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|introduction = '''Guitar''' is the second track from [[Prince]]'s 32nd album [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]], and a week prior to the album's initial release (with the [[Exclusive retail partnerships#Mail on Sunday|Mail on Sunday]] newspaper in the UK and Ireland), [[Single: Guitar|Guitar]] was released as the album's first single in Europe. | |introduction = '''Guitar''' is the second track from [[Prince]]'s 32nd album [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]], and a week prior to the album's initial release (with the [[Exclusive retail partnerships#Mail on Sunday|Mail on Sunday]] newspaper in the UK and Ireland), [[Single: Guitar|Guitar]] was released as the album's first single in Europe. | ||
− | Five and a half months prior to the album's release, however, a completely different version of '''Guitar''' (often described as a demo, although not officially | + | Five and a half months prior to the album's release, however, a completely different version of '''Guitar''' (often described as a demo, although not officially labeled as such and most likely recorded years after the version as it would appear on [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]]), was available for purchase as an mp3 download from [[3121.com]] to coincide with [[Prince]]'s appearance on the Superbowl Half-Time show on [[04_February 2007|4 February 2007]]. |
Additionally, six weeks prior to the album's release, the album version of '''Guitar''' was available for download on [[Exclusive retail partnerships#Verizon Wireless|Verizon Wireless]] in the USA, and a short promotional clip of [[Prince]] and his band performing the song was used in TV advertisements. | Additionally, six weeks prior to the album's release, the album version of '''Guitar''' was available for download on [[Exclusive retail partnerships#Verizon Wireless|Verizon Wireless]] in the USA, and a short promotional clip of [[Prince]] and his band performing the song was used in TV advertisements. | ||
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The song was also offered as a free download at [http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/articles/60711/Prince_and_Andy_Allo-Guitar_Acoustic.php ThisIsRealMusic.com]. | The song was also offered as a free download at [http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/articles/60711/Prince_and_Andy_Allo-Guitar_Acoustic.php ThisIsRealMusic.com]. | ||
− | + | Tracking dates are uncertain, but although album credits are not split up by track, [[Michael B.]] has confirmed that both he and [[Sonny T.]] appear on the album [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]] version, which indicates initial tracking of that version took place in November 2004, during the three-and-a-half hour session with that also yielded [[3121]], [[From The Lotus...]], [[...Back 2 The Lotus]], [[Colonized Mind]], [[Love Like Jazz]], [[Wall Of Berlin]] and [[Planet Earth]]. In an August 2006 [http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2006/08/michael-bland-2/#.VD7L3IvF_HI interview], [[Michael B.]] said [they recorded] eleven or twelve tracks in three and a half hours that night. And a different occasion he has later indicated that this was the last recording sessions they did with [[Prince]] for a while after that. The [[Prince]] solo version is believed to have been recorded in early 2007 at either [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA or at [[3121 at The Rio]] Las Vegas, NV, USA. A recording date for the 2011 rehearsal between [[Prince]] and [[Andy Allo|Allo]] is not known, but assumed to be in July 2011, while on the [[Welcome 2 America Euro 2011 Tour]] in Europe. | |
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|date = Early 2007 | |date = Early 2007 | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA or [[3121 at The Rio]] Las Vegas, NV, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA or [[3121 at The Rio]] Las Vegas, NV, USA | ||
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