Difference between revisions of "Slave 2 The System"
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The reason for the tracks being combined and tracked as only one track is not known. | The reason for the tracks being combined and tracked as only one track is not known. | ||
− | In early-to-mid 1995, [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) re-recorded the track at [[Paisley Park Studios]] using entirely different music, including gentle strings, probably provided by [[Clare Fischer]]’s orchestra. | + | In early-to-mid 1995, [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) re-recorded the track at [[Paisley Park Studios]] using entirely different music, including gentle strings, probably provided by [[Clare Fischer]]’s orchestra. Oddly, [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] kept the reference to [[Sonny T.]]’s family name in the new version (''"Thompson’s my last name, but my daddy’s name is Lloyd''"). |
A marching drum pattern from the track was sampled from [[Ain’t No Place Like U]], and was also used on the released version of [[Slave]], which contains some lyrical and musical similarities to '''Slave 2 The System''', but is otherwise a different song. | A marching drum pattern from the track was sampled from [[Ain’t No Place Like U]], and was also used on the released version of [[Slave]], which contains some lyrical and musical similarities to '''Slave 2 The System''', but is otherwise a different song. | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1994]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1994]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking ([[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] version) |
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|date = Early-to-mid 1995 | |date = Early-to-mid 1995 | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] version) |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = During the posthumous 2022 edition of the ''Prince Celebration'' at [[Venue: Paisley Park Studios|Paisley Park Studios]], lyric sheets for [[Funky 4 No Reason]], a note titled '''Spy''' (with lyrics from [[Baby I’m A Star]]) and '''Free The Slave'''. '''Free The Slave''' is possibly an alternative title for either [[Slave]] or [[Slave 2 The System]] and is therefore not considered as a different song (until further information, if any, becomes available). |
|see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | |see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | ||
*[[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] album | *[[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] album | ||
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*[[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album | *[[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] 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:1994]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Unreleased | + | |categories = [[Category:1994]][[Category:Recorded 1994]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]] |
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