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|date = Late 2000 | |date = Late 2000 | ||
|label = [[NPG Records]] | |label = [[NPG Records]] | ||
| − | |studios = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | + | |studios = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[North Arm Drive Home Studio]], Orono, MN, USA; [[Record Plant Remote - Mobile Truck]] (from New York, NY in Minneapolis, MN USA) at [[First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA; [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[The Complex Studios]], Los Angeles, CA, USA; [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Universal Recording Corporation]], Chicago, IL, USA; Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA (assumed) |
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The album was announced during [[Prince: A Celebration]] in June 2000, when iMac computer screens at [[Paisley Park Studios]] offered names of a selection of albums for fans to vote for to be released next, and within the option for '''Crystal Ball Volume II''' track names were shown which users could vote on for inclusion on the album. The list showed 22 tracks, and 17 tracks were eventually chosen by fans. If '''Crystal Ball Volume II''' followed the model of the first album, with ten tracks per disc, it seems that three other tracks had already been selected and were not shown for voting, but it is not known which three tracks these were (if this is indeed accurate). | The album was announced during [[Prince: A Celebration]] in June 2000, when iMac computer screens at [[Paisley Park Studios]] offered names of a selection of albums for fans to vote for to be released next, and within the option for '''Crystal Ball Volume II''' track names were shown which users could vote on for inclusion on the album. The list showed 22 tracks, and 17 tracks were eventually chosen by fans. If '''Crystal Ball Volume II''' followed the model of the first album, with ten tracks per disc, it seems that three other tracks had already been selected and were not shown for voting, but it is not known which three tracks these were (if this is indeed accurate). | ||
| − | The tracks offered and voted for include a much wider scope of recording sessions than the original [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] set, mostly ranging from 1980-1991 (with one track recorded in 1999). [[American Jam]] was the earliest-known recording to be included, recorded in May or June 1980. [[Strange Way|Strange Way Of Saying Eye Love U]] was recorded at some point in 1981 (under its original title, [[Strange Way]]). [[Turn It Up]] was recorded in mid-January 1982, along with [[ | + | The tracks offered and voted for include a much wider scope of recording sessions than the original [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] set, mostly ranging from 1980-1991 (with one track recorded in 1999). [[American Jam]] was the earliest-known recording to be included, recorded in May or June 1980. [[Strange Way|Strange Way Of Saying Eye Love U]] was recorded at some point in 1981 (under its original title, [[Strange Way]]). [[Turn It Up]] was recorded in mid-January 1982, along with [[You’re All I Want|U’re All Eye Want]] (using its original title, [[You’re All I Want]]), which also had significant work done on it in mid-May 1991. [[Extraloveable|Xtraloveable]] was recorded in early April 1982 (under its original title, [[Extraloveable]]), with some additional recording in 1983. [[Prince]]’s original version of [[Girl O’ My Dreams]] first recorded in Spring-Summer 1982 , then re-recorded in June 1986. [[Lust U Always]] was also recorded at some point in 1982. [[Wonderful Ass]] was recorded in late November 1982 or early 1983, with significant additional work by [[Lisa Coleman]] and [[Wendy Melvoin]] in 1984. [[Electric Intercourse]] is thought to be the live recording made on [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983]] at [[03_August 1983|First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA (during the same concert where the released live versions of [[I Would Die 4 U]], [[Baby I’m A Star]] and [[Purple Rain]] were also recorded). [[Katrina’s Paper Dolls]] was recorded in March 1983. [[Love And Sex]] was recorded in late February 1984 but [[Prince]] later reused the title for an otherwise-unrelated [[Love And Sex-1|1986 recording]]. It is not known which song was selected for this compilation. [[Others Here With Us]] and [[Evolsidog]] were recorded in mid-April 1985. [[Kiss|Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)]] (a previously-unreleased version, distinct from [[Kiss|Kiss (Extended Version)]]) is presumably a mix from early 1986. [[Everybody Want What They Don’t Got]] and [[Adonis & Bathsheba]] were recorded in July 1986. [[3 Nigs Watchin’ A Kung Fu Movie]] was recorded in early January 1987. [[I Wonder|Eye Wonder]] was recorded in August 1989 (using the original title, [[I Wonder]]). [[What Should B Souled]] was the latest-known recording to be included, from early Summer 1999 (the only one recorded while using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). |
| − | The following tracks were on the initial list, but were not selected by fans for the album: [[ | + | The following tracks were on the initial list, but were not selected by fans for the album: [[She’s Just A Baby]] (recorded early 1981), [[If It’ll Make U Happy]] (recorded early April 1982), [[Girl]] (which may have been an alternate version of the b-side of [[Single: America|America]], originally recorded in Spring-Summer 1982 or [[Prince]]’s original version of [[The Time]]’s track [[The Time: Girl|Girl]], recorded in April 1981, or an entirely different track), [[Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)]] (already released as the b-side of the 12" version of [[Single: Let’s Work|Let’s Work]] (in the USA and Canada only) and in 1993, included on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] compilation (included as the third and final disc on [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]) and [[Come Elektra Tuesday]] (recorded late May 1985). |
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| + | [[Extraloveable|Xtraloveable]] was re-recorded and released by [[Prince]] in 2011. Many of the other songs planned or selected for this compilation were released posthumously on the ''Deluxe Expanded'' edition of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain]] in 2017 ([[Wonderful Ass]], [[Katrina’s Paper Dolls]] and the studio version of [[Electric Intercourse]]), the ''Super Deluxe'' editions of [[Album:_1999_Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] in 2019 ([[If It’ll Make U Happy]], [[Turn It Up]] and [[You’re All I Want|U’re All Eye Want]]) and [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times]] in 2020 ([[Adonis & Bathsheba]], [[Everybody Want What They Don’t Got]]). The two songs recorded with the title ''Love And Sex'' were both released in 2017 (the [[Love And Sex|1984 track]]) and 2020 [[Love And Sex-1|the 1986 track]]. | ||
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| + | [[3 Nigs Watchin’ A Kung Fu Movie]], [[American Jam]], [[Evolsidog]], [[I Wonder|Eye Wonder]], [[Lust U Always]], [[Others Here With Us]], [[Strange Way|Strange Way Of Saying Eye Love U]] and the alternate versions of [[Kiss|Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)]], [[Girl O’ My Dreams]] and [[Extraloveable|Xtraloveable]] remain unreleased. | ||
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|format = CD | |format = CD | ||
|tracklisting = Full tracklisting is not known, but the 17 tracks listed below were voted for inclusion on the album (listed below in alphabetical order): | |tracklisting = Full tracklisting is not known, but the 17 tracks listed below were voted for inclusion on the album (listed below in alphabetical order): | ||
| − | * <b>[[3 Nigs | + | * <b>[[3 Nigs Watchin’ A Kung Fu Movie]]</b> |
| − | * <b>[[Adonis | + | * <b>[[Adonis & Bathsheba]]</b> |
* <b>[[American Jam]]</b> | * <b>[[American Jam]]</b> | ||
* <b>[[Electric Intercourse]]</b> | * <b>[[Electric Intercourse]]</b> | ||
| − | * <b>[[Everybody Want What They | + | * <b>[[Everybody Want What They Don’t Got]]</b> |
* <b>[[Evolsidog]]</b> | * <b>[[Evolsidog]]</b> | ||
| − | * <b>[[Girl | + | * <b>[[Girl O’ My Dreams]]</b> |
* <b>[[I Wonder|Eye Wonder]]</b> | * <b>[[I Wonder|Eye Wonder]]</b> | ||
| − | * <b>[[ | + | * <b>[[Katrina’s Paper Dolls]]</b> |
* <b>[[Kiss|Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)]] </b> | * <b>[[Kiss|Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)]] </b> | ||
* <b>[[Love And Sex]]</b> | * <b>[[Love And Sex]]</b> | ||
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* <b>[[Strange Way|Strange Way Of Saying Eye Love U]]</b> | * <b>[[Strange Way|Strange Way Of Saying Eye Love U]]</b> | ||
* <b>[[Turn It Up]]</b> | * <b>[[Turn It Up]]</b> | ||
| − | * <b>[[ | + | * <b>[[You’re All I Want|U’re All Eye Want]]</b> |
* <b>[[Extraloveable|Xtraloveable]]</b> | * <b>[[Extraloveable|Xtraloveable]]</b> | ||
| − | On top of those 17 tracks <b>[[What Should B Souled]]</b> | + | On top of those 17 tracks <b>[[What Should B Souled]]</b> and <b>[[Wonderful Ass]]</b> are thought to have been slated for this compilation too. |
|credits = | |credits = | ||
|* comment = All tracks written by [[Prince]], except where noted (assumed) | |* comment = All tracks written by [[Prince]], except where noted (assumed) | ||
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|musicians = [[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | |musicians = [[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
| − | *[[Sheila E.]] - drums, percussion (assumed) on [[3 Nigs | + | *[[Sheila E.]] - drums, percussion (assumed) on [[3 Nigs Watchin’ A Kung Fu Movie]] |
| − | *[[Eric Leeds]] - flute on [[Adonis | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - flugelhorn, flute and saxophone on [[Adonis & Bathsheba]], saxophone on [[You’re All I Want|U’re All Eye Want]], [[Kiss|Kiss - Xtended Version]] (assumed) |
| − | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet on [[Adonis | + | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet on [[Adonis & Bathsheba]] |
*[[Bobby Z.]] - drums and percussion on [[Electric Intercourse]] | *[[Bobby Z.]] - drums and percussion on [[Electric Intercourse]] | ||
| − | *[[Wendy Melvoin]] - | + | *[[Brown Mark]] - bass guitar on [[Electric Intercourse]] |
| − | *[[Lisa Coleman]] - | + | *[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitars and vocals on [[Electric Intercourse]] and [[Wonderful Ass]] |
| + | *[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards and vocals on [[Electric Intercourse]] and [[Wonderful Ass]] | ||
| + | *[[Matt Fink]] - keyboards on [[Electric Intercourse]] | ||
| + | *[[Sid Page]] - violin on [[Evolsidog]] | ||
| + | *[[Novi Novog]] - violin on [[Evolsidog]] | ||
| + | *[[Suzie Katayama]] - cello on [[Evolsidog]] | ||
| + | *[[Tony Christian]] - background vocals on [[Kiss]] | ||
| + | *[[Craig "Screamer" Powell]]- background vocals on [[Kiss]] | ||
| + | *[[Jerome "Romeo" Cox]] - background vocals on [[Kiss]] | ||
| + | *[[Marr Starr]] - background vocals on [[Kiss]] | ||
| + | *[[Aaron Paul "Ace" Keith]] - background vocals on [[Kiss]] | ||
| + | *[[Kevin "Blondie" Patricks]] - drums on [[Kiss]] | ||
| + | *[[Jill Jones]] - additional vocals on [[Kiss|Kiss - Xtended Version]] (assumed) | ||
:'''Orchestral Players on [[Others Here With Us]] ''': | :'''Orchestral Players on [[Others Here With Us]] ''': | ||
:*Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf | :*Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf | ||
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:*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson. | :*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson. | ||
:*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico | :*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico | ||
| − | :*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob | + | :*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti |
:*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous | :*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous | ||
| − | :*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian | + | :*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher |
:*Tuba - Tommy Johnson | :*Tuba - Tommy Johnson | ||
:*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer | :*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer | ||
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|see also = | |see also = | ||
{{SeeAlso| | {{SeeAlso| | ||
| − | |item1 = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball<br>( | + | |item1 = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]<br>(Album) |
|image1 = [[File:Crystalball album.jpg|60px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]] | |image1 = [[File:Crystalball album.jpg|60px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]] | ||
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|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|alternative = | |alternative = | ||
| − | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault| | + | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
|categories = [[Category:2000]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | |categories = [[Category:2000]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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