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The A Side:
Little Red Corvette (Edit) 3:08
The B Side:
Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix) 4:32
The Brief:
Time for the second annual Paisley June in celebration of Prince’s 54th birthday on June 7. We’ll take a look at some records from the man himself for the first week or so and then move into some related artists to finish out the month.
“Little Red Corvette” can probably be called Prince’s breakthrough single as it is notable for several “firsts” in his career. The single was his first Top 10 on the US pop charts, first to chart higher on the pop charts than the R&B charts and his first video to air on MTV. This promo 7” single features the edit version of the track from ‘1999’ on one side and an edit of the 12” dance remix on the other. Neither of these tracks has appeared on an officially released CD.
I would like to thank my program director at WABR-FM for ruining the “mint condition” of this record by stamping it with that ugly blue stamp of his!
The Billboard Charts:
| Chart | Debuted | Debut Pos. | Peak Pos. | Wks on Chart |
| Hot 100 | 2/26/83 | 66 | 6 | 22 |
| Hot Black Singles | 3/12/83 | 15 | 17 | |
| Hot Dance/Disco | 4/9/83 | 61 | 7 |
The Source:
Label: Warner Brothers Records
Catalog#: 7-29746
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1982
The Equipment:
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Audio Technica AT440MLa Phono Cartridge
Yamaha RX-Z1 A/V Receiver
Sony PCM-R300 DAT Deck
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Scanner
Spin Clean Record Washer MKII
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
Microsoft ICE
The Links:
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password is: funwithvinyl
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“I would like to thank my program director at WABR-FM for ruining the “mint condition” of this record by stamping it with that ugly blue stamp of his!”
Awwwww…poor Richie!
Nonetheless, mint or not, stamped or not, nothing can stop this single from being a brilliant pop capsule of 1983!
Thanks for this 7″ and Happy weekend!
btw, which version they used on the Hits compilation, not the edit?
You’re welcome Ric, your answer is below, courtesy of Christian…
The Hits / The B-Sides used the full album version, at 4:57. However, the 3:08 edit was the soundtrack for the music video and appeared on the The Hits DVD.
Thanks, Richie! I haven’t heard the Dance Mix Edit before.
You’re welcome Christian, apparently, you still haven’t heard the Dance Mix Edit as Tony explains below…
Since the label says that, it must have been planned at some point, and more than likely a mixup at the pressing plant. For the curious, here’s what it would have sounded like, in 320k/s. Right-click and save as…
http://www.widegrooves.com/mojo/Prince_Little_Red_Corvette_(Dance_Mix_Edit).mp3
Nothing really exciting, but it has the different bassline at the end. Cheers.
Tony
I missed this gem and the link is dead….any chance of a repost???? As I have 99% of all Prince viny this has missed me……please
Upon further investigation, it appears to just be a badly formed link in the comment. Try this:
Little Red Corvette (Dance Mix Edit)
Thanks Rich
As it#s the paisley annual – i will dig the Sheila E jap stuff out this weekend
cool!
Too bad the b-side label is a misprint. It has nothing to do with the “dance mix” at all, but is just the album version faded 20 seconds early. The giveaway is there are no guitar overdubs on the “girl U got an ass like I never seen…” and the dance mix has a different bassline following “U must be a limosene…”. I’m not knockin you or your site, Richie, just puttin it out there that if anyone’s looking for an edit of the dance mix, they’re not going to find it here.
Well, thank you Debbie Downer, LOL. Obviously I have never listened that closely and just took the record at face value. No offense taken here, I didn’t press the record and try to pass it off as something it wasn’t!
LOL I SHOULD have made the Debbie Downer face at the end. Cheers anyway.
Sin importar los Comentarios ”tecnicos” es un gran trabajo lo de tu blog richie y ademas educas a mucha gente con tu buen gusto musical…
gracias Jose
Hey, this is a good time to mention this…
I have been listening to your box sets of 7″ Prince rips for the first time, really, this week. I guess the collection of oh-so-familiar tunes never encouraged me to dive in? But I really love the sound. In my car, the discs really shine. My brain also likes the unusual mixes–it wakes me up if the track is too known. And, let’s be honest, when is the last time I listened to “To Whom it May Concern?”?
Thanks.
Thank you Sean. Glad you are giving that set a listen. After compiling it, it was all I listened to for a couple of weeks. Like you, all the songs were familiar to me in the context they were on his albums which I have listened to ad infinitum over the years. But, there’s something different when you listen to this set, with the songs in their edited and radio friendly format. It’s a slice of pop radio history, like having your own 24 hour Prince radio station. Of course, then there are things like “To Whom It May Concern” that kind of make you go, uhhhhhh, OK.
Yeah, some of the pairings were unexpectedly amazing (Peach/Nothing Compares) and will I ever tire of Gold/Rock ‘n Roll is Alive?
But, hey, I love me my “Purple Party Mix” as much as the next guy, but, man, that “Purple Medley” was a load of crap!
Word, I don’t think I’ve listened to “2 Whom It May Concern” since ’92.
It certainly puts you back in a time.
Hey Rich
Awesome Prince stuff again, but I missed Tony R’s dance edit – any chance of a copy of this
Thanks