I've always dug the Coke bottle percussion on Cool and Jungle Love. The inspiration for these was probably Don't Stop Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson. I'm sure Morris could confirm that - he said in his book that he and Prince were listening to a lot of songs they liked while recording the first Time album.

Sherilyn Fenn said she was in the room for the recording of the Coke bottles on Jungle Love at Sunset Sound. (She said it was Cool, but the year she mentioned after seeing the 1999 tour and the location had to be Jungle Love.)

Only a week ago, someone on Michael Jackson's recording team made a video that talked about who played the Coke bottles on Don't Stop Til You Get Enough. Sheila E recently said that it was her.

Michael and his siblings did record the Coke bottles for the demo version, but not the final version.

The video says that John Van Nest, who was in the studio when the Coke bottles were recorded, said they were definitely played by Paulinho da Costa, not Sheila.

A commenter on the video said Sheila did play uncredited on that Michael Jackson album, but on the George Duke song, "I Can't Help It," which makes sense because Sheila did lots of great work with George Duke, both live and in the studio.

The commenter said "The best way to determine that it's Paulinho is to.... wait for it.... to listen to it - it's as clear as the sun rising in the morning who does that stuff on the final mix. Seriously. A musician knows. Shelia did play on the record uncredited (otw) but she played on the Duke session, I Can't Help It, not DSTYGE. and wait for it. you can hear it. if you are actually listening. it's right there in the grooves. Bottom line, if you are a player, you can tell the difference between Sheila and Pauilnho, it's why you love them both."

https://www.youtube.com/w...BYDIZPHCGY

[Edited 4/3/26 18:02pm]