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|song name                = Train
 
|song name                = Train
 
|album image              = [[File:Timewaitsfornoone_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Time Waits For No One]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]] </small>
 
|album image              = [[File:Timewaitsfornoone_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Time Waits For No One]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]] </small>
|single image              = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]
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|single image              = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]
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|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]; [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1989]] - Time Waits For No One album <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album ([[Prince]] version)
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 24|24 May 1989]] - [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]] album <br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album ([[Prince]] version)
  
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]]  
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]]
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[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bell Al Bell], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Banks Homer Banks] and Lester Snell (lead vocal producers)
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bell Al Bell], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Banks Homer Banks] and Lester Snell (lead vocal producers)
 
|previous song            = [[Traffic Jam]]
 
|previous song            = [[Traffic Jam]]
 
|next song                = [[Tres]]
 
|next song                = [[Tres]]
|introduction              = '''Train''' is the fifth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]' first [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]]. In September 2020 [[Prince]]’s original version was released on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set.
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|introduction              = '''Train''' is the fifth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]' first [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]]. In September 2020, [[Prince]]’s original version was released as the first track of ''Vault Tracks part 2'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']].
  
Basic tracking for [[Prince]]’s original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_7|7 July 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota.  
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Basic tracking for [[Prince]]’s original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_7|7 July 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as [[Eggplant]]).  
  
 
[[Prince]]’s version was included as the third track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration of the album [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]]. When [[Prince]] decided not to proceed with the album after disbanding the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]], and concentrated instead on [[Album: Camille|Camille]] and [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (both of which were also aborted), he decided not to include this song, even though it did not contain input from the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]].  
 
[[Prince]]’s version was included as the third track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration of the album [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]]. When [[Prince]] decided not to proceed with the album after disbanding the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]], and concentrated instead on [[Album: Camille|Camille]] and [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (both of which were also aborted), he decided not to include this song, even though it did not contain input from the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]].  
  
[[Prince]] revised the song in late June 1988, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as recording [[Time Waits For No One]] and revising [[Come Home]] and [[I Guess I’m Crazy]]). The song was then sent (along with [[Time Waits For No One]], [[Come Home]] and [[I Guess I’m Crazy]]) to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] in Memphis, Tennessee, where she recorded lead vocal overdubs with producers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bell Al Bell], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Banks Homer Banks] and Lester Snell at Ardent Studios.
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[[Prince]] revised the song in late June 1988, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as recording [[Time Waits For No One]] and revising [[Come Home]] and [[I Guess I’m Crazy]]). The song was then sent (along with [[Time Waits For No One]], [[Come Home]], [[I Guess I’m Crazy]] and [[Interesting]]) to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] in Memphis, Tennessee, where she recorded lead vocal overdubs with producers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bell Al Bell], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Banks Homer Banks] and Lester Snell at Ardent Studios.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_7|7 July 1986]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_7|7 July 1986]]
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_8|8 July 1986]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_8|8 July 1986]]
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Overdubs (inclusing [[Susannah Melvoin]] vox) and mix
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|additional info          = Overdubs, horn overdubs, mix
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_9|9 July 1986]]
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|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Edit, mix, instrumental mix
 
}}
 
}}
 
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]] (Studio A),<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]] (Studio A),<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Additional recording, mixing
 
|additional info          = Additional recording, mixing
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 19|19 July 1986]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Mix
 
}}
 
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*William Brown - backing vocals
 
*William Brown - backing vocals
 
<br>
 
<br>
'''Dream Factory version'''
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'''Prince version'''
 
* [[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
 
* [[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
 
* [[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
 
* [[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
 
* [[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet
 
* [[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet
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<hr>
 
<hr>
 
* [[Eddie Miller]] - Engineer on 1988 session
 
* [[Eddie Miller]] - Engineer on 1988 session
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|1= '''[[Train]]'''
 
|1= '''[[Train]]'''
 
|2= 4:22
 
|2= 4:22
|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
 
|4= Studio
 
|4= Studio
 
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{{Unreleased|
 
{{Unreleased|
 
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|1= '''Train''' (instrumental)
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|2= Studio
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|3= Instrumental mix
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|1= '''Train'''
 
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|1= '''Train'''
 
|1= '''Train'''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
|3= [[Prince]]’s updated version after overdubs
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|3= [[Prince]]’s updated 1988 version after overdubs
 
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|trivia                    =  
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Time Waits For No One|Time Waits For No One]] album
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*[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
 
*[[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] unreleased album
 
*[[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] unreleased album
 
*[[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album
 
*[[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album
*[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] 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:1989]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]]
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* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
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|categories                = [[Category:1989]][[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
 
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 18:19, 26 June 2022

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Train

Timewaitsfornoone album.jpg
from the album Time Waits For No One
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
from the album
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Song details
Performer: Mavis Staples; Prince
First Released: 24 May 1989 - Time Waits For No One album
25 September 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition album (Prince version)
Album(s): Time Waits For No One

Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince; Mavis Staples, Al Bell, Homer Banks and Lester Snell (lead vocal producers)
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

Train is the fifth track on Mavis Staples' first Paisley Park Records album Time Waits For No One. In September 2020, Prince’s original version was released as the first track of Vault Tracks part 2, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition.

Basic tracking for Prince’s original version took place on 7 July 1986 at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as Eggplant).

Prince’s version was included as the third track on the 18 July 1986 configuration of the album Dream Factory. When Prince decided not to proceed with the album after disbanding the Revolution, and concentrated instead on Camille and Crystal Ball (both of which were also aborted), he decided not to include this song, even though it did not contain input from the Revolution.

Prince revised the song in late June 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as recording Time Waits For No One and revising Come Home and I Guess I’m Crazy). The song was then sent (along with Time Waits For No One, Come Home, I Guess I’m Crazy and Interesting) to Mavis Staples in Memphis, Tennessee, where she recorded lead vocal overdubs with producers Al Bell, Homer Banks and Lester Snell at Ardent Studios.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
7 July 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
8 July 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Overdubs, horn overdubs, mix
9 July 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Edit, mix, instrumental mix
27 June 1988 Paisley Park Studios (Studio A),
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Additional recording, mixing
19 July 1986 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Mix
Summer 1988 (assumed) Ardent Studios,
Memphis, TN, USA
Vocal overdubs by Mavis Staples
Recording Personnel

Mavis Staples version


Prince version



Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Train 4:27 Time Waits For No One Studio
Train 4:22 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Studio


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Train (instrumental) Studio Instrumental mix
Train Studio Version with Susannah Melvoin singing lead
Train Studio Prince’s updated 1988 version after overdubs
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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