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|song name = Kenya | |song name = Kenya | ||
− | |single image = | + | |single image = [[File:Timessquared album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Times Squared]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]]</small> |
|performer = [[Madhouse]]; [[Eric Leeds]] | |performer = [[Madhouse]]; [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 19|19 February | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 19|19 February 1991]] - [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Eric Leeds]] | |writer(s) = [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
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|previous song = [[Keep It Together]] | |previous song = [[Keep It Together]] | ||
|next song = [[La, La, La Means Eye Love U|La, La, La Means ]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=La, La, La Means Eye Love U]][[La, La, La Means Eye Love U| Love U]] | |next song = [[La, La, La Means Eye Love U|La, La, La Means ]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=La, La, La Means Eye Love U]][[La, La, La Means Eye Love U| Love U]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Kenya''' is the ninth track on [[Eric Leeds]] | + | |introduction = '''Kenya''' is the ninth track on [[Eric Leeds]]’ first album [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]] (on the CD release, eighth track on other formats). It was written and produced by [[Eric Leeds]], with [[Prince]] appearing as a musician, playing drums and keyboards. |
− | + | Basic tracking (as an untitled instrumental) took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_31|31 July 1987]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day after [[Eleven]], [[Fifteen]], [[Ten]], [[Ten And ½]], and three other instrumentals later named [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]] and [[Andorra]], and the same day as [[Twelve]]). In August and September 1989, [[Prince]] asked [[Eric Leeds]] to compile tracks from the vault for a third [[Madhouse]] album. This track was one of ten selected, and in keeping with previous [[Madhouse]] releases tracks were given tentative numerical titles of [[Andorra|17]] to [[Once Upon A Time|26]] (the album would be titled [[Album: Times Squared|26]]) - this track was given the title of '''24''' as the eighth track on the album at the time. When [[Prince]] suggested the album should be released as a solo album by [[Eric Leeds]], Leeds came up with titles for each track, in Spring 1990; this track became known as '''Kenya''' and the album became known as [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]]. | |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_31|31 July | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_31|31 July 1987]] |
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = August - September | + | |date = August - September 1989 |
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|additional info = Overdubs | |additional info = Overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
+ | '''Released version''' | ||
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
*[[Prince]] - drums and keyboards | *[[Prince]] - drums and keyboards | ||
− | *Larry Fratangelo - percussion | + | *[[Larry Fratangelo]] - percussion |
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+ | '''Original 1987 unreleased version''' | ||
+ | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | ||
+ | *[[Prince]] - drums | ||
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|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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− | |1= ''' | + | |1= ’’'''Instrumental’’''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= a.k.a. '''24'''; original [[Madhouse]] version recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_31|31 July | + | |3= a.k.a. '''24'''; original [[Madhouse]] version recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_31|31 July 1987]], before overdubs and re-recording |
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya Kenya] is a country in East Africa. | |trivia = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya Kenya] is a country in East Africa. | ||
+ | *Starting with [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]], each of [[Eric Leeds]]' solo albums released under his own name will include an instrumental whose title is the name of a country or a city from the African continent: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9 Yaoundé] on ''Things Left Unsaid'' released on [[Paisley Park Records]] in 1993, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti Djibouti] on ''Now & Again'' released independently in 2000. Other instrumentals were also named after places of the American continents on each of his solo albums (see [[Cape Horn]] for details). | ||
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|see also = [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]] album | |see also = [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]] album | ||
*[[Eric Leeds]] | *[[Eric Leeds]] | ||
*[[Madhouse]] | *[[Madhouse]] | ||
|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:1987]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1991]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Madhouse)]][[Category: Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Instrumental Songs]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] |
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