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| − | |introduction = '''Sometimes It Snows In April''' is the twelfth and final track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Sometimes It Snows In April''' is the twelfth and final track on [[Prince]]’s eighth album [[Album: Parade|Parade]], the third to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. In 2002, a live version was included as the fifteenth track on the second disc of [[Prince]]’s first live album [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] (along with recordings of [[One Nite Alone...]], [[Free]] and [[Starfish And Coffee|Starfish & Coffee]] from the same show). In 2003, a 2002 live version was included as the final track on the [[Home Video: Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas|Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas]] DVD, and was included as the fourth and final song on the [[Single: Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas|Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas]] promo CD available at the same time. |
| − | + | Although [[Sometimes It Snows In April]] had existed for years (possibly since 1977) as an unfinished song, basic tracking in the studio only took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 21|21 April 1985]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (the day after [[Old Friends 4 Sale]], [[Others Here With Us]] and [[Tibet]], the same day as [[Life Can Be So Nice]], the day before the release of [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] and two days before recording [[Evolsidog]]). The recording features only [[Prince]], [[Lisa Coleman]] (on piano) and [[Wendy Melvoin]] (on guitar). [[Clare Fischer]] arranged and recorded orchestration for the song at some point in late 1985 at Monterey Sound Studios in Glendale, California, but [[Prince]] preferred the song without orchestration, and chose to use the track without orchestration for the final release. The version with Fischer orchestration was used in the movie [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]. 1 minute and 18 seconds can be heard at the end of the film. | |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 21|21 April 1985]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 21|21 April 1985]] | ||
| − | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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| − | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 27|27 July 1985]] |
| − | |studio = | + | |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 31|31 July 1985]] | ||
| + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA | ||
| + | |additional info = Mix with orchestra | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 14|14]] or [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 15|15 November 1985]] <small>(estimate)</small> | ||
| + | |studio = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advision_Studios Advision Studios],<br>London, England | ||
| + | |additional info = Additional work by [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] and [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 16|16]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 17|17 December 1985]] | ||
| + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] 0- Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
| + | |additional info = Strings mix (16th); mix (17th) | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| + | |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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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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:*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson. | :*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson. | ||
:*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico | :*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico | ||
| − | :*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob | + | :*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti |
:*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous | :*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous | ||
| − | :*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian | + | :*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher |
:*Tuba - Tommy Johnson | :*Tuba - Tommy Johnson | ||
:*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer | :*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer | ||
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| + | {{Songline| | ||
| + | |1= '''Sometimes It Snows In April''' | ||
| + | |2= 1:18 | ||
| + | |3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | ||
| + | |4= Studio | ||
| + | |5= Part of version with [[Clare Fischer]] orchestral overdubs | ||
| + | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
|1= '''Sometimes It Snows In April''' | |1= '''Sometimes It Snows In April''' | ||
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|1= '''Sometimes It Snows In April''' | |1= '''Sometimes It Snows In April''' | ||
|2= ?:?? | |2= ?:?? | ||
| − | |3= [[TV | + | |3= [[TV Film: The Art Of Musicology|The Art Of Musicology]] concert broadcast |
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[20 April 2004|20 April 2004, Webster Hall, New York, NY, USA]] | |5= [[20 April 2004|20 April 2004, Webster Hall, New York, NY, USA]] | ||
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|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= 1985 recording with unused orchestral overdubs | |3= 1985 recording with unused orchestral overdubs | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
| + | |1= '''Sometimes It Snows In April''' | ||
| + | |2= Studio | ||
| + | |3= Strings only mix | ||
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*[[Prince Live 2010]] | *[[Prince Live 2010]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1993|1993]], [[All Concerts#1996|1996]], [[All Concerts#2001|2001]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2003|2003]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]], [[All Concerts#2015|2015]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1993|1993]], [[All Concerts#1996|1996]], [[All Concerts#2001|2001]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2003|2003]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]], [[All Concerts#2015|2015]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | ||
| − | |trivia = | + | |trivia = When Prince announced he was going to stop touring at the end of the [[Purple Rain Tour]], in a press statement on 1 April 1985, his manager, [[Steve Fargnoli]] was quoted: ''“I asked Prince what he planned to do. He told me, ‘I’m going to look for the ladder.’ So I asked him what that meant. All he said was, ‘Sometimes it snows in April.’”'' |
|see also = [[Album: Parade|Parade]] album | |see also = [[Album: Parade|Parade]] 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)]]'' | ||
| − | |categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category: | + | * ''[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:Recorded 1985]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | ||
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