Junk Music

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Junk Music

Song details
Performer: The Flesh
Writer(s): Prince, Sheila E., Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, Levi Seacer, Jr. and Eric Leeds
Producer(s): Prince (assumed)
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

Junk Music is an unreleased instrumental recorded on 5-6 January 1986, during the seven-and-a-half- hour so-called ‘Everybody’s Jam’ session at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. The jam also produced Groove In C Minor, Slow Groove In G Major, Groove In GMinor. Two more titles associated with this session, Up From Below and Y’All Want Some More?, are in fact parts of the full length over 60-minutes long jam known as Junk Music, while a half an hour long jam on For Love, in two parts Groove On ‘4 Love’ In B & Groove On ‘4 Love’ In Gm, was also part of the ‘Everybody’s Jam’. For Junk Music, Prince primarily played drums.

An edited 19-minute version of the track was to be included as the first track on the 22 January 1986 configuration of a proposed The Flesh EP, to be credited to The Flesh (taking up the entire first side of the proposed vinyl release), which was ultimately abandoned. The parts later titled Up From Below and Y'All Want Some More? were to be on the b-side of this EP.

30 seconds of the track was included as background music on Under The Cherry Moon, in the scene where Christopher Tracy races against Mary Sharon on the horse race track.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
5 into 6 January 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Tracking
8 January 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Mix, overdubs (as ‘Everybodies Jam’ [sic]) (Eric Leeds, sans Prince)
9 January 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Edits (Junk Music and Up From Below) (Eric Leeds, sans Prince)
10 January 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Probable mix, edit (Y’All Want Some More?) (Eric Leeds, sans Prince)
3 May 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Possible mix (Junk Music, Up From Below and Y’All Want Some More?)
Recording Personnel

Versions
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Junk Music (including Up From Below and Y'All Want Some More?) Studio


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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