| |introduction = '''For You''' is the first track on [[Prince]]'s first album [[Album: For You|For You]]. Appropriately, the lyrics express [[Prince]]'s desire to share his work with others: "All of this and more is for you / With love, sincerity and deepest care / My life with you I share". | | |introduction = '''For You''' is the first track on [[Prince]]'s first album [[Album: For You|For You]]. Appropriately, the lyrics express [[Prince]]'s desire to share his work with others: "All of this and more is for you / With love, sincerity and deepest care / My life with you I share". |
− | While specific recording dates for the original 'demo' recordings are not known, the track was initially recorded in 1976 as a home recording on a basic cassette recorder (during the same set of recordings as [[Wouldn't You Love To Love Me?]], [[Nightingale]], [[I Spend My Time Loving You]], [[Rock Me, Lover]] and [[Don't You Wanna Ride?]]), prior to [[Prince]] signing a contract or beginning work on the album. Specific recording dates for the album version of the song are not known, but the album was recorded at the [[Record Plant]], Sausalito, California, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at [[Sound Labs]], Los Angeles, California. | + | While specific recording dates for the original 'demo' recordings are not known, the track was initially recorded in 1976 as a home recording on a basic cassette recorder (during the same set of recordings as [[Wouldn't You Love To Love Me?]], [[Nightingale]], [[I Spend My Time Loving You]], [[Rock Me, Lover]] and [[Don't You Wanna Ride?]]), prior to [[Prince]] signing a contract or beginning work on the album. Specific recording dates for the album version of the song are not known, but the album was recorded at the [[Record Plant]] in Sausalito, California, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing took place, in early January 1978 at [[Sound Labs]] in Los Angeles, California. |