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|song name                = Nine
|song name                = Nine
|single image              = [[File:16 album.jpg|100px|link=Album: 16]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 16|16]]</small>
|single image              = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small>
|performer                = [[Madhouse]]
|performer                = [[Madhouse]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 18|18 November 1987]] - [[Album: 16|16]] album
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (assumed)
|album(s)                  = [[Album: 16|16]]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (assumed)
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Madhouse]])
|previous song            = [[Nightingale]]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Madhouse]])
|next song                = [[Nine]]
|previous song            = [[Nine-1|Nine]]
|introduction              = '''Nine''' is an unreleased instrumental recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 8|8 October 1986]] (the day after disbanding [[Prince and the Revolution|the Revolution]] and recording [[Telepathy]], the same day as recording [[Six And 1/2|Six And ½]], three days before [[Violet Blue]]) at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. It is likely the track was intended for [[Madhouse]]’s first album (before the album was named [[Album: 8|8]]), but was not used.
|next song                = [[Nine Lives]]
|introduction              = '''Nine’''' is the first track on [[Madhouse]]’s second and final album [[Album: 16|16]]. '''Nine''' was written and performed by [[Prince]] (credited as [[Madhouse]]), with saxophone by [[Eric Leeds]].


While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in March 1987, at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Cindy C.]] and [[Dead On It]]). The rest of the album was recorded in late July and early August 1987; it is likely that the title was assigned only after the final sequence had been arranged for the album.
Although sharing a name and both being attributed to [[Madhouse]], the track is different to the track [[Nine]], released on [[Madhouse]]’s second album [[Album: 16|16]].
 
The track contains interpolations of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemia_Allen Euphemia Allen]’s 1877 piano composition [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks_(music) Chopsticks] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodgers Richard Rodgers]' and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II Oscar Hammerstein II]’s 1959 composition [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_(song) The Sound Of Music] (originally from the stage musical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music The Sound Of Music], as well as opening with Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) pre-set synth, previously used on [[U Got The Look]] and [[The Cocoa Boys]].
 
Although sharing a name and both being attributed to [[Madhouse]], the track is different to the track [[Nine-1|Nine]], an unreleased track recorded during the [[Album: 8|8]] sessions in October 1986 (see [[Nine-1|Nine]] for details).
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|recording info            =
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{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = March 1987
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 8|8 October 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
|additional info          = Re-recording
}}
}}
|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
*[[Eric Leeds]] – baritone saxophone
*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted
*[[Prince]] – all other instruments, except where noted (uncredited)<small>
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone (assumed, possibly flute)
*[[Dr. Fink]] - credited for keyboards, but does not appear
|unreleased versions       =  
*[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - credited for bass guitar, but does not appear
{{Unreleased|
*John Lewis - credited for drums, but does not appear</small>
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|released versions         =
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|1= '''Nine'''
|1= '''Nine'''
|2= 2:06
|2= Studio
|3= [[Album: 16|16]]
|3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 8|8 October 1986]]
|4= Studio
|5=
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|broadcasts, streaming    =
|unreleased versions      =
|sampled in                =
|video versions            =  
|video versions            =  
|first live appearance    = [[14 May 1987|14 May 1987, Deutschlandhalle, (West) Berlin, (West) Germany]] <small>(during [[Madhouse]] opening act; including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A8re_Jacques Frère_Jacques])</small>
|broadcasts, streaming    =
* [[15 June 1987-am|15 June 1987 (a.m.): New Morning, Paris, France]]
|sampled in                =
|first live appearance    = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]].
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(performed by [[Madhouse]])</small>
|performed occasionally in = none
|trivia                    = The ''"Bizarre!"'' sample used in this song is originally from ''Our Bizarre Relationship'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Frank Zappa]’s band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention The Mothers of Invention] (from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Meat Uncle Meat]'', 1969). It was one of the preset samples in the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer and [[Prince]] took it from there. It was utilized in quite a few songs recorded between 1985 and 1987: [[All My Dreams]], [[Bob George]], [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade]], [[Lovesexy]], and [[Madhouse]] songs [[Nine]] and [[Six|6 (The End Of The World Mix)]] all contain this sample.
 
*The intro of [[Nine]] uses the same Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) pre-set also heard in [[U Got The Look]], [[Eight]] and [[The Cocoa Boys]].
|trivia                    =  
|see also                  = [[Album: 16|16]] album
|see also                  = [[Unreleased Songs]]
*[[Madhouse]]
*[[Madhouse]]
|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:1987]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Madhouse)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Recorded 1987]]
|categories                = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1986]]
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Revision as of 19:42, 10 July 2021

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Nine
Song details
Performer: Madhouse
Writer(s): Prince (assumed)
Producer(s): Prince (assumed)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince.
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Nine is an unreleased instrumental recorded on 8 October 1986 (the day after disbanding the Revolution and recording Telepathy, the same day as recording Six And ½, three days before Violet Blue) at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California. It is likely the track was intended for Madhouse’s first album (before the album was named 8), but was not used.

Although sharing a name and both being attributed to Madhouse, the track is different to the track Nine, released on Madhouse’s second album 16.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
8 October 1986 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Re-recording
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all instruments, except where noted
  • Eric Leeds - saxophone (assumed, possibly flute)

Versions
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Nine Studio Recorded 8 October 1986


 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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