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|introduction = '''Private Joy''' is the fourth track on [[Prince]]’s fourth album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]], and, nine months after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of [[Single: Do Me, Baby|Do Me, Baby]], the album’s third single. | |introduction = '''Private Joy''' is the fourth track on [[Prince]]’s fourth album [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]], and, nine months after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of [[Single: Do Me, Baby|Do Me, Baby]], the album’s third single. | ||
− | The song’s music was re-used (and possibly re-recorded) from the unreleased track [[Dear Uncle George]], recorded earlier in 1981. Basic tracking for '''Private Joy''' took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_16|16 August 1981]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, during a week of final work on the [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] album, following some equipment problems at nearby [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California, where he had been working previously. This marks the first [[Prince]] track recorded at [[Sunset Sound]], therefore ([[Prince]] would continue to work there throughout the 1980s, and return again in 2008). | + | The song’s music was re-used (and possibly re-recorded) from the unreleased track [[Dear Uncle George]], recorded earlier in 1981. Basic tracking for '''Private Joy''' took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_16|16 August 1981]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, during a week of final work on the [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] album, following some equipment problems at nearby [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] in Los Angeles, California, where he had been working previously. This marks the first [[Prince]] track recorded at [[Sunset Sound]], therefore ([[Prince]] would continue to work there throughout the 1980s, and return again in 2008). It;s also the first song [[Prince]] used the Linn LM-1 drum machine on, that would be a staple in his sound for many years to come. |
[[Prince]] later reused the guitar solo in the track [[Orgasm|Poem]] (later edited to become [[Orgasm]]). [[Orgasm]]’s inclusion on [[Album: Come|Come]] marked the first time a substantial musical segment had been used on more than one studio album. | [[Prince]] later reused the guitar solo in the track [[Orgasm|Poem]] (later edited to become [[Orgasm]]). [[Orgasm]]’s inclusion on [[Album: Come|Come]] marked the first time a substantial musical segment had been used on more than one studio album. | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_16|16 August 1981]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_16|16 August 1981]] | ||
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1981|1981]], [[All Concerts#1982|1982]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1981|1981]], [[All Concerts#1982|1982]] | ||
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|see also = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] album | |see also = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] album | ||
|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:1981]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1981]][[Category:Recorded 1981]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]] |
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