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from the album Crystal Ball Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 29 January 1998 - Crystal Ball album Album(s): Crystal Ball Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 3 March 1986: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota (chant/chorus only, during Mutiny) 7 June 1986: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA (chant/chorus only, during Mutiny) Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1986

Dream Factory is the second track on the first disc of Prince’s 20th album Crystal Ball (his fourth using the name ). The album is not clearly divided between Prince tracks and tracks, but the liner notes' discussion of this track say "Prince played all instruments", so it is credited to Prince in this entry. Basic tracking took place on 30 November 1985 (on the same day as Mountains) at the Washington Avenue Warehouse in Edina, Minnesota). Dream Factory was not considered for Prince’s next album Parade, however. It was included as the second track (first vocal track) on a late April 1986 configuration of the aborted album Dream Factory. It was kept as the second track (first vocal track) on the 3 June 1986 configuration and again on the 18 July 1986 configuration. It is possible that it was preceded by an unlisted segue including a bit of Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A and Prince introducing the song on all three configurations, like it was on the 18 July 1986 configuration, but this is unknown. When Prince decided not to proceed with the album after disbanding the Revolution, and concentrated instead on Camille and Crystal Ball (both of which were also aborted), he decided not to include this song, even though it did not contain input from the Revolution. A handwritten tracklist for The Time’s Corporate World on which Prince and Morris Day worked on in Summer 1989 shows that the song was, at one point, also considered for that album. But it is not known if an actual recording with Morris Day’s vocals took place. A small sample of the song can be heard playing in a club scene on DJ Gets Jumped, a segue from the Exodus album by the New Power Generation released in 1995, indicating that Prince had not entirely forgotten about the track before its inclusion on Crystal Ball in 1998. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 30 November 1985 Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA Basic tracking, overdubs, mix 1 December 1985 (estimate) Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA possible overdubs, mix 11 December 1985 (estimate) Sunset Sound - Studio 3 (likely), Hollywood, CA, USA Edits, mix 17 & 18 April 1986) Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA possible edit, mix 20 or 21 April 1986 (assumed) Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) recording of intro, using part of Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A, a sample of Witness 4 The Prosecution and a skit with Wendy & Lisa Summer 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Possible recording or vocal overdubs with Morris Day (tentative) Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Susannah Melvoin - background vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Dream Factory 3:06 Crystal Ball Studio Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info DJ Gets Jumped 0:22 Exodus Chorus sample played in the background of club scene on this segue Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Dream Factory Studio Alternate ending

Additional Information See also Trivia Crystal Ball album Crystal Ball unreleased album Dream Factory unreleased album 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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