Venus De Milo

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Venus De Milo

from the album Parade Song details Performer: Prince and the Revolution First Released: 31 March 1986 - Parade album Album(s): Parade Writer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution) Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 19 July 1988: PalaTrussardi, Milan, Italy 4 March 2016: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA, USA Performed regularly on tour: Prince 20TEN Tour (instrumental, played without Prince) Performed occasionally in shows: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2016 (solo piano)

Venus De Milo is the seventh track on Prince's eighth album Parade, the third to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. The track is also played in Prince's second feature film, Under The Cherry Moon. Although Venus De Milo had existed for a few years as an untitled piano instrumental, basic tracking in the studio only took place in mid-July 1985 at the Washington Avenue Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as Neon Telephone, Do U Lie? and Alexa De Paris). Clare Fischer arranged and recorded orchestration for the song at some point in January 1986 at Monterey Sound Studios in Glendale, California. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Mid-July 1985 Washington Avenue Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA Basic tracking January 1986 Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA Orchestra recording by Clare Fischer Recording Personnel Prince - all instruments, except where noted Sheila E. - drums Orchestral Players: Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf Violas - Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga and David Stock Cellos - Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer and Fred Seykora Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson. Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O'Donnell and Al Vizutti Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O'Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher Tuba - Tommy Johnson Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Venus De Milo 1:54 Parade Studio Venus De Milo 1:21 Under The Cherry Moon Studio Different ending from album release. Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Venus De Milo 1:41 Lovesexy Live 1 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Venus De Milo ?:?? Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Venus De Milo Studio Track before orchestral overdubs

Additional Information See also Trivia Parade album Under The Cherry Moon movie This is the earliest release of an instrumental track under Prince's own name. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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