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− | |introduction = '''Can I Play With U?''' is a song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December 1985]] (the same day as [[A Couple | + | |introduction = '''Can I Play With U?''' is a song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December 1985]] (the same day as [[A Couple Miles]]) at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, with saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] done the next day. |
− | The track was sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] (in both instrumental and vocal versions) in January 1986, following a request from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] for [[Prince]] to contribute to Davis' first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] album (called ''The Perfect Way'' at the time, before being renamed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutu_(album) Tutu]). It was accompanied by a note from [[Prince]], reading:<blockquote>'' | + | The track was sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] (in both instrumental and vocal versions) in January 1986, following a request from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] for [[Prince]] to contribute to Davis' first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] album (called ''The Perfect Way'' at the time, before being renamed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutu_(album) Tutu]). It was accompanied by a note from [[Prince]], reading:<blockquote>''“I can tell just from listening to your music that you and I are so exactly alike that I know whatever you play would be what I'd do. So if this tape is of any use to you, please go ahead and play whatever you feel over it. Because I trust what you hear and play.”'' </blockquote> |
− | Miles Davis added trumpet to the song | + | Miles Davis added trumpet to the song on, or shortly before [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]] at [http://www.capitolstudios.com/ Capitol Studios], Los Angeles CA, USA. |
[[Prince]] contributed additional material to the track to extend it a few days later, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]], but neither Davis nor [[Prince]] were very excited by the final result, and after hearing the rest of the finished album, [[Prince]] asked that his track be removed, as it didn’t fit in with the style of the rest of the album. | [[Prince]] contributed additional material to the track to extend it a few days later, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]], but neither Davis nor [[Prince]] were very excited by the final result, and after hearing the rest of the finished album, [[Prince]] asked that his track be removed, as it didn’t fit in with the style of the rest of the album. | ||
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The longer version of the track was planned for release (credited to "Miles Davis with [[Prince]]") as the twelfth track on a 2001 box-set of Miles Davis’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] work, entitled [http://www.miles-beyond.com/lastwordtracklist.htm The Last Word], but the track was not included on the eventual 2-disc 2010 release, titled ''Perfect Way''. | The longer version of the track was planned for release (credited to "Miles Davis with [[Prince]]") as the twelfth track on a 2001 box-set of Miles Davis’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] work, entitled [http://www.miles-beyond.com/lastwordtracklist.htm The Last Word], but the track was not included on the eventual 2-disc 2010 release, titled ''Perfect Way''. | ||
− | The song was released in September 2020 | + | The song was released in September 2020 as the fourth track of ''Vault Tracks part 1'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December 1985]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 26|26 December 1985]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27 December 1985]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 27|27 December 1985]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = Saxophone overdubs | + | |additional info = Saxophone overdubs ([[Eric Leeds]]) |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 7|7 January 1986]] |
− | |studio = | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
+ | |additional info = Probable mix | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]] (or possibly a few days earlier) | ||
+ | |studio = [http://www.capitolstudios.com/ Capitol Studios],<br>Los Angeles CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Trumpet overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis], synth overdubs by Adam Holzman, bass guitar overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller Marcus Miller] | |additional info = Trumpet overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis], synth overdubs by Adam Holzman, bass guitar overdubs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller Marcus Miller] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 1|1 March 1986]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = overdubs, edits, mix |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Holzman_(keyboardist) Adam Holzman] - synth | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Holzman_(keyboardist) Adam Holzman] - synth | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller Marcus Miller] - bass guitar | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller Marcus Miller] - bass guitar | ||
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|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
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|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= version after Miles Davis overdubs, before final mix | |3= version after Miles Davis overdubs, before final mix | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Can I Play With U?''' | ||
+ | |2= Studio | ||
+ | |3= Slightly different mix than released on [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
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* ''[http://www.miles-beyond.com/lastwordtracklist.htm The Last Word]'' | * ''[http://www.miles-beyond.com/lastwordtracklist.htm The Last Word]'' | ||
* ''[http://princeonlinemuseum.com/love4oneanother/home99.html PrinceOnlineMuseum.com]'' | * ''[http://princeonlinemuseum.com/love4oneanother/home99.html PrinceOnlineMuseum.com]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1985]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1985]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] |
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