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{{song|
|song name                = Movie Star
|song name                = Movie Star
|single image             = [[Image:Crystalball_album.png|100px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]</small>
|album image               = [[File:IBAlogo.jpg|100px]] <br><small> Live performance by Miles Davis aired on IBA</small><br>
|performer                = [[Prince]]
[[Image:Crystalball_album.png|100px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]</small>
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1998]] - [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album
|single image              = [[File:Miles_completemontreux.jpg|60px]] <br><small> included on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Miles_Davis_at_Montreux The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991]
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]<br>
|performer                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis]; [[Prince]]
|first released            = 3 June 1987 - Live performance broadcast ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] version)
[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1998]] - [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album ([[Prince]] version)
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] ([[Prince]] version)<br>
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Miles_Davis_at_Montreux The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] version)
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)              = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] <small>(assumed)</small>; [[Prince]]
|previous song            = [[Move Me]]
|previous song            = [[Move Me]]
|next song                = [[MPLS]]
|next song                = [[MPLS]]
|introduction              = '''Movie Star''' is the eighth track on the first disc of [[Prince]]'s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). The album is not clearly divided between [[Prince]] tracks and [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] tracks, and the liner notes' discussion of this track does not use either name, but the recording date places it clearly as a "[[Prince]]" track, so it is listed as such here. The [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] liner notes state that the song was chosen for inclusion because it was "D'Angelo's favorite bootleg".
|introduction              = '''Movie Star''' is a song recorded by [[Prince]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_27|27 March 1986]] at his [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]]). Although this track was not included on a late April 1986 configuration of the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album, it was included as the seventeenth track (fifteenth song) on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]] configuration (segueing directly into [[A Place In Heaven]], which includes the final line of dialogue from [[Movie Star]] in its opening bars) and as the seventeenth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration (with a complete ending). It was dropped, however, when the project evolved into the [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] triple LP (completely separate from the 1998 release of the same name).


Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_27|27 March 1986]] at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (two days after [[Love And Sex-1|Love And Sex]], on the same day as [[A Place In Heaven]] and [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]]). Although this track was not included on a late April 1986 configuration of the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album, it was included as the seventeenth track (fifteenth song) on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]] configuration (segueing directly into [[A Place In Heaven]], which includes the final line of dialogue from [[Movie Star]] in its opening bars) and as the seventeenth track (sixteenth song) on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration (with a complete ending). It was dropped, however, when the project evolved into the [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] triple LP (completely separate from the 1998 release of the same name). The [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] liner notes state that the song was written for [[The Time]], although the band was no longer together at the time [[Prince]] recorded the track, and it is unknown if the song was considered for the band when [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]] began work on the [[Album: Corporate World|Corporate World]] album in 1989. The version released on [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] contains an opening which samples [[Jam Of The Year]] in the background of a party scene.
A cassette containing the song (along with [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]] and [[Chocolate]]) was given to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] on 24 March 1987 (the evening before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Davis]’ show at the Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA, which [[Prince]] attended). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Davis] did nothing in the studio with these tracks but he included [[Movie Star]] in his live repertoire when he resumed touring in May 1987. He notably played it during a concert given at the Roman Amphitheatre
Caesarea, Israel on 3 June 1987, broadcast live by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)]. This broadcast and others that followed in 1987 and 1988, more than 10 years before the release of the studio version by [[Prince]], contribute to consider '''Movie Star''' as being first officially "released" by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis]. His version contains additional sound effects (street and car sounds) and horn lines. An other live version performed at Montreux, Switzerland in July 1988 was included on the posthumous release [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Miles_Davis_at_Montreux The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991] in 2002 (and on a 10-DVD set in 2011).
 
[[Prince]]’s studio version was included as the eighth track on the first disc of his 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). The album is not clearly divided between [[Prince]] tracks and [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] tracks, and the liner notes’ discussion of this track does not use either name, but the recording date places it clearly as a "[[Prince]]" track, so it is listed as such here. The [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] liner notes state that the song was chosen for inclusion because it was "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Angelo D'Angelo]’s favorite bootleg". The liner notes also state that the song was written for [[The Time]], although the band was no longer together when [[Prince]] recorded the track, and it is unknown if the song was considered for the band when [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]] began work on the [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]] album in 1989. The version released on [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] contains an opening which samples [[Jam Of The Year]] in the background of a party scene.
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_27|27 March 1986]]
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_14|14 March 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
|additional info          = Probable tracking, overdubs, mix
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 15|15 March 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
|additional info          = Overdubs, mix
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_15|15 April 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Overdubs, including horns, mix
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_20|20 April 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Possible vocal overdubs, mix
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = 3 June 1987
|studio                    = Roman Amphitheatre,<br>Caesarea, Israel
|additional info          = Live recording by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band (broadcast)
}}
}}
|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed)
 
*[[Susannah Melvoin]] - spoken vocals
''' Miles Davis live version (1987)'''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] - trumpet
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Garrett Kenny Garrett] - alto and soprano saxophones, flute
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Irving_III Robert Irving III] - keyboards
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Holzman_(keyboardist) Adam Holzman]- keyboards
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_(musician) Joe 'Foley' McCreary] - piccolo bass
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Jones Darryl Jones] - bass guitar
*Ricky Wellman- drums
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mino_Cin%C3%A9lu Mino Cinélu] - percussion
 
''' Miles Davis live version (1988)'''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] - trumpet
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Garrett Kenny Garrett] - alto and soprano saxophones, flute
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Irving_III Robert Irving III] - keyboards
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Holzman_(keyboardist) Adam Holzman] - keyboards
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_(musician) Joe 'Foley' McCreary] - piccolo bass
*[[Benny Rietveld]] - bass guitar
*Ricky Wellman - drums
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Mazur Marilyn Mazur] - percussion
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Bird Rudy Bird] - percussion
 
 
'''Prince version'''
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - spoken vocals (uncredited)
*Unidentified male - spoken vocals
*Unidentified male - spoken vocals
|released versions        =
|released versions        =
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|3= [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]
|3= [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5=  
|5= [[Prince]] version
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= 4:27
|3= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Miles_Davis_at_Montreux The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991]
|4= Live
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] live version recorded in Montreux, Switzerland on 7 July 1988. There have been no other official audio-only releases of Davis’ version on 'hard-format'.
}}
}}
}}
}}
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|2= Studio
|2= Studio
|3= Original version with additional lyrics, included on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration of [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]]
|3= Original version with additional lyrics, included on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration of [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]]
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= Studio
|3= With horns by [[Eric Leeds]]
}}
}}
}}
|broadcasts, streaming    =
{{SongBroadcast|
|broadcasts, streaming    =
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= 5:41
|3= Live performance broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band at Roman Amphitheatre, Caesarea, Israel on 3 June 1987 (broadcast by IBA)
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= 6:20
|3= Live performance broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band at Gasteig Philharmonie, Munich, (West) Germany on 17 July 1987 (broadcast by ZDF)
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= 5:49
|3= Live performance radio broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band at Fabrik, Hamburg, (West) Germany on 24 November 1987 (broadcast by NDR)
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= 5:35
|3= Live performance radio broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band at Palais Paul Videl, Miramas, France on 16 February 1988
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= 3:58
|3= Live performance radio broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band at Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, Australia on 2 May 1988 (broadcast by ABC-FM radio)
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= 5:40
|3= Live performance broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band at Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw, Poland on 30 October 1988 (broadcast by TV-Polska)
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= 4:58
|3= Live performance radio broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band at Indigo Blues, New York NY, USA on 18 December 1988 (boradcast by American Public Radio)
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Movie Star'''
|2= 4:58
|3= Delayed live performance radio broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band at Jardin des Arènes de Cimiez, Nice, France on 14 July 1988; (broadcast by France Musique in 2015)
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
|video versions            =  
|video versions            =  
|broadcasts, streaming    =
|sampled in                =
|sampled in                =
|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]].
|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]], except for a horn interpolation in [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] played by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] on [[31 December 1987|31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(see trivia)</small>.
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = none
|performed occasionally in = none
|trivia                    =  
|trivia                    = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis]’ live version contains additional horn lines that were not on [[Prince]]’s original version(s).
* At least eight live performances of [[Movie Star]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] between 1987 and 1988 are known to have been broadcast live or shortly after.
|see also                  = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album
|see also                  = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album
*[[Album: Merci Miles!, Live At Vienne|Merci Miles!, Live At Vienne]] live 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:1998]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]]
* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
* ''[http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2011/10/miles-davis-complete-10-dvd-set-live-at.html '''Miles Davis' complete 10-DVD set "Live at Montreux" comes out today in the USA''' by ''Arnaldo Desouteiro'' (Jazz Station blog: 24 October 2011)]
|categories                = [[Category:1987]][[Category:1998]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 06:24, 28 July 2024

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Movie Star

Live performance by Miles Davis aired on IBA


from the album Crystal Ball


included on The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991
Song details
Performer: Miles Davis; Prince
First Released: 3 June 1987 - Live performance broadcast (Miles Davis version)

29 January 1998 - Crystal Ball album (Prince version)

Album(s): Crystal Ball (Prince version)

The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991 (Miles Davis version)

Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Miles Davis (assumed); Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Movie Star is a song recorded by Prince on 27 March 1986 at his Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as Witness 4 The Prosecution). Although this track was not included on a late April 1986 configuration of the Dream Factory album, it was included as the seventeenth track (fifteenth song) on the 3 June 1986 configuration (segueing directly into A Place In Heaven, which includes the final line of dialogue from Movie Star in its opening bars) and as the seventeenth track on the 18 July 1986 configuration (with a complete ending). It was dropped, however, when the project evolved into the Crystal Ball triple LP (completely separate from the 1998 release of the same name).

A cassette containing the song (along with Witness 4 The Prosecution and Chocolate) was given to Miles Davis on 24 March 1987 (the evening before Davis’ show at the Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA, which Prince attended). Davis did nothing in the studio with these tracks but he included Movie Star in his live repertoire when he resumed touring in May 1987. He notably played it during a concert given at the Roman Amphitheatre Caesarea, Israel on 3 June 1987, broadcast live by Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA). This broadcast and others that followed in 1987 and 1988, more than 10 years before the release of the studio version by Prince, contribute to consider Movie Star as being first officially "released" by Miles Davis. His version contains additional sound effects (street and car sounds) and horn lines. An other live version performed at Montreux, Switzerland in July 1988 was included on the posthumous release The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991 in 2002 (and on a 10-DVD set in 2011).

Prince’s studio version was included as the eighth track on the first disc of his 20th album Crystal Ball (his fourth using the name ). The album is not clearly divided between Prince tracks and tracks, and the liner notes’ discussion of this track does not use either name, but the recording date places it clearly as a "Prince" track, so it is listed as such here. The Crystal Ball liner notes state that the song was chosen for inclusion because it was "D'Angelo’s favorite bootleg". The liner notes also state that the song was written for The Time, although the band was no longer together when Prince recorded the track, and it is unknown if the song was considered for the band when Prince and Morris Day began work on the Corporate World album in 1989. The version released on Crystal Ball contains an opening which samples Jam Of The Year in the background of a party scene.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
14 March 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Probable tracking, overdubs, mix
15 March 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) 		Overdubs, mix
15 April 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Overdubs, including horns, mix
20 April 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Possible vocal overdubs, mix
3 June 1987 Roman Amphitheatre,
Caesarea, Israel 		Live recording by Miles Davis and his band (broadcast)
Recording Personnel

Miles Davis live version (1987)

Miles Davis live version (1988)


Prince version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
  • Wendy Melvoin - spoken vocals (uncredited)
  • Unidentified male - spoken vocals

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Movie Star 4:25 Crystal Ball Studio Prince version
Movie Star 4:27 The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991 Live Miles Davis live version recorded in Montreux, Switzerland on 7 July 1988. There have been no other official audio-only releases of Davis’ version on 'hard-format'.
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Movie Star 5:41 Live performance broadcast Live Miles Davis and his band at Roman Amphitheatre, Caesarea, Israel on 3 June 1987 (broadcast by IBA)
Movie Star 6:20 Live performance broadcast Live Miles Davis and his band at Gasteig Philharmonie, Munich, (West) Germany on 17 July 1987 (broadcast by ZDF)
Movie Star 5:49 Live performance radio broadcast Live Miles Davis and his band at Fabrik, Hamburg, (West) Germany on 24 November 1987 (broadcast by NDR)
Movie Star 5:35 Live performance radio broadcast Live Miles Davis and his band at Palais Paul Videl, Miramas, France on 16 February 1988
Movie Star 3:58 Live performance radio broadcast Live Miles Davis and his band at Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, Australia on 2 May 1988 (broadcast by ABC-FM radio)
Movie Star 5:40 Live performance broadcast Live Miles Davis and his band at Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw, Poland on 30 October 1988 (broadcast by TV-Polska)
Movie Star 4:58 Live performance radio broadcast Live Miles Davis and his band at Indigo Blues, New York NY, USA on 18 December 1988 (boradcast by American Public Radio)
Movie Star 4:58 Delayed live performance radio broadcast Live Miles Davis and his band at Jardin des Arènes de Cimiez, Nice, France on 14 July 1988; (broadcast by France Musique in 2015)
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Movie Star Studio Original version with additional lyrics, included on 3 June 1986 configuration of Dream Factory, segueing into A Place In Heaven
Movie Star Studio Original version with additional lyrics, included on 18 July 1986 configuration of Dream Factory
Movie Star Studio With horns by Eric Leeds
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
  • Miles Davis’ live version contains additional horn lines that were not on Prince’s original version(s).
  • At least eight live performances of Movie Star by Miles Davis between 1987 and 1988 are known to have been broadcast live or shortly after.
References
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