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− | |introduction = '''Murph Drag''' a.k.a 'The Murph Drag' was included in [[NPG Ahdio Show 3|NPG Ahdio Show # 3]]. As released, the song is an edited version (a spoken part by [[Morris Day]] is omitted) of what was going to be featured on [[The Time]] | + | |introduction = '''Murph Drag''' a.k.a 'The Murph Drag' was included in [[NPG Ahdio Show 3|NPG Ahdio Show # 3]]. As released, the song is an edited version (a spoken part by [[Morris Day]] is omitted) of what was going to be featured on [[The Time]]’s unreleased album [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]], which was later released as [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]] without this song. |
A segue on [[NPG Ahdio Show 3|NPG Ahdio Show # 3]] called the track "the first cybersingle" by [[The Time]], but the track was not available as a separate download, and has not been released elsewhere. The track was written, produced, and largely performed by [[Prince]], although no credits accompanied the release. | A segue on [[NPG Ahdio Show 3|NPG Ahdio Show # 3]] called the track "the first cybersingle" by [[The Time]], but the track was not available as a separate download, and has not been released elsewhere. The track was written, produced, and largely performed by [[Prince]], although no credits accompanied the release. | ||
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The tape of the song in the vault dates this song to [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 21|21 December 1988]]. It was recorded at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. In June or July 1989, [[Morris Day]] recorded co-lead vocal overdubs, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]], as [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day|Day]] worked on [[The Time]]’s [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]] album (during the same sessions that produced [[The Latest Fashion]], [[Nine Lives]], [[Donald Trump (Black Version)]], [[Love Machine]], [[Shake!]], [[Corporate World]] and [[Release It]]). [[Candy Dulfer]] added saxophone overdubs to the track in late July 1989, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. The track was included as the first track on an early September 1989, configuration of [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]], but the track was removed when the album was re-worked to become [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. The recording heard on [[NPG Ahdio Show 3|NPG Ahdio Show # 3]] had not been re-worked in any way. | The tape of the song in the vault dates this song to [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 21|21 December 1988]]. It was recorded at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. In June or July 1989, [[Morris Day]] recorded co-lead vocal overdubs, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]], as [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day|Day]] worked on [[The Time]]’s [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]] album (during the same sessions that produced [[The Latest Fashion]], [[Nine Lives]], [[Donald Trump (Black Version)]], [[Love Machine]], [[Shake!]], [[Corporate World]] and [[Release It]]). [[Candy Dulfer]] added saxophone overdubs to the track in late July 1989, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. The track was included as the first track on an early September 1989, configuration of [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]], but the track was removed when the album was re-worked to become [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. The recording heard on [[NPG Ahdio Show 3|NPG Ahdio Show # 3]] had not been re-worked in any way. | ||
− | The track’s title is also mentioned in the lyrics of [[The Latest Fashion]]. | + | The track’s title is also mentioned in the lyrics of [[My Summertime Thang]] (and sampled on [[The Latest Fashion]]). |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 21|21 December 1988]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 21|21 December 1988]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
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|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)]]'' | ||
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