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|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). | |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). | ||
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 | 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). | 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). | ||
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|1= '''Movie Star''' | |1= '''Movie Star''' | ||
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|3= Live performance broadcast | |3= Live performance broadcast | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Miles Davis] and his band at Roman Amphitheatre, | |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) | ||
Caesarea, Israel on 3 June 1987 (broadcast by IBA) | |||
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|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). | |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 | * 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 | *[[Album: Merci Miles!, Live At Vienne|Merci Miles!, Live At Vienne]] live album | ||
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