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|previous song = [[Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar]] | |previous song = [[Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar]] | ||
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− | |introduction = '''Night Owl''' is the third track on [[Eric Leeds]] | + | |introduction = '''Night Owl''' is the third track on [[Eric Leeds]]’ first album [[Album: Times Squared|Times Squared]]. It was written and performed by [[Prince]], [[Eric Leeds]], [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] and [[Sheila E.]]. |
− | Basic tracking (as an untitled instrumental) took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_30|30 July 1987]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] | + | Basic tracking (as an untitled instrumental) took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_30|30 July 1987]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day after [[The Sex Of It]], during the same one-day session that produced [[Eleven]], [[Fifteen]], [[Ten]], [[Ten And ½]], and two other instrumentals later named [[Overnight, Every Night]] and [[Andorra]], and the day before [[Twelve]] and another instrumental later named [[Kenya]]). |
In August and September 1989, [[Prince]] asked [[Eric Leeds]] to compile tracks from the vault for a third [[Madhouse]] album. This track was one of ten selected, and in keeping with previous [[Madhouse]] releases tracks were given tentative numerical titles of [[Andorra|17]] to [[Once Upon A Time|26]] (the album would be titled [[Album: Times Squared|26]]) - this track was given the title of '''18''' as the second track on the album at the time. | In August and September 1989, [[Prince]] asked [[Eric Leeds]] to compile tracks from the vault for a third [[Madhouse]] album. This track was one of ten selected, and in keeping with previous [[Madhouse]] releases tracks were given tentative numerical titles of [[Andorra|17]] to [[Once Upon A Time|26]] (the album would be titled [[Album: Times Squared|26]]) - this track was given the title of '''18''' as the second track on the album at the time. | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_30|30 July 1987]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_30|30 July 1987]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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|date = August - September 1989 | |date = August - September 1989 | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|additional info = Overdubs | |additional info = Overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | *[[Eric Leeds]] - flute, | + | '''Released version''' |
− | *[[Prince]] - | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - flute, tenor and baritone saxophone, synthesizers, Electric piano solo |
+ | *[[Prince]] - synthesizer | ||
*[[Sheila E.]] - drums | *[[Sheila E.]] - drums | ||
*[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - bass guitar | *[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - bass guitar | ||
*[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet | ||
*[[Larry Fratangelo]] - percussion | *[[Larry Fratangelo]] - percussion | ||
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+ | '''Original 1987 unreleased version''' | ||
+ | *[[Eric Leeds]] - tenor and baritone saxophone | ||
+ | *[[Prince]] - all other instruments, except where noted | ||
+ | *[[Sheila E.]] - drums | ||
+ | *[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - bass guitar | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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* [[Madhouse]] | * [[Madhouse]] | ||
|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:1987]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1991]][[Category:Recorded 1987]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Madhouse)]][[Category:Instrumental Songs]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] |
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