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|song name = Wonderful Ass | |song name = Wonderful Ass | ||
− | |single image = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] | + | |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'']] album | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_23|23 June 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album |
− | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]<br> | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> |
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Jill Jones]] (lyrics), [[Prince]] (music) (credited to [[Prince]]) |
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]] | |previous song = [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]] | ||
|next song = [[The Word]] | |next song = [[The Word]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Wonderful Ass''' was released posthumously as the seventh track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' | + | |introduction = '''Wonderful Ass''' was released posthumously in 2017, as the seventh track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]. |
− | While specific recording dates have not been confirmed, | + | While specific recording dates have not been confirmed, basic tracking took place in the first two weeks of January 1983 (or in November 1982) at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The track’s lyrics were supposedly inspired by [[Vanity]]. [[Jill Jones]] was in the studio with [[Prince]] during the recording and helped come up with the rhyming words ending in "...ate" at the end of the song. It is unknown if the track was intended for any project at the time of recording, although in 1983 there was some discussion of the track being used by [[Vanity 6]], [[Apollonia 6]] or [[The Time]]. |
− | [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] worked on the track further at [[Sunset Sound]] | + | [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] worked on the track further at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, most likely on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 27|27 September 1984]], adding vocals and possibly other instrumentation. Again, it is not known if this song was intended for any project at the time of additional recording. The liner notes for [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] state that the track was recorded in September 1984, but this refers only to the overdubs by [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] and [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]]. |
The track was later planned for inclusion on the [[Prince and the Revolution]] album [[Album: Roadhouse Garden|Roadhouse Garden]] worked on in 1998-9, but the album remains unreleased. | The track was later planned for inclusion on the [[Prince and the Revolution]] album [[Album: Roadhouse Garden|Roadhouse Garden]] worked on in 1998-9, but the album remains unreleased. | ||
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|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = | + | |date = Early-mid January 1983 |
− | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 27|27 September 1984]] (likely but not confirmed) | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 27|27 September 1984]] <br>(likely but not confirmed) |
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
|additional info = Additional recording by [[Lisa Coleman]] and [[Wendy Melvoin]] | |additional info = Additional recording by [[Lisa Coleman]] and [[Wendy Melvoin]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 28|28 March 1986]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Edits for a possible release as a B-side | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - vocals and guitar | *[[Wendy Melvoin]] - vocals and guitar | ||
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - vocals and keyboards | *[[Lisa Coleman]] - vocals and keyboards | ||
− | '''Unreleased 1982 version''' | + | '''Unreleased 1982 or 1983 version''' |
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[[Jill Jones]] - background vocals | *[[Jill Jones]] - background vocals | ||
+ | <hr> | ||
+ | *[[Don Batts]] - engineer | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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|1= '''Wonderful Ass''' | |1= '''Wonderful Ass''' | ||
|2= 6:24 | |2= 6:24 | ||
− | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> | + | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br> |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
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|1= '''Wonderful Ass''' | |1= '''Wonderful Ass''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= Original | + | |3= Original 1983 [[Prince]] solo recording |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Wonderful Ass''' | ||
+ | |2= Studio | ||
+ | |3= Remix/reworking of updated '84 recording | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Wonderful Ass''' | ||
+ | |2= Studio | ||
+ | |3= Edit(s) from 1986 | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
− | |see also = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album | + | |see also = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album |
* [[Album: Roadhouse Garden|Roadhouse Garden]] unreleased album | * [[Album: Roadhouse Garden|Roadhouse Garden]] unreleased album | ||
* [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]] unreleased album | * [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]] unreleased 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)]]'' | ||
− | * ''Prince | + | * ''[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: | + | |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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