Difference between revisions of "Funky Design"
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|single image = [[File:NPGMusicClub logo.jpg|100px|link=NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1]]<br> <small> [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] - no official artwork created </small> | |single image = [[File:NPGMusicClub logo.jpg|100px|link=NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1]]<br> <small> [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] - no official artwork created </small> | ||
|performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | |performer = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 18|18 February | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 18|18 February 2001]] - [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] download |
|album(s) = None | |album(s) = None | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | ||
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|previous song = [[Funky]] | |previous song = [[Funky]] | ||
|next song = [[Funny Love]] | |next song = [[Funny Love]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Funky Design''' was offered (as '''The Funky Design''') as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] (along with [[Mad]], [[Peace]], [[Splash]], [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U|When]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=When Eye Lay My Hands On U]][[When Eye Lay My Hands On U| Lay My Hands On U]] and [[NPG Ahdio Show 1|NPG Ahdio Show #1]]). The track originates from 1994, however, and the studio version was played at the [[New Power Generation Store]] in Minneapolis in November | + | |introduction = '''Funky Design''' was offered (as '''The Funky Design''') as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] (along with [[Mad]], [[Peace]], [[Splash]], [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U|When]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=When Eye Lay My Hands On U]][[When Eye Lay My Hands On U| Lay My Hands On U]] and [[NPG Ahdio Show 1|NPG Ahdio Show #1]]). The track originates from 1994, however, and the studio version was played at the [[New Power Generation Store]] in Minneapolis in November 1994 (along with [[Mad]] and [[Snow Man]]). An excerpt of the track had also been streamed on [[NPGOnlineLtd.com]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 17|17 July 2000]] (as '''Funky Design'''), before the full track was released in 2001. Despite being released after [[Prince]] reverted to using the his own name, rather than [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], the track was credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], as it was recorded while using that name. |
− | Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is likely that initial tracking took place in November | + | Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is likely that initial tracking took place in November 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. [[Sonny T.]] also overdubbed vocals (replacing [[Prince]]'s) for a version placed as the sixteenth and final track (twelfth song) on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]'s second album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]]. This version remains unreleased, however. |
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− | |date = November | + | |date = November 1994 |
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]] | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]] | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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− | |date = November - December | + | |date = November - December 1994 |
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]] | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]] | ||
|additional info = [[Sonny T.]] vocal overdubs | |additional info = [[Sonny T.]] vocal overdubs | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
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− | |first live appearance = [[22 March | + | |first live appearance = [[22 March 1995-am|22 March 1995, am, The Emporium, London, England]] <small>(chants and excerpts)</small> |
− | * [[23 March | + | * [[23 March 1995-am|23 March 1995, am, The Emporium, London, England]] <small>(more complete performance)</small> |
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1995|1995]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1995|1995]] |
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