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|song name = Crystal Ball | |song name = Crystal Ball | ||
− | | | + | |album image = [[File:Crystalball_album.png|100px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] </small> |
+ | |single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1998]] - [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1998]] - [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | ||
+ | [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Crucial]] | |previous song = [[Crucial]] | ||
|next song = [[Crystal City Cry]] | |next song = [[Crystal City Cry]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Crystal Ball''' is the first track on the first disc of [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Crystal Ball''' is the first track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). In 2020, an edit of the track was released as the fifteenth track of ''Vault Tracks part 1'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. |
− | The album is not clearly divided between [[Prince]] tracks and [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] tracks, but the liner notes' discussion of this track discuss "[[Prince]]" making this track, and says "all other noises are made by [[Prince]]", so it is credited to [[Prince]] in this entry. | + | The album is not clearly divided between [[Prince]] tracks and [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] tracks, but the liner notes' discussion of this track discuss "[[Prince]]" making this track, and says "all other noises are made by [[Prince]]", so it is credited to [[Prince]] in this entry. |
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_17|17 April 1986]] at [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (two days after band overdubs on [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]] and the recording of [[Visions]], both without [[Prince]], and three days before recording [[Starfish And Coffee]]). | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_17|17 April 1986]] at [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (two days after band overdubs on [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]] and the recording of [[Visions]], both without [[Prince]], and three days before recording [[Starfish And Coffee]]). | ||
− | Although this track was not included on a late April 1986 configuration of the aborted album [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]], a full length version without [[Clare Fischer]] | + | Although this track was not included on a late April 1986 configuration of the aborted album [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]], a full length version without [[Clare Fischer]]’s contribution was included on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]] configuration and again on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration, now omitting a minute and a half of the intro that was obsolete as in this incarnation without orchestration it was only a beat of the left channel. |
In late November 1986, [[Prince]] began to compile the [[Album:_Crystal_Ball_1986|Crystal Ball]] triple LP (completely separate from the 1998 release of the same name), and [[Crystal Ball]] was included as the first track on the third side of the album in its [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration. This was the version with the [[Clare Fischer]] orchestration added, but edited down by a minute from the previous version. | In late November 1986, [[Prince]] began to compile the [[Album:_Crystal_Ball_1986|Crystal Ball]] triple LP (completely separate from the 1998 release of the same name), and [[Crystal Ball]] was included as the first track on the third side of the album in its [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration. This was the version with the [[Clare Fischer]] orchestration added, but edited down by a minute from the previous version. | ||
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In the days preceding the release of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] in 1996, [[thedawn.com]] teased the next release, [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] as a 3CD set of previously-unreleased material, so it was assumed immediately that [[Crystal Ball]] would be included. | In the days preceding the release of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] in 1996, [[thedawn.com]] teased the next release, [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] as a 3CD set of previously-unreleased material, so it was assumed immediately that [[Crystal Ball]] would be included. | ||
− | The version featured on | + | The version featured on 1998 [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] is identical to the version that was to be on the [[Album:_Crystal_Ball_1986|Crystal Ball]] 3-LP release from 1986. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_17|17 April 1986]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_17|17 April 1986]] | ||
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking, mix |
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/ | + | |date = June 1986 |
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Overdubs, mix, edits | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_5|5 August 1986]] | ||
|studio = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
− | |additional info = Orchestral overdubs by [[Clare Fischer]] | + | |additional info = Orchestral overdubs by [[Clare Fischer]]’s orchestra |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_7|7 August 1986]] (estimate) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Orchestral, mix, editing | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = August 1986 | ||
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Editing, Mix for 7" version | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[[Susannah Melvoin]] - background vocals | *[[Susannah Melvoin]] - background vocals | ||
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|2= 10:28 | |2= 10:28 | ||
|3= [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | |3= [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''[[Crystal Ball]] (7″ Mix)''' | ||
+ | |2= 3:29 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
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|3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] | |3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= String sample; See [[Push]] for more details | + | |5= (likely) String sample; See [[Push]] for more details |
− | }} | + | <!-- }} |
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
|1= '''[[Violet The Organ Grinder]]''' | |1= '''[[Violet The Organ Grinder]]''' | ||
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|1= '''[[Paris 1798430]]''' | |1= '''[[Paris 1798430]]''' | ||
|2= 3:36 | |2= 3:36 | ||
− | |3= [[Album: | + | |3= [[Album: I’m Ready|I’m Ready]] |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= String sample; See [[Paris 1798430]] for more details | |5= String sample; See [[Paris 1798430]] for more details | ||
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|3= [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | |3= [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
− | |5= String sample; See [[Days Of Wild]] for more details | + | |5= String sample; See [[Days Of Wild]] for more details --> |
}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
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|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|see also = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album | |see also = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album | ||
− | * [[Album:_Crystal_Ball_1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album | + | *[[Album:_Crystal_Ball_1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album |
+ | *[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | ||
+ | * ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1998]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]] | |categories = [[Category:1998]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]] | ||
}} | }} |
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