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Data Bank is the thirteen track (tenth song) on The Time’s fourth album Pandemonium, and is written and produced by Prince (but credited to The Time).
Basic tracking took place on 17 June 1986 at the Washington Avenue Warehouse in Edina, Minnesota (in sequence before Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got and We Can Funk, the day before Girl O’ My Dreams). It was intended for an aborted musical tentatively titled Dream Factory.
The track was re-recorded with Morris Day on lead vocals in Summer 1989, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, when Prince and Morris Day worked on the projected fourth album by The Time, Corporate World, which later morphed into Pandemonium. Candy Dulfer added saxophone overdubs in August 1989, also at Paisley Park Studios (during the same set of sessions where she added saxophone overdubs to My Summertime Thang, Release It, Murph Drag, The Latest Fashion, Donald Trump (Black Version), Love Machine and My Baby Knows).
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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| Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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| 17 June 1986
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Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA
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Tracking
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| 18 June 1986
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Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA
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Mix (Long version)
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| Summer 1989
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Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Re-recording
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| August 1989
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Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Saxophone overdubs by Candy Dulfer
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Recording Personnel
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Released version
- Morris Day - lead vocals
- Prince - all instruments except where noted
- Candy Dulfer - saxophone (as "Candy")
- Jellybean Johnson - drums and backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Jesse Johnson - guitar, backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Jimmy Jam - keyboards, backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Monte Moir - keyboards, backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Terry Lewis - bass guitar, backing vocals (credited, but not involved)
- Jerome Benton - percussion, "mirror and holler" (credited, but not involved)
Unreleased version
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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| Data Bank
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5:35
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Pandemonium
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Studio
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Unreleased Versions
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Version
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Additional Info
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| Data Bank
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Studio
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1986 recording
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| Data Bank
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Studio
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1989 version, shorter than released, with heavier drums
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