Difference between revisions of "I Need A Man"
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− | |introduction = '''I Need A Man''' is a track released posthumously on the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set. A week earlier, it was released as the | + | |introduction = '''I Need A Man''' is a track released posthumously on the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set. A week earlier, it was released as the album’s sixth and final pre-release download. |
− | While the released version is from | + | While the released version is from (with overdubs in 1987), the song was originally recorded in Summer 1981 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Make-Up]], [[Wet Dream]] and [[Drive Me Wild]]). The track contained lead vocals by [[Jamie Shoop]], and was intended for an album by [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|'''The Hookers''']], but was abandoned when [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]] developed into [[Vanity 6]]. |
− | The track was | + | The track was then re-recorded in late 1986 or early 1987, [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, when it was revamped to be offered to American blues singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt], during a short-lived proposed collaboration between the two artists. Horn overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Atlanta Bliss]] were recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_21|21 January 1987]]. |
− | [[Prince]] worked on the track again | + | Although [[Prince]] offered four songs to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt] (''I Need A Man'', [[Jealous Girl]], [[Promise 2 Be True]] and [[There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]), it is unclear whether this collaboration was intended to lead to an album or to a particular project. |
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+ | [[Prince]] worked on the track again on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. the resulting version after those overdubs remains unreleased | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_31|31 May 1988]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = overdubs on 1987 version |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (assumed) | ||
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
+ | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | ||
+ | <@-- | ||
'''Unreleased 1988 version''' | '''Unreleased 1988 version''' | ||
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed) | ||
− | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone |
+ | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | ||
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<hr> | <hr> | ||
* [[Eddie Miller]] - engineer | * [[Eddie Miller]] - engineer | ||
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|1= '''I Need A Man''' | |1= '''I Need A Man''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= Re-recorded 1986/1987; before saxophone overdubs |
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|1= '''I Need A Man''' | |1= '''I Need A Man''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= Overdubbed 1988 ([[Prince]]) version |
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
− | |see also = [[Album: Sign | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O' The Times Deluxe|Sign O' The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album |
*[[Album: The Hookers (1982)|The Hookers]] unreleased album | *[[Album: The Hookers (1982)|The Hookers]] unreleased album | ||
|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:2020]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Recorded 1988]] | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Recorded 1988]] | ||
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