https://princevault.com/api.php?hidebots=1&days=7&limit=50&target=23_March_2011&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atomPrince Vault - Changes related to "23 March 2011" [en]2024-03-29T11:28:54ZRelated changesMediaWiki 1.26.3https://princevault.com/index.php?title=Scandalous&diff=249475&oldid=244937Scandalous2024-03-28T14:40:20Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* In an [https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance article] published in 2022, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]’director Gary Hines discusses the recording session of the song : ''“We recorded one song, which wound up being [[Scandalous]]. I say that because he remixed or reformatted what we did to where it was a whole ’nother creation. Originally, we were just going to do one song, but it was going so well. We got there probably at 7, 8 o’clock. By this time, it’s midnight. [[Sheila E.]] is actually conducting, or engineering, I should say, most of the session. Then he pulls me aside and says, "Gary Hines, I’m really happy. This is going so well, Gary Hines." I’m not exaggerating. He would do that all the time.”''. In an other [http://www.consciousnessmagazine.com/garyhines.html interview], Hines gives other details about that one and only session involving [[Prince]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]: ''"In addition to the lengthy late nights - early morning phone conversations pouring out heart and soul, then some of the projects we were blessed with him on was like the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack. I’ll never forget he called and said they had this really important project that he wanted us to work with him on. At the time, he couldn’t even tell us what it was, he told us afterwards. He said we probably would stay an hour or two in the studio; of course we were there all night (laugh). We had a great time! In fact, [[Sheila E.]] actually engineered; she was at the console much of the session and [[Prince]] was producing. That was on a Halloween. I will never forget that. Of course there are countless others, but those are among the standouts."''.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* In an [https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance article] published in 2022, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]’director Gary Hines discusses the recording session of the song : ''“We recorded one song, which wound up being [[Scandalous]]. I say that because he remixed or reformatted what we did to where it was a whole ’nother creation. Originally, we were just going to do one song, but it was going so well. We got there probably at 7, 8 o’clock. By this time, it’s midnight. [[Sheila E.]] is actually conducting, or engineering, I should say, most of the session. Then he pulls me aside and says, "Gary Hines, I’m really happy. This is going so well, Gary Hines." I’m not exaggerating. He would do that all the time.”''. In an other [http://www.consciousnessmagazine.com/garyhines.html interview], Hines gives other details about that one and only session involving [[Prince]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]: ''"In addition to the lengthy late nights - early morning phone conversations pouring out heart and soul, then some of the projects we were blessed with him on was like the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack. I’ll never forget he called and said they had this really important project that he wanted us to work with him on. At the time, he couldn’t even tell us what it was, he told us afterwards. He said we probably would stay an hour or two in the studio; of course we were there all night (laugh). We had a great time! In fact, [[Sheila E.]] actually engineered; she was at the console much of the session and [[Prince]] was producing. That was on a Halloween. I will never forget that. Of course there are countless others, but those are among the standouts."''.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Scandalous]] was recorded in mid-October 1988 (two weeks before Halloween), while he was working on both [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] and the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] albums. Although that track is not known to have been considered for those projects, [[Prince]]’s organization was contacted by the people behind the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] film only in mid-december 1988, two months after the recording of the song. Since their contribution was discarded from that track, and that no other recording session with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness] took place, it is likely that their vocals sampled on the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack (the [[The Future]] and possibly [[Batdance]]) come from that session.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [[Scandalous]] was recorded in mid-October 1988 (two weeks before Halloween), while he was working on both [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] and the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] albums. Although that track is not known to have been considered for those projects, [[Prince]]’s organization was contacted by the people behind the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] film only in mid-december 1988, two months after the recording of the song. Since their contribution was discarded from that track, and that no other recording session with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness] took place, it is likely that their vocals sampled on the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack (the [[The Future]] and possibly [[Batdance]]) come from that session.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The track was initially recorded (as '''Let’s Rock''') between 10-21 July 1979 at [[Mountain Ears Sound Studio]] in Boulder, Colorado, during sessions for [[Album: The Rebels (1979)|The Rebels]] album. '''Let’s Rock''' was named after a dance called "The Rock" [[Prince]] had seen in clubs during the summer of 1979 (The dance itself influenced or was influenced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Starr Edwin Starr]’s single "It’s Called The Rock" from his album "Happy Radio" released that year). [[Prince]] wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] declined. It was considered as the opening track for the [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album before being shelved a few years.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The track was initially recorded (as '''Let’s Rock''') between 10-21 July 1979 at [[Mountain Ears Sound Studio]] in Boulder, Colorado, during sessions for [[Album: The Rebels (1979)|The Rebels]] album. '''Let’s Rock''' was named after a dance called "The Rock" [[Prince]] had seen in clubs during the summer of 1979 (The dance itself influenced or was influenced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Starr Edwin Starr]’s single "It’s Called The Rock" from his album "Happy Radio" released that year). [[Prince]] wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] declined. It was considered as the opening track for the [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album before being shelved a few years.  </div></td></tr>
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