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|single image = [[File:Thefamily album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Family]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: The Family|The Family]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Thefamily album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Family]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: The Family|The Family]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[The Family]] | |performer = [[The Family]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 19|19 August | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 19|19 August 1985]] - [[Album: The Family|The Family]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: The Family|The Family]] | |album(s) = [[Album: The Family|The Family]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Bobby Z.]] | |writer(s) = [[Bobby Z.]] | ||
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|introduction = '''River Run Dry''' is the sixth track on [[The Family]]'s first and only album [[Album: The Family|The Family]]. The song was written by [[Bobby Z.]], but [[Prince]] performed all of the instruments, other than [[Clare Fischer]]'s string orchestration. | |introduction = '''River Run Dry''' is the sixth track on [[The Family]]'s first and only album [[Album: The Family|The Family]]. The song was written by [[Bobby Z.]], but [[Prince]] performed all of the instruments, other than [[Clare Fischer]]'s string orchestration. | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, [[Bobby Z.]] has said that he wrote the track in late 1983, but initial tracking for the recording took place in late June | + | While specific recording dates are not known, [[Bobby Z.]] has said that he wrote the track in late 1983, but initial tracking for the recording took place in late June 1984 at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie (during the same set of sessions that produced [[High Fashion]], [[Mutiny]], [[Susannah's Pajamas|Mazarati]] (later renamed [[Susannah's Pajamas]]), and [[Desire]]). |
The track is notable as the first song sent by [[Prince]] to [[Clare Fischer]] for orchestral overdubs. [[Prince]] was so happy with the results that he sent other tracks from the album also, and [[Prince]] has worked with [[Clare Fischer]] occasionally ever since, never using another orchestrator. | The track is notable as the first song sent by [[Prince]] to [[Clare Fischer]] for orchestral overdubs. [[Prince]] was so happy with the results that he sent other tracks from the album also, and [[Prince]] has worked with [[Clare Fischer]] occasionally ever since, never using another orchestrator. | ||
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− | |date = Late June | + | |date = Late June 1984 |
|studio = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | |studio = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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− | |first live appearance = 13 August | + | |first live appearance = 13 August 1985, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA <small>(first performance by [[The Family]])</small> |
*This song is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] | *This song is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
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*[[The Family]] | *[[The Family]] | ||
|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)]]'' | ||
+ | * ''Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984'', Duane Tudahl (2017) | ||
|categories = [[Category:1985]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1984]] | |categories = [[Category:1985]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1984]] | ||
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