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|introduction = '''Susannah’s Pajamas''' is the seventh track on [[The Family]]’s first and only album [[Album: The Family|The Family]], and, two months after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of [[Single: High Fashion|High Fashion]], the album’s second and final single. '''Susannah’s Pajamas''' was written by [[Prince]] and [[Eric Leeds]], but credited only to [[Eric Leeds]]. | |introduction = '''Susannah’s Pajamas''' is the seventh track on [[The Family]]’s first and only album [[Album: The Family|The Family]], and, two months after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of [[Single: High Fashion|High Fashion]], the album’s second and final single. '''Susannah’s Pajamas''' was written by [[Prince]] and [[Eric Leeds]], but credited only to [[Eric Leeds]]. | ||
− | Basic tracking (under the track’s original title, '''Mazarati'''), took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_22|22 June 1984]] at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie, MN, USA (five days before tracking of [[High Fashion]], [[Mutiny]] and [[Desire]]). The track was originally intended for [[Mazarati]]’s album [[Album: Mazarati|Mazarati]], but when it was used instead for [[The Family]], [[Prince]] changed the title. A track titled '''BMW''' appears on an undated early work-in-progress configuration of the album, and this is believed to be the same track renamed after a different make of car. It was then renamed after [[Susannah Melvoin]]. On an acetate made of the LP, the content of which was not different from what was eventually released, the song was titled "Susannah’s Clothes". | + | Basic tracking (under the track’s original title, '''Mazarati'''), took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_22|22 June 1984]] at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie, MN, USA (five days before tracking of [[High Fashion]], [[Mutiny]] and [[Desire]]). Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] were recorded a few days later, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_2|2 July 1984]]. The track was originally intended for [[Mazarati]]’s album [[Album: Mazarati|Mazarati]], but when it was used instead for [[The Family]], [[Prince]] changed the title. A track titled '''BMW''' appears on an undated early work-in-progress configuration of the album, and this is believed to be the same track renamed after a different make of car. It was then renamed after [[Susannah Melvoin]]. On an acetate made of the LP, the content of which was not different from what was eventually released, the song was titled "Susannah’s Clothes". |
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|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)]]'' | ||
* ''[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)]'' | * ''[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)]'' | ||
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