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|song name = Machine | |song name = Machine | ||
|single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small> | ||
− | |performer = [[Grand Central]] | + | |performer = [[Grand Central]] / [[Grand Central|Grand Central Corporation]] |
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[David Rivkin]] (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[David Rivkin]] (assumed) | ||
− | |previous song = [[ | + | |previous song = [[Luv Sexy]] |
|next song = [[Mad]] | |next song = [[Mad]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Machine''', initially likely called '''Sex Machine''', is an unreleased track performed live | + | |introduction = '''Machine''', initially likely called '''Sex Machine''', is an unreleased track performed live, and perhaps first recorded at the [[Russell Ave, Anderson house]], Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1973 by [[Grand Central]], a band consisting of [[Prince]], [[André Cymone|André Anderson]] and [[Charles Smith|Charles 'Chazz' Smith]]. It is one of the few original compositions known to be played by the band at the time (along with [[Do You Feel Like Dancing?]], [[Danger Lover]] and [[Funk It Up]]). The group had been playing the track live since at least 1973 although details of [[Grand Central]]’s live shows are not well known (the band mostly played cover versions of current hits). |
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+ | [[Do You Feel Like Dancing?]], [[Danger Lover]] and [[Funk It Up]] were written with or by other members of [[Grand Central]] ([[André Cymone|André Anderson]], [[Charles Smith|Charles 'Chazz' Smith]] and/or [[Morris Day]]). | ||
+ | '''Machine''' is one of the earliest known solo composition by [[Prince]] (when he was 16). He once said that he wrote his first song at the age of 7 (1965-1966) called '''Funk Machine''', but it is not known if this is the same track. | ||
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+ | '''Machine''' was later recorded, in early 1976, by [[Grand Central|Grand Central Corporation]] (with [[Morris Day]] replacing [[Charles Smith|Charles 'Chazz' Smith]] on drums), at [[ASI Studio]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[39th St. Party]], [[Lady Pleasure]], [[You’re Such A Fox]], [[Song: Grand Central|Grand Central]] and [[Whenever]]). The sessions were engineered and overseen by [[David Rivkin]] (who is assumed to have produced the tracks as well). | ||
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+ | It is not known if the track was considered for inclusion on any project. | ||
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|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = 1973 | ||
+ | |studio = [[Russell Ave, Anderson house]],<br>Minneapolis, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Rehearsals and basic tracking (if recorded) | ||
+ | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = Early 1976 | |date = Early 1976 | ||
− | |studio = ASI Studio, Minneapolis, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[ASI Studio]],<br>Minneapolis, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
*[[Prince]] - guitar and keyboard | *[[Prince]] - guitar and keyboard | ||
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*[[André Cymone|André Anderson]] - bass guitar | *[[André Cymone|André Anderson]] - bass guitar | ||
+ | *[[Morris Day]] – drums (on the 1976 studio version) | ||
+ | *[[Charles Smith|Charles 'Chazz' Smith]] - drums (if recorded in 1973) | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
|line= | |line= | ||
+ | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Machine''' (or '''Sex Machine''') | ||
+ | |2= Rehearsal | ||
+ | |3= 1973 rehearsal (if recorded) | ||
+ | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
|1= '''Machine''' | |1= '''Machine''' | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = 1973-1975 (by [[Grand Central]]) | |performed occasionally in = 1973-1975 (by [[Grand Central]]) | ||
− | |trivia = This track is not to be confused with [[Prince]] | + | |trivia = This track is not to be confused with [[Prince]]’s live cover versions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_%26_the_Family_Stone Sly and the Family Stone]’s [[Sly and the Family Stone: Sex Machine|Sex Machine]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown]’s [[Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine]], both of which receive separate song entries. |
|see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | |see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | ||
|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: | + | |categories = [[Category:1973]][[Category:Recorded 1973]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]] |
}} | }} |
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