Difference between revisions of "Machine"
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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 = [[Luv Sexy]] | |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| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = 1973 | |date = 1973 | ||
| − | |studio = Anderson | + | |studio = [[Russell Ave, Anderson house]],<br>Minneapolis, MN, USA |
|additional info = Rehearsals and basic tracking (if recorded) | |additional info = Rehearsals and basic tracking (if recorded) | ||
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|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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