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|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |previous song = [[Guess | + | |previous song = [[Guess Who’s Knockin’]] |
|next song = [[Gym Class]] | |next song = [[Gym Class]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Guitar''' is the second track from [[Prince]] | + | |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 | + | 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 | + | 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. |
− | In 2011, new bandmember [[Andy Allo]] posted on her [[Andy_Allo_Facebook_Streams|Facebook page]] the track [[Guitar|Guitar (Acoustic)]], seemingly a rehearsal take of the track, recorded only with [[Prince]] and [[Andy Allo|Allo]] (complete with [[Prince]] giving direction to [[Andy Allo|Allo]]). Interestingly, the meta-data of the track gives the artist credit as "[[Prince]]/[[Andy Allo|Allo]]", and gives an album title of "'''The L/C'''", about which nothing is known. The artwork embedded in the track also gives the credit "[[Prince]]/[[Andy Allo|Allo]]", while the | + | In 2011, new bandmember [[Andy Allo]] posted on her [[Andy_Allo_Facebook_Streams|Facebook page]] the track [[Guitar|Guitar (Acoustic)]], seemingly a rehearsal take of the track, recorded only with [[Prince]] and [[Andy Allo|Allo]] (complete with [[Prince]] giving direction to [[Andy Allo|Allo]]). Interestingly, the meta-data of the track gives the artist credit as "[[Prince]]/[[Andy Allo|Allo]]", and gives an album title of "'''The L/C'''", about which nothing is known. The artwork embedded in the track also gives the credit "[[Prince]]/[[Andy Allo|Allo]]", while the artwork’s photo is a picture of [[Prince]] lifting up [[Andy Allo|Allo]]’s guitar (see artwork below). |
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]. | ||
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 2004]], during the three-and-a-half hour session that also yielded [[3121]], [[From The Lotus...]], [[...Back 2 The Lotus]], [[Colonized Mind]], [[Love Like Jazz]], [[Wall Of Berlin]], [[Planet Earth]] and a song titled [[Shameless]] as well as two or three others. <br> | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 2004]], during the three-and-a-half hour session that also yielded [[3121]], [[From The Lotus...]], [[...Back 2 The Lotus]], [[Colonized Mind]], [[Love Like Jazz]], [[Wall Of Berlin]], [[Planet Earth]] and a song titled [[Shameless]] as well as two or three others. <br> | ||
− | A tape photographed in [[Prince]] | + | A tape photographed in [[Prince]]’s vault at [[Paisley Park Studios]] lists [[Wall Of Berlin]] as [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 2004]], which alludes this is the exact date for all of the songs in this sessions. <br> |
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. On 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]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota or at [[3121 at The Rio]] in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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. | 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. On 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]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota or at [[3121 at The Rio]] in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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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− | |3= [http://www.youtube.com/user/3rdEyeGirl/videos | + | |3= [http://www.youtube.com/user/3rdEyeGirl/videos 3rdEyeGirl’s YouTube account] |
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[17_August 2013|17 August 2013, Coliseu dos Recreios - Sala Principal, Lisbon, Portugal]] | |5= [[17_August 2013|17 August 2013, Coliseu dos Recreios - Sala Principal, Lisbon, Portugal]] |
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