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|song name                = Noon Rendezvous
 
|song name                = Noon Rendezvous
|single image              = [[File:Theglamorouslife album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Glamorous Life]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]]</small>
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|single image              = [[File:Theglamorouslife album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Glamorous Life]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]]</small><br> [[File:Originals.jpg|100px|border|link=Album: Originals]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Originals|Originals]]</small><br>
|performer                = [[Sheila E.]]
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|performer                = [[Sheila E.]]; [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 4|4 June 1984]] - [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]] album
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 4|4 June 1984]] - [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]] album<br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 7|7 June 2019]] - [[Album: Originals|Originals]] album ([[Prince]] version)
|album(s)                  = [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]]
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]]<br> [[Album: Originals|Originals]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] and [[Sheila E.]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] and [[Sheila E.]]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Sheila E.]] and [[The Starr Company]])
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|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Sheila E.]] and [[The Starr Company]] on [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]])
 
|previous song            = [[No More Candy 4 U]]
 
|previous song            = [[No More Candy 4 U]]
 
|next song                = [[North]]
 
|next song                = [[North]]
|introduction              = '''Noon Rendezvous''' is the third track on [[Sheila E.]]'s first album [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]], and, in Autumn 1984, an edit of the track was included as the b-side of [[Single: Oliver's House|Oliver's House]], the album's second single. '''Noon Rendezvous''' is the only track on the album to have contained writing input from [[Sheila E.]] (despite the album's credits stating she had written all the songs), co-written by [[Prince]] and [[Sheila E.]]<br>
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|introduction              = '''Noon Rendezvous''' is the third track on [[Sheila E.]]’s first album [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]], and in Autumn 1984, [[Single: Noon Rendezvous|Noon Rendezvous]] was released as the album’s third single. '''Noon Rendezvous''', co-written by [[Prince]] and [[Sheila E.]], is the only track on the album to have contained writing input from [[Sheila E.]] despite the album’s credits stating that she had written all of the songs.<br>
Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 13|13 February 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA (six days after [[God|God (Love Theme From Purple Rain)]] and five days before [[Another Lonely Christmas]]). [[Sheila E.]]'s vocals were recorded in the first few days of April 1984 at [[Sunset Sound]].
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Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 13|13 February 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, five days before [[Another Lonely Christmas]]). [[Sheila E.]]’s vocals were likely recorded in late March or early April 1984 at [[Sunset Sound]].
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In 2019, a version with [[Prince]] on lead vocals was released as the fourth track on the album [[Album:_Originals|Originals]]. This mix was created specifically for this posthumous release.
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|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 13|13 February 1984]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 13|13 February 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
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|additional info          = Basic tracking
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = 1-4 April 1984
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|date                      = Late March / early April 1984 (estimate)
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info                 = [[Sheila E.]] vocal overdubs
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|additional info           = [[Sheila E.]] vocal overdubs
 
}}
 
}}
 
|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
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'''Sheila E. version'''
 
*[[Sheila E.]] - vocals, percussion
 
*[[Sheila E.]] - vocals, percussion
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
 
*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
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'''Prince version''' (on [[Album: Originals|Originals]])
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*[[Prince]] - all instruments and vocals
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<hr>
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*[[Peggy McCreary]] - engineer
 
|released versions        =
 
|released versions        =
 
{{Songchart|
 
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|1= '''Noon Rendezvous (Edit)'''
 
|1= '''Noon Rendezvous (Edit)'''
 
|2= 3:35
 
|2= 3:35
|3= [[Single: Oliver's House|Oliver's House]] single
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|3= [[Single: Noon Rendezvous|Noon Rendezvous]] single
 
|4= Edit
 
|4= Edit
 
|5=  
 
|5=  
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Noon Rendezvous'''
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|2= 3:00
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|3= [[Album:_Originals|Originals]]
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|4= [[Prince]] vocal version
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|5= Mixed and released in 2019
 
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|broadcasts, streaming    =  
 
|broadcasts, streaming    =  
 
|unreleased versions      =  
 
|unreleased versions      =  
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|1= '''Noon Rendezvous'''
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|2= Studio
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|3= [[Prince]]'s original vocal version, closer to [[Sheila E.]] version, not newly mixed as on the [[Album: Originals|Originals]] album
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|sampled in                =  
 
|sampled in                =  
|first live appearance    = [[07_June 1984|7 June 1984, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
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|first live appearance    = [[07_June 1984|7 June 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]<br>
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* [[24 February 2016-2|24 February 2016 (show 2): Aotea Centre - ASB Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand]]
 
|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All_Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(lyric interpolation in [[Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)]])</small>, [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>
 
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All_Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(lyric interpolation in [[Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)]])</small>, [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>
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|see also                  = [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]] album
 
*[[Sheila E.]]
 
*[[Sheila E.]]
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
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|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
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* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
 
* <b>Copyrights:</b> [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / PAu000615237 / 1984-05-14] supplemented by: [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PAu000674395 / 1984-10-09]. See also: [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / PA0000225843 / 1984-08-13]  
 
* <b>Copyrights:</b> [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / PAu000615237 / 1984-05-14] supplemented by: [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First PAu000674395 / 1984-10-09]. See also: [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / PA0000225843 / 1984-08-13]  
 
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1984]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1984]]
 
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Revision as of 11:34, 21 February 2021

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Noon Rendezvous

Theglamorouslife album.jpg
from the album The Glamorous Life
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from the album Originals
Song details
Performer: Sheila E.; Prince
First Released: 4 June 1984 - The Glamorous Life album
7 June 2019 - Originals album (Prince version)
Album(s): The Glamorous Life
Originals
Writer(s): Prince and Sheila E.
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Sheila E. and The Starr Company on The Glamorous Life)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Noon Rendezvous is the third track on Sheila E.’s first album The Glamorous Life, and in Autumn 1984, Noon Rendezvous was released as the album’s third single. Noon Rendezvous, co-written by Prince and Sheila E., is the only track on the album to have contained writing input from Sheila E. despite the album’s credits stating that she had written all of the songs.

Basic tracking took place on 13 February 1984 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, five days before Another Lonely Christmas). Sheila E.’s vocals were likely recorded in late March or early April 1984 at Sunset Sound.

In 2019, a version with Prince on lead vocals was released as the fourth track on the album Originals. This mix was created specifically for this posthumous release.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
13 February 1984 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Basic tracking
Late March / early April 1984 (estimate) Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Sheila E. vocal overdubs
Recording Personnel

Sheila E. version

  • Sheila E. - vocals, percussion
  • Prince - all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)

Prince version (on Originals)

  • Prince - all instruments and vocals


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Noon Rendezvous 3:50 The Glamorous Life Studio
Noon Rendezvous (Edit) 3:35 Noon Rendezvous single Edit
Noon Rendezvous 3:00 Originals Prince vocal version Mixed and released in 2019


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Noon Rendezvous Studio Prince's original vocal version, closer to Sheila E. version, not newly mixed as on the Originals album
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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