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| |recording personnel = | | |recording personnel = |
− | '''Prince version''' | + | |
− | *[[Prince]] - vocals | + | '''Jevetta Steele version''' |
| + | *[[Jevetta Steele]] - vocals |
| *[[Michael B.]] - drums | | *[[Michael B.]] - drums |
| *[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar | | *[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar |
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| *[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals | | *[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals |
| *[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals | | *[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals |
| + | *[[Clare Fischer]] - string orchestration |
| <br> | | <br> |
− | '''Jevetta Steele version''' | + | '''Prince version''' |
− | *[[Jevetta Steele]] - vocals | + | *[[Prince]] - vocals |
| *[[Michael B.]] - drums | | *[[Michael B.]] - drums |
| *[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar | | *[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar |
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| *[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals | | *[[Kathleen Johnson]] - backing vocals |
| *[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals | | *[[Kirk Johnson]] - backing vocals |
− | *[[Clare Fischer]] - string orchestration
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| '''Unreleased Mayte version''' | | '''Unreleased Mayte version''' |
Hold Me is the second track on the worldwide re-issue of Jevetta Steele’s first solo album Here It Is (Jevetta Steele is also part of the group The Steeles). At around the same time as the album’s release, Hold Me was released as a promo-only single in the USA, but there was no commercial release of the single.
Previously thought to have been recorded in June 1990 in London, England, the earliest known version a recording of Prince teaching the song to the band in late December 1990.
A more complete take of it was done on 31 January 1991 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as the re-recording of Darkside as Blood On The Sheets). The song was considered for Diamonds And Pearls at one point but rejected because of its similarities with the title track.
More work was done on the track in October 1991, when it was send to Clare Fischer to add an orchestral arrangement to it. Around this time the track was offered to Anita Baker, who turned it down, before Prince offered it to Jevetta Steele, who presumably overdubbed her vocals in late 1991.
In late 1993, the song was tried out during early sessions for Mayte’s first album at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was included as the ninth track on an early version of the album, which was titled Latino Barbie Doll at the time. The track was removed when the album evolved into Child Of The Sun, however.
Prince’s original 1991 version was released in October 2023 as the eighth track of Vault Tracks part 2, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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27 December 1990
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Tracking
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31 January 1991
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Second take, mix
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1991 (assumed)
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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Jevetta Steele vocals overdub
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30 October 1991
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Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Clare Fischer orchestra overdubs
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Late 1993
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Vocal overdubs by Mayte
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Recording Personnel
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Jevetta Steele version
Prince version
Unreleased Mayte version
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Additional Info
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Hold Me
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Studio
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December 1990 take
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Hold Me
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Studio
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1993 version with Mayte on vocals
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