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|album image              = [[File:Vermillion album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Vermillion]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]]</small>
 
|album image              = [[File:Vermillion album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Vermillion]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]]</small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Neontelephone single.jpeg|100px|link=Single: Neon Telephone]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Neon Telephone|Neon Telephone]]</small>
 
|single image              = [[File:Neontelephone single.jpeg|100px|link=Single: Neon Telephone]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Neon Telephone|Neon Telephone]]</small>
|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O%27Clock Three O’Clock]
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|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O’Clock Three O’Clock]
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1988]] - [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]] album
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1988]] - [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]] album
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]]
 
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]]
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|introduction              = '''Neon Telephone''' is the sixth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O%27Clock Three O’Clock]’s first and only [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]] (their fourth and final album), and soon after the album’s release, [[Single: Neon Telephone|Neon Telephone]] was released as the album’s second single (which also turned out to be the band’s final single). Writing credit is given to [[Joey Coco]], a pseudonym used on a few 1985-7 songs given to other artists (including [[You’re My Love]], [[Telepathy]] and [[Baby Go-Go]]).
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|introduction              = '''Neon Telephone''' is the sixth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O’Clock Three O’Clock]’s first and only [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]] (their fourth and final album), and soon after the album’s release, [[Single: Neon Telephone|Neon Telephone]] was released as the album’s second single (which also turned out to be the band’s final single). Writing credit is given to [[Joey Coco]], a pseudonym used on a few 1985-7 songs given to other artists (including [[You’re My Love]], [[Telepathy]] and [[Baby Go-Go]]).
  
 
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_10|10 July 1985]] at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota (two days after [[Love Or $|♥ Or $]], [[Girls & Boys]] and [[Alexa De Paris]], the same day as [[God Is Everywhere]]). It was initially considered for use on [[Album: Parade|Parade]] and/or [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] but was instead saved for later use (it did, however, inspire the use of a neon telephone in Christopher Tracy’s apartment in the movie [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]).  
 
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_10|10 July 1985]] at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota (two days after [[Love Or $|♥ Or $]], [[Girls & Boys]] and [[Alexa De Paris]], the same day as [[God Is Everywhere]]). It was initially considered for use on [[Album: Parade|Parade]] and/or [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] but was instead saved for later use (it did, however, inspire the use of a neon telephone in Christopher Tracy’s apartment in the movie [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]).  
  
It was sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O%27Clock Three O’Clock] for consideration along with [[Girl O’ My Dreams]], [[We Can Funk]], [[Teacher, Teacher]] and [[Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got]], but the band decided to use only this track. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O%27Clock Three O’Clock]’s vocal overdubs and instrumentation were recorded in 1987 - early 1988 at American Recording, Woodland Hills, California, retaining only [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]]’s background vocals from the original recording.
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It was sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O’Clock Three O’Clock] for consideration along with [[Girl O’ My Dreams]], [[We Can Funk]], [[Teacher, Teacher]] and [[Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got]], but the band decided to use only this track. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O’Clock Three O’Clock]’s vocal overdubs and instrumentation were recorded in 1987 - early 1988 at American Recording, Woodland Hills, California. [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] re-recorded their background vocals during this session with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O’Clock Three O’Clock].
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_10|10 July 1985]]
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_10|10]], [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 11|11]],  [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 13|13]], [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 17|17]] (estimate) &<br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1985]] (estimate)
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|studio                    = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Tracking, overdubs, mix (10th); vocal overdubs, mix (11th); overdubs, mix (13th); overdubs, mix (17th); mix (18th)
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_12|12]] - [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_14|14 January 1986]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]]- Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = New mix (12th); mix & mix [instrumental] (13th & 14th)
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1986]]
 
|studio                    = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Mix
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = 1987 - early 1988
 
|date                      = 1987 - early 1988
 
|studio                    = American Recording,<br>Woodland Hills, CA, USA
 
|studio                    = American Recording,<br>Woodland Hills, CA, USA
|additional info          = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O%27Clock Three O’Clock] re-recording (no [[Prince]] input)
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|additional info          = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O’Clock Three O’Clock] re-recording <br>(no [[Prince]] input)
 
}}
 
}}
 
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'''Unreleased version'''
 
'''Unreleased version'''
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted  
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed)
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards and background vocals (uncertain involvement)
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*[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards and background vocals  
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitars and background vocals (uncertain involvement)
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*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitars and background vocals  
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*[[Susannah Melvoin]] -  background vocals
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*[[Bobby Z.]] - tambourine
 
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|1= '''Neon Telephone''' (instrumental)
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|1= '''Neon Telephone'''
 
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|1= '''Neon Telephone'''
 
|1= '''Neon Telephone'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
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|3= Alternate take of [[Prince]]’s original studio version
 
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|trivia                    = '''Neon Telephone''' inspired the use of a neon telephone in Christopher Tracy’s apartment in the movie [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]].
 
|trivia                    = '''Neon Telephone''' inspired the use of a neon telephone in Christopher Tracy’s apartment in the movie [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]].
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*According to [[Lisa Coleman]], [[Prince]] ''"had a hard time finding just the right home for it, (going) from artist to artist in his own camp – always female – to other bands, so I thought it was funny that then it ended up being done by The Three O’ Clock, who were all boys"''. The female artists to whom [[Prince]] had offered the track are not identified.
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]] album
 
* [[Single: Neon Telephone|Neon Telephone]] single
 
* [[Single: Neon Telephone|Neon Telephone]] single
 
|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:1988]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1985]]
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* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
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* [https://popdose.com/hooks-n-you-three-oclock-vermillion/ '''Hooks ‘N’ You: Three O’Clock, “Vermillion”''' by Min Read'' (Popdose - 7 April 2010)]
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|categories                = [[Category:1988]][[Category:Recorded 1985]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 21:21, 16 July 2022

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Neon Telephone

Vermillion album.jpg
from the album Vermillion
Neontelephone single.jpeg
single art for Neon Telephone
Song details
Performer: Three O’Clock
First Released: 24 May 1988 - Vermillion album
Album(s): Vermillion
Writer(s): Prince (as Joey Coco)
Producer(s): Ian Ritchie
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince.
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Neon Telephone is the sixth track on Three O’Clock’s first and only Paisley Park Records album Vermillion (their fourth and final album), and soon after the album’s release, Neon Telephone was released as the album’s second single (which also turned out to be the band’s final single). Writing credit is given to Joey Coco, a pseudonym used on a few 1985-7 songs given to other artists (including You’re My Love, Telepathy and Baby Go-Go).

Basic tracking took place on 10 July 1985 at the Washington Avenue Warehouse in Edina, Minnesota (two days after ♥ Or $, Girls & Boys and Alexa De Paris, the same day as God Is Everywhere). It was initially considered for use on Parade and/or Under The Cherry Moon but was instead saved for later use (it did, however, inspire the use of a neon telephone in Christopher Tracy’s apartment in the movie Under The Cherry Moon).

It was sent to Three O’Clock for consideration along with Girl O’ My Dreams, We Can Funk, Teacher, Teacher and Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got, but the band decided to use only this track. Three O’Clock’s vocal overdubs and instrumentation were recorded in 1987 - early 1988 at American Recording, Woodland Hills, California. Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman re-recorded their background vocals during this session with Three O’Clock.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
10, 11, 13, 17 (estimate) &
18 July 1985 (estimate)
Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA
Tracking, overdubs, mix (10th); vocal overdubs, mix (11th); overdubs, mix (13th); overdubs, mix (17th); mix (18th)
12 - 14 January 1986 Sunset Sound- Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
New mix (12th); mix & mix [instrumental] (13th & 14th)
17 June 1986 Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA
Mix
1987 - early 1988 American Recording,
Woodland Hills, CA, USA
Three O’Clock re-recording
(no Prince input)
Recording Personnel

Three O’Clock version


Unreleased version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Neon Telephone 3:56 Vermillion

Neon Telephone single

Studio
Neon Telephone (Extended 12" Version) 6:28 Neon Telephone single Extended Version


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Neon Telephone (instrumental) Studio Initial version as instrumental
Neon Telephone Studio Prince’s original studio version
Neon Telephone Studio Alternate take of Prince’s original studio version
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Neon Telephone inspired the use of a neon telephone in Christopher Tracy’s apartment in the movie Under The Cherry Moon.
  • According to Lisa Coleman, Prince "had a hard time finding just the right home for it, (going) from artist to artist in his own camp – always female – to other bands, so I thought it was funny that then it ended up being done by The Three O’ Clock, who were all boys". The female artists to whom Prince had offered the track are not identified.

References
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