Sometimes It Snows In April

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Sometimes It Snows In April

from the album Parade Song details Performer: Prince and the Revolution First Released: 31 March 1986 - Parade album Album(s): Parade One Nite Alone... Live! Writer(s): Prince, Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin (credited to Prince and the Revolution) Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 7 June 1985: Prom Center, St. Paul, MN, USA 14 April 2016 (Show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA Performed regularly on tour: One Nite Alone... Tour Musicology Live 2004ever 21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour Prince Live 2010 Performed occasionally in shows: 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 (solo piano)

Sometimes It Snows In April is the twelfth and final track on Prince’s eighth album 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 One Nite Alone... Live! (along with recordings of One Nite Alone..., Free and Starfish & Coffee from the same show). In 2003, a 2002 live version was included as the final track on the Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas DVD, and was included as the fourth and final song on the 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 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 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 Under The Cherry Moon. 1 minute and 18 seconds can be heard at the end of the film. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 21 April 1985 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking 27 July 1985 Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA Orchestra recording by Clare Fischer 31 July 1985 Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA Mix with orchestra 14 or 15 November 1985 (estimate) Advision Studios, London, England Additional work by Wendy and Lisa 16 & 17 December 1985 Sunset Sound 0- Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Strings mix (16th); mix (17th) 27 January 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Orchestra only mix for Under The Cherry Moon (Susan Rogers, sans Prince) Recording Personnel Parade version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Lisa Coleman - keyboards and vocals Wendy Melvoin - guitars and vocals Unreleased version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Lisa Coleman - keyboards and vocals Wendy Melvoin - guitars and vocals 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 One Nite Alone... Live! version Prince - vocals and piano Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Sometimes It Snows In April 6:50 Parade Studio Sometimes It Snows In April 2:40 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 29 April 2002, Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA Sometimes It Snows In April 3:02 Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas promo Live 15 December 2002, Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, NV, USA Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Sometimes It Snows In April 1:18 Under The Cherry Moon film Studio Part of the version with Clare Fischer orchestral overdubs. Released on VHS and DVD. Sometimes It Snows In April ?:?? Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas DVD Live 15 December 2002, Aladdin Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Sometimes It Snows In April ?:?? The Art Of Musicology concert broadcast Live 20 April 2004, Webster Hall, New York, NY, USA Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Sometimes It Snows In April Studio 1985 recording with unused orchestral overdubs Sometimes It Snows In April Studio Strings only mix

Additional Information See also Trivia Parade album 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.’” References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)

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