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Love On A Blue Train is the tenth and final track on Sheila E.’s third album Sheila E., but the previous year, Love On A Blue Train was released as a single (in Japan only) accompanying The Glamorous Club Dance EP, a Japan-only EP of extended versions of Sheila E.’s singles.
In 1986, Love On A Blue Train was used with a one-minute video in which Sheila sings with her band in a TV-advertisement for the HiFI Maclord VCR model manufactured by National in Japan (one another commercial for this brand was also made using the song Hold Me from the same album).
Basic tracking took place on 17 December 1985 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, when Prince recorded two version, a faster and slower rendition. More work, including creating an instrumental version was done 10 months later.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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| Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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| 17 December 1985
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Tracking, Overdubs mix (two versions)
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| 22 December 1985
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Rough mix
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| 13 October 1986
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Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
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Mix,overdubs and instrumental mix, overdubs
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Recording Personnel
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- Sheila E. - vocals, drums, percussion (no instrument credits given for full album)
- Prince - backing vocals and all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
- Levi Seacer, Jr. - bass, organ, guitar, vocals (credited, uncertain involvement)
- Rafael Wiggins, Jr - bass, vocals (credited, uncertain involvement)
- Boni Boyer - keyboards, vocals (credited, uncertain involvement)
- Carl Wheeler - keyboards, vocals (credited, uncertain involvement)
- Juan Escovedo - percussion, vocals (credited, uncertain involvement)
- Eric Leeds - saxophone
- Norbert Stachel - saxophone, piano, vocals
- Atlanta Bliss - trumpet
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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| Love On A Blue Train
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5:33
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Sheila E.
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Studio
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| Love On A Blue Train (Full Version)
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7:37
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The Glamorous Club Dance EP
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Extended version
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Original full-length version edited for album release
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| Love On A Blue Train (Single Edit)
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4:02
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Love On A Blue Train single
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Alternate
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Edit of the full-length version
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Unreleased Versions
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Version
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Additional Info
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| Love On A Blue Train
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Studio
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Faster version
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