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|song name                = Cold Coffee And Cocaine
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|single image              = [[Image:Piano&amicrophone1983.jpg|border|100px|link=Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]</small>
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 21|21 September 2018]] - [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (assumed)
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|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
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|previous song            = [[Coincidence Or Fate?]]
 
|next song                = [[Colleen]]
 
|next song                = [[Colleen]]
|introduction              = '''Cold Coffee And Cocaine''' is an unreleased track recorded at some point in 1983 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, during a solo piano rehearsal by [[Prince]] (along with [[Mama]]). It is not known if a more complete studio version exists. It is not known if the track was intended for [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] or any other project. The lyrics of the song are sung in [[Prince]]'s "[[Jamie Starr]]" voice, suggesting that the track may have been intended for [[The Time]]. The narrator in the song is tired of his lover, because all she offers him are "cold coffee and cocaine". The track remains unreleased.
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|introduction              = '''Cold Coffee & Cocaine''' is the eighth track on the 2018 posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]], documenting a solo piano rehearsal by [[Prince]] from 1983.  
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No studio version is known to exist, and it is not known if the track was ever intended for [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] or any other project. The lyrics of the song are sung in [[Prince]]’s "[[Jamie Starr]]" voice, suggesting that the track may have been done with [[The Time]] in mind. The narrator in the song is tired of his lover, because all she offers him are "cold coffee and cocaine."
 
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|date                      = 1983
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|date                      = Spring - Autumn 1983 (estimate)
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Rehearsal recording
 
|additional info          = Rehearsal recording
 
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|recording personnel      =  
 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and piano
 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and piano
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|1= '''Cold Coffee & Cocaine'''
|2= Rehearsal
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|2= 5:13
|3= Recorded 1983
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|3= [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]
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|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
 
|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
 
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|see also                  = [[Unreleased Songs]]
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|see also                  = [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] album
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
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|references                = ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
* ''Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984'', Duane Tudahl (2017)
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Revision as of 11:50, 5 April 2021

Coincidence Or Fate?   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Colleen
Cold Coffee & Cocaine

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from the album Piano & A Microphone 1983
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 21 September 2018 - Piano & A Microphone 1983
Album(s): Piano & A Microphone 1983
Writer(s): Prince (assumed)
Producer(s): Prince
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

Cold Coffee & Cocaine is the eighth track on the 2018 posthumous album Piano & A Microphone 1983, documenting a solo piano rehearsal by Prince from 1983.

No studio version is known to exist, and it is not known if the track was ever intended for Purple Rain or any other project. The lyrics of the song are sung in Prince’s "Jamie Starr" voice, suggesting that the track may have been done with The Time in mind. The narrator in the song is tired of his lover, because all she offers him are "cold coffee and cocaine."


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Spring - Autumn 1983 (estimate) Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Rehearsal recording
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Cold Coffee & Cocaine 5:13 Piano & A Microphone 1983 'Rehearsal'



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
Coincidence Or Fate?   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Colleen