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|introduction = '''Life Can Be So Nice''' is the sixth track on [[Prince]]’s eighth album [[Album: Parade|Parade]], the third to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. The track is also played in [[Prince]]’s second feature film, [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]. | |introduction = '''Life Can Be So Nice''' is the sixth track on [[Prince]]’s eighth album [[Album: Parade|Parade]], the third to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. The track is also played in [[Prince]]’s second feature film, [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]. | ||
− | Basic tracking in the studio only took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 16|16 April 1985]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (the day before [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade|Wendy’s Parade]], [[New Position]], [[I Wonder U]] and [[Under The Cherry Moon]], the same day as [[Lemon Cake]]). [[Clare Fischer]] arranged and recorded orchestration for the song | + | Basic tracking in the studio only took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 16|16 April 1985]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (the day before [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade|Wendy’s Parade]], [[New Position]], [[I Wonder U]] and [[Under The Cherry Moon]], the same day as [[Lemon Cake]]). [[Clare Fischer]] arranged and recorded orchestration for the song in early July 1985 at Monterey Sound Studios in Glendale, California, but [[Prince]] chose to use the track without orchestration for the release on [[Album: Parade|Parade]]. |
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 17|17 April 1985]] <br>(session started on the 16th; tracking of Life Can Be So Nice in the a.m. of the 17th. |
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking, mix |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April 1985]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April 1985]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = Possible overdubs | + | |additional info = Possible overdubs, mix |
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 22|22 April 1985]] |
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3 <br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Vocal overdubs, mix, instrumental mix |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 1985]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 1985]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = ( | + | |additional info = (Likely) vocal overdubs. mix |
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− | |date = July 1985 | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 3|3 July 1985]] |
|studio = Monterey Sound Studios, <br>Glendale, CA, USA | |studio = Monterey Sound Studios, <br>Glendale, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Orchestra recording by [[Clare Fischer]] | |additional info = Orchestra recording by [[Clare Fischer]] | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 25|25 July 1985]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 25|25 July 1985]] | ||
|studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Orchestra mix, possible tracking, overdubs, mix for extended version |
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 14|14]] or [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 15|15 November 1985]] (estimate) | ||
+ | |studio = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advision_Studios Advision Studios],<br>London, England | ||
+ | |additional info = Mix ([[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], probably with [[Prince]]) | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 16|16 December 1985]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 16|16 December 1985]] | ||
− | |studio = [[ | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Mix, strings only mix |
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 27|27 January 1986]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Orchestra only mix for [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] ([[Susan Rogers]], sans [[Prince]]) | ||
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|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)]'' | * ''[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:1986]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Recorded 1985]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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