Difference between revisions of "Possessed"
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|song name = Possessed | |song name = Possessed | ||
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|album image = [[File:Princeandtherevolutiondoublelive vhs.jpg|60px|link=Home_Video:_Double_Live]] <br><small> from the home video [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] --> | |album image = [[File:Princeandtherevolutiondoublelive vhs.jpg|60px|link=Home_Video:_Double_Live]] <br><small> from the home video [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] --> | ||
| − | |single image = | + | |single image = [File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] |
|performer = [[Prince and the Revolution]] | |performer = [[Prince and the Revolution]] | ||
| − | |first released = December 1985 - [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS | + | |first released = December 1985 - [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album (studio version) |
| − | |album(s) = | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] |
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|introduction = '''Possessed''' was released in a live version as the eighth track on the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS in a double VHS case sometimes referred to as '''Double Live''', (later re-released as a single VHS). No audio version of the track has been released. | |introduction = '''Possessed''' was released in a live version as the eighth track on the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS in a double VHS case sometimes referred to as '''Double Live''', (later re-released as a single VHS). No audio version of the track has been released. | ||
| − | Initial tracking took place | + | Initial tracking took place in August 1983 with [[The Revolution]] at [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, MN [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. A new version, recorded from scratch was tracked on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_17|17 March 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA for use in [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. A short instrumental portion of this version plays in the movie in the background of a scene in which [[Morris Day]] tries to seduce [[Apollonia]]. |
The song is dedicated to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown] in the credits of the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS. | The song is dedicated to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown] in the credits of the [[Home_Video:_Double_Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS. | ||
| − | + | The 1984 studio version (incorrectly attributed as the 1983 version) was released as the sixth track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album in June 2017. | |
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| − | |date = | + | |date = August 1983 |
| − | |studio = | + | |studio = [[The Warehouse]], St. Louis Park, MN, USA |
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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| − | '''Prince and the Revolution: Live version | + | '''Prince and the Revolution: Live version & 1983 studio version ''' |
*[[Prince]] - vocals and guitar | *[[Prince]] - vocals and guitar | ||
*[[Bobby Z.]] - drums | *[[Bobby Z.]] - drums | ||
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*[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards | *[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards | ||
*[[Dr. Fink]] - keyboards | *[[Dr. Fink]] - keyboards | ||
| − | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone (only on live version) |
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'''1984 studio version''' | '''1984 studio version''' | ||
| − | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments |
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|3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc <br> | |3= [[Home_Video:_Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc <br> | ||
| − | + | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]] | |
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | |5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | ||
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