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|performer                = [[94 East]]
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|writer(s)                = [[Pepé Willie]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Pepé Willie]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester
 
|producer(s)              = [[Pepé Willie]] and Tony Silvester
 
|previous song            = [[If I Was King]]
 
|previous song            = [[If I Was King]]
 
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|introduction              = '''If We Don’t''' was first released as the fifth track on the second disc of [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]), featuring [[Prince]] on guitar (the only previously-unreleased track on the collection). The track has featured on every subsequent collection of [[94 East]]’s early recordings. In 2000 it was included as the eleventh track on [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]. Also in 2000, it was included as the fifth track on the second disc of [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]. In 2002, it was included as the fourth track on the second disc of [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin’]]. In 2011, a remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the first track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]].
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|introduction              = '''If We Don’t''' was first released as the fifth track on the second disc of [[94 East]]’ second collection of studio recordings [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar.
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Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Games]], [[I’ll Always Love You]], [[Better Than You Think]] and [[If You See Me]]), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session.
 
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_4|4 December 1975]], at [[Cookhouse Studios]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Games]], [[I’ll Always Love You]], [[Better Than You Think]] and [[If You See Me]]), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring [[Prince]] to have been released. [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other [[Cookhouse Studios]] tracks from the same session.
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'''If We Don’t''' was included on every reissues of [[94 East]]’ [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] ([[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Early Years]] in 1999, [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|One Man Jam]] in 2000 and [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|94 East Featuring Prince]] in 2020). In 2011, the remixed version by [[Dr. Fink|Matt "Dr." Fink]] was included as the first track on the digital collection [[Album: The Cookhouse Five|The Cookhouse Five]].
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Revision as of 18:50, 28 March 2021

If I Was King   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   If You Feel Like Dancin’
If We Don’t
Symbolicbeginning album.jpg
from the album Symbolic Beginning 		Thecookhousefive album.jpg
from the album The Cookhouse Five
Song details
Performer: 94 East
First Released: 16 May 1995 - Symbolic Beginning collection
Album(s): Symbolic Beginning

The Early Years
One Man Jam
94 East Featuring Prince
The Cookhouse Five

Writer(s): Pepé Willie
Producer(s): Pepé Willie and Tony Silvester
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince.
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

If We Don’t was first released as the fifth track on the second disc of 94 East’ second collection of studio recordings Symbolic Beginning, featuring Prince on guitar. Basic tracking took place on 4 December 1975, at Cookhouse Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Games, I’ll Always Love You, Better Than You Think and If You See Me), marking the earliest recording sessions featuring Prince to have been released. Matt "Dr." Fink remixed the track in June 2010, at StarVu Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with the other Cookhouse Studios tracks from the same session. If We Don’t was included on every reissues of 94 East’ Symbolic Beginning (The Early Years in 1999, One Man Jam in 2000 and 94 East Featuring Prince in 2020). In 2011, the remixed version by Matt "Dr." Fink was included as the first track on the digital collection The Cookhouse Five.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
4 December 1975 Cookhouse Studios, Minneapolis, MN, USA Basic tracking
June 2010 StarVu Studios, Minneapolis, MN, USA Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink
Recording Personnel
  • Pepé Willie - vocals and guitar
  • Dale Alexander - drums
  • Wendell Thomas - bass guitar
  • Prince - guitar
  • Pierre Lewis - keyboards
  • Marcy Ingvoldstad - vocals
  • Kristie Lazenberry - vocals

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
If We Don’t 4:09 Symbolic Beginning

The Early Years
One Man Jam
94 East Featuring Prince

 Studio
If We Don’t 4:07 The Cookhouse Five Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink
If We Don’t (Instrumental) 4:07 The Cookhouse Five Remix Remix by Matt "Dr." Fink



 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • This track, recorded in December 1975, marks a part of the earliest-recorded sessions featuring Prince to have been released.
References
If I Was King   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   If You Feel Like Dancin’
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