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|introduction = '''The Greatest Romance Ever Sold''' is the third track on [[Prince]] | |introduction = '''The Greatest Romance Ever Sold''' is the third track on [[Prince]]’s 23rd album [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] (his sixth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), and five weeks before the album’s release, [[Single: The Greatest Romance Ever Sold|The Greatest Romance Ever Sold]] was released as the album’s first single. In 2001, an extended version (incorporating parts from the single’s '''The Adam & Eve Remix''') was included as the third track on the companion album [[Album: Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic]]. A version using the same instrumental basic tracks with overdubbed saxophone and flute by [[Maceo Parker]] was released as the fifth track on his 2000 album [[Album: Dial M-A-C-E-O|Dial M-A-C-E-O]] (included here as [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) was involved directly). | ||
Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is likely that basic tracking took place in Summer 1999 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN. [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_(entertainer) Eve] worked on '''The Adam & Eve Remix''' on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 10|10 September 1999]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Lady_Studios Electric Lady Studios] in New York, NY, USA. Remixes were also done by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Nevins Jason Nevins] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptunes The Neptunes] in 1999. The various remixes by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptunes The Neptunes], featuring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(rapper) Q-Tip] mark the first appearance of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(rapper) Q-Tip] on a [[Prince]]-related recording (he would later record a rap for [[Chocolate Box]]). [[Maceo Parker]] | Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is likely that basic tracking took place in Summer 1999 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN. [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_(entertainer) Eve] worked on '''The Adam & Eve Remix''' on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 10|10 September 1999]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Lady_Studios Electric Lady Studios] in New York, NY, USA. Remixes were also done by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Nevins Jason Nevins] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptunes The Neptunes] in 1999. The various remixes by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptunes The Neptunes], featuring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(rapper) Q-Tip] mark the first appearance of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(rapper) Q-Tip] on a [[Prince]]-related recording (he would later record a rap for [[Chocolate Box]]). [[Maceo Parker]]’s saxophone overdubs were likely recorded in late 1999 or early 2000 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. | ||
Much of [[Prince]] | Much of [[Prince]]’s rap from '''The Adam & Eve Remix''' was later reused for [[Silicon]]. | ||
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|date = Summer 1999 | |date = Summer 1999 | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Tracking | ||
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|date = September 1999 | |date = September 1999 | ||
|studio = | |studio = Dan’s House Of Love,<br>New York, NY, USA | ||
|additional info = Saxophone and flute overdubs by [[Maceo Parker]] | |additional info = Saxophone and flute overdubs by [[Maceo Parker]] | ||
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|3= [[Single: The Greatest Romance Ever Sold|The Greatest Romance Ever Sold]] single | |3= [[Single: The Greatest Romance Ever Sold|The Greatest Romance Ever Sold]] single | ||
|4= Edit/Remix | |4= Edit/Remix | ||
|5= Includes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_(entertainer) Eve] | |5= Includes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_(entertainer) Eve]’s rap from '''The Adam & Eve Remix''' | ||
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[[NPG_Music_Club_Year_Two_Releases|NPG Music Club year two download]] | [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_Two_Releases|NPG Music Club year two download]] | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
|5= Contains [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | |5= Contains [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s rap from '''The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (The Adam & Eve Remix)'''; See [[Silicon]] for more details<br> | ||
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|3= [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]] | |3= [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]] | ||
|4= Edit | |4= Edit | ||
|5= Contains [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | |5= Contains [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s rap from '''The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (The Adam & Eve Remix)'''; See [[Silicon]] for more details<br> | ||
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|3= Delayed performance TV broadcast | |3= Delayed performance TV broadcast | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[27_November 1999|27 November 1999, Glücksspirale, Joop van den Ende | |5= [[27_November 1999|27 November 1999, Glücksspirale, Joop van den Ende Studio’s, Aalsmeer, the Netherlands]] | ||
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|3= Delayed performance TV broadcast | |3= Delayed performance TV broadcast | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[28_November 1999|28 November 1999, Tros TV-Show, Cinevideo | |5= [[28_November 1999|28 November 1999, Tros TV-Show, Cinevideo Studio’s, Almere, the Netherlands]] | ||
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|performed regularly on = None <small>(although looped background was used regularly behind the end of [[Anna Stesia]] on the [[One Nite Alone... Tour]])</small><br> | |performed regularly on = None <small>(although looped background was used regularly behind the end of [[Anna Stesia]] on the [[One Nite Alone... Tour]])</small><br> | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]] | ||
|trivia = "The greatest romance ever sold" is not spoken in the song - the phrase used in the song is "The greatest romance '' | |trivia = "The greatest romance ever sold" is not spoken in the song - the phrase used in the song is "The greatest romance ''that’s'' ever ''been'' sold". | ||
|see also = [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] album | |see also = [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] album | ||
* [[Album: Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic]] album | * [[Album: Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic]] album | ||
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