Merci For The Speed Of A Mad Clown In Summer is an instrumental featured as the seventh track on Sheila E.’s second album Romance 1600. Prince did not write this song, but plays uncredited keyboards on it.
Basic tracking took place on 20 January 1985 at 5th Floor Recording Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA . At this point the track was still known as Small Grey Monkey. Overdubs took place on the 23rd, and 24th, also at 5th Floor Recording Studio.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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20 January 1985
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5th Floor Recording Studio, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Initial tracking
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23 January 1985
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5th Floor Recording Studio, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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overdubs
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24 January 1985
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5th Floor Recording Studio, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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overdubs
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Recording Personnel
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- Sheila E. - vocals, bass, bongos, congas, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion (credits given for full album - instrument credits may not be accurate for this track)
- Prince - keyboards (uncredited)
- Eddie M. - saxophone
- Karl Perazzo - drums, bongos (uncredited)
- Benny Rietveld - bass guitar, backing vocals (uncredited)
- Susie Davis - keyboards (uncredited)
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Merci For The Speed Of A Mad Clown In Summer
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2:47
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Romance 1600
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Studio
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