Blood Is Thicker Than Time

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Blood Is Thicker Than Time

from the album The Voice
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Blood Is Thicker Than Time

Song details
Performer: Mavis Staples
First Released: 24 August 1993 - The Voice album
Album(s): The Voice
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Ricky Peterson
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

Blood Is Thicker Than Time is the third track on Mavis Staples’ second Paisley Park Records album The Voice (included as the first track on the 1995 reissue), and, in 1995, Blood Is Thicker Than Time was released as a single, released in Europe only, to promote the NPG Records reissue of The Voice. The song was written by Prince and produced by Ricky Peterson.

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in Summer 1992 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

Prince’s version (guide vocal) of Blood Is Thicker Than Time was one of the Vault tracks recorded between 1990 and 1992 slated to appear on the planned Diamonds & Love expected to be released by The Prince Estate in the summer of 2022. That project, which consisted of material spanning both the Diamonds And Pearls and eras, was reduced to the Diamonds And Pearls era, excluding songs recorded after October 1991 (and this track as a result).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Summer 1992 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking (Prince version)
Summer 1992 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking (Mavis Staples version)
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Blood Is Thicker Than Time 3:13 The Voice

Gospel Tracks 4-Track Promo sampler
Blood Is Thicker Than Time single

Studio
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Blood Is Thicker Than Time 3:10 Promotional release only Promo video See Blood Is Thicker Than Time video for more details


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Blood Is Thicker Than Time Studio Original recording with Prince vocals
 
Additional Information
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References
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