi'mgonnabesomebody]], [[I Don't Wanna Leave You]], and several other tracks that were released over the next several years). Although [[Morris Day]] calls various bandmembers' names before solos, the recording features only [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]]. While reflecting on the track's history on Facebook in 2014, [[Jesse Johnson]] wrote "<i>'''777-9311''' Was A Stock Drum Beat In [[Prince]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_LM-1 Linn LM-1] ($5,500 drum machine you know it wasn't [[The Time]]'s) ... The beat was programed into the Linn LM1 by [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Power Tower of Power] drummer] David Garibaldi ... for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Linn Roger Linn].</i>" (David Garibaldi's drumming would also be sampled, uncredited, years later on [[The Time]]'s [[Release It]].) He also added "<i>[[Prince]] used my $179.00 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondo_(guitar_company) Hondo] Strat to play the chords on '''777''' (that's why the guitar sounds so nice and dull...cause it was cheap!)</i>" | ||
The title of the track was [[Dez Dickerson]]'s home phone number at the time, and he was allegedly upset that it was used in the song; when the album was released he received several unwanted calls and changed the number as a result. | The title of the track was [[Dez Dickerson]]'s home phone number at the time, and he was allegedly upset that it was used in the song; when the album was released he received several unwanted calls and changed the number as a result. | ||
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|date = May-June 1982 | |date = May-June 1982 | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Basic tracking | ||
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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}}|first live appearance = [[11_November 1982|11 November 1982: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA]] <small>(during set by [[The Time]])</small>; [[26_June 1994|26 June 1994: Glam Slam, Los Angeles, | }}|first live appearance = [[11_November 1982|11 November 1982: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA]] <small>(during set by [[The Time]])</small>; [[26_June 1994|26 June 1994: Glam Slam, Los Angeles, California]] <small>(first [[Prince]] performance, clip only)</small>; [[23 January 1998-am|23 January 1998 (a.m.): Townsend, Oakland, CA, USA]] <small>(first full performance by [[Prince]])</small><br> | ||
* [[05 March 2016-am|5 March 2016 (a.m.): Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA]] <small>(during sampler set)</small> | * [[05 March 2016-am|5 March 2016 (a.m.): Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA]] <small>(during sampler set)</small> | ||
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