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|song name = Wally | |song name = Wally | ||
− | |single image = [[File: | + | |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 = [[Prince]] | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album |
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] |
− | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |performer = [[Prince]] |
+ | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
+ | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Wall Of Berlin]] | |previous song = [[Wall Of Berlin]] | ||
− | |next song = [[ | + | |next song = [[Wanderlust]] |
− | |introduction = '''Wally''' is | + | |introduction = '''Wally''' is a 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 [[Ponyride]]). |
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+ | The song was first recorded as a piano demo titled '''Babyless''' and borrows lyrics from the 1983 unreleased track [[Billy]]. | ||
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+ | After finishing the song, [[Prince]] ordered engineer [[Susan Rogers]] to erase all channels on 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. Allegedly 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. In September 2020, the re-recorded version was released as the fifth track of ''Vault Tracks part 3'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. | ||
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|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = | + | |date = Autumn – Winter 1986 (assumed) |
− | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking (as '''Babyless''') |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December | + | |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 = Tracking, overdubs, mix |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 29|29]]/[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1986]] |
− | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking (Version 2), horn overdubs, mix |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | ''' | + | '''Released version''' |
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*[[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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+ | '''Unreleased original version''' | ||
+ | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
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+ | |released versions = | ||
+ | {{Songchart| | ||
+ | |line = | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Wally''' | ||
+ | |2= 4:45 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
+ | {{SongUnreleased| | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
|line= | |line= | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''Babyless''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= Piano demo |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
|1= '''Wally''' | |1= '''Wally''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December | + | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 28|28 December 1986]], original 24-track stems were fully erased. No longer exists. |
}} | }} | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
|1= '''Wally''' | |1= '''Wally''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= Moderately different mix with slightly alternate ending |
+ | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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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 = [[ | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] 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:1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] |
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