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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
|previous song = [[Wall Of Berlin]] | |previous song = [[Wall Of Berlin]] | ||
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− | |introduction = '''Wally''' is an unreleased song originally recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]] at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] | + | |introduction = '''Wally''' is an unreleased song originally recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]] at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (two days after finishing a three-month stay in Los Angeles by recording [[Pony Ride]]). |
− | The original version was a solo recording dealing with [[Prince]]'s break-up with [[Susannah Melvoin]], and thanking [[Wally Safford]] for being his friend. He felt the song was too personal, however, and kept adding layers of percussion and changing the feel of the track. | + | After finishing the song [[Prince]] ordered engineer [[Susan Rogers]] to erase all channels on the the 24-stem recording, against her pleas not to. A new version for which [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Atlanta Bliss]] added horns, was then recorded two days afterwards. |
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+ | The original version was a solo recording dealing with [[Prince]]'s break-up with [[Susannah Melvoin]], and thanking [[Wally Safford]] for being his friend. He felt the song was too personal, however, and kept adding layers of percussion and changing the feel of the track. | ||
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+ | The song is not known to have been considered for inclusion on any configuration of [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] or any other project at the time. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = shortly after 28 December 1986 | |date = shortly after 28 December 1986 | ||
− | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|additional info = Re-recording | |additional info = Re-recording | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = Late December / Early January | + | |date = Late December 1986 / Early January 1987 |
− | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|additional info = Horn overdubs | |additional info = Horn overdubs | ||
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|1= '''Wally''' | |1= '''Wally''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]], | + | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]], original 24-track stems were fully erased |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
|1= '''Wally''' | |1= '''Wally''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= Recorded | + | |3= Recorded shortly after 28 December. |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
− | |trivia = This track is believed to be the only track [[Prince]] has ever deliberately erased in full. | + | |trivia = This track is believed to be the only track [[Prince]] has ever deliberately erased the 24-track stems in full. [[Susan Rogers]] has suggested that a cassette copy might have been made prior to its erasing, but this seems unlikely, as he would have been the only one in a position to make this copy, and she has no recollection of doing so. In 2020, the [[The Prince Estate|Estate]] archivist Michael Howe also stated in an interview that no such cassette was located in the vault. |
* This track is named after [[Wally Safford]]. | * This track is named after [[Wally Safford]]. | ||
|see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | |see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] |
Revision as of 19:06, 28 June 2020
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