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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Dream]] | |previous song = [[Dream]] | ||
− | |next song = [[ | + | |next song = [[Dream Of Fire]] |
|introduction = '''Dream Factory ''' is the second 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]]). 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 say "[[Prince]] played all instruments", so it is credited to [[Prince]] in this entry. | |introduction = '''Dream Factory ''' is the second 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]]). 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 say "[[Prince]] played all instruments", so it is credited to [[Prince]] in this entry. | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in mid-December 1985, at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Anotherloverholenyohead]] and [[Eternity]]). [[Dream Factory]] was not considered for [[Prince]]'s next album [[Album: Parade|Parade]], however. |
It was included as the second track (first vocal track) on a late April 1986 configuration of the aborted album [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]]. It was kept as the second track (first vocal track) 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. | It was included as the second track (first vocal track) on a late April 1986 configuration of the aborted album [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]]. It was kept as the second track (first vocal track) 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. | ||
When [[Prince]] decided not to proceed with the album after disbanding the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]], and concentrated instead on [[Album: Camille|Camille]] and [[Album:_Crystal_Ball_1986|Crystal Ball]] (both of which were also aborted), he decided not to include this song, even though it did not contain input from the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]]. | When [[Prince]] decided not to proceed with the album after disbanding the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]], and concentrated instead on [[Album: Camille|Camille]] and [[Album:_Crystal_Ball_1986|Crystal Ball]] (both of which were also aborted), he decided not to include this song, even though it did not contain input from the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]]. | ||
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+ | A handwritten tracklist for [[The Time]]’s [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]] on which [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]] worked on in Summer 1989 shows that the song was, at one point, also considered for that album. But it is not known if an actual recording with [[Morris Day]]’s vocals took place. | ||
A small sample of the song can be heard playing in a club scene on [[Exodus_Segues#DJ_Gets_Jumped|DJ Gets Jumped]], a segue from the [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] album by the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] released in 1995, indicating that [[Prince]] had not entirely forgotten about the track before its inclusion on [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] in 1998. | A small sample of the song can be heard playing in a club scene on [[Exodus_Segues#DJ_Gets_Jumped|DJ Gets Jumped]], a segue from the [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] album by the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] released in 1995, indicating that [[Prince]] had not entirely forgotten about the track before its inclusion on [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] in 1998. | ||
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|date = Mid-late December 1985 | |date = Mid-late December 1985 | ||
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking |
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |date = Summer 1989 | ||
+ | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Possible recording or vocal overbubs with [[Morris Day]] (tentative) | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[03 March 1986|3 March 1986: First Avenue, Minneapolis, | + | |first live appearance = [[03 March 1986|3 March 1986: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <small>(chant/chorus only, during [[Mutiny]])</small> |
* [[07 June 1986|7 June 1986: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA]] <small>(chant/chorus only, during [[Mutiny]])</small> | * [[07 June 1986|7 June 1986: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA]] <small>(chant/chorus only, during [[Mutiny]])</small> | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none |
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