No Call U is a song recorded on 23 July 1982 at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The song is a fast rockabilly-style song in the vein of Jack U Off and Turn It Up. It is not known, if it was intended for Prince’s next album (which became 1999) or any other project. Vocals were also recorded by Vanity 6 for the track in 1982, although it was not included on any known configuration of the Vanity 6 album. In late July 1985 Jill Jones also recorded lead vocal overdubs, (probably at the Washington Avenue Warehouse in Edina, Minnesota), but the track was not included on any known configuration of the Jill Jones album.
The song with Prince’s vocals was released in 2019 as the sixth track on the Vault Tracks part 2 disc of a Super Deluxe Edition edition of the 1999 album.
The track is often incorrectly referred to as U Call Me.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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23 July 1982
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Basic tracking
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July 1982 (assumed)
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA *(assumed)
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vocal overdubs
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1 May 1983
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Vanity 6 lead vocal overdubs
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Late July 1985
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Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA (assumed)
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Jill Jones lead vocal overdubs
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Recording Personnel
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Prince version(s)
- Prince - all vocals and instruments
Vanity 6 version
Jill Jones version
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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No Call U
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Studio
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Initial version with less vocal overdubs, missing all ad lib speech
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No Call U
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Studio
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Vanity 6 version
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No Call U
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Studio
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Jill Jones version
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