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− | |song name = Do Yourself A Favor | + | |song name = Do Yourself A Favor <small>(a.k.a. If You See Me) </small> |
|album image = [[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] </small> | |album image = [[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] </small> | ||
|single image = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album 1992.jpg|100px|link=Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Minneapolisgenius_album 1992.jpg|100px|link=Album: Minneapolis Genius]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]]</small> | ||
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[[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]] (If You see Me)<br> | [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]] (If You see Me)<br> | ||
[[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br> | [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br> | ||
− | |writer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]] | + | |writer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]] (sometimes as [[Pepé Willie|Pepé Miller]]) |
− | |producer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester | + | (credited to [[Pepé Willie]] and [[Jesse Johnson]] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''] and [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]) |
+ | |producer(s) = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester ([[94 East]] versions) | ||
+ | [[Prince]] ([[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] version) | ||
|previous song = [[Dome]] | |previous song = [[Dome]] | ||
|next song = [[Don't Let 'Em Change U]] | |next song = [[Don't Let 'Em Change U]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Do Yourself A Favor''' a.k.a. '''If You See Me''') was first released without [[Prince]] input by [[Jesse Johnson]] (on ''Shockadelica'' | + | |introduction = '''Do Yourself A Favor''' (a.k.a. '''If You See Me''') was first released without [[Prince]] input by [[Jesse Johnson]] (on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''] in 1986), but the first release containing input by [[Prince]], recorded much earlier as '''If You See Me''', was in two versions (instrumental and vocal) on a 1992 reissue of [[94 East]]'s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar. [[Prince]]'s 1982 version of '''Do Yourself A Favor''' was released in 2019 as the eighth track on the ''Vault Tracks part 2'' disc of a ''Deluxe'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. |
− | + | [[94 East]]'s version was included on various collections of this band's early recordings. In 1995 the vocal and the instrumental versions were included on [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]). In 2000 the vocal version was included as the seventh track on [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]. | |
− | Also in 2000, both versions of '''If You See Me''' were included on [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]] | + | Also in 2000, both versions of '''If You See Me''' were included on [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]] and on [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin']] in 2002. In 2011, a remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the second track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]]. |
Basic tracking of '''If You See Me''' took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Games]], [[I'll Always Love You]], [[If We Don't]] and [[Better Than You Think]]), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. | Basic tracking of '''If You See Me''' took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Games]], [[I'll Always Love You]], [[If We Don't]] and [[Better Than You Think]]), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. | ||
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[[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session. | [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session. | ||
− | Somewhere during the summer of 1982, [[Prince]] recorded an entirely new version of the track at his | + | Somewhere during the summer of 1982, [[Prince]] recorded an entirely new version of the track at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, now titled '''Do Yourself A Favor'''; according to [[Pepé Willie]], [[Prince]] recorded it from memory and had not heard it for years. |
− | [[Jesse Johnson]] released a version, clearly inspired by [[Prince]]'s 1982 take, also titled '''Do Yourself A Favor''', on his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''], in 1986, but it misses [[Prince]]'s own lyrical contribution to the track, a humorous spoken section in his "[[Jamie Starr]]" voice, so his version is not considered to have any input by [[Prince]]. | + | [[Jesse Johnson]] released a version, clearly inspired by [[Prince]]'s 1982 take, also titled '''Do Yourself A Favor''', on his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''], in 1986, but it misses [[Prince]]'s own lyrical contribution to the track, a humorous spoken section in his "[[Jamie Starr]]" voice, so his version is not considered to have any input by [[Prince]]. The song is credited to [[Pepé Willie]] and [[Jesse Johnson]], but Johnson's contribution is unknown ('''If You See Me''' is credited to [[Pepé Willie]] only). |
− | + | [[Prince]]'s 1982 version of '''Do Yourself A Favor''' was released in 2019 on the ''Deluxe'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. Oddly, the credits on [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 Deluxe]] are shared by [[Pepé Willie]] and [[Jesse Johnson]], and [[Prince]]'s lyrical contribution are not acknowledged. | |
− | [[Prince]]'s 1982 version of '''Do Yourself A Favor''' was released in 2019 | + | |
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− | |date = 1982 | + | |date = Summer 1982 |
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Re-recording ([[Prince]] version, as '''If You See Me''') | |additional info = Re-recording ([[Prince]] version, as '''If You See Me''') | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
− | |trivia = This track, recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. | + | |trivia = This track (as '''If You See Me'''), recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. |
|see also = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]] album re-issue | |see also = [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - featuring Prince]] album re-issue | ||
*[[94 East]] | *[[94 East]] |
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