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|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]]). | |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]]). | ||
− | 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. | + | |
+ | 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. | ||
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. | 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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+ | |date = Autumn – Winter 1986 (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | ||
+ | |additional info = Tracking (as '''Babyless''') | ||
+ | }} | ||
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|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]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = Tracking | + | |additional info = Tracking, overdubs, mix |
}} | }} | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 29|29 | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 29|29]]/[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1986]] |
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking (Version 2), horn overdubs, mix |
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+ | |1= '''Babyless''' | ||
+ | |2= Studio | ||
+ | |3= Piano demo | ||
+ | }} | ||
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|1= '''Wally''' | |1= '''Wally''' | ||
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|see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | |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:2020]] [[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] |
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