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|date = 1999 | |date = 1999 | ||
|label = [[NPG Records]] (assumed) | |label = [[NPG Records]] (assumed) | ||
| − | |studios = [[First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA; [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[ | + | |studios = [[First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA; [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]], Edina, MN, USA; [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|previous year = 1998 | |previous year = 1998 | ||
|next year = 2000 | |next year = 2000 | ||
|previous album = Album: Beautiful Strange | |previous album = Album: Beautiful Strange | ||
|previous album link = [[Album: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] | |previous album link = [[Album: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] | ||
| − | |next album = Album: | + | |next album = Album: Madrid 2 Chicago |
| − | |next album link = [[Album: | + | |next album link = [[Album: Madrid 2 Chicago|Madrid 2 Chicago]] |
| − | |introduction = '''Roadhouse Garden''' is an unreleased album announced on [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | + | |introduction = '''Roadhouse Garden''' is an unreleased album announced on [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s website [[Love4OneAnother.com]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_7|7 October 1998]] (following an announcement on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_30|30 September 1998]] that "[[Prince and the Revolution]] r releasing a new album on [[NPG Records|NPG]]"), with a presumptive release date of 1999. |
| − | It was announced to be by [[Prince and the Revolution]], although the announcement stated that "the group | + | It was announced to be by [[Prince and the Revolution]], although the announcement stated that "the group needn’t b 2gether 2 release an album" and that [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] "can and will finish the album alone unless the tide turns otherwise." [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] claimed to have offered [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] co-production work on the project, but they later denied this. |
| − | The album was said to include "things left unfinished" when the band dissolved in 1986, and "several new cuts that [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] is putting together using parts from many tunes". The exact tracklist (if any was completed) is unknown, but the tracks mentioned in association with the album are listed below. | + | The album was said to include "things left unfinished" when the band dissolved in 1986, and "several new cuts that [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] is putting together using parts from many tunes". The exact tracklist (if any was completed) is unknown, but the tracks mentioned in association with the album are listed below. |
| − | [[ | + | During a [[Love4oneanother.com]] "? of the week" in 1999, a fan (using the name ''Arc1Love'') asked whether there were plans to "continue the release" of the album as nothing had been announced for several months, to which [[Prince]] replied, :''"That’s a ? better posed 2 [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] and [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] at this stage"''. In an ''xclusive innerview with Love 4 One Another'' on [[Love4oneanother.com]] in 1999, [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] announced that the album will include "''[[Witness 4 The Prosecution]] and [[Splash|SPLASH]] which was one of my favorites''". He also said that "''all the songs that Wendy and Lisa sang on were left off of the [[Album:_Crystal_Ball|Crystal Ball]] package 2 save 4 a [[The Revolution|Revolution]] album''". [[Empty Room]] was also cited as one of the songs slated for '''Roadhouse Garden''' during a [[Love4oneanother.com]] "? of the week". |
| − | Artwork was later posted online by a graphic designer for an [[NPG Music Club]] album titled [[Album: | + | [[Splash]] was later released in 2001 as a download from the [[NPG Music Club]] (the first and only [[Prince and the Revolution]] track to be offered through the club). [[Empty Room]] was released as a 2002 live version as a download on the [[NPG Music Club]] (and later included on the compilation [[Album: C-Note|C-Note]]. [[In A Large Room With No Light]] was available as an audio stream on [http://www.montreuxjazz.com/ the Montreux Jazz Festival website] in 2009 in conjunction with [[Prince]]’s [[18_July 2009-1|two shows]] at the festival. The other tracks believed to have been included on the album remained unreleased in any form during [[Prince]]’s lifetime. [[Roadhouse Garden]] (segued from [[Our Destiny]]) and [[Wonderful Ass]] were released on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of a ''Deluxe'' release of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain]] in 2017. [Witness 4 The Prosecution]], [[All My Dreams]] and the 1986 version of [[In A Large Room With No Light]] were released on the ''Vault Tracks part 1'' disc included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] in 2020. |
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| + | Artwork was later posted online by a graphic designer for an [[NPG Music Club]] album titled [[Album: All My Dreams|All My Dreams]], which may have been a later version of the '''Roadhouse Garden''' album, but nothing else is known about this album, which also remains unreleased. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
|format = CD or Download | |format = CD or Download | ||
|tracklisting = The specific sequence of tracks is unknown, but tracks believed to have been included are: | |tracklisting = The specific sequence of tracks is unknown, but tracks believed to have been included are: | ||
| + | :<b>[[Our Destiny]]</b> (not mentioned, but likely since its link with [[Roadhouse Garden]]) | ||
:<b>[[Roadhouse Garden]]</b> | :<b>[[Roadhouse Garden]]</b> | ||
:<b>[[Witness 4 The Prosecution]]</b> | :<b>[[Witness 4 The Prosecution]]</b> | ||
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:<b>[[Empty Room]]</b> | :<b>[[Empty Room]]</b> | ||
:<b>[[Wonderful Ass]]</b> | :<b>[[Wonderful Ass]]</b> | ||
| + | :<b>[[Go]]</b> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
|credits = All songs written by [[Prince]] except where noted.<br> | |credits = All songs written by [[Prince]] except where noted.<br> | ||
|* comment = | |* comment = | ||
|musicians = [[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | |musicians = [[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
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*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitar | *[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitar | ||
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards and background vocals | *[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards and background vocals | ||
| − | *[[Dr. Fink]] - keyboards and background vocals | + | *[[Bobby Z.]] - drums on selected tracks |
| + | *[[Brown Mark]] - bass guitar on selected tracks | ||
| + | *[[Dr. Fink]] - keyboards and background vocals on selected tracks | ||
| + | *[[Susannah Melvoin]] - backround vocals on selected tracks | ||
| + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone on selected tracks | ||
| + | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet on selected tracks | ||
| + | *[[Sheila E.]] - percussion and background vocals on [[In A Large Room With No Light]] | ||
| + | *[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - bass guitar on [[In A Large Room With No Light]] | ||
| + | *Norbert Satchell - saxophone on [[In A Large Room With No Light]] | ||
| + | *[[Sid Page]] - violin on [[Our Destiny]] | ||
| + | *[[Marcy Dicterow-Vaj]] - violin on [[Our Destiny]] | ||
| + | *[[Denyse Buffum]] - viola on [[Our Destiny]] | ||
| + | *[[Laury Woods]] - viola on [[Our Destiny]] | ||
| + | *[[Suzie Katayama]] - cello on [[Our Destiny]] | ||
| + | *[[David Coleman]] - cello on [[Our Destiny]] | ||
| + | *[[Tim Barr]] - stand-up bass on [[Our Destiny]] | ||
| + | *[[Annette Atkinson]] - stand-up bass on [[Our Destiny]] | ||
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*Other recording personnel details unknown | *Other recording personnel details unknown | ||
|production = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - producer (assumed) | |production = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - producer (assumed) | ||
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|see also = | |see also = | ||
{{SeeAlso| | {{SeeAlso| | ||
| − | |item1 = [[Album: | + | |item1 = [[Album: All My Dreams|All My Dreams]]<br>(Project) |
| − | |image1 = [[File:Unreleased project.png|60px|link=Album: | + | |image1 = [[File:Unreleased project.png|60px|link=Album: All My Dreams]] |
|item2 = | |item2 = | ||
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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)]]'' |
| + | * ''[http://princeonlinemuseum.com/love4oneanother/home99.html PrinceOnlineMuseum.com]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1999]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | |categories = [[Category:1999]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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