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|song name = Velvet Kitty Cat | |song name = Velvet Kitty Cat | ||
| − | |single image = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] | + | |single image = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] |
|performer = [[Prince]] ([[Prince and the Revolution]]) | |performer = [[Prince]] ([[Prince and the Revolution]]) | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album | ||
| − | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> |
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Vavoom]] | |previous song = [[Vavoom]] | ||
|next song = [[Venus De Milo]] | |next song = [[Venus De Milo]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Velvet Kitty Cat''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the eighth track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]. | + | |introduction = '''Velvet Kitty Cat''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the eighth track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]. |
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (three days after [[Chocolate]], two days after [[Prince]] fired [[Jimmy Jam]] and [[Terry Lewis]] from [[The Time]], and the same day as recording [[My Love Belongs To You]] and [[Sleazy]]). | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (three days after [[Chocolate]], two days after [[Prince]] fired [[Jimmy Jam]] and [[Terry Lewis]] from [[The Time]], and the same day as recording [[My Love Belongs To You]] and [[Sleazy]]). | ||
| − | The track was recorded in a session with other songs for [[The Time]] and they were listed as the artist on the session, but [[Morris Day]] never recorded vocals for it and the song was not included on any known configuration of [[The Time]]’s third album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]. It was however considered initially for [[Vanity 6]]’s [[Album: Vanity 6 (1984)|aborted sophomore album]] and later for the [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] album that came in its place. | + | The track was recorded in a session with other songs for [[The Time]] and they were listed as the artist on the session, but [[Morris Day]] never recorded vocals for it and the song was not included on any known configuration of [[The Time]]’s third album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]. It was however considered initially for [[Vanity 6]]’s [[Album: Vanity 6 (1984)|aborted sophomore album]] and later for the [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] album that came in its place. And it seems a version with [[Susan Moonsie]]’s vocals was tried out at some point. |
| − | + | On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 2|2 May 1985]] (in a session started the previous day, but tracking this began after midnight on the 1st) Prince revised the track by recording a rockabilly version of it with members of [[The Revolution]], not dissimilar sounding to the rendition of [[Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On]] as played live with [[The Revolution]] in 1986. This version was included as the seventh track on the configuration of [[Album: Parade|Parade]] made the same day, but was removed before the album’s release. | |
| − | While a solo recording, | + | While a solo recording, the 1983 version is listed here as a [[Prince and the Revolution]] track as it was released as a bonus track on the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album, which is credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. |
It is unknown if the track has any link to [[Mink Kitty Cat]], originally recorded in 1981, but it is possible this is simply an update of that song. | It is unknown if the track has any link to [[Mink Kitty Cat]], originally recorded in 1981, but it is possible this is simply an update of that song. | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April 1983]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April 1983]] | ||
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = Late April or early May 1983 (assumed) | |date = Late April or early May 1983 (assumed) | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | ||
| − | |additional info = overdubs (assumed) | + | |additional info = overdubs (assumed), including possibly [[Susan Moonsie]] vox |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 2|2 May 1985]] <br> <small>(2 different session, running over from May 1st and starting in afternoon of May 2nd).</small> |
| − | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking, overdubs and mix (new version) |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
''Released version'' | ''Released version'' | ||
| − | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments |
<hr> | <hr> | ||
| − | *[[Peggy McCreary]] - | + | *[[Peggy McCreary]] - engineer |
'''1985 version''' | '''1985 version''' | ||
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed) | ||
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|1= '''Velvet Kitty Cat''' | |1= '''Velvet Kitty Cat''' | ||
|2= 2:42 | |2= 2:42 | ||
| − | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe | + | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
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|1= '''Velvet Kitty Cat''' | |1= '''Velvet Kitty Cat''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= Re-recording from | + | |3= Version with [[Susan Moonsie]] vocals |
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
| + | |1= '''Velvet Kitty Cat''' | ||
| + | |2= Studio | ||
| + | |3= Re-recording from May 1985 | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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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)]'' | ||
| − | |categories = [[Category: | + | * ''[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:2017]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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