The Rock That Keeps Rolling

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The Rock That Keeps Rolling

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Song details
Performer: Prince
Writer(s): Prince (assumed)
Producer(s): Prince (assumed)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

The Rock That Keeps Rolling is an unreleased track, thought to have been recorded in mid-September 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (in the four-day break between European and North American legs of the Lovesexy Tour). Prince recorded vocal overdubs on 25 September 1988, also at Paisley Park Studios (during two days off from the Lovesexy Tour, on the same day as recording overdubs on Billie Holiday and compiling an early configuration of the Graffiti Bridge album, four days before recording Come Back 2 Me). It was mixed on 28 September 1988. Prince worked on the track further on 7 August 1992.

Nothing else is known about the track, which remains unreleased.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Mid-September 1988 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
25 September 1988 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Vocal overdubs
7 August 1992 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Additional work
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
  • Other recording personnel (if any) not known.

Versions
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
The Rock That Keeps Rolling Studio Recorded mid-September 1988
The Rock That Keeps Rolling Studio Final 1988 version after vocal overdubs
The Rock That Keeps Rolling Studio 1992 version after additional work or possible full re-recording


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • This was one of the unreleased songs was played for VIP attendees of the Celebration event held at Paisley Park Studios in June 2023

References
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