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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[39th St. Party]] | |previous song = [[39th St. Party]] | ||
− | |next song = [[A | + | |next song = [[A Woman’s Gotta Have It]] |
− | |introduction = '''A Case Of U''' (a.k.a. '''A Case Of You''') is the fourth track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''A Case Of U''' (a.k.a. '''A Case Of You''') is the fourth track on [[Prince]]’s 25th album [[Album: One Nite Alone...|One Nite Alone...]], but four months before the album’s release, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 17|17 January 2002]], the track was released as an mp3 as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_12|NPG Music Club Edition # 12]], the final edition of the first year of the [[NPG Music Club]]. The track is a cover version of the 1971 track '''A Case Of You''' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Joni Mitchell] (written by Joni Mitchell, from her album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_(Joni_Mitchell_album) Blue]), although the first and third verses are omitted in [[Prince]]’s version. Interestingly, during his live renditions of this song from 1983 until his penultimate show in 2016, [[Prince]] also sang only the second verse and the chorus. In 2007, a slightly edited version (removing the final coda) was included as the sixth track on the compilation album [[Album: A Tribute To Joni Mitchell|A Tribute To Joni Mitchell]] (using the original title, '''A Case Of You'''). |
A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]. | A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]. | ||
− | Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is believed that basic tracking took place in Spring 2001 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (along with the rest of the [[Album: One Nite Alone...|One Nite Alone...]] album), during the mastering of [[Album: The Rainbow Children|The Rainbow Children]] album. [[Prince]] first performed the song in 1983, however (at the [[03 August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] concert where [[I Would Die 4 U]], [[Baby | + | Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is believed that basic tracking took place in Spring 2001 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (along with the rest of the [[Album: One Nite Alone...|One Nite Alone...]] album), during the mastering of [[Album: The Rainbow Children|The Rainbow Children]] album. [[Prince]] first performed the song in 1983, however (at the [[03 August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] concert where [[I Would Die 4 U]], [[Baby I’m A Star]] and [[Purple Rain]] were recorded), so [[Prince]] may have recorded another studio version at an earlier date. |
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|performed regularly on = [[One Nite Alone... Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[One Nite Alone... Tour]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1983|1983]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#1997|1997]], [[All Concerts#2001|2001]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2008|2008]], [[All_Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1983|1983]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#1997|1997]], [[All Concerts#2001|2001]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2008|2008]], [[All_Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | ||
− | |trivia = [[Prince]] played [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Joni Mitchell] | + | |trivia = [[Prince]] played [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Joni Mitchell]’s original version of '''A Case Of U''' while hosting [[The New Power Generation Radio Show]] on Minneapolis radio station [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMOJ KMOJ] (using the host name [[Prince|Me, Myself and I]]) in December 1989. |
|see also = [[Album: One Nite Alone...|One Nite Alone...]] album | |see also = [[Album: One Nite Alone...|One Nite Alone...]] album | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
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