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The track was initially recorded (as '''Let’s Rock''') between 10-21 July 1979 at [[Mountain Ears Sound Studio]] in Boulder, Colorado, during sessions for [[Album: The Rebels (1979)|The Rebels]] album. '''Let’s Rock''' was named after a dance called "The Rock" [[Prince]] had seen in clubs during the summer of 1979 (The dance itself influenced or was influenced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Starr Edwin Starr]’s single "It’s Called The Rock" from his album "Happy Radio" released that year). [[Prince]] wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] declined. It was considered as the opening track for the [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album before being shelved a few years. | The track was initially recorded (as '''Let’s Rock''') between 10-21 July 1979 at [[Mountain Ears Sound Studio]] in Boulder, Colorado, during sessions for [[Album: The Rebels (1979)|The Rebels]] album. '''Let’s Rock''' was named after a dance called "The Rock" [[Prince]] had seen in clubs during the summer of 1979 (The dance itself influenced or was influenced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Starr Edwin Starr]’s single "It’s Called The Rock" from his album "Happy Radio" released that year). [[Prince]] wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] declined. It was considered as the opening track for the [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album before being shelved a few years. | ||
− | While [[Prince]] liked the track, he felt it needed to be renamed when released in 1981 to avoid it seeming dated. [[Let’s Work]] was re-recorded during sessions for the album in Spring and Summer 1981, at | + | While [[Prince]] liked the track, he felt it needed to be renamed when released in 1981 to avoid it seeming dated. [[Let’s Work]] was re-recorded during sessions for the album in Spring and Summer 1981, liklely at [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California. |
The song was completed at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]]. [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]] worked on the '''Dance Remix''' of the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_8|8 December 1981]], two months after the track’s initial release, also at [[Sunset Sound]]. | The song was completed at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]]. [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]] worked on the '''Dance Remix''' of the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_8|8 December 1981]], two months after the track’s initial release, also at [[Sunset Sound]]. | ||
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|date = Spring-Summer 1981 | |date = Spring-Summer 1981 | ||
− | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA<br>or<br>[[Hollywood Sound Recorders]],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA ( | + | |studio = <!-- [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA<br>or<br>-->[[Hollywood Sound Recorders]],<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA (likely) |
|additional info = Re-recording as '''Let’s Work''' | |additional info = Re-recording as '''Let’s Work''' | ||
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