The Ball

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The Ball

Song details Performer: Prince Writer(s): Prince (assumed) Producer(s): Prince (assumed) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 29 May, 1987 (am), U4, Vienna, Austria (only known performance) Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: 1987

The Ball is an unreleased track recorded on 26 July, 1986 at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio (four days after Soulpsychodelicide and instrumental later released as Easy Does It, the day before Adonis And Bathsheba). It was included as the fourth track on the second disc on the 30 November, 1986 configuration of the Crystal Ball triple LP (completely separate from the 1998 release of the same name), segueing directly into Joy In Repetition. When the album developed into Sign O' The Times, the track was removed (along with Crystal Ball), and on 11 December, 1987, Prince re-recorded the track with new lyrics as No (see No for details), but kept the original segue ending the track (which was also used at the beginning of the released version of Joy In Repetition). Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 26 July, 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking Recording Personnel Prince - all vocal and instruments, except where noted (assumed) Susannah Melvoin - background vocals Eric Leeds - saxophone and spoken voice ('party' segue) Atlanta Bliss - trumpet and spoken voice ('party' segue) Wally Safford - spoken voice ('party' segue) Greg Brooks - spoken voice ('party' segue) Versions Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info The Ball Studio Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info No 5:47 Lovesexy Studio Reuses music from The Ball

Additional Information See also Trivia Unreleased Songs The song reuses the line "All for one, one for all, fun for everyone," from the track Romance 1600 (the line is a paraphrase of the motto "All for one, one for all" from The Three Muskateers). The same line in Spanish (Una para todos, y todos para uno) is also said by Mayte at the beginning of We March. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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