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|introduction              = '''Kamasutra/Overture #8''' is the ninth track on the [[The NPG Orchestra]]’s first and only album [[Album: Kamasutra|Kamasutra]], initially released on cassette in 1997 (the album was later included as a bonus CD on the direct order version of [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]], [[Prince]]’s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]], the fourth album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]).
  
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Initial tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in  1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, with orchestral overdubs by [[Clare Fischer]]'s orchestra done at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording], Hollywood, CA, USA in December 1994.  
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Basic tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in  1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, with orchestral overdubs by [[Clare Fischer]]’s orchestra done at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording], Hollywood, California in December 1994.  
  
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Recording of a vastly different arrangement took place in May 1995 and that version was considered for release as [[Madhouse]] using the track title '''Overture #5'''. An edit of that version, now titled '''Seventeen''', was included on the [[Sampler:_Man_O_War_(Remix)_Nine_Deep_Trax_Sampler|Man'O'War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler]] in 2000, which was ultimately unreleased.
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Recording of a vastly different arrangement took place in May 1995 and that version was considered for release as [[Madhouse]] using the track title '''Overture #5'''. An edit of that version, now titled '''Seventeen''', was part of [[NPG Ahdio Show 1]] and later included on the [[Sampler:_Man_O_War_(Remix)_Nine_Deep_Trax_Sampler|Man‘O’War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler]] in 2000, which was ultimately unreleased.
 
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 25 June 2022

Kamasutra/Eternal Embrace   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Katrina’s Paper Dolls
Kamasutra/Overture #8
Kamasutra album.jpg
from the album Kamasutra
Song details
Performer: The NPG Orchestra; Madhouse
First Released: 14 February 1997 - Kamasutra album
Album(s): Kamasutra
Writer(s): Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png)
Producer(s): Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Kamasutra/Overture #8 is the ninth track on the The NPG Orchestra’s first and only album Kamasutra, initially released on cassette in 1997 (the album was later included as a bonus CD on the direct order version of Crystal Ball, Prince’s 20th album Crystal Ball, the fourth album to be credited to SymbolSmallerBlue.png).

Basic tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in 1994 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, with orchestral overdubs by Clare Fischer’s orchestra done at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California in December 1994.

Recording of a vastly different arrangement took place in May 1995 and that version was considered for release as Madhouse using the track title Overture #5. An edit of that version, now titled Seventeen, was part of NPG Ahdio Show 1 and later included on the Man‘O’War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler in 2000, which was ultimately unreleased.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
1994 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
December 1994 Ocean Way Recording,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Orchestral overdubs by Clare Fischer’s orchestra
May 1995 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Additional recording (renamed Overture #5 and later Seventeen)
Recording Personnel
Morris Repass, Assa Drori, Isabelle Daskoff, Edward P. Greene, Harry Scorzo, Francine Walsh, Robert Lezin, Norma Leonard, Anita A. Thompson, Pamela Gates, Russel Cantor, Betty Byers, Robert Sushel, Don Palmer, Ross Shub, Pamela Tomkins, Yvette Devereaux, Calabria McChesney, Marshall Daniel Thomason, Marilyn Baker, Harry Shirinian, Hershel Wise, Peter Hatch, Suzanna Giordano, Benjamin Simon, James V. Ross, Gladys Secunda, Frederick Seykora, Raymond Kelley, Marie Fera, Douglas Davis, Judith Johnson, Cecilia Tsan, David Randall Stone, Morton Klanfer, James D. Hughart, Don Shelton, Daniel L. Higgins, Lisa Edelstein, James R. Walker, C. Terry Harrington, Jack Mimitz, Charles Boito, Charles A Coker, Jenice Rosen, Robert D. Carr, Dave Duke, Joseph Meyer, Marilyn L. Johnson, Alexander P. Iles, Leslie K. Benedict, Brent Fischer, Gerald Vinci, Mari Tsumara, Israel Baker, Yoko Matsuda, Murry Adler, Jorge Moraga, Carole Mukogawa, Margot MacLaine, Nancy Roth, Anne Karam, Judith Johnson, Arni Egilson, Richard Mitchell, Jon C. Clark, John F. Reilly, John J. Mitchell, Robert Tricarico, Yvonne Moriarty, Andrew M. Martin, Richard Hamilton, Larry Bunker, Thomas John Ranier, Dennis Budimer, G. Levant (full breakdown of instruments to follow)

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Kamasutra/Overture #8 3:11 Kamasutra Studio
Seventeen 1:27 Excerpt Included on Man‘O’War (Remix) NPG Records Sampler unreleased cassette


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Seventeen Studio Unreleased Madhouse version
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
Kamasutra/Eternal Embrace   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Katrina’s Paper Dolls
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