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| − | |introduction = '''The Other Side Of The Pillow''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''The Other Side Of The Pillow''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]’s 21st album [[Album: The Truth|The Truth]] (his fifth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). In 2002, a live version was also included as the seventh track on the first disc of [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Prince]]’s first live album (along with [[Muse 2 The Pharaoh]], [[Mellow]] and [[Strange Relationship]] from the same show), and a slightly edited version had been included seven months earlier as the fourth track on the [[Single: One Nite Alone... Live EP|One Nite Alone... Live EP]] promotional CD. |
| − | Specific recording dates | + | Specific recording dates are not known, but was recorded in the winter of 1996 / 1997 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, when sessions for the album took place. The song was performed on the [[One Nite Alone... Tour]] in 2002. [[Prince]] re-recorded '''The Other Side Of The Pillow''' with [[Maceo Parker]] (who was a band member on the [[One Nite Alone... Tour]]) in studio that year but, according to [[Maceo Parker|Parker]], they never got to finish it. He re-recorded the track (as '''Other Side Of The Pillow''') after [[Prince]]’s passing and included it on his album ''Soul Food: Cooking With Maceo'' released in 2020. As his new version contains no [[Prince]] input, it is not listed below. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = | + | |date = December 1996 - March 1997 |
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = | ||
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| + | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| + | |date = 2002 | ||
| + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
| + | |additional info = Re-recording with [[Maceo Parker]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
'''Studio version''' | '''Studio version''' | ||
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments | *[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments | ||
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| + | * [[Hans-Martin Buff]] - engineer | ||
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'''Live version''' | '''Live version''' | ||
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|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
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| + | |1= '''The Other Side Of The Pillow''' | ||
| + | |2= Studio | ||
| + | |3= Unfinished 2002 re-recording with [[Maceo Parker]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
|first live appearance = [[05_January 2002|5 January 2002, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <br> | |first live appearance = [[05_January 2002|5 January 2002, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <br> | ||
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|performed regularly on = [[One Nite Alone... Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[One Nite Alone... Tour]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2002|2002]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2002|2002]] | ||
| − | |trivia = | + | |trivia = The credits on the 2021 re-release of [[Album: The Truth|The Truth]] wrongly lists [[John Blackwell]], [[Rhonda Smith]], [[Renato Neto]], [[Najee]] and [[Greg Boyer]] as additional musicians on [[The Other Side Of The Pillow]]. The version included on '''The Truth''' is a solo performance by [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. He didn’t meet most of them until after this album was recorded. [[John Blackwell|Blackwell]], [[Rhonda Smith|Smith]], [[Renato Neto|Neto]], [[Najee]] and [[Greg Boyer|Boyer]] play on the live version of the song recorded five years later and included on [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]]. |
|see also = [[Album: The Truth|The Truth]] | |see also = [[Album: The Truth|The Truth]] | ||
|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:1998]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1998]][[Category:Recorded 1996]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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