If I Had A Harem

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Blues In C (If I Had A Harem)
(a.k.a If I Had A Harem)
Link= Home Video: Lovesexy Live
from the home video Lovesexy Live 2
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 19 April 1989 - Lovesexy Live 2 home video
Album(s): None
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

If I Had A Harem was released in a live version (as Blues In C (If I Had A Harem) in 1989, as the twelfth track on the Lovesexy Live 2 home video (from the 9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany live broadcast). No audio version of the track has been released.

Basic tracking of the studio version of the track with its original title, If I Had A Harem, took place in Spring or early Summer 1988 (likely around May/June). While the released live version contains blues and jazz elements (including horn interpolations of Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra’s Things Ain’t What They Used To Be and Charlie Parker’s Re-Bopper’s Billie’s Bounce), the studio version is quite different, as a solo rockabilly-style recording containing some keyboard riffs which were not included in the live version, as well as a few minor lyrical differences. The studio version was included on the 27 October 1988 configuration of Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic. It was also included as the second track on a late 1988 or early 1989 configuration of Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic, but the album was ultimately abandoned.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Spring - early Summer 1988 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
Recording Personnel


Lovesexy Live version (as Blues In C (If I Had A Harem))


Unreleased studio version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
n/a n/a n/a n/a There have been no audio-only releases of this track.
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
as Blues In C (If I Had A Harem) 4:55 Lovesexy Live 2 home video Live 9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Blues In C (If I Had A Harem) T.B.C. Live concert radio broadcast
 Live 22 July 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain; in medley with Don’t Make Me Pay For His Mistakes
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
If I Had A Harem Studio May/June 1988 (assumed)
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • This song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually used by Prince.
References
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