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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]]). | | |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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− | 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 And 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]]). |
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| 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. | | 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. |