Get Blue

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from the album Let’s Get Started from the album Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Song details Performer: Louie Louie; Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation) First Released: 16 February 1993 - Let’s Get Started album Album(s): Let’s Get Started Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Writer(s): Levi Seacer, Jr. and Prince (as Paisley Park) Producer(s): Prince (as Paisley Park) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Get Blue is the fourth track on Louie Louie’s second album Let’s Get Started. The song was written by Prince (as Paisley Park) and Levi Seacer, Jr. and produced by Prince (as Paisley Park). A tape photographed in Prince’s vault at Paisley Park Studios lists it as 8 April 1991 alluding the exact date for the recording at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. However the song was actually tracked on 17 March 1991 and mixed two days later. The April 8 date possibly refers to the work done on the track by Keith "K.C." Cohen at Larrabee Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California. Louie Louie’s vocal overdubs were recorded at Sideways Recording, Santa Ana, California, but recording dates are not known. In 2010, co-writer Levi Seacer, Jr. released a mostly-instrumental version of the track with Ric Alexander on their album 2wo 4or 1ne (crediting Prince, rather than the pseudonym Paisley Park, as co-writer), but this version did not contain input by Prince. Prince’s original studio version was released on streaming platforms on 28 September 2023 as a preview for the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition, where it was featured as the first track Vault Tracks part 3, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the box-set. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 17 March 1991 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking 19 March 1991 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Mixing 8 April 1991 (assumed) Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA, USA Mixing by Keith "K.C." Cohen (and possible additional recording) 1991 (assumed) Sideways Recording, Santa Ana, CA, USA Vocal and other overdubs by Louie Louie Recording Personnel Louie Louie version Louie Louie – lead vocals Prince - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted Sam Mesa-rani - percussion Dain Noel - strings Reverend Dave Boruff - saxophone Prince version Prince - all vocals and instruments Unreleased Prince version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Jearlyn Steele - background vocals Jevetta Steele - background vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Get Blue 4:42 Let’s Get Started Studio Get Blue 5:42 2wo 4or 1ne Studio No input as a musician by Prince Get Blue 4:43 Preview for Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition (streaming) Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio Prince’s original studio version Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Get Blue Studio Prince’s version without backing vocals by Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele

Additional Information See also Trivia Let’s Get Started Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition To promote the upcoming Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition, the Prince version of Get Blue was uploaded to Spotify and YouTube on 28 September 2023. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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