Katrina's Paper Dolls

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Katrina’s Paper Dolls

from the album Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition Song details Performer: Prince (Prince and the Revolution) First Released: 23 June 2017 - Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition album Album(s): Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince 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

Katrina’s Paper Dolls was released posthumously in 2017, as the ninth track on the second disc (titled From The Vault & Previously Unreleased) of Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition. The track was recorded on a day off on the 1999 Tour at Universal Recording Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, presumably on 1 March 1983 between shows in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Peoria, Illinois. It is unlikely that the song was initially intended for Purple Rain. In an online Q&A in 2009, Lisa Coleman stated that she co-wrote the track with her sister Cole Ynda Coleman and Wendy Melvoin during the same few-day session as Power Fantastic (recorded 19 March 1986), but given that the track had been written and recorded by Prince three years earlier, it’s unclear what she meant by that. It’s possible the track was re-recorded with newly-written music, and is noted as such below, but this is unconfirmed. During Prince: A Celebration in June 2000, computer screens at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, offered names of a selection of tracks which users could vote on for inclusion on Crystal Ball Volume II, and while Katrina’s Paper Dolls was chosen by fans, the project was ultimately abandoned. While a solo recording, it is listed here as a Prince and the Revolution track as it was released as a bonus track on the Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition album, which is credited to Prince and the Revolution. The Katrina name is possibly in reference to Vanity whose full name was Denise Katrina Matthews. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 1 March 1983 Universal Recording Corporation (Studio B), Chicago, IL, USA Tracking Mid-March 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Re-recording (assumed, most likely without Prince) Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments Unreleased 1986 version Lisa Coleman - unknown contributions Wendy Melvoin - unknown contributions Cole Ynda Coleman - lyrics, vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Katrina’s Paper Dolls 3:30 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased) Studio Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Katrina’s Paper Dolls Demo Recorded 1983; lengthy experimental demo with piano and layered vocals by Cole Ynda Katrina’s Paper Dolls Demo Recorded 1983; edited and embellished version of demo above, with shared vocals by Prince and Cole Ynda Katrina’s Paper Dolls Re-recording (assumed, most likely without Prince) Mid-March 1986, Galpin Blvd Home Studio in Chanhassen, MN, USA Katrina’s Paper Dolls different from above (assumed, most likely without Prince) 1986

Additional Information See also Trivia Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition album Crystal Ball Volume II unreleased album References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)

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