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Crystal City Cry

	Song details

	Performer:	Ingrid Chavez
	Writer(s):	Ingrid Chavez (lyrics) and Prince (music)
	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

Crystal City Cry is an unreleased song by Ingrid Chavez, recorded with an improvised musical backing by Prince in mid-December 1987, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (shortly after cancelling the release of “The Black Album”, during the same set of sessions as Reason Enough, Heaven Must Be Near, Wintersong, Whispering Dandelions, Slappy Dappy, Candle Dance, Elephant Box, Touch Of Love, Blue Boy, Jadestone, Sad Puppet Dance, Standing In The Rain and Cross The Line). Prince’s backing consisted of sound effects and some dark synth touches.

While working at Larrabee Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California on 4 March 1991 (during the same set of sessions as recording new musical backings for Elephant Box, Slappy Dappy, Jadestone and Whispering Dandelions), Prince created a new version of the song by combining it with the music of the unreleased 1988 song By Alien Means. The track remains unreleased.

The song includes a sample of a track from the 1976 compilation Out Of This World - Atmospheric Sounds And Effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Dance Of Fire-Flies credited to Malcolm Clarke. Other effects and sounds from the same album were used on No, Heaven Must Be Near and Sad Puppet Dance, and possibly also on Slappy Dappy and Jadestone.

Recording Information

Recording Sessions
Date	Studio	Additional info
Mid-December 1987	Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA	Tracking
4 March 1991	Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA, USA	Adding By Alien Means music to the song
Recording Personnel
Ingrid Chavez - vocals Prince - all instruments

Versions

Unreleased Versions

Title	Version	Additional Info
Crystal City Cry	Studio	Recorded mid-December 1987
Crystal City Cry	Studio	Revised version using music from By Alien Means

Additional Information

	See also	Trivia

	Unreleased Songs Ingrid Chavez

	References
	The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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