Difference between revisions of "If I Had A Harem"
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|single image = [[File:Lovesexy2_vhs.jpg|60px|link=Home Video: Lovesexy Live]] <br><small> from the home video [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Lovesexy2_vhs.jpg|60px|link=Home Video: Lovesexy Live]] <br><small> from the home video [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_19|19 April | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_19|19 April 1989]] - [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]] home video |
|album(s) = None | |album(s) = None | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|previous song = [[If I Could Get Your Attention]] | |previous song = [[If I Could Get Your Attention]] | ||
|next song = [[If I Love U 2 Nite]] | |next song = [[If I Love U 2 Nite]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''If I Had A Harem''' was released in a live version (as '''Blues In C (If I Had A Harem)''' as the twelfth track on the [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]] home video (from the [[09_September | + | |introduction = '''If I Had A Harem''' was released in a live version (as '''Blues In C (If I Had A Harem)''' as the twelfth track on the [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]] home video (from the [[09_September 1988|9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany]] live broadcast). No audio version of the track has been released. |
− | Initial 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hodges Johnny Hodges] & His Orchestra's [[Things Ain't What They Used To Be]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker 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 [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October | + | Initial 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hodges Johnny Hodges] & His Orchestra's [[Things Ain't What They Used To Be]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker 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 [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1988]] configuration of [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]]. It was also included as the second track on a late 1988 or early 1989 configuration of [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]], but the album was ultimately abandoned. |
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|3= [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]] home video | |3= [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 2]] home video | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
− | |5= [[09_September | + | |5= [[09_September 1988|9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany]] |
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− | |first live appearance = [[10_July | + | |first live appearance = [[10_July 1988|10 July 1988, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France]] |
|performed regularly on = [[Lovesexy Tour]] <small>(European and North American legs only) | |performed regularly on = [[Lovesexy Tour]] <small>(European and North American legs only) | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1990|1990]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1990|1990]] |
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