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from the album Graffiti Bridge Song details Performer: The Time with Prince First Released: 20 August 1990 - Graffiti Bridge album Album(s): Graffiti Bridge Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince with The Time Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 2 June 1990: Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ('How to run the game'-rap,interpolation in Alphabet St. / It Takes Two) 10 September 1990: Yokohama Stadium (横浜スタジアム), Yokohama, Japan ('How to run the game'-rap, interpolation in Alphabet St. / It Takes Two) Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

The Latest Fashion is the 13th track on Prince's twelfth album Graffiti Bridge (the fourth track on the album to be credited to The Time, and the only track to be credited to The Time with Prince). Four and a half months after the album's release, the track was included as the b-side of Shake!, the album's fifth and final single (and first and only by The Time). The track is also featured in the movie Graffiti Bridge. While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in early April 1987 at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced So Strong, shortly before departing for Europe for Sign O' The Times Tour rehearsals). Along with So Strong, it was sent to Dale Bozzio for possible inclusion on her album Riot In English, but the track was rejected. In June or July 1989, Morris Day recorded co-lead vocal overdubs at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota as Prince and Day worked on The Time's Corporate World album (during the same sessions that produced Murph Drag, Nine Lives, Donald Trump (Black Version), Love Machine, Shake!, Corporate World and Release It). In late July 1989, Candy Dulfer added saxophone to the track at Paisley Park Studios (along with saxophone overdubs on Love Machine, My Summertime Thang, Release It, Murph Drag, Donald Trump (Black Version), Data Bank and My Baby Knows). The song was included as the eighth track on the Corporate World album in early September 1989, as planned for release in November 1989. The album was abandoned when Warner Bros. wanted to involve the other original members of The Time, but many of the tracks were saved for Pandemonium and Graffiti Bridge. The Corporate World version used completely different music to the Graffiti Bridge version, which reuses the music from My Summertime Thang (also intended for release on Corporate World, and finally included on Pandemonium). Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Early April 1987 Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Basic tracking June - early September 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Co-lead vocal overdubs by Morris Day June - early September 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Saxophone overdubs by Candy Dulfer September 1989 - early 1990 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA re-recording of lead vox to My Summertime Thang music September 1989 - early 1990 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Remix by Michael Koppelman, Prince and Sylvia Massy Recording Personnel Released version Morris Day - co-lead vocals Prince - co-lead vocals, all other vocals and instruments, except where noted Candy Dulfer - saxophone Jerome Benton - crowd noise Robin Power - crowd noise Tom Garneau - crowd noise Michael Koppelman - crowd noise Unidentified female vocalist(s) - background vocals Unreleased 1987 version Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed) Unreleased The Time version Morris Day - lead vocals Prince - all instruments, except where noted Candy Dulfer - saxophone Unidentified female vocalist(s) - background vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info The Latest Fashion 4:02 Graffiti Bridge Studio The Latest Fashion (Remix) 6:15 Shake! single Remix Remix by Michael Koppelman, Prince and Sylvia Massy The Latest Fashion (Remix) (4:12) Shake! cassette-single Remix/Edit Remix by Michael Koppelman, Prince and Sylvia Massy Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info The Latest Fashion T.B.C. Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 29 July 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain 'How to run the game'-rap, interpolated in It Takes Two Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Shake! (Boom Mix) 5:05 Shake! single Remix Remix by Levi Seacer, Jr. Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info The Latest Fashion Studio Original 1987 version The Latest Fashion Studio 1989 version before saxophone overdubs The Latest Fashion Studio Original Corporate World version; completely different music

Additional Information See also Trivia Graffiti Bridge album Graffiti Bridge movie Corporate World unreleased album The Time This song is the first song to be officially credited to "The Time with Prince", despite Prince's involvement with The Time's music throughout their career. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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