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Many of the songs ([[For You]], [[Soft And Wet]], [[Just As Long As We're Together]], [[Baby]] [[My Love Is Forever]] and [[I'm Yours]]) had been demoed by [[Prince]] as home recordings or early studio recordings in 1976 and 1977. These tracks were all re-recorded for the album, when [[In Love]], [[Crazy You]] and [[So Blue]] were also recorded. | Many of the songs ([[For You]], [[Soft And Wet]], [[Just As Long As We're Together]], [[Baby]] [[My Love Is Forever]] and [[I'm Yours]]) had been demoed by [[Prince]] as home recordings or early studio recordings in 1976 and 1977. These tracks were all re-recorded for the album, when [[In Love]], [[Crazy You]] and [[So Blue]] were also recorded. | ||
− | The album sessions took place at [[Record Plant]], Sausalito, CA, USA, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing were done in early January 1978 at [[Sound Labs]], Los Angeles, CA, USA. While [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] had initially given [[Prince]] a budget of $180,000 for his first three albums, the album sessions of '''For You''' accumulated $170,000 in studio bills. | + | The album sessions took place at [[Record Plant]], Sausalito, CA, USA, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing were done in early January 1978-at [[Sound Labs]], Los Angeles, CA, USA. While [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] had initially given [[Prince]] a budget of $180,000 for his first three albums, the album sessions of '''For You''' accumulated $170,000 in studio bills. |
[[Prince]]'s handwritten notes as used in [[Book:_The_Beautiful_Ones|The Beautiful Ones]] book released posthumously in 2019 revealed a previously-unknown early configuration of the album, from which only three of the nine tracks carried over to the next configuration and to the final release - [[For You]], [[Soft And Wet]], and [[Baby]]. This configuration closed with a cover version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim Stephen Sondheim's] song [[Send In The Clowns]] (incorrectly attributed by [[Prince]] as being written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Collins Judy Collins], whose version he was probably familiar with). The notes also revealed four other track titles that were previously unknown ([[Bodyfreeze]], [[Never Really Fell Out Of Love With You]], [[You Are Everything To Me]], and [[Let Me Touch You]]), as well as two tracks that were previously known but which did not make it onto later configurations ([[I Spend My Time Loving You]] and [[Love In The Morning]]). It is assumed that these tracks were indeed recorded, but it has not been confirmed that the album was ever actually compiled in this form; it is certainly possible that [[Prince]] was working through ideas when writing down this tracklist. The tracklist is included below as an early configuration. | [[Prince]]'s handwritten notes as used in [[Book:_The_Beautiful_Ones|The Beautiful Ones]] book released posthumously in 2019 revealed a previously-unknown early configuration of the album, from which only three of the nine tracks carried over to the next configuration and to the final release - [[For You]], [[Soft And Wet]], and [[Baby]]. This configuration closed with a cover version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim Stephen Sondheim's] song [[Send In The Clowns]] (incorrectly attributed by [[Prince]] as being written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Collins Judy Collins], whose version he was probably familiar with). The notes also revealed four other track titles that were previously unknown ([[Bodyfreeze]], [[Never Really Fell Out Of Love With You]], [[You Are Everything To Me]], and [[Let Me Touch You]]), as well as two tracks that were previously known but which did not make it onto later configurations ([[I Spend My Time Loving You]] and [[Love In The Morning]]). It is assumed that these tracks were indeed recorded, but it has not been confirmed that the album was ever actually compiled in this form; it is certainly possible that [[Prince]] was working through ideas when writing down this tracklist. The tracklist is included below as an early configuration. | ||
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The album would produce two singles, [[Single: Soft And Wet|Soft And Wet]], issued two months after the album release, and [[Single: Just As Long As We're Together|Just As Long As We're Together]], released in November 1978. | The album would produce two singles, [[Single: Soft And Wet|Soft And Wet]], issued two months after the album release, and [[Single: Just As Long As We're Together|Just As Long As We're Together]], released in November 1978. | ||
− | [[Prince]] didn't go on tour to promote the album. A band was assembled in late 1978 and played their first concerts with [[Prince]] at the [[05_January 1979|Capri Theatre on 5]] and [[06_January 1979|6 January 1979]], but they failed to convince Warner executives that the band was ready to tour. | + | [[Prince]] didn't go on tour to promote the album. A band was assembled in late 1978-and played their first concerts with [[Prince]] at the [[05_January 1979|Capri Theatre on 5]] and [[06_January 1979|6 January 1979]], but they failed to convince Warner executives that the band was ready to tour. |
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|album promotion = Signature sessions were organized in record shops. Amongst others: | |album promotion = Signature sessions were organized in record shops. Amongst others: | ||
− | :- 15 Sep. 1978 Unique Records, San Francisco, CA, USA | + | :- 15 Sep. 1978-Unique Records, San Francisco, CA, USA |
− | :- 16 Sep. 1978 The Record Factory, Oakland, CA, USA | + | :- 16 Sep. 1978-The Record Factory, Oakland, CA, USA |
* US press adverts for this album.<br> | * US press adverts for this album.<br> | ||
[[File:Foryou_USpromoadvert.png|x200px]] [[File:Foryou_USpromoadvert2.jpg|x200px]] | [[File:Foryou_USpromoadvert.png|x200px]] [[File:Foryou_USpromoadvert2.jpg|x200px]] |
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