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| | |introduction = '''Cookie Jar''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 12|12]] and worked on again on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 13|13 November 1988]], during two days off from the [[Lovesexy Tour]] (between shows in [[11_November 1988|Oakland]] and [[15_November 1988|Seattle]]), at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. | | |introduction = '''Cookie Jar''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 12|12]] and worked on again on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 13|13 November 1988]], during two days off from the [[Lovesexy Tour]] (between shows in [[11_November 1988|Oakland]] and [[15_November 1988|Seattle]]), at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. |
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| − | This song was long incorrectly attributed to be a straight-forward cover version of the 1976 track '''Cookie Jar''' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_Haskins Fuzzy Haskins] (from the 1976 album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whole_Nother_Thang A Whole Nother Thang]''), but (like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlet Parlet] cover of the song), it only re-uses the lyrics to the chorus ''I don't know what He'll do witcha when He getcha, Put you in his cookie jar, save you for a rainy day''. Musically the song is different and the verses also seem to be original lyrics by [[Prince]] | + | This song was long incorrectly attributed to be a straight-forward cover version of the 1976 track '''Cookie Jar''' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_Haskins Fuzzy Haskins] (from the 1976 album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whole_Nother_Thang A Whole Nother Thang]''), but (like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlet Parlet] cover of the song), it only re-uses the lyrics to the chorus ''I don’t know what He’ll do witcha when He getcha, Put you in his cookie jar, save you for a rainy day''. Musically the song is different and the verses also seem to be original lyrics by [[Prince]] |
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| − | [[Prince]] sent the master tape of the song to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and asked for his input. Before the session began, the first minute of the recording was accidentally erased by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) Clinton]'s engineer, when the two inch tape was striped with tones (which were often recorded at the beginning of analog tapes as part of a calibration process for the tape machine). After this embarrassing incident, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] decided not to work on this song. | + | [[Prince]] sent the master tape of the song to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and asked for his input. Before the session began, the first minute of the recording was accidentally erased by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) Clinton]’s engineer, when the two inch tape was striped with tones (which were often recorded at the beginning of analog tapes as part of a calibration process for the tape machine). After this embarrassing incident, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] decided not to work on this song. It is unknown if, but unlikely that [[Prince]] re-recorded this first portion. |
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| − | It is unknown if [[Prince]] re-recorded this first portion. It is not known if this song was intended for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cinderella_Theory The Cinderella Theory], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton]'s first album on [[Paisley Park Records]] released in 1989 which ultimately contained no [[Prince]] input.
| + | It is not known if this song was intended for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cinderella_Theory The Cinderella Theory], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton]’s first album on [[Paisley Park Records]] released in 1989 which ultimately contained no [[Prince]] input. |
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