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Specific recording dates for most of the album’s tracks are not known. The album was completed at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]]. | Specific recording dates for most of the album’s tracks are not known. The album was completed at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]]. | ||
− | [[Do Me, Baby]] was initially recorded in February | + | [[Do Me, Baby]] was initially recorded in February 1978, and was written by [[André Cymone]] (although it was credited to [[Prince]] on the album). The version included on the album is a re-recording from the album sessions, however, which took place in Spring and Summer 1981, at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota and [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California. |
[[Let’s Work]] had initially been recorded in July 1979 as [[Let’s Work|Let’s Rock]], during sessions for [[Album: The Rebels (1979)|The Rebels]] album. [[Let’s Work|Let’s Rock]] was named after a dance [[Prince]] had seen in clubs during the summer of 1979, and [[Prince]] wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] declined, and while [[Prince]] liked the track, he felt it needed to be renamed when released to avoid it seeming dated. | [[Let’s Work]] had initially been recorded in July 1979 as [[Let’s Work|Let’s Rock]], during sessions for [[Album: The Rebels (1979)|The Rebels]] album. [[Let’s Work|Let’s Rock]] was named after a dance [[Prince]] had seen in clubs during the summer of 1979, and [[Prince]] wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] declined, and while [[Prince]] liked the track, he felt it needed to be renamed when released to avoid it seeming dated. | ||
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* [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Soul LPs]] chart progression:<br><small>Entry position '''25''' (7 Nov. 81), '''9''' (14 Nov. 81), '''3''' (21 Nov. 81), '''3''' (28 Nov. 81), '''3''' (5 Dec. 81), '''3''' (12 Dec. 81), '''3''' (19 Dec. 81) '''3''' (26 Dec. 81), '''3''' (2 Jan. 81), '''3''' (9 Jan. 81), '''6''' (16 Jan. 81), '''14''' (23 Jan. 81), '''16''' (30 Jan. 81), '''16''' (6 Feb. 81), '''29''' (13 Feb. 81), '''29''' (20 Feb. 81), '''28''' (27 Feb. 81), '''27''' (6 Mar. 81), '''23''' (13 Mar. 81), '''19''' (20 Mar. 81), '''17''' (27 Mar. 81), '''15''' (3 Apr. 81), '''13''' (10 Apr. 81), '''13''' (17 Apr. 81), '''15''' (24 Apr. 81), '''25''' (1 May 81), '''31''' (8 May 81), '''31''' (15 May 81), '''37''' (22 May 81), '''45''' (29 May 81), '''45''' (5 Jun. 81), '''46''' (12 Jun. 81), '''59''' (19 Jun. 81), '''68''' (26 Jun. 81), exit position '''74''' (3 Jul. 81).</small><br>Weeks in Top 10: 10, weeks in Top 40: 29. | * [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Soul LPs]] chart progression:<br><small>Entry position '''25''' (7 Nov. 81), '''9''' (14 Nov. 81), '''3''' (21 Nov. 81), '''3''' (28 Nov. 81), '''3''' (5 Dec. 81), '''3''' (12 Dec. 81), '''3''' (19 Dec. 81) '''3''' (26 Dec. 81), '''3''' (2 Jan. 81), '''3''' (9 Jan. 81), '''6''' (16 Jan. 81), '''14''' (23 Jan. 81), '''16''' (30 Jan. 81), '''16''' (6 Feb. 81), '''29''' (13 Feb. 81), '''29''' (20 Feb. 81), '''28''' (27 Feb. 81), '''27''' (6 Mar. 81), '''23''' (13 Mar. 81), '''19''' (20 Mar. 81), '''17''' (27 Mar. 81), '''15''' (3 Apr. 81), '''13''' (10 Apr. 81), '''13''' (17 Apr. 81), '''15''' (24 Apr. 81), '''25''' (1 May 81), '''31''' (8 May 81), '''31''' (15 May 81), '''37''' (22 May 81), '''45''' (29 May 81), '''45''' (5 Jun. 81), '''46''' (12 Jun. 81), '''59''' (19 Jun. 81), '''68''' (26 Jun. 81), exit position '''74''' (3 Jul. 81).</small><br>Weeks in Top 10: 10, weeks in Top 40: 29. | ||
− | * In his autobiography [https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B07NJPTJ12/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 On Time: A Princely Life in Funk], [[Morris Day]] states that he played drums on | + | * In his autobiography [https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B07NJPTJ12/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 On Time: A Princely Life in Funk], [[Morris Day]] states that he played drums on [[Controversy]] and on [[Let’s Work]], without mentioning that it was on the extended version of the latter. Since different recordings were made for [[Controversy]], it is not known if Morris plays on the album version or on an unreleased version. |
− | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault| | + | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
* <b>Copyright:</b> [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / SR0000030445 / 1981-10-28] | * <b>Copyright:</b> [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / SR0000030445 / 1981-10-28] | ||
* <b>Charts:</b> [http://books.google.fr/books/serial/ISSN:00062510?rview=1&lr=&hl=fr&sa=N&start=960 Google Books / Billboard Magazine] | * <b>Charts:</b> [http://books.google.fr/books/serial/ISSN:00062510?rview=1&lr=&hl=fr&sa=N&start=960 Google Books / Billboard Magazine] |
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