Velvet Kitty Cat
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|song name = Velvet Kitty Cat
|single image = 
from the album Purple Rain Deluxe
|performer = Prince (Prince and the Revolution)
|first released = 23 June 2017 - Purple Rain Deluxe album
|album(s) = Purple Rain Deluxe
|writer(s) = Prince
|producer(s) = Prince
|previous song = Vagina
|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 Purple Rain Deluxe.
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Basic tracking took place on 20 April 1983 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California (on the same day as My Love Belongs To You, 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).
The track was long thought to have been recorded for possible use on The Time's third album Ice Cream Castle, but [[Morris Day never recorded vocals for it and the song was not included on any known configuration of the album. It was however also considered initially for Vanity 6's aborted follow-up album and later for the Apollonia 6 album that came in its place.
In May 1985 Prince revised the track by recording a rockabilly version of it, not dissimilar sounding to the rendition of Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On as played live with The Revolution in 1986.
While a solo recording, it is listed here as a Prince and the Revolution track as it was released as a bonus track on the Purple Rain Deluxe 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. |recording info = |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|20 April 1983 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Late April or early May 1983 (assumed) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|overdubs (assumed) |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Early May 1985 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking of new version |recording personnel = Released version
- Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
1985 version
- Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
|released versions =
| Title | Length | Released | Version | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velvet Kitty Kat | 2:42 | Purple Rain Deluxe (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased) |
Studio |
|unreleased versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Unreleased Versions
|- | valign="top"|
| Title | Version | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|
| Velvet Kitty Cat | Studio | Re-recording from early May 1985 |
|video versions = |broadcasts, streaming = |sampled in = |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince |performed regularly on = none |performed occasionally in = none |trivia = The drum machine used on Velvet Kitty Cat is the Roland TR-606, making it the only known song where Prince used this drum machine. |see also = Purple Rain Deluxe album
- Purple Rain movie
- Vanity 6
- Apollonia 6
|references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)
|categories = }}
