"Rubberband" (mix 1-4) are different mixes from the same master. The differences are as follows:
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Mix 1: "Rubberband" voice (unknown) intro at the beginning; Davis' voice saying "Rubberband" heard only once (at 01:16);
Stern's guitar solo is two minutes long. In all four mixes the g solo starts at 3:01.
- Mix 2: as Mix 1 but with an intro (0:05) before "Rubberband" voice (unknown).
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Mix 3: intro (0:05) before "Rubberband" voice (unknown voice); Davis' voice saying "Rubberband" throughout the mix (ca. 10 times);
Stern's guitar solo is short (0:42); add extra percussion.
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Mix 4 (original version): The "Rubberband" voice (unknown) intro is missing, Davis' voice saying "Rubberband" throughout the mix (ca. 10 times);
Davis tpt has echo added in places; Stern's guitar solo is 0:55.
The intro (0:05) and "Rubberband" voice (unknown) from Mix 2 are added at the end.
In a later Rubberband release from 2015, Warner Brothers listed the date as October 22, 1985, and included Steve Reid (perc) among the musicians.
Additional musicians were added when session was remixed and edited in 2018:
Rubberband of Life (5:43)
Rubberband of Life (radio edit) (4:20)
Miles Davis(tpt), Randy Hall (g, voc arr), Attala Zane Giles (voc arr, rhythm arr), Anthony "Mac Nass" Loffman (keyb, d programming, sampling, arr),
Arthur Haynes(b, keyb, d programming, arr), Vince Wilburn Jr.(perc, arr), King Errison (cga, perc), Keith Lewis (voc engineer), Ledisi (Anibade Young) (voc).
Rubberband of Life (instrumental) (5:39)
Miles Davis (tpt), Randy Hall (g, keyb, voc arr), Attala Zane Giles (voc arr, rhythm arr, el-b), Anthony "Mac Nass" Loffman (keyb, d programming, sampling, arr),
Arthur Haynes (b, keyb, d programming, arr), Vince Wilburn Jr.(perc, arr), King Errison (cga,perc).
Rubberband (original version) (6:10)
Miles Davis (tpt, synth, arr), Mike Stern (g), Attala Zane Giles (keyb, d programming, g, arr, b), Randy Hall (g, arr), King Errison (cga, perc),
Vince Wilburn Jr. (d, perc).
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