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+ | |single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
|song name = The Ball | |song name = The Ball | ||
+ | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | ||
+ | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] |
− | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] |
|previous song = [[Bada Boom]] | |previous song = [[Bada Boom]] | ||
|next song = [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]] | |next song = [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''The Ball''' is | + | |introduction = '''The Ball''' is a track recorded by [[Prince]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 25|25 July 1986]] at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota, with horn overdubs done a few days later at the [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]]. The party segue was likely recorded during rehearsals at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],Edina, Minnesota in that same week. |
+ | '''The Ball''' was included as the fourth track on the second disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration of the [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] triple LP, segueing directly into [[Joy In Repetition]]. | ||
− | + | When the album developed into [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]], the track was removed (along with [[Crystal Ball]]). On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 11|11 December 1987]], [[Prince]] re-recorded the track with new lyrics as [[file:Eye88.png|15px|Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] (see [[file:Eye88.png|15px|Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] for details), but kept the original segue ending the track (which was also used at the beginning of the released version of [[Joy In Repetition]]). | |
− | + | In September 2020 the song was as the seventh track of ''Vault Tracks part 2'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]. | |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July | + | |date = Between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 22|22]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 31|31 July 1986]] (assumed) |
− | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = ‘party’ coda (probably from rehearsals with [[The Revolution]] |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 25|25 July 1986]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Tracking, overdubs, mix | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = Between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 27|27 July 1986]] (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Horn overdubs, mix | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | *[[Prince]] - all vocal and instruments, except where noted | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocal and instruments, except where noted |
− | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone and spoken voice ('party' | + | *[[Susannah Melvoin]] - background vocals |
− | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet and spoken voice ('party' | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone and spoken voice ('party' coda) |
− | *[[Wally Safford]] - spoken voice ('party' | + | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet and spoken voice ('party' coda) |
− | *[[Greg Brooks]] - spoken voice ('party' | + | *[[Wally Safford]] - spoken voice ('party' coda) |
+ | *[[Greg Brooks]] - spoken voice ('party' coda) | ||
+ | *[[Jerome Benton]] - spoken voice ('party' coda - assumed) | ||
+ | |released versions = | ||
+ | {{Songchart| | ||
+ | |line = | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''The Ball''' | ||
+ | |2= 4:34 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
+ | {{SongUnreleased| | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
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|1= '''The Ball''' | |1= '''The Ball''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= | + | |3= version seguing into [[Joy In Repetition]], unlike the version released on [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']], that fades out. |
+ | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[29_May | + | |first live appearance = [[29_May 1987-am|29 May 1987 (a.m.): U4, Vienna, Austria]] <small>(only known performance)</small> |
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] | ||
|trivia = The song reuses the line "All for one, one for all, fun for everyone," from the track [[Romance 1600]] (the line is a paraphrase of the motto "All for one, one for all" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers The Three Muskateers]). The same line in Spanish ''(Una para todos, y todos para uno)'' is also said by [[Mayte]] at the beginning of [[We March]]. | |trivia = The song reuses the line "All for one, one for all, fun for everyone," from the track [[Romance 1600]] (the line is a paraphrase of the motto "All for one, one for all" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers The Three Muskateers]). The same line in Spanish ''(Una para todos, y todos para uno)'' is also said by [[Mayte]] at the beginning of [[We March]]. | ||
− | |see also = [[ | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] 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:Songs (Prince)]][[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:2020]][[Category: Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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