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|song name = Got To Be Something Here | |song name = Got To Be Something Here | ||
− | | | + | |album image = [[File:Thelewisconection_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Lewis Conection]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]]</small> |
+ | |single image = [[File:Gottobesomethingheresingle.jpg|100px|link=Single: Got To Be Something Here]]<br><small> single art for [[Single: Got To Be Something Here|Got To Be Something Here]] <br>by The Lewis Connection</small> | ||
|performer = The Lewis Connection | |performer = The Lewis Connection | ||
|first released = 1979 - [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]] album | |first released = 1979 - [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]] album | ||
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|previous song = [[(Got 2) Give It Up]] | |previous song = [[(Got 2) Give It Up]] | ||
|next song = [[Groove On]] | |next song = [[Groove On]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Got To Be Something Here''' is the fourth track on Minneapolis-area band The Lewis | + | |introduction = '''Got To Be Something Here''' is the fourth track on Minneapolis-area band The Lewis Connection’s first and only album [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar. ''The Lewis Connection'' is an alternate name for the band ''The Family'' led by [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] in the 1970’s (and which is unrelated to the band produced by [[Prince]] in the 1980’s [[The Family]]). The track was written by [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] (who would become a member of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] many years later), and produced by brothers Pierre and André Lewis. |
− | + | Basic tracking took place in late 1976 at [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same session that produced [[Stone Lover]] with the same musicians). Prince played on these tracks to raise money for his first New York trip in the autumn of 1976. | |
− | Either this track or [[Stone Lover]] released around the same time ( | + | [[Got To Be Something Here]] was planned to be the B-side of the [[Single: Stone Lover|Stone Lover]] single, released under the moniker MLF (but is actually an alternate name for The Lewis Connection / The Family), but the band chose to cut [[Stone Lover]] into two parts for both sides. |
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+ | Either this track or [[Stone Lover]] released around the same time (it’s not clear which was released first), marks the first time [[Prince]] appeared on a release by another artist, on a track he did not write (although earlier recordings by [[94 East]] were released later). It also marks the first release of a collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] (recorded almost 13 years before [[Diamonds And Pearls]], the next released collaboration). | ||
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+ | In 2013, both [[Stone Lover]] and '''Got To Be Something Here''' were included on the [[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]] compilation. | ||
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+ | '''Got To Be Something Here''' was released as a [[Single: Got To Be Something Here|single]] by the Japanese label [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Vine_Records P-Vine Records] in 2022. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = Late 1976 | |date = Late 1976 | ||
− | |studio = [[Sound 80]], Minneapolis, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Sound 80]], <br>Minneapolis, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
|1= '''Got To Be Something Here''' | |1= '''Got To Be Something Here''' | ||
− | |2= 4: | + | |2= 4:17 |
− | |3= [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]] | + | |3= [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]]<br> |
+ | [[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]]<br> | ||
+ | [[Single: Got To Be Something Here|Got To Be Something Here]] single | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= | + | |5= Duration listed as 4:12 on [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]] album and the [[Single: Got To Be Something Here|single]] but actually the same as the 4:17 version included on [[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]] |
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* It also marks the first release of a collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] (recorded almost 13 years before [[Diamonds And Pearls]], the next released collaboration). | * It also marks the first release of a collaboration between [[Prince]] and [[Sonny T.|Sonny Thompson]] (recorded almost 13 years before [[Diamonds And Pearls]], the next released collaboration). | ||
|see also = [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]] album | |see also = [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]] album | ||
+ | *[[Single: Got To Be Something Here|Got To Be Something Here]] single | ||
+ | [[Album: Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound|Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound]] compilation | ||
+ | *[[Stone Lover]] | ||
*[[Sonny T.]] | *[[Sonny T.]] | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1979]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1979]][[Category:Recorded 1977]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:38, 26 June 2022
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