Venus De Milo

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{{song-2| |song name = Venus De Milo |single image = Parade.jpg
from the album Parade |performer = Prince and the Revolution |first released = 31 March 1986 - Parade album |album(s) = Parade
|writer(s) = Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution) |producer(s) = Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution) |previous song = Velvet Kitty Cat |next song = Venus De Milo (Instrumental) |introduction = Venus De Milo is the seventh track on Prince's eighth album Parade, the third to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. The track is also played in Prince's second feature film, Under The Cherry Moon.

Although Venus De Milo had existed for a few years as an untitled piano instrumental, basic tracking in the studio only took place on 11 July 1985 at the Washington Avenue Warehouse in Edina, Minnesota (the day after God Is Everywhere). Clare Fischer arranged and recorded orchestration for the song at some point in January 1986 at Monterey Sound Studios in Glendale, California. |recording info = |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|11 July 1985 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|19 August 1985 (estimate) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|The Complex Studios,
Los Angeles, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Additional work by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|22 August 1985 (estimate) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|The Complex Studios,
Los Angeles, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Mix |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Summer 1985 (assumed) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Monterey Sound Studios,
Glendale, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Orchestra recording by Clare Fischer |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|5 September 5 1985) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|The Complex Studios,
Los Angeles, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Orchestra mix |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|16 December 1985 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Washington Avenue Warehouse,
Edina, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Additional work and mixes |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|12 Janvier 1986 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Additional work and mixes |recording personnel =

Orchestral Players:
  • Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf
  • Violas - Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga and David Stock
  • Cellos - Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer and Fred Seykora
  • 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
  • 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
  • French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O'Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher
  • Tuba - Tommy Johnson
  • Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer

|released versions =

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Venus De Milo 1:54 Parade Studio

|video versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Video Versions

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Title Length Released Version Additional info
Phone Booth 1:29 Under The Cherry Moon DVD Studio See Under The Cherry Moon cues for details
Check At Mrs. Wellington's 1:31 Under The Cherry Moon DVD Studio See Under The Cherry Moon cues for details
Tricky Escapes - Mary In Grotto 1:31 Under The Cherry Moon DVD Studio With lyrics recited of An Honest Man by Prince and Kristin Scott-Thomas. See Under The Cherry Moon cues for details
Venus De Milo 1:41 Lovesexy Live 1 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany

|broadcasts, streaming = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Broadcasts/streaming (only)

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Title Length Released Version Additional info
Venus De Milo ?:?? Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan

|unreleased versions = {{SongUnreleased| |unreleased versions = {{Unreleased| |line= |- style="background:white; color:black;" valign="top" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Venus De Milo |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Studio |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Track before orchestral overdubs

Title Version Additional Info
Venus De Milo Studio Long version before orchestral overdubs
Title Version Additional Info
Venus De Milo Studio Long version
Title Version Additional Info
Venus De Milo Studio String mix
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