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Pink Cashmere is the 13th track (second of two new tracks) on Prince’s first compilation album The Hits 1 (also included as the first disc of The Hits / The B-Sides), and, two weeks prior to the album’s release, Pink Cashmere was released as the album’s first single (in North America, Europe and Australia).
In 1996, the track was included as the second track on the soundtrack album Girl 6 (a compilation of music by Prince and associated artists for the movie Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee).
Basic tracking took place on 10 June 1988, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, in the same session that yielded Times Squared and Pickle, and one day before the later Chaka Khan song Sticky Wicked). The session actually started on 9 June with the other songs, but Prince did not commence work on Pink Cashmere until 2 a.m. on the 10th.
The synths from the basic tracking session were added to by Clare Fischer’s orchestration at Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles, California at a later date.
A remix of Pink Cashmere by DJ Brother Jules (with additional vocals by Minneapolis reggae artist Prince Jabba) was included as the b-side of a promotional single for Pope released in the UK in 1994 (and withdrawn shortly after).
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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| Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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| 10 June 1988
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Paisley Park Studios - Studio B,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Tracking
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| July/August 1990
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Mad Hatter Studios
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Orchestral overdubs
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| Late 1993 - early 1994 (assumed)
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Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Remix by DJ Brother Jules
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Recording Personnel
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- Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
- Clare Fischer - string orchestration
- String performers not credited
- Prince Jabba - additional vocals (on the 12" Remix only)
- Shaun Steppa Roberts - additional background vocals (on the 12" Remix only - assumed)
- Sean Dee - additional background vocals (on the 12" Remix only - assumed)
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Video Versions
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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| Pink Cashmere
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3:41
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Promotional release only
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Promo video
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See Pink Cashmere video for more details
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| Pink Cashmere
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2:49
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Promotional release only
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Promo video (different from above)
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See Pink Cashmere video for more details
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Unreleased Versions
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Version
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Additional Info
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| Pink Cashmere
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Studio
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Includes synths before being replaced by string orchestration
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| Pink Cashmere Mix #1
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Studio/Remix
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exists as an edit and full version
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| Pink Cashmere Mix #2
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Studio/Remix
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exists as an edit and full version
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| Pink Cashmere Wild Mix
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Studio/Remix
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Additional Information
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See also
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Trivia
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- Although Anna Fantastic said she got a cassette with the song together with an actual pink cashmere coat, somewhere in the second half of 1988, another girl named Vivian that Prince was seeing at the time he recorded the song, thinks she also could have been inspiration for it. She used to call Prince ’my little man' – as he sings in the lyrics, and he played her the song one time while picking her up from the airport, providing her with the lyrics to read. Vivian would later play the part of 'Miss Thang' in T.C. Ellis' video for the song with the same name.
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References
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