Difference between revisions of "Album: Crystal Ball 1986"
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|date = Early 1987 | |date = Early 1987 | ||
|label = [[Paisley Park Records]] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] (assumed) | |label = [[Paisley Park Records]] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] (assumed) | ||
− | |studios = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; <!-- Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA; --> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA; [[25 August | + | |studios = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; <!-- Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA; --> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA; [[25 August 1986|Le Zénith]], Paris, France |
|previous year = 1986 | |previous year = 1986 | ||
|previous album = Album: Camille | |previous album = Album: Camille | ||
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|next album = Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic | |next album = Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic | ||
|next album link = [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] | |next album link = [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Crystal Ball''' is an unreleased triple-album by [[Prince]] (although planned for release under the pseudonym [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]), and was compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November | + | |introduction = '''Crystal Ball''' is an unreleased triple-album by [[Prince]] (although planned for release under the pseudonym [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]), and was compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]], using tracks from the abandoned [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] and [[Album: Camille|Camille]] albums which had been worked on earlier in the year. Other than the title track, it is entirely different to the 1998 triple-CD release [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]. |
The late 1986 project was submitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] for release, but they felt the album would be more effective if condensed; seven of the tracks were removed, and with some additions and variations, the work eventually evolved into [[Prince]]'s next album release (under his own name), [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. The differences are substantial enough, however, that the album deserves its own entry here. | The late 1986 project was submitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] for release, but they felt the album would be more effective if condensed; seven of the tracks were removed, and with some additions and variations, the work eventually evolved into [[Prince]]'s next album release (under his own name), [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. The differences are substantial enough, however, that the album deserves its own entry here. | ||
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These would have all been included in the same form as planned for the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album. In addition, several tracks from the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album were included: [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]], [[It]], [[Starfish And Coffee]], [[Slow Love]], [[Hot Thing]], [[Crystal Ball]], [[I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man]], [[Sign O' The Times]] and [[The Cross]]. | These would have all been included in the same form as planned for the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album. In addition, several tracks from the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album were included: [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]], [[It]], [[Starfish And Coffee]], [[Slow Love]], [[Hot Thing]], [[Crystal Ball]], [[I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man]], [[Sign O' The Times]] and [[The Cross]]. | ||
− | The album includes a few tracks not included on either previous project: [[Joy In Repetition]] (recorded in mid-July | + | The album includes a few tracks not included on either previous project: [[Joy In Repetition]] (recorded in mid-July 1986), [[The Ball]] (recorded in late July 1986), [[Forever In My Life]] (recorded in early August 1986), [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] (recorded live in late August 1986, but only worked on in the studio in late November 1986), [[Adore]] (for this album still with the title ''Adore: Until The end Of Time'') and [[Play In The Sunshine]] (both recorded in late November 1986, after the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] album was shelved). |
Unlike the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album, which included alternate, unreleased versions of many tracks, all tracks would have been included in the same form as released on [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]], with some minor exceptions: [[If I Was Your Girlfriend]] omitted the prelude, which was recorded at a later date (the version began in the same way as the single edit, with the drum on the 'two' beat); additionally, [[Play In The Sunshine]] segued differently from [[Rebirth Of The Flesh]] than it does from [[Sign O' The Times]] on its official release. | Unlike the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album, which included alternate, unreleased versions of many tracks, all tracks would have been included in the same form as released on [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]], with some minor exceptions: [[If I Was Your Girlfriend]] omitted the prelude, which was recorded at a later date (the version began in the same way as the single edit, with the drum on the 'two' beat); additionally, [[Play In The Sunshine]] segued differently from [[Rebirth Of The Flesh]] than it does from [[Sign O' The Times]] on its official release. | ||
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[[Prince]] is known to have questioned the order of the album's final two tracks. It has long been believed that the final side was sequenced [[The Cross]] / [[Adore]] / [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] (eventually reversing the order of the final two tracks on [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]), but an in-house cassette sequence of the album shows the order to be the same as [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]: [[The Cross]] / [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] / [[Adore]]. Of note, however, is that [[Adore]] was listed as [[Adore|Adore (Until The End Of Time)]], using the song's first lyric as a parenthetical title for the track. | [[Prince]] is known to have questioned the order of the album's final two tracks. It has long been believed that the final side was sequenced [[The Cross]] / [[Adore]] / [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] (eventually reversing the order of the final two tracks on [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]), but an in-house cassette sequence of the album shows the order to be the same as [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]: [[The Cross]] / [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] / [[Adore]]. Of note, however, is that [[Adore]] was listed as [[Adore|Adore (Until The End Of Time)]], using the song's first lyric as a parenthetical title for the track. | ||
− | When the project was developed into [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] (in late December | + | When the project was developed into [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]] (in late December 1986), 15 of the 22 tracks were kept; only [[U Got The Look]] was a new addition, recorded in late December 1986. |
Most of the remaining tracks have since been released elsewhere, however. [[Shockadelica]] was released as the b-side of [[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] in 1987 (the version included on '''Crystal Ball''' was released as [[Shockadelica]] (Extended Version) on the 12" release). [[Good Love]] was available in the same form on the [[Album: Bright Lights, Big City|Bright Lights, Big City]] movie soundtrack in 1988. | Most of the remaining tracks have since been released elsewhere, however. [[Shockadelica]] was released as the b-side of [[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] in 1987 (the version included on '''Crystal Ball''' was released as [[Shockadelica]] (Extended Version) on the 12" release). [[Good Love]] was available in the same form on the [[Album: Bright Lights, Big City|Bright Lights, Big City]] movie soundtrack in 1988. |
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